Money · Phase 4

Critical minerals

How reliant is the US on imported critical minerals, and where do the reserves sit?

Vintage 2025 · USGS MCS

COPPER

US mine production

1000 thousand metric tons

vintage 2025 · USGS MCS

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries · public domain

World mine production

23000 thousand metric tons

vintage 2025 · USGS MCS

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries · public domain

World reserves

980000 thousand metric tons

vintage 2025 · USGS MCS

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries · public domain

US net import reliance

57 %

vintage 2025 · USGS MCS

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries · public domain

Major import sources: Chile, Canada, Peru, Mexico

LITHIUM

US mine production

—

unavailable — no value invented

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries · public domain

World mine production

290000 metric tons

vintage 2025 · USGS MCS

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries · public domain

World reserves

37000000 metric tons

vintage 2025 · USGS MCS

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries · public domain

US net import reliance

>50 %

vintage 2025 · USGS MCS

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries · public domain

Major import sources: Chile, Argentina

Vintage 2025 · USGS · pubs.usgs.gov

Structural annual data (USGS MCS) — not market flow, not a price signal.