Table 1 List of commodities from active mines reported in the SNL database19.
Commodity name (Number of mines reporting the commodity) | ||
|---|---|---|
Coal (3119) | Zircon (30) | Yttrium (4) |
Gold (1500) | Vanadium (29) | Barite (3) |
Silver (1002) | Heavy Mineral Sands (28) | Beryllium (3) |
Copper (837) | Lanthanides (28) | Caesium (3) |
Zinc (524) | Rutile (28) | Ferrotungsten (3) |
Iron Ore (474) | Iridium (27) | Garnet (3) |
Lead (450) | Ruthenium (25) | Iron Sand (3) |
Nickel (197) | Titanium (24) | Mercury (3) |
Cobalt (160) | Tantalum (21) | Osmium (3) |
Molybdenum (131) | Niobium (16) | Rubidium (3) |
Diamonds (129) | Leucoxene (13) | Scandium (3) |
U3O8 (109) | Spodumene (13) | Selenium (3) |
Platinum (90) | Magnesium (12) | Gallium (2) |
Bauxite (85) | Arsenic (9) | Germanium (2) |
Chromite (85) | Bismuth (9) | Kaolin (2) |
Palladium (82) | Cadmium (9) | Lanthanum (2) |
Manganese (78) | Rhenium (9) | Limestone (2) |
Magnetite (62) | Chromium (7) | Beryl (1) |
Phosphate (54) | Graphite (6) | Hematite (1) |
Rhodium (53) | Tellurium (6) | Potassium Oxide (1) |
Tungsten (51) | Ferrochrome (5) | Potassium Sulfate (1) |
Tin (44) | Ferronickel (5) | Rare Earth Elements (1) |
Potash (41) | Ferrovanadium (5) | Silica (1) |
Antimony (38) | Cerium (4) | Strontium (1) |
Ilmenite (34) | Indium (4) | |
Lithium (30) | Thorium (4) | |
