Our World in Data - Metals & Minerals Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems https://ourworldindata.org/ 2026-04-07T00:00:00.000Z Brazil, India, Vietnam, and Russia hold large reserves of rare earth, but mine very little of them https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/brazil-india-vietnam-and-russia-hold-large-reserves-of-rare-earth-but-mine-very-little-of-them 2026-04-07T00:00:00.000Z Esteban Ortiz-Ospina
]]> Explore updated data on metals and minerals https://ourworldindata.org/explore-updated-data-on-metals-and-minerals 2026-02-03T17:14:00.000Z Pablo Rosado
]]> Resource use matters, but material footprints are a poor way to measure it https://ourworldindata.org/material-footprint-limitations 2025-10-20T04:00:00.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> Gold export data suggests that Peru, one of the world’s largest producers, mines nearly as much informally as it does formally https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/gold-export-data-suggests-that-peru-one-of-the-worlds-largest-producers-mines-nearly-as-much-informally-as-it-does-formally 2025-08-20T04:00:00.000Z Esteban Ortiz-Ospina
]]> The world’s lithium is mined in just a handful of countries https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-worlds-lithium-is-mined-in-just-a-handful-of-countries 2025-02-03T04:00:00.000Z Hannah RitchiePablo Rosado
]]> Global cement production has plateaued over the last decade https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/global-cement-production-has-plateaued-over-the-last-decade 2025-01-16T04:00:00.000Z Hannah RitchiePablo Rosado
]]> Who would have won the Simon-Ehrlich bet over different decades, and what do long-term prices tell us about resource scarcity? https://ourworldindata.org/simon-ehrlich-bet 2025-01-06T04:00:00.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> Most of the world’s cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but refined in China https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/most-of-the-worlds-cobalt-is-mined-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-but-refined-in-china 2024-10-02T05:00:00.000Z Hannah RitchiePablo Rosado
]]> Low-carbon technologies need far less mining than fossil fuels https://ourworldindata.org/low-carbon-technologies-need-far-less-mining-fossil-fuels 2024-09-23T05:00:00.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> Metals and Minerals https://ourworldindata.org/metals-minerals 2024-09-16T05:10:00.000Z Hannah RitchiePablo Rosado
]]> Which countries have the critical minerals needed for the energy transition? https://ourworldindata.org/countries-critical-minerals-needed-energy-transition 2024-09-16T05:05:00.000Z Hannah RitchiePablo Rosado
]]> What’s the difference between mineral reserves and resources? https://ourworldindata.org/reserve-vs-resource 2024-07-29T11:00:00.000Z Hannah RitchieMax Roser
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