Atlas

Who makes it, who buys it, who is behind it

One map per material: country production and reserves, the live bilateral corridors, and the identified industrial actors by role. The ring is how much of world production already has a named actor behind it.

Materials: 30
Mean coverage: 97%
Below 50%: 0

Aluminium
refining · critical
🇨🇳 CN 61%
900 actors· 40 restricting
$1.5bn US GDP if CA cuts
no USGS reserve total
Antimony
mining · critical
🇨🇳 CN 36%
166 actors
$129M US GDP if CN cuts
≥22 yrs of reserves
Bauxite
mining · critical
🇬🇳 GN 34%
900 actors
$6M US GDP if BR cuts
66 yrs of reserves
Beryllium
mining · critical
🇺🇸 US 53%
10 actors
$19M US GDP if CN cuts
no USGS reserve total
Bismuth
refining · critical
🇨🇳 CN 88%
40 actors
$32M US GDP if CN cuts
no USGS reserve total
Cobalt
mining · critical
🇨🇩 CD 74%
869 actors· 34 restricting
$395M US GDP if CN cuts
39 yrs of reserves
Copper
mining · critical
🇨🇱 CL 23%
900 actors· 43 restricting
$878M US GDP if CL cuts
43 yrs of reserves
Gallium
Gamining · critical
🇨🇳 CN 100%
172 actors· 32 restricting
$1.4bn US GDP if CN cuts
no USGS reserve total
Graphite
mining · critical
🇨🇳 CN 78%
288 actors· 4 restricting
$99M US GDP if CN cuts
172 yrs of reserves
Helium
mining
🇺🇸 US 43%
65 actors
no USGS disruption estimate
no USGS reserve total
Indium (In)
refining · critical
🇨🇳 CN 69%
213 actors· 32 restricting
$92M US GDP if CN cuts
no USGS reserve total
Lithium
mining · critical
🇦🇺 AU 32%
751 actors· 2 restricting
$34M US GDP if CN cuts
128 yrs of reserves
Magnesium
refining · critical
🇨🇳 CN 86%
90 actors· 32 restricting
$296M US GDP if CN cuts
no USGS reserve total
Manganese
mining · critical
🇿🇦 ZA 38%
593 actors
$456M US GDP if MY cuts
no USGS reserve total
Nickel
mining · critical
🇮🇩 ID 67%
900 actors· 37 restricting
$84M US GDP if CA cuts
≥36 yrs of reserves
Niobium
mining · critical
🇧🇷 BR 93%
280 actors· 33 restricting
$10.4bn US GDP if BR cuts
≥188 yrs of reserves
Phosphate
mining · critical
🇨🇳 CN 44%
85 actors
$9M US GDP if PE cuts
292 yrs of reserves
Platinum + Palladium
mining · critical
🇿🇦 ZA 71%
210 actors· 11 restricting
$1.1bn US GDP if ZA cuts
no USGS reserve total
Potash
mining · critical
🇨🇦 CA 31%
50 actors
$2.5bn US GDP if CA cuts
≥300 yrs of reserves
Rare earths
mining · critical
🇨🇳 CN 69%
725 actors· 6 restricting
$4.5bn US GDP if CN cuts
≥218 yrs of reserves
Silver
mining · critical
🇲🇽 MX 24%
580 actors· 6 restricting
$435M US GDP if MX cuts
23 yrs of reserves
Sulfur
mining
🇨🇳 CN 23%
43 actors
no USGS disruption estimate
no USGS reserve total
Tantalum
mining · critical
🇨🇩 CD 52%
505 actors
$56M US GDP if CN cuts
no USGS reserve total
Tellurium (Te)
refining · critical
🇨🇳 CN 76%
60 actors· 2 restricting
$0M US GDP if CN cuts
no USGS reserve total
Tin
mining · critical
🇨🇳 CN 24%
627 actors· 36 restricting
$32M US GDP if ID cuts
≥21 yrs of reserves
Titanium
mining · critical
🇨🇳 CN 33%
177 actors
$520M US GDP if CN cuts
≥55 yrs of reserves
Tungsten
mining · critical
🇨🇳 CN 79%
568 actors· 35 restricting
$539M US GDP if CN cuts
≥55 yrs of reserves
Vanadium
mining · critical
🇨🇳 CN 71%
299 actors
$217M US GDP if CN cuts
no USGS reserve total
Zinc
mining · critical
🇨🇳 CN 32%
253 actors
$346M US GDP if CA cuts
18 yrs of reserves
Zirconium
mining · critical
🇦🇺 AU 31%
24 actors
$11M US GDP if ZA cuts
≥60 yrs of reserves

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