Australia
Every USGS world production table for 2025 that names Australia: its share of each world total, its rank and its reserves.
Australia’s share of each world total, 2025
- Industrial garnet1st of 648%
- Titanium mineral concentratesrutile · 1st of 644%
- Iron ore1st of 1738%
- Iron oreMine production (iron content) · 1st of 1738%
- Zirconium and hafnium1st of 932%
- Lithium1st of 932%
- Bauxite and alumina2nd of 1322%
- Bauxite and aluminaAlumina refinery production · 2nd of 1911%
- Lead2nd of 1211%
- Gold3rd of 138.5%
- Zinc3rd of 108.5%
- Titanium mineral concentratesilmenite · 4th of 118.3%
- Manganese4th of 87.9%
- Rare earths3rd of 127.4%
- Salt6th of 234.4%
- Tin7th of 144.1%
- Silver9th of 143.8%
- Copper8th of 143.2%
- Cadmium8th of 162.6%
- Gypsum14th of 192.6%
- Aluminum7th of 122%
- Tantalum6th of 112%
- Magnesium compounds7th of 121.9%
- CopperRefinery production · 13th of 171.6%
- Industrial sand and gravel14th of 201.3%
- Antimony7th of 151.2%
- Cobalt5th of 121.2%
- Nickel8th of 91.2%
- Tungsten8th of 111.2%
- Sulfur16th of 171.1%
- Phosphate rock13th of 241%
- Silicon5th of 121%
- Nitrogen (ammonia)19th of 220.9%
- Lime13th of 220.5%
- Molybdenum13th of 150.4%
Australia was the world’s largest producer of industrial garnet, titanium mineral concentrates, iron ore, zirconium and hafnium, and lithium in 2025, by USGS figures. That included 48% of world industrial garnet. USGS lists Australia separately in 31 commodity tables, the sixth highest count of the 114 countries named. It supplied 64% of U.S. imports of tantalum (tantalum ores and concentrates) in 2021–24.
Production listings
ranks among countries with published figures
| Commodity | Measure | 2025 | Unit | Rank | Change on 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum | Smelter production | 1,500 | thousand metric tons | 7th of 12 | −4.5% |
| Antimony | Mine production | 1,300 | metric tons, antimony content | 7th of 15 | +2.4% |
| Bauxite and alumina | Alumina refinery production | 17,000 | thousand metric dry tons | 2nd of 19 | −0.6% |
| Bauxite and alumina | Bauxite mine production | 97,000 | thousand metric dry tons | 2nd of 13 | −3% |
| Cadmium | Refinery production | 600 | metric tons | 8th of 16 | −0.2% |
| Cobalt | Mine production | 3,700 | metric tons, cobalt content | 5th of 12 | −23% |
| Copper | Mine production | 730 | thousand metric tons, copper content | 8th of 14 | −4.6% |
| Copper | Refinery production | 460 | thousand metric tons, copper content | 13th of 17 | +6% |
| Gold | Mine production | 280 | metric tons, gold content | 3rd of 13 | −1.4% |
| Gypsum | Mine production | 4,200 | thousand metric tons | 14th of 19 | 0% |
| Industrial garnet | Mine production | 350,000 | metric tons | 1st of 6 | +0.6% |
| Industrial sand and gravel | Mine production | 5,600 | thousand metric tons | 14th of 20 | +1.8% |
| Iron ore | Mine production (usable ore) | 980,000 | thousand metric tons, usable ore | 1st of 17 | −0.2% |
| Iron ore | Mine production (iron content) | 600,000 | thousand metric tons, usable ore | 1st of 17 | −1.2% |
| Lead | Mine production | 480 | thousand metric tons, lead content | 2nd of 12 | −0.2% |
| Lime | Lime production | 1,900 | thousand metric tons | 13th of 22 | +0.5% |
| Lithium | Mine production | 92,000 | metric tons, lithium content | 1st of 9 | +11% |
| Magnesium compounds | Magnesite mine production (gross weight) | 400 | thousand metric tons, magnesite gross weight | 7th of 12 | −2.4% |
| Manganese | Mine production (manganese content) | 1,600 | thousand metric tons, manganese content | 4th of 8 | 0% |
| Molybdenum | Mine production | 1,000 | metric tons, molybdenum content | 13th of 15 | +67% |
| Nickel | Mine production | 45,000 | metric tons, nickel content | 8th of 9 | −54% |
| Nitrogen (ammonia) | Ammonia plant production (nitrogen content) | 1,500 | thousand metric tons, nitrogen content | 19th of 22 | 0% |
| Phosphate rock | Mine production | 2,500 | thousand metric tons, marketable phosphate rock | 13th of 24 | 0% |
| Rare earths | Mine production (REO equivalent) | 29,000 | metric tons, rare-earth-oxide equivalent | 3rd of 12 | 0% |
| Salt | Production | 12,000 | thousand metric tons | 6th of 23 | 0% |
| Silicon | Silicon metal production | 47 | thousand metric tons, silicon content | 5th of 12 | 0% |
| Silver | Mine production | 1,000 | metric tons, silver content | 9th of 14 | −4.8% |
| Sulfur | Production, all forms | 900 | thousand metric tons, sulfur content | 16th of 17 | 0% |
| Tantalum | Mine production | 50 | metric tons, tantalum content | 6th of 11 | −3.8% |
| Tin | Mine production | 12,000 | metric tons, tin content | 7th of 14 | +6.2% |
| Titanium mineral concentrates | Mine production (ilmenite) | 780 | thousand metric tons, TiO2 content | 4th of 11 | +30% |
| Titanium mineral concentrates | Mine production (rutile) | 200 | thousand metric tons, TiO2 content | 1st of 6 | 0% |
| Tungsten | Mine production | 1,000 | metric tons, tungsten content | 8th of 11 | +8.7% |
| Zinc | Mine production | 1,100 | thousand metric tons, zinc content | 3rd of 10 | 0% |
| Zirconium and hafnium | Zirconium mineral concentrates, mine production (gross weight) | 400 | thousand metric tons | 1st of 9 | 0% |
Reserves
24 reserve figures published for Australia
| Commodity | Measure | Reserves | Unit | Rank | World share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Reserves | 13,000 | metric tons | 1st of 13 | 20% |
| Iron ore | Reserves (crude ore) | 59,000 | million metric tons | 1st of 17 | 29% |
| Iron ore | Reserves (iron content) | 27,000 | million metric tons | 1st of 17 | 31% |
| Lead | Reserves | 34,000 | thousand metric tons | 1st of 11 | 36% |
| Manganese | Reserves | 580,000 | thousand metric tons | 1st of 7 | 32% |
| Titanium mineral concentrates | Reserves (ilmenite) | 170,000 | thousand metric tons | 1st of 9 | – |
| Titanium mineral concentrates | Reserves (rutile) | 35,000 | thousand metric tons | 1st of 6 | – |
| Vanadium | Reserves | 10,000 | thousand metric tons | 1st of 6 | 47% |
| Zinc | Reserves | 64,000 | thousand metric tons | 1st of 9 | 27% |
| Zirconium and hafnium | Zirconium reserves (ZrO2 content) | 55,000 | thousand metric tons | 1st of 9 | – |
| Bauxite and alumina | Bauxite reserves | 3,700,000 | thousand metric dry tons | 2nd of 13 | 13% |
| Cobalt | Reserves | 1,700,000 | metric tons | 2nd of 12 | 14% |
| Copper | Reserves | 100,000 | thousand metric tons | 2nd of 14 | 10% |
| Lithium | Reserves | 8,400,000 | metric tons | 2nd of 10 | 23% |
| Nickel | Reserves | 25,000,000 | metric tons | 2nd of 9 | – |
| Tantalum | Reserves | 120,000 | metric tons | 2nd of 4 | – |
| Tungsten | Reserves | 570,000 | metric tons | 2nd of 8 | – |
| Rare earths | Reserves | 6,300,000 | metric tons | 3rd of 11 | – |
| Silver | Reserves | 91,000 | metric tons | 3rd of 12 | 15% |
| Magnesium compounds | Magnesite reserves (gross weight) | 280,000 | thousand metric tons | 4th of 12 | 3.6% |
| Tin | Reserves | 570,000 | metric tons | 5th of 10 | – |
| Antimony | Reserves | 110,000 | metric tons | 6th of 13 | – |
| Molybdenum | Reserves | 760 | thousand metric tons | 6th of 15 | 4.4% |
| Phosphate rock | Reserves | 800,000 | thousand metric tons | 13th of 24 | 1.1% |
Supplier to the United States
share of U.S. imports, 2021–24
- TantalumTantalum ores and concentrates64%
- NiobiumNiobium and tantalum ores and concentrates62%
- Zirconium and hafniumZirconium ores and concentrates35%
- Industrial garnetall imports21%
- LeadRefined metal13%
- Bauxite and aluminaBauxite8%
- NickelPrimary nickel8%
- Cadmiumall imports6%
Similar producer profiles
most shared commodities, relative to both lists
- China31 commodities in common
- United States27 commodities in common
- Russia26 commodities in common
- Canada20 commodities in common
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, world production and reserves tables. How ranks and shares are worked out.