About OpenOre
OpenOre is an open atlas of raw materials: where each is mined, processed and shipped, who operates the sites, and what could interrupt supply. It is free, open source and non-commercial.
The rules it is built on
- Nothing is invented. Every figure comes from a public source and links to it, with the year it describes and the licence it is under.
- What is missing is shown as missing. An empty field stays empty and says why. The atlas has a whole section on what it does not know.
- Sources are never blended. Where two sources disagree, both are shown, each with its own figure.
- No data about private persons, nothing confidential or leaked, and no licensed market data.
- No advice. The atlas describes; it does not recommend. Nothing in it is financial advice.
What it holds today
- 10 materials: lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, graphite, rare earths, gallium, germanium, tungsten, antimony.
- 849 mines and plants on record, and 462 deposits and projects, each from a named source.
- 734 companies, linked to sites only where a source prints their name.
- 26 sources in use, listed with their licences in the terms of use.
- Data version 2026.1-04a4c27226.
Coverage is partial and uneven: strong for mines in the Americas, Australia and Canada, weak for processing plants in Asia. Each material page says how much of world production the atlas can place on the map.
How to read it
Method gives every formula the atlas computes. Glossary explains the terms. How to read the sustainability figures covers the four indicators. Stories are guided readings of the data.
Who is behind it
OpenOre is run by Lorenzo Sivillica. Write to hello@openore.org with a correction, a source or a question. Contributing in the browser is coming soon; see Contribute.