Country profile
Türkiye
For Türkiye, Rare Context holds 10 assets and rights in 1 class and figures on mine production and reserves. It is the largest producer of talc and pyrophyllite and pumice and pumicite among the countries the USGS lists.
Assets and rights
Each class links to its page for Türkiye.
- Carbon projects10 · 24,881,394 tCO2e
Mine production and reserves
30 commodities in the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, the ones where Türkiye ranks highest first.
| Commodity | Mine production, 2025 | World rank | Reserves, 2025 | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talc and pyrophyllite | 300,000 t/year −1% | #1 of 6 | 15,000,000 t | #3 of 3 |
| Pumice and pumicite | 9,700,000 t/year 0% | #1 of 16 | — | — |
| Feldspar and nepheline syenite | 5,300,000 t/year 0% | #2 of 11 | 720,000,000 t | #2 of 6 |
| Soda ash, natural | 6,000,000 t/year −2% | #2 of 5 | 840,000,000 t | #2 of 5 |
| Chromium, chromium content | 9,000,000 t/year −3% | #2 of 7 | — | — |
| Perlite | 1,400,000 t/year +3% | #2 of 14 | — | — |
| Clays, bentonite | 2,500,000 t/year −1% | #3 of 11 | — | — |
| Diatomite | 150,000 t/year 0% | #4 of 13 | 44,000,000 t | #4 of 5 |
| Magnesium compounds, magnesium oxide (MgO) content | 1,600,000 t/year 0% | #4 of 12 | 110,000,000 t | #7 of 12 |
| Sand and gravel (industrial) | 14,000,000 t/year +2% | #4 of 20 | — | — |
20 more commodities
| Commodity | Mine production, 2025 | World rank | Reserves, 2025 | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimony, antimony content | 3,000 t/year 0% | #6 of 15 | 99,000 t | #7 of 13 |
| Gypsum | 10,000,000 t/year 0% | #6 of 19 | 200,000,000 t | #8 of 9 |
| Barite | 260,000 t/year 0% | #7 of 10 | 34,000,000 t | #5 of 6 |
| Clays, fuller’s earth | 30,000 t/year +15% | #7 of 7 | — | — |
| Vermiculite | 10,000 t/year −23% | #8 of 11 | 11,000,000 t | #3 of 6 |
| Clays, kaolin | 2,000,000 t/year 0% | #8 of 10 | — | — |
| Salt | 8,300,000 t/year −1% | #8 of 23 | — | — |
| Zeolites (natural) | 58,000 t/year +2% | #8 of 13 | — | — |
| Mica (natural), scrap and flake | 9,500 t/year −1% | #9 of 10 | 620,000 t | #3 of 3 |
| Lead, lead content | 70,000 t/year +6% | #9 of 12 | 1,600,000 t | #10 of 11 |
| Cobalt, cobalt content | 1,900 t/year −14% | #11 of 12 | 91,000 t | #10 of 12 |
| Bauxite, dry weight | 3,800,000 t/year +4% | #11 of 13 | 69,000,000 t | #12 of 13 |
| Graphite (natural) | 2,200 t/year −15% | #12 of 18 | 6,900,000 t | #9 of 15 |
| Iron ore, iron content | 11,000,000 t/year 0% | #14 of 17 | 99,000,000 t | #17 of 17 |
| Iron ore, usable ore | 18,000,000 t/year +6% | #15 of 17 | — | — |
| Phosphate rock, marketable phosphate rock | 1,200,000 t/year −2% | #20 of 24 | 71,000,000 t | #18 of 24 |
| Chromium, Cr2O3 content | — | — | 5,700,000 t | #6 of 8 |
| Chromium, ore | — | — | 27,000,000 t 2024 | #6 of 8 |
| Iron ore, crude ore | — | — | 150,000,000 t | #17 of 17 |
| Boron, refined borates | — | — | 950,000,000 t | only one listed |
World rank among the countries the USGS lists for each commodity, largest first. A percentage is the change on the year before.
Largest owners in Türkiye
By number of assets and rights they own, operate or hold here. Grid operators and users are not counted.
Data on this page
- Berkeley Offsets Database. Berkeley Offsets Database, CC BY 4.0.
- USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026. USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, CC0 1.0.