{"id": 1002221, "name": "Global mine production of different minerals", "unit": "tonnes", "createdAt": "2024-12-03T13:38:57.000Z", "updatedAt": "2025-07-23T16:42:05.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1900-2023", "datasetId": 6832, "shortUnit": "t", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "mine_production", "catalogPath": "grapher/minerals/2024-07-15/global_mine_production_by_mineral/global_mine_production_by_mineral#mine_production", "descriptionShort": "Measured in tonnes of mined, rather than [refined](#dod:refined-production) production.", "descriptionProcessing": "- The majority of the data is sourced from USGS, supplemented by BGS data where available. Where both overlap, USGS data is prioritized.\n- As BGS does not provide global data, we calculated the world total by summing the data from individual countries, using this as a cross-check against USGS global figures.\n- Due to the inherent uncertainties in the data for certain minerals and countries, we allowed a maximum deviation of 10% between the global totals reported by USGS and the calculated ones for BGS. If the deviation exceeded this threshold, we excluded the BGS data.\n- The calculated global total from BGS data was used only on exceptional occasions, after ensuring that the resulting aggregate was sufficiently complete.\n- Both BGS and USGS datasets include numerous notes and footnotes. We have retained most of these, making only minor edits or deletions where necessary to maintain clarity.", "type": "float", "dataChecksum": "12139000968712460211", "metadataChecksum": "-7687702245169743554", "datasetName": "Global mine production by mineral", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2024-07-15", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "tonnes", "shortUnit": "t"}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "major", "presentation": {}, "descriptionKey": ["Antimony - Values are reported as tonnes of metal content.", "Asbestos - Values are reported as gross weight.", "Bismuth - Values are reported as tonnes of metal content. Values are reported as tonnes of metal content.", "Chromium - Values are reported as tonnes of contained chromium.", "Gemstones - Values are reported as tonnes of gemstone-quality diamonds.", "Graphite - Values refer to natural graphite.", "Lithium - Values are reported as tonnes of lithium content.", "Platinum group metals (iridium) - Values are reported as tonnes of metal content.", "Platinum group metals (other) - Values are reported as tonnes of metal content.", "Platinum group metals (rhodium) - Values are reported as tonnes of metal content.", "Potash (chloride) - Values are reported as tonnes of potassium oxide content.", "Potash (polyhalite) - Values are reported as tonnes of potassium oxide content.", "Potash (potassic salts) - Values are reported as tonnes of potassium oxide content.", "Potash - Values are reported in tonnes of potassium oxide equivalent.", "Rare earths - Values are reported in tonnes of rare-earth-oxide equivalent.", "Titanium (ilmenite) - Values are reported as tonnes of titanium dioxide content.", "Uranium - Values are reported as tonnes of metal content."], "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 1900}, {"id": 1901}, {"id": 1902}, {"id": 1903}, {"id": 1904}, {"id": 1905}, {"id": 1906}, {"id": 1907}, {"id": 1908}, {"id": 1909}, {"id": 1910}, {"id": 1911}, {"id": 1912}, {"id": 1913}, {"id": 1914}, {"id": 1915}, {"id": 1916}, {"id": 1917}, {"id": 1918}, {"id": 1919}, {"id": 1920}, {"id": 1921}, {"id": 1922}, {"id": 1923}, {"id": 1924}, {"id": 1925}, {"id": 1926}, {"id": 1927}, {"id": 1928}, {"id": 1929}, {"id": 1930}, {"id": 1931}, {"id": 1932}, {"id": 1933}, {"id": 1934}, {"id": 1935}, {"id": 1936}, {"id": 1937}, {"id": 1938}, {"id": 1939}, {"id": 1940}, {"id": 1941}, {"id": 1942}, {"id": 1943}, {"id": 1944}, {"id": 1945}, {"id": 1946}, {"id": 1947}, {"id": 1948}, {"id": 1949}, {"id": 1950}, {"id": 1951}, {"id": 1952}, {"id": 1953}, {"id": 1954}, {"id": 1955}, {"id": 1956}, {"id": 1957}, {"id": 1958}, {"id": 1959}, {"id": 1960}, {"id": 1961}, {"id": 1962}, {"id": 1963}, {"id": 1964}, {"id": 1965}, {"id": 1966}, {"id": 1967}, {"id": 1968}, {"id": 1969}, {"id": 1970}, {"id": 1971}, {"id": 1972}, {"id": 1973}, {"id": 1974}, {"id": 1975}, {"id": 1976}, {"id": 1977}, {"id": 1978}, {"id": 1979}, {"id": 1980}, {"id": 1981}, {"id": 1982}, {"id": 1983}, {"id": 1984}, {"id": 1985}, {"id": 1986}, {"id": 1987}, {"id": 1988}, {"id": 1989}, {"id": 1990}, {"id": 1991}, {"id": 1992}, {"id": 1993}, {"id": 1994}, {"id": 1995}, {"id": 1996}, {"id": 1997}, {"id": 1998}, {"id": 1999}, {"id": 2000}, {"id": 2001}, {"id": 2002}, {"id": 2003}, {"id": 2004}, {"id": 2005}, {"id": 2006}, {"id": 2007}, {"id": 2008}, {"id": 2009}, {"id": 2010}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2015}, {"id": 2016}, {"id": 2017}, {"id": 2018}, {"id": 2019}, {"id": 2020}, {"id": 2021}, {"id": 2022}, {"id": 2023}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 370947, "name": "Antimony", "code": null}, {"id": 35812, "name": "Asbestos", "code": null}, {"id": 370948, "name": "Barite", "code": null}, {"id": 370949, "name": "Bauxite", "code": null}, {"id": 370944, "name": "Beryllium", "code": null}, {"id": 370924, "name": "Bismuth", "code": null}, {"id": 369930, "name": "Boron", "code": null}, {"id": 369920, "name": "Chromium", "code": null}, {"id": 29302, "name": "Coal", "code": null}, {"id": 369927, "name": "Cobalt", "code": null}, {"id": 35825, "name": "Copper", "code": null}, {"id": 370950, "name": "Diamond (industrial)", "code": null}, {"id": 370955, "name": "Diamond and synthetic (industrial)", "code": null}, {"id": 370941, "name": "Feldspar", "code": null}, {"id": 370929, "name": "Fluorspar", "code": null}, {"id": 370926, "name": "Garnet", "code": null}, {"id": 370932, "name": "Gemstones", "code": null}, {"id": 36281, "name": "Gold", "code": null}, {"id": 369929, "name": "Graphite", "code": null}, {"id": 370938, "name": "Gypsum", "code": null}, {"id": 370957, "name": "Helium", "code": null}, {"id": 370953, "name": "Iodine", "code": null}, {"id": 370933, "name": "Iron ore (crude ore)", "code": null}, {"id": 370934, "name": "Iron ore (iron content)", "code": null}, {"id": 35827, "name": "Lead", "code": null}, {"id": 369922, "name": "Lithium", "code": null}, {"id": 370927, "name": "Magnesium compounds", "code": null}, {"id": 35817, "name": "Manganese", "code": null}, {"id": 370942, "name": "Mercury", "code": null}, {"id": 370940, "name": "Mica (scrap and flake)", "code": null}, {"id": 370936, "name": "Mica (sheet)", "code": null}, {"id": 369931, "name": "Molybdenum", "code": null}, {"id": 35826, "name": "Nickel", "code": null}, {"id": 369928, "name": "Niobium", "code": null}, {"id": 370945, "name": "Phosphate rock", "code": null}, {"id": 370943, "name": "Platinum group metals (palladium)", "code": null}, {"id": 370925, "name": "Platinum group metals (platinum)", "code": null}, {"id": 370928, "name": "Potash", "code": null}, {"id": 370931, "name": "Rare earths", "code": null}, {"id": 35844, "name": 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nonfuel mineral commodities.", "producer": "United States Geological Survey", "citationFull": "National Minerals Information Center, 2024, U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Commodity Summaries 2024 Data Release (ver. 2.0, March 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P144BA54.", "attribution": "USGS - Mineral Commodity Summaries (2024)", "attributionShort": "USGS", "urlMain": "https://doi.org/10.5066/P144BA54", "urlDownload": "https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/65a6e45fd34e5af967a46749?f=__disk__9c%2F08%2Fa8%2F9c08a8bb0d04a87840f4f7f4ba489adf0d277f32", "dateAccessed": "2024-07-17", "datePublished": "2024-01-30", "license": {"url": "https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-usgs-products-are-already-publicly-available", "name": "CC BY 4.0"}}, {"id": 1264, "title": "Historical Statistics for Mineral and Material Commodities", "description": "Information on mineral commodities, including production and unit value (the real and nominal price in U.S. dollars of a metric ton of apparent consumption). For many of the commodities, data are reported as far back as 1900.\nThe data was compiled primarily from publications of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM). The principal references are the annual Minerals Yearbook (MYB) publication and its predecessor, Mineral Resources of the United States (MR). Other USGS and USBM publications used as references included: Statistical Compendium (SC), Metal Prices in the United States Through 1991 (MP91), Metal Prices in the United States Through 1998 (MP98), Metal Prices in the United States Through 2010, MCS and its predecessor Commodity Data Summaries (CDS), Minerals Facts and Problems (MFP), and various USBM Information Circulars. In some cases, USGS mineral commodity specialists added previously unpublished or recently revised data to the historical statistics series.", "producer": "United States Geological Survey", "citationFull": "Kelly, T.D., and Matos, G.R., comps., 2014, Historical statistics for mineral and material commodities in the United States (2016 version): U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 140.", "attribution": "USGS - Historical Statistics for Mineral and Material Commodities (2023)", "attributionShort": "USGS", "urlMain": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center/historical-statistics-mineral-and-material-commodities", "dateAccessed": "2024-07-15", "datePublished": "2023", "license": {"url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center/historical-statistics-mineral-and-material-commodities", "name": "Public domain"}}, {"id": 1299, "titleSnapshot": "World Mineral Statistics - 1970 onwards", "title": "World Mineral Statistics", "descriptionSnapshot": "This is a compilation of all the data that is accessible via the BGS web interface, containing imports, exports and production of minerals by country from 1970 onwards.", "description": "The World Mineral Statistics dataset is a compilation of production and trade statistics on a wide range of mineral commodities since 1913.\nHowever, data prior to 1960 is only available a scanned PDF books, whose content, currently, cannot successfully be extracted programmatically.", "producer": "British Geological Survey", "citationFull": "World Mineral Statistics, contributed by permission of the British Geological Survey (BGS). The copyright of all materials derived from the BGS's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and/or the authority that commissioned the work.", "attribution": "BGS - World Mineral Statistics (2023)", "attributionShort": "BGS", "urlMain": "https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/statistics/world-mineral-statistics/", "dateAccessed": "2024-07-09", "datePublished": "2023-01-01", "license": {"url": "https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/statistics/world-mineral-statistics/", "name": "\u00a9 Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and/or the authority that commissioned the work"}}]}