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Every tracked material on one screen, sorted by thinnest observable cover first. Stock is what is visibly held — exchange warrants, listed physical trusts and published national statistics. That is a floor on world inventory, never a total: state reserves, producer and consumer inventories and all off-exchange minor metals are disclosed by nobody. Cover-days divide that floor by a production-basis demand proxy, so treat them as an order of magnitude, not a measurement.
38 materials · 19 with observable stock · 12 with a cover estimate · 33 with live bilateral flows · flows August 2026 · cover marked US is a US stock over US apparent consumption — a different denominator from the world-scoped rows, so it is not comparable to them despite sharing the column
| Material | Price | Visible stock | Cover | World use/yr | Top flow | Flow coverage | Top controller |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminium | $3,186.50/t | 243,600 t ·5 holders | ≈ 2.2 days | ≈74,000 thousand metric tons | 🇨🇦 CA → 🇺🇸 US $656.7M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 61% |
| Copper | $13.77/KG (North America) -0.5% MoM | 249,225 t ·4 holders | ≈ 3.5 days | ≈29,000 thousand metric tons | 🇨🇱 CL → 🇨🇳 CN $2209.3M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 48% |
| Chromium | — | 5 thousand metric tons | ≈ 3.8 daysUS | ≈51,000 thousand metric tons | — | — | 🇨🇳 CN 46% |
| Zincdata only | $3,689.2/T (Global) | 111,225 t ·3 holders | ≈ 5.8 days | ≈13,000 thousand metric tons | 🇺🇸 US → 🇨🇦 CA $252.5M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 32% |
| Vanadiumdata only | $4.87/lb | 240 metric tons | ≈ 6.7 daysUS | ≈110,000 metric tons | 🇦🇺 AU → 🇺🇸 US $19.5M ·+845 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 79% |
| Lithium | $14.08/KG (Europe) -5% MoM | 48,814 t | ≈ 12 days | ≈290,000 metric tons | 🇦🇺 AU → 🇨🇳 CN $653.1M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 65% |
| Tin | $54.57/KG (Europe) -1.6% MoM | 8,100 metric tons ·3 holders | ≈ 13 days | ≈290,000 metric tons | 🇮🇩 ID → 🇨🇳 CN $130.3M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 55% |
| Berylliumdata only | — | 10 metric tons | ≈ 16 daysUS | ≈430 metric tons | 🇯🇵 JP → 🇸🇬 SG $4.3M ·+63 | 100% | 🇺🇸 US 89% |
| Nickel | $16.38/KG (Europe) -2.4% MoM | 278,580 t ·4 holders | ≈ 35 days | ≈3,900,000 metric tons | 🇮🇩 ID → 🇨🇳 CN $541.6M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 36% |
| Galliumdata only | $2,811.51/KG (Global) | 3,400 kilograms | ≈ 2.1 monthsUS | ≈900,000 kilograms | 🇨🇳 CN → 🇩🇪 DE $10.6M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 98% |
| Bismuthdata only | $67.00/kg | 360 metric tons | ≈ 4.3 monthsUS | ≈16,000 metric tons | 🇧🇪 BE → 🇺🇸 US $24.9M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 88% |
| Uranium | $87.15/lb U3O8 +3.9% | 81,697,348 lb U3O8 ·2 holders | ≈ 7.2 months | ≈67,500 t U | 🇫🇷 FR → 🇺🇸 US $374.0M ·+544 | 100% | 🇷🇺 RU 45% |
| Antimonydata only | $27.37/KG (Europe) -2.1% MoM | not observable | — | ≈110,000 metric tons | 🇲🇲 MM → 🇹🇭 TH $59.5M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 78% |
| Bauxite Aluminiumdata only | — | 240 thousand metric dry tons | — | — | 🇨🇦 CA → 🇺🇸 US $659.6M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 61% |
| Cobalt | $55.25/KG (North America) -0.2% MoM | 1,500 metric tons ·2 holders | — | ≈310,000 metric tons | 🇦🇺 AU → 🇸🇬 SG $24.2M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 78% |
| Dysprosium | $2,147.2/kg (Western dealer ref) | not observable | — | — | — | — | 🇨🇳 CN 99% |
| Germaniumdata only | $9,893.66/KG (Global) | not observable | — | — | 🇨🇳 CN → 🇩🇪 DE $10.6M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 60% |
| Germanium + Gallium | Ge CNY 27,250 · Ga CNY 1,740/KG (Northeast Asia) | not observable | — | — | — | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 95% |
| Graphite | $1.48/KG (Europe) -1.3% MoM | not observable | — | ≈1,800,000 metric tons | 🇨🇳 CN → 🇲🇾 MY $72.2M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 85% |
| Helium | $38.93/MC (Europe) +3.4% MoM | not observable | — | — | 🇩🇿 DZ → 🇫🇷 FR $23.1M ·+998 | 100% | 🇺🇸 US 43% |
| Indium (In) | $842.3/kg (Western dealer ref) | not observable | — | ≈1,100 metric tons | 🇨🇳 CN → 🇩🇪 DE $10.6M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 69% |
| Magnesium | CNY 16,750/T (Northeast Asia) | not observable | — | ≈1,100 thousand metric tons | 🇨🇳 CN → 🇯🇵 JP $30.0M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 86% |
| Manganesedata only | $2.88/KG (Global) -0.3% MoM | 200 thousand metric tons ·3 holders | — | ≈20,000 thousand metric tons | 🇿🇦 ZA → 🇨🇳 CN $167.7M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 90% |
| Neodymium | $168.3/kg (Western dealer ref) | not observable | — | — | 🇨🇳 CN → 🇯🇵 JP $62.8M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 85% |
| Niobium | ~$40-48/kg Nb structural | not observable | — | ≈112,000 metric tons | 🇧🇷 BR → 🇨🇳 CN $145.9M ·+595 | 100% | 🇧🇷 BR 89% |
| Phosphatedata only | $170.00/MT 0.0% | 8,400 thousand metric tons | — | — | 🇲🇦 MA → 🇮🇳 IN $190.0M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 38% |
| Platinum + Palladium | Pt $1,730.1 · Pd $1,180.5/oz -8.0% · -13.3% | not observable | — | — | 🇿🇦 ZA → 🇯🇵 JP $702.2M ·+998 | 100% | 🇿🇦 ZA 54% |
| Potashdata only | $302.00/t | not observable | — | — | 🇨🇦 CA → 🇺🇸 US $370.9M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇦 CA 31% |
| Praseodymium | $181.4/kg (Western dealer ref) | not observable | — | — | — | — | 🇨🇳 CN 85% |
| Rhodium + Iridium | Rh $8,550 · Ir $7,900 /toz | not observable | — | — | 🇿🇦 ZA → 🇯🇵 JP $442.9M ·+950 | 100% | 🇿🇦 ZA 83% |
| Silicon | $1.91/KG (Europe) +1.6% MoM | 33,440 t ·2 holders | — | — | 🇺🇸 US → 🇯🇵 JP $61.9M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 80% |
| Silver | $61.44/oz -10.4% | 1,400,370 kg ·4 holders | — | ≈26,000 metric tons | 🇬🇧 GB → 🇭🇰 HK $1706.2M ·+998 | 100% | 🇲🇽 MX 24% |
| Sulfurdata only | — | 116 thousand metric tons | — | — | 🇦🇪 AE → 🇮🇩 ID $251.7M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 23% |
| Tantalumdata only | — | not observable | — | ≈2,500 metric tons | 🇦🇺 AU → 🇺🇸 US $19.5M ·+541 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 50% |
| Tellurium (Te) | $132/kg (Western dealer ref) | not observable | — | ≈1,000 metric tons | 🇨🇳 CN → 🇨🇦 CA $7.5M ·+579 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 80% |
| Terbium | $4,567.2/kg (Western dealer ref) | not observable | — | — | — | — | 🇨🇳 CN 99% |
| Titaniumdata only | $6.48/KG (North America) -0.3% MoM | not observable | — | ≈370,000 metric tons | 🇯🇵 JP → 🇺🇸 US $31.8M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 70% |
| Tungsten | $647.65/MTU (Northeast Asia) -6.3% MoM | not observable | — | ≈85,000 metric tons | 🇨🇳 CN → 🇰🇷 KR $167.5M ·+998 | 100% | 🇨🇳 CN 90% |
Reading the columns. Visible stock is the single largest observed holding; where several holders exist their bases differ and are shown per-material rather than summed. Cover combines only same-basis holdings (exchange warrants in tonnes, or listed trusts in lb U₃O₈). World use is a production-basis proxy from USGS MCS 2026, blind to inventory swings. Top flow is importer-declared UN Comtrade monthly — a row reading “CD → US” is the US declaring what it bought, since most producing countries do not report monthly.
A blank cell means not observable, never zero. Per-material sources, bases and the full holder list are on each material page.