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China refined 99% (USGS) of the world's gallium in 2025 (estimated).
99%
of the world's gallium refining in 2025 (estimated), according to USGS · almost all
#1 in gallium refiningANNUAL 2025
Materials with a production share
9
with a mining or refining share on record
Sites on record
18
Mines and plants in the open sources. Coverage is partial.
Exports of the ten materials
$9.7bn
2024; most of it copper; 131 partner countries
Grid emissions intensity
528gCO2e/kWh
2025
Overview
What it produces
Share of world output, per material and stage. Each bar is one source's figure; where two sources report the same stage, both are shown and never blended. A full-width bar would be 100%.
Gallium· Refine
- 99%almost all#1 in gallium refiningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 900 000 kg
Rank 1 of the 3 countries with a figure in this USGS table.
Graphite· Refine
- 94%about 9 in 10#1 in graphite refiningIEA, 2025 · 2 139 kt
Rank 1 of the 6 countries with a figure in this IEA table.
Rare earths· Refine
- 83%about 4 in 5#1 in rare earths refiningIEA, 2025 · 75 kt REE
Rank 1 of the 5 countries with a figure in this IEA table.
Graphite· Mine
- 80%about 4 in 5#1 in graphite miningIEA, 2025 · 1 432 kt
Rank 1 of the 6 countries with a figure in this IEA table.
- 78%about 4 in 5#1 in graphite miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 1 400 000 t
Rank 1 of the 18 countries with a figure in this USGS table.
Tungsten· Mine
- 79%about 4 in 5#1 in tungsten miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 67 000 t
Rank 1 of the 11 countries with a figure in this USGS table.
Cobalt· Refine
- 76%about 3 in 4#1 in cobalt refiningIEA, 2025 · 180 kt Co
Rank 1 of the 6 countries with a figure in this IEA table.
Lithium· Refine
- 74%about 3 in 4#1 in lithium refiningIEA, 2025 · 235 kt Li
Rank 1 of the 6 countries with a figure in this IEA table.
Rare earths· Mine
- 69%about 2 in 3#1 in rare earths miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 270 000 t
Rank 1 of the 12 countries with a figure in this USGS table.
- 59%about 3 in 5#1 in rare earths miningIEA, 2025 · 47 kt REE
Rank 1 of the 5 countries with a figure in this IEA table.
Copper· Refine
- 48%about half#1 in copper refiningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 14 000 kt
Rank 1 of the 17 countries with a figure in this USGS table.
- 47%about half#1 in copper refiningIEA, 2025 · 13 069 kt Cu
Rank 1 of the 6 countries with a figure in this IEA table.
Antimony· Mine
- 36%about 1 in 3#1 in antimony miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 40 000 t
Rank 1 of the 15 countries with a figure in this USGS table.
Nickel· Refine
- 31%about 1 in 3#2 in nickel refiningIEA, 2025 · 1 160 kt Ni
Rank 2 of the 7 countries with a figure in this IEA table.
Lithium· Mine
- 23%about 1 in 4#2 in lithium miningIEA, 2025 · 70 kt Li
Rank 2 of the 6 countries with a figure in this IEA table.
- 21%about 1 in 5#2 in lithium miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 62 000 t
Rank 2 of the 9 countries with a figure in this USGS table.
Copper· Mine
- 7.9%about 1 in 10#4 in copper miningIEA, 2025 · 1 838 kt Cu
Rank 4 of the 6 countries with a figure in this IEA table.
- 7.8%about 1 in 10#4 in copper miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 1 800 kt
Rank 4 of the 14 countries with a figure in this USGS table.
Nickel· Mine
- 3.5%about 1 in 20#4 in nickel miningIEA, 2025 · 147 kt Ni
Rank 4 of the 7 countries with a figure in this IEA table.
- 3.1%about 1 in 20#6 in nickel miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 120 000 t
Rank 6 of the 9 countries with a figure in this USGS table.
Cobalt· Mine
- 2.2%#4 in cobalt miningIEA, 2025 · 7 kt Co
Rank 4 of the 6 countries with a figure in this IEA table.
- 0.6%#9 in cobalt miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 2 000 t
Rank 9 of the 12 countries with a figure in this USGS table.
Key facts
- Country code
- CHN
- GDP
- $19.5tn (2025)
- Mineral rents, share of GDP
- 0.5% (2021)
- Ores and metals, share of goods exports
- 1.6% (2025)
- Mining area, all commodities
- 10 365 km² (2019; rank 2 of 144)
Map
- China
- Mine or brine operation
- Processing site
Sites are those in the open sources. A site missing here is missing from the sources, not from the world.
Sites on record · 18
18 of 18 shown
- AsheleMine
- Bayan Obo iron-rare-earth-niobium depositMine
- Bayan Obo iron-rare-earth-niobium depositMine
- DeerniMine
- Dexing Copper/Gold MineMine
- DuobaoshanMine
- Miaogou & SanguikouMine
- Qulong Mining AreaMine
- ShuguangMine
- Yongping copper mineMine
- Yulong Copper MineMine
- Zabuye Lithium MineMine
- ZijinshanMine
- 丰山铜矿Mine
- 乌努格吐山铜钼矿露天采矿Mine
- 乌努格吐山铜钼矿露天采矿Mine
- 小铜矿Mine
- 铜陵有色冬瓜山铜矿Mine
One entry per site. Where two sources describe the same site, the atlas lists the record of the source it ranks higher.
Country in context
Gallium: Primary production, 2025 (estimated). All rows come from the same table.
| Country | kilograms | Share of world | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChinaThis country | 900 000 | 99.0 % | |
| World totalWorld total as the source gives it | 900 000 | – |
Supply chain
Every figure the sources give for this country, its trade partners per material, and where its sites are.
Production, refining and reserves
The latest year of each series. Share is of the series total: the larger of the source world total and the sum of its rows. Rank counts only the countries that have a number in that series.
| Series | Amount | Share of world | Rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithium: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 2 of 9 | 62 000 t | 21.4 % | ||
| Lithium: Raw materials (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 2 of 6 | 70 kt Li | 23.1 % | ||
| Lithium: Chemicals (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 1 of 6 | 235 kt Li | 73.7 % | ||
| Lithium: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 3 of 10 | 4 600 000 t | 12.4 % | ||
| Cobalt: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 9 of 12 | 2 000 t | 0.6 % | ||
| Cobalt: Mining (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 4 of 6 | 7 kt Co | 2.2 % | ||
| Cobalt: Refining (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 1 of 6 | 180 kt Co | 75.6 % | ||
| Cobalt: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 8 of 12 | 160 000 t | 1.3 % | ||
| Nickel: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 6 of 9 | 120 000 t | 3.1 % | ||
| Nickel: Mining (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 4 of 7 | 147 kt Ni | 3.5 % | ||
| Nickel: Refining (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 2 of 7 | 1 160 kt Ni | 31.1 % | ||
| Nickel: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 7 of 9 | 4 400 000 t | 3.4 % | ||
| Copper: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 4 of 14 | 1 800 kt | 7.8 % | ||
| Copper: Mining (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 4 of 6 | 1 838 kt Cu | 7.9 % | ||
| Copper: Refinery production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 1 of 17 | 14 000 kt | 48.3 % | ||
| Copper: Refining (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 1 of 6 | 13 069 kt Cu | 46.8 % | ||
| Copper: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 8 of 14 | 41 000 kt | 4.2 % | ||
| Graphite: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 1 of 18 | 1 400 000 t | 77.8 % | ||
| Graphite: Mining (natural graphite) (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 1 of 6 | 1 432 kt | 80.4 % | ||
| Graphite: Refined battery-grade supply (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 1 of 6 | 2 139 kt | 94.4 % | ||
| Graphite: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 1 of 15 | 100 000 000 t | 32.3 % | ||
| Rare earths: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 1 of 12 | 270 000 t | 69.2 % | ||
| Rare earths: Mining (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 1 of 5 | 47 kt REE | 58.8 % | ||
| Rare earths: Refining (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 1 of 5 | 75 kt REE | 83.3 % | ||
| Rare earths: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 1 of 11 | 44 000 000 t | 51.6 % | ||
| Gallium: Primary production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 1 of 3 | 900 000 kg | 99.0 % | ||
| Gallium: Production capacity2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 1 of 3 | 1 600 000 kg | 93.0 % | ||
| Tungsten: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 1 of 11 | 67 000 t | 78.7 % | ||
| Tungsten: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 1 of 8 | 2 500 000 t | 53.2 % | ||
| Antimony: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 1 of 15 | 40 000 t | 36.1 % | ||
| Antimony: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 1 of 13 | 830 000 t | 34.7 % |
Mines and plants listed without coordinates · 267
The USGS Minerals Yearbook names these operations in China with company, place and annual capacity, but gives no coordinates, so they are not on the map. Capacity is not production. Each row is from the chapter year shown.
| Material and product | Kind | Company, as listed | Place, as listed | Annual capacity | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AntimonyAntimony > Mine > Ore | Mine | Hsikwangshan Twinkling Star Co. Ltd. (China Minmetals Corp., 100%) | Hunan, Lengshuijiang | 600 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| AntimonyAntimony > Mine > Concentrate | Mine | Hunan Gold Corp. Ltd. | Hunan, Yuanling | 8 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| AntimonyAntimony > Mine > Concentrate | Mine | Tibet Huayu Mining Co. Ltd. | Xizang, Lhasa | not given | 2023 | |
| AntimonyAntimony > Mine > Metal, including intermediate | Plant | Guangxi Huaxi Nonferrous Metals Co. Ltd. | Guangxi, Hechi | 40 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| AntimonyAntimony > Mine > Metal, including intermediate | Plant | Hsikwangshan Twinkling Star Co. Ltd. (China Minmetals Corp., 100%) | Hunan, Lengshuijiang | 40 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| AntimonyAntimony > Mine > Metal, including intermediate | Plant | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co. Ltd. (Hunan Gold Corp. Ltd.) | Hunan, Yuanling | 20 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| AntimonyAntimony > Mine > Metal, including intermediate | Plant | Hunan Yuteng Nonferrous Metals Co. Ltd. | Hunan, Chenzhou | 5 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| AntimonyAntimony > Mine > Metal, including intermediate | Plant | Jiyuan Wangyang Smelting (Group) Co. Ltd. | Henan, Jiaozuo | 10 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Mine | Mine | Hainan Mining Co. Ltd. | Hainan, Changjiang | 110 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Mine | Mine | Jinchuan Group Co. Ltd. | Gansu, Jinchang, Jinchuan | 6 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Mine | Mine | Shandong Jinling Mining Co. Ltd. | Shandong, Yantai, Zhaoyuan | 110 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Mine | Mine | Xinjiang Xinxin Mining Industry Co. Ltd. | Xinjiang Uyghur, Fuyun | 100 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Mine | Mine | Yuanjiang Nickel Industry Co. Ltd. (Yunnan Tin Industry Group Co. Ltd.) | Yunnan, Yuxi, Yuanjiang | 80 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Anhui Hanrui New Materials Co. Ltd. (Nanjing Hanrui Cobalt Co. Ltd., 100%) | Anhui, Chuzhou, Langya | 3 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Secondary | Plant | Chizhou Xian New material Technology Co. Ltd. | Anhui, Chizhou, Guichi | 600 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary | Plant | CNGR Advanced Materials Co. Ltd. | Guizhou, Tongren, Dalong | 17 600 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Secondary | Plant | CNGR Advanced Materials Co. Ltd. | Guizhou, Tongren | 17 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Dalian Aote Cobalt Nickel New Materials Co. Ltd. | Liaoning, Dalian, Puwan | 1 600 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Ganzhou Tengyuan Cobalt New Material Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Ganzhou, Ganxian | 20 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Ganzhou YiHao Umicore Industries Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Ganzhou, Zhanggong, Xihe | 6 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Secondary | Plant | GEM (Jiangsu) Cobalt Industry Co. Ltd. (GEM Co. Ltd.) | Jiangsu, Taizhou, Taixing | 35 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Secondary | Plant | GEM (Wuxi) Energy Materials Co. Ltd. (GEM Co. Ltd., 100%) | Jiangsu, Wuxi, Xinwu | 15 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Greatpower Nickel and Cobalt Materials Co. Ltd. (Greatpower Jinchuan Advanced Battery Materials Corp.) | Zhejiang, Shaoxing, Shangyu | 7 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Guangdong Jiana Energy Technology Co. Ltd. | Guangdong, Qingyuan, Yingde | 10 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Hefei Rongjie Metal Technology Co. Ltd. | Anhui, Hefei | 4 500 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Secondary | Plant | Hunan Jinyuan New Material Co. Ltd. | Hunan, Yiyang, Anhua | 4 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Hunan Yacheng New Materials Co. Ltd. | Hunan, Changsha, Ningxiang | 2 800 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Jiangsu Huayou Energy Technology Co. Ltd. | Jiangsu, Nanjing, Jiangning | 38 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary—Continued | Plant | Jiangsu Jiangwu Cobalt Industry Co. Ltd. [Jiangxi Tungsten Group (JXTC)] | Jiangsu, Ganzhou | 2 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary—Continued | Plant | Jiangsu Xiongfeng Technology Co. Ltd. | Jiangsu, Nantong, Haimen | 1 200 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary—Continued | Plant | Lanzhou Jinchuan Advanced Materials Technology Co. Ltd. (Jinchuan Group Co. Ltd.) | Gansu, Lanzhou, Heping | 12 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary—Continued | Plant | Nantong Xinwei Nickel and Cobalt Hightech Development Co. Ltd. | Jiangsu, Nantong, Haimen | 2 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary—Continued | Plant | Quzhou Huayou Cobalt New Material Co. Ltd. | Zhejiang, Quzhou, Kecheng | 39 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary—Continued | Plant | Sichuan Wanbang Shenghui New Energy Technology Co. Ltd. | Sichuan, Meishan, Shishu | 1 300 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary—Continued | Plant | Tianjin Maolian Technology Co. Ltd. (Beijing Hezong Science & Technology Co. Ltd., 100%) | Tianjin, Binhai, Nangang | 4 800 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary—Continued | Plant | Yantai Kaishi Industrial Co. Ltd. | Shandong, Yantai, Zhifu | 4 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary—Continued | Plant | Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. Ltd. | Zhejiang, Tongxiang | 39 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Secondary | Plant | Zhejiang New Era Zhongneng Recycling Technology Co. Ltd. | Zhejiang, Shaoxing, Shangyu | 10 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary—Continued | Plant | Zhongwei New Materials Co. Ltd. | Hunan, Changsha, Ningxiang | 6 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CobaltCobalt, Co content > Refined > Primary—Continued | Plant | Zhuhai Kelixin Metal Material Co. Ltd. (Chengtun Mining Group Co. Ltd., 100%) | Guangdong, Zhuhai, Jinwan | 4 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | Anhui Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co. Ltd. | Anhui, Anqing | 47 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | Baiyin Nonferrous Group Co. Ltd. | Gansu, Baiyin | 30 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | China Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | Hubei, Huangshi | 26 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | China Gold International Resources Corp. Ltd. | Central Xizang | 87 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | China National Gold Group Co. Ltd. | Xinjiang Uyghur, Wunuketushan | 61 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | Chinalco Yunnan Copper Group Co. Ltd. | Yunnan, Kunming | 113 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | Gansu Yangba Copper Industry Co. Ltd. | Gansu, Yangba | 20 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | Heilongjiang Liujiu Mining Co. Ltd. | Heilongjiang, Longjiang | 22 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd. (Jiangxi Copper Corp. Ltd.) | Jiangxi, Dexing | 190 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | Jinchuan Group Co. Ltd. | Gansu, Jinchang | 100 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | Shanxi Zhongtiaoshan Nonferrous Metal Group Co. Ltd. | Shanxi, Zhongtiaoshan | 30 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | Tibet Julong Copper Co. Ltd. (Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd., 50.1%) | Xizang, Julong | 150 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holding Co. Ltd. | Anhui, Tongling | 52 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | Western Mining Co. Ltd., 58%, and Zijin Copper Co. Ltd., 22% | Xizang, Chamdo | 150 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | Xinjiang Ashele Copper Co. Ltd. (Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd.) | Xinjiang Uyghur, Habahe | 50 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | Yunnan Copper Co. Ltd., 51%, and Shanghai Oriental Pearl Group, 49% | Xinjiang Uyghur, Hami, Yizhou | 16 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | Yunnan Diqing Nonferrous Metals Co. Ltd. | Yunnan, Diqing | 98 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. | Heilongjiang, Heihe | 110 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Mine, Cu content | Mine | Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. | Fujian, Longyan | 86 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Baiyin Nonferrous Group Co. Ltd. | Gansu, Baiyin | 400 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Chifeng Fubang Copper Industry Co. Ltd. | Nei Mongol, Chifeng, Linxi | 100 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Chifeng Jinfeng Copper Co. Ltd. | Yunnan, Kunming, Wuhua | 400 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Chifeng Yunnan Copper Nonferrous Metals Co. Ltd. | Nei Mongol, Chifeng, Harqin | 400 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Chinalco Luoyang Copper Processing Co. Ltd. | Henan, Luoyang, Jianxi | 400 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Daye Nonferrous Metals Co. Ltd. | Hubei, Huangshi, Xialu | 600 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Guangxi Nanguo Copper Industry Co. Ltd. | Guangxi, Chongzuo, Fusui | 700 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Guangxi Non-Ferrous Metal Group | Guangxi, Wuzhou, Longxu | 150 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Heilongjiang Zijin Copper Smelter Co. Ltd. | Heilongjiang, Qiqihar, Hulan-Ergi | 170 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Henan Yuguang Gold Lead Co. Ltd. | Henan, Jiyuan, Kejing | 100 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Huili Kunpeng Co. Ltd. | Sichuan, Huili | 100 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Huludao Dongfang Copper Industry Co. Ltd. (Huludao Nonferrous Metals Group Co. Ltd.) | Liaoning, Huludao, Longgang | 100 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd. (Jiangxi Copper Corp. Ltd.) | Jiangxi, Yingtan, Guixi | 1 800 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Jilin Zijin Copper Smelter Co. Ltd. (Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd.) | Jilin, Hunchun | 140 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Jinchuan Group Co. Ltd. | Gansu, Jinchang, Jinchuan | 600 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Jinchuan Group Co. Ltd. | Guangxi, Fangchenggang | 400 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Linyi Jinsheng Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Co. Ltd. | Shandong, Linyi | 200 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Ningbo Jintian Copper Co. Ltd. | Zhejiang, Ningbo, Jiangbei | 150 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Shandong Dongying Fangyuan Nonferrous Metals Co. Ltd. | Shandong, Dongying | 700 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Tianjin Datong Copper Co. Ltd. | Tianjin | 200 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holding Co. Ltd. | Anhui, Tongling, Tongguang | 1 600 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holding Co. Ltd. | Anhui, Tongling, Yi'an | 200 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Yanggu Xiangguang Copper Co. Ltd. (Shandong Fengxiang Group Co. Ltd.) | Shandong, Liaocheng, Yanggu | 500 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Yunnan Copper Co. Ltd. (Chialco) | Yunnan, Honghe, Gejiu | 500 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Yunnan Copper Co. Ltd. (Chialco) | Yunnan, Kunming, Wuhua | 500 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Zhangjiagang United Copper Co. (Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holding Co. Ltd.) | Jiangsu, Zhangjiagang | 300 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Zhongjin Gold Corp. Ltd. (China National Gold Group Co. Ltd.) | Henan, Sanmenxia, Hubin | 350 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Zhongtiaoshan Nonferrous Metals Group Co. Ltd. | Shanxi, Yuncheng, Yuanqu | 185 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Zijin Copper Co. Ltd. (Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd.) | Fujian, Shanghang | 420 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Zijin Copper Co. Ltd. (Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd.) | Jilin, Yanbian, Hunchun | 150 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| CopperCopper > Refined | Plant | Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. | Xinjiang Uyghur, Changji, Fukang | 100 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GalliumGallium, metal | Plant | Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco), of which: Chalco Zunyi Aluminum Co. Ltd. | Guizhou, Zunyi | 150 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GalliumGallium, metal | Plant | East Hope Group Co. Ltd., of which: East Hope Jinzhong Aluminum Co. Ltd. | Shanxi, Lingshi | 60 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GalliumGallium, metal | Plant | East Hope Mianchi Gallium Industry Co. Ltd. | Henan, Sanmenxia | 80 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GalliumGallium, metal | Plant | Pingguo Aluminum Co. Ltd. | Guangxi, Pingguo | 40 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GalliumGallium, metal | Plant | Shandong Aluminium Industry Co. Ltd. | Shandong, Zibo | 20 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GalliumGallium, metal | Plant | Shanxi Zhaofeng Aluminum & Power Co. Ltd. | Shanxi, Yangquan | 25 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GalliumGallium, metal | Plant | Xiaoyi Xing'an Gallium Industry Co. Ltd. | Shanxi, Xiaoyi | 130 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GalliumGallium, metal | Plant | Zhuhai SEZ Fangyuan Inc. | 6 plants in multiple Provinces | 130 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GalliumGallium, metal | Plant | Zhuzhou Keneng New Material Co. Ltd. | Hunan, Zunyi | 50 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GermaniumGermanium | Not specified | China Germanium Co. Ltd. (CNGE) | Jiangsu, Nanjing | 30 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GermaniumGermanium | Not specified | Hengyang Hengrong High Purity Semiconductor Materials Co. Ltd. (Hunan Hengguang Technology Co. Ltd.) | Hunan, Hengyang | 30 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GermaniumGermanium | Not specified | Huaihua Hongjiang Hengchang Germanium Industry Technology Co. Ltd. | Hunan, Huaihua | 20 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GermaniumGermanium | Not specified | Nei Mongol Xilingol Tongli Germanium Industry Co. Ltd. | Nei Mongol, Xilinhot | 20 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GermaniumGermanium | Not specified | Shanghai Lontai Copper Co. Ltd. | Shanghai | 10 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GermaniumGermanium | Not specified | Shenzhen Nonfemet Co. Ltd. | Guangdong, Shaoguan | 30 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GermaniumGermanium | Not specified | Yunnan Chihong Zinc and Germanium Co. Ltd. | Yunnan, Qujing | 70 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GermaniumGermanium | Not specified | Yunnan Lincang Xinyuan Germanium Industrial Co. Ltd. | Yunnan, Lincang | 50 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GermaniumGermanium | Not specified | Yunnan Luoping Zinc and Electricity Co. Ltd. | Yunnan, Luoping, Jiulobng | 2 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GraphiteGraphite | Not specified | Heilongjiang Hegang Graphite Industry Co. Ltd. | Heilongjiang, Luobei | not given | 2023 | |
| GraphiteGraphite | Not specified | Hensen Graphite Co. Ltd. | Heilongjiang, Jiangsu and Nei Mongol | 30 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GraphiteGraphite | Not specified | Jixi Aoyu Graphite Co. Ltd. | Heilongjiang, Jixi | 100 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GraphiteGraphite | Not specified | Jixi Puchen Graphite Co. Ltd. | Heilongjiang, Jixi | 80 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GraphiteGraphite | Not specified | Luobei Haida Graphite Co. Ltd. | Heilongjiang, Hegang | not given | 2023 | |
| GraphiteGraphite | Not specified | Nei Mongol Xinghe Jingyin Graphite Co. Ltd. | Nei Mongol, Xinghe | 10 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GraphiteGraphite | Not specified | Qingdao Haida Graphite Co. Ltd. | Shandong, Qingdao, Pingdu | 60 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| GraphiteGraphite | Not specified | Qingdao Yanxin Graphite Products Co. Ltd. | Shandong, Qingdao | 28 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Mine | Mine | Antai Mining Co. Ltd. | Chongqing | 3 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Mine | Mine | Fujian Zhonghe Co. Ltd. | Sichuan, Maerkang | 6 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Mine | Mine | Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Ganzhou, Ningdu | 20 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Mine | Mine | Ganzizhou Rongda Lithium Co. Ltd. (Youngy Co. Ltd.) | Sichuan, Tagong | 8 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Brine | Mine | Golmud Zangge Mining Co. Ltd. (Zangge Potash Fertilizer Co. Ltd.) | Qinghai, Golmud, Qarhan Lake | 10 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Mine | Mine | Jinchuan Aoyinuo Mining Co. Ltd. (Chengxin Lithium Group) | Sichuan, Jinchuan, Yelonggou | 13 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Brine | Mine | Minmetals Salt Lake Co. Ltd. (China Minmetals Corp., 51%, and Qinghai Liangcheng Mining Co. Ltd., 49%) | Qinghai, Mangya, Yiliping Lake | 10 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Mine | Mine | Ningxia Non-Ferrous Metals Import and Export Corp. (operator), and Yichun Tantalum Co. Ltd. (owner) | Jiangxi, Yichun, Yifeng | 30 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Brine | Mine | Qinghai CITIC Guoan Lithium Industry Development Co. Ltd. | Qinghai, Xitai Ginel Salt Lake | 30 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Brine | Mine | Qinghai Dongtai Ginel Lithium Resources Co. Ltd. (Western Mining Group Co. Ltd.) | Qinghai, Dongtai Ginel Salt Lake | 10 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Brine | Mine | Qinghai Hengxinrong Lithium Technology Co. Ltd. | Qinghai, Xitai Ginel Salt Lake | 20 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Brine | Mine | Qinghai Jintai Lithium Industry Co. Ltd. (Jintai Potash Fertilizer) | Qinghai, Balun Mahai Lake | 7 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Brine | Mine | Qinghai Qaidam Xinghua Lithium Salt Co. Ltd. | Qinghai, Da Qaidam Salt Lake | 10 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Brine | Mine | Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co. Ltd. | Qinghai, Golmud, Qarhan Lake | 24 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Mine | Mine | Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group Co. Ltd. | Sichuan, Ya'an | 8 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Brine | Mine | Tibet Guoneng Mining Development Co. Ltd. (Tibet City Development Investment Co. Ltd.) | Xizang, Lungmu Tso Salt Lake | 5 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Brine | Mine | Tibet Mineral Development Co. Ltd. (Baowu Steel Group Group Co. Ltd.) | Xizang, Zhabuye Salt Lake | 10 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Mine | Mine | Yichun Yinli New Energy Co. Ltd. (Jiangxi Special Electric Motor Co. Ltd.) | Jiangxi, Yichun, Yifeng | 8 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Mine | Mine | Youngy Investment Holding Group Co. Ltd. | Sichuan, Kangding | 9 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Chengdu Rongjie Lithium Industry Technology Co. Ltd. | Sichuan, Chengdu | 20 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Guangxi Tianyuan New Energy Materials Co. Ltd. (Albemarle Lithium UK Ltd., 100%) | Guangxi, Qinzhou, Qinnan | 10 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | H-Zone Lithium Technology Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Yichun | 10 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Hainan Xingzhihai New Material Co. Ltd. (Hainan Mining Co. Ltd.) | Hunan, Danzhou, Yanpu | 18 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Huludao Hongjing Technology Co. Ltd. (Liaoning Hongjing Group) | Liaoning, Hongjing, Lianshan | 20 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Jiangsu Ronghui General Lithium Co. Ltd. | Jiangsu, Nantong, Haimen | 26 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Jiangxi Chunpeng Lithium Industry Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Xinyu | 4 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Jiangxi Dongpeng New Materials Co. Ltd. (China Mining Resources Group Co. Ltd., 100%) | Jiangxi, Xinyu | 33 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Jiangxi Ganfeng Battery Technology Co. Ltd. (Jiangxi Lthium Co. Ltd.) | Jiangxi, Xinyu, Yushui | 50 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Jiangxi Ganfeng Battery Technology Co. Ltd. (Jiangxi Lthium Co. Ltd.) | Jiangxi, Ganzhou, Ningdu | 50 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Jiangxi Jinhui Lithium Industry Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Yichun | 20 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Jiangxi Nanshi Lithium New Materials Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Yichun | 60 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Jiujiang Ronghui Lithium Industry Technology Co. Ltd. [General Lithium (Jiujiang) Tech Corp.] | Jiangxi, Jiujiang, Hukou | 15 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Qinghai CITIC Guoan Lithium Industry Development Co. Ltd. | Qinghai, Golmud | 5 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Qinghai Hengxinrong Lithium Technology Co. Ltd. | Qinghai, Haixi | 20 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Qinghai Lithium Co. Ltd. (Western Mining Group Co. Ltd., 74.54%, and others, 25.46%) | Qinghai, Xining | 10 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Qinghai Yanhu Fozhao Lanke Lithium Co. Ltd. (Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co. Ltd., 51.42%, and Kodak Manufacturing, 43.58%) | Qinghai, Golmud | 30 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Shandong Ruifu Lithium Industry Co. Ltd. | Shandong, Feicheng | 34 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Sichuan Aba Guangsheng Lithium Co. Ltd. | Sichuan, Wenchuan | 2 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Sichuan Changhehua Lithium Technology Co. Ltd. (Rongjie Group) | Sichuan, Chengdu | 6 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Sichuan Energy Investment Dingsheng Lithium Technology Co. Ltd. | Sichuan, Meishan | 10 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Sichuan Tianqi Lithium Industry Co. Ltd. (Chengdu Tianqi Group Co. Ltd.) | Chongqing, Tongliang | 3 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Sichuan Tianqi Lithium Industry Co. Ltd. (Chengdu Tianqi Group Co. Ltd.) | Jiangsu, Zhangjiagang | 20 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Sichuan Tianqi Lithium Industry Co. Ltd. (Chengdu Tianqi Group Co. Ltd.) | Sichuan, Chengdu | 26 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Sichuan Tianyi Lithium Industry Co. Ltd. | Sichuan, Yibin | 45 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Sichuan Tianyi Lithium Industry Co. Ltd. | Sichuan, Meishan | 53 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Sichuan Yahua Lithium Industrial (Ya'an) Co. Ltd. | Sichuan, Ya'an | 35 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Sichuan Zhiyuan Lithium Co. Ltd. (Chengxin Lithium Group Co. Ltd.) | Sichuan, Deyang, Mianzhu | 38 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Tangshan Xinfeng Lithium Industry Co. Ltd. | Hebei, Tangshan | 19 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Tibet Mineral Development Co. Ltd. (China Baowu Steel Group) | Xizang, Lhasa | 5 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Wudi Jinhaiwan Lithium Technology Co. Ltd. | Shandong, Binzhou | 26 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Xinjiang Haoxin Lithium Salt Development Co. Ltd. | Xinjiang Uyghur, Urumqi | 5 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Xinjiang Zhicun Lithium Industry Co. Ltd. | Xinjiang Uyghur, Ruoqiang | 6 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Yichun Yinli New Energy Co. Ltd. (Jiangxi Special Electric Motor Co. Ltd.) | Jiangxi, Yichun | 25 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| LithiumLithium, Li2CO3 equivalent > Refinery | Plant | Yongxing Special Material Technology Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Yichun | 10 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Mine | Mine | Jilin Jien Nickel Industry Co. Ltd. (Jilin Zhongze Haorong Group Co. Ltd.) | Jilin, Pangshi | 6 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Mine | Mine | Jinchuan Group Co. Ltd. | Gansu, Jinchuan | 90 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Mine | Mine | Shaanxi Hua'ao Mining Industry Co. Ltd. | Shaanxi, Lueyang | 6 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Mine | Mine | Xinjiang Hami Tianlong Nickel Industry Ltd. | Xinjiang Uyghur, Hami | 1 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Mine | Mine | Xinjiang Xinxin Mining Industry Co. Ltd., of which: | not given | 2023 | ||
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Mine | Mine | Xinjiang Yakesi Resources Ltd. | Xinjiang Uyghur, Hami | 17 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Mine | Mine | Yuanjiang Nickel Industry Co. Ltd. (Yunnan Tin Industry Group Co. Ltd.) | Yunnan, Yuxi | 5 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Mine | Mine | Yunnan Henghao Nickel Industry Group Co. Ltd. | Yunan, Kunming | 2 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Baosteel Desheng Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. (Baowu Group) | Fujian, Fuzhou, Luoyuan | 15 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Chengdu Electrometallurgical Co. Ltd. | Sichuan, Chengdu | 5 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Refined > Primary | Plant | China Metallurgical Ramu New Energy Technology Co. Ltd. | Hebei, Tangshan, Caofeidian | 9 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Refined > Secondary | Plant | Chizhou CN New Materials Technology Co. Ltd. | Anhui, Chizhou | 5 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Fujian Dingxin Industry Co. Ltd. | Fujian, Fu'an | 40 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Refined > Secondary | Plant | GEM Cobalt Industry Co. Ltd. | Hubei, Jingman | 44 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Guangdong Century Nickel Co. Ltd. | Guangdong, Yangjiang | 20 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Guangdong Century Qingshan Nickel Industry Co. Ltd. | Guangdong, Yangjiang | 50 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Guangdong Guangxin Suntec Metal Holdings Co. Ltd. | Guangdong, Yangjiang | 20 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Guangxi Chengde Group Co. Ltd. | Guangxi, Beihai | 30 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Guangxi Yinyi Advanced Material Co. Ltd. | Guangxi, Yulin, Longtan | 10 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Henan Jinhui Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. | Henan, Chengge | 10 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Refined > Secondary | Plant | Hunan Brunp Recycling Technology Co. Ltd. | Hunan, Changsha, Jinzhou | 11 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Inner Mongolia Heyi Nickel Materials Co. Ltd. | Nei Mongol, Tongliao, Naiman | 20 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Inner Mongolia Huade Wuzhou Steel Co. Ltd. | Nei Mongol, Wulanchabu, Huade | 11 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Inner Mongolia Shuofeng Industry Co. Ltd. | Nei Mongol, Fengzhen, Fuhua | 11 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Inner Mongolia Xinyang Metallurgy Chemical Co. Ltd. | Nei Mongol, Ulanqab, Tugui | 6 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry Co. Ltd. | Jiangsu, Yangcheng, Xiangshui | 100 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Jiangxi Jiangli Science and Technology Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Fenyi | 50 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Jilin Jien Nickel Industry Co. Ltd. (Jilin Zhongze Haorong Group Co. Ltd.) | Jilin, Panshi | 10 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Jinchuan Nonferrous Metals Co. Ltd. | Gansu, Jinchang, Jinchuan | 330 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Liaoning Guorun Metal Group Co. Ltd. | Liaoning, Yingkou, Shagang | 13 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Liaoning Shengyun Industry Development Co. Ltd. | Liaoning, Yingkou, Dashiqiao | 11 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Liaoning Treasure Platinum Technology Co. Ltd. | Liaoning, Liaoyang, Liuerbao | 13 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Shandong Xinhai Technology Co. Ltd. | Shandong, Linyi | 120 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Suqian Xiangxiang Industrial Co. Ltd. | Jiangsu, Suqian | 18 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Tianjiang Maolian Technology Co. Ltd. | Guangxi, Bohai, Longtan | 7 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Vale Nickel (Dalian) Co. Ltd. (Vale S.A.) | Liaoning, Dalian | 30 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Xinjiang Xinxin Mining Industry Co. Ltd. | Xinjiang Uyghur, Fukang, Fuyun | 13 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Yangjiang Yichuan Metal Science and Technology Co. Ltd. | Guangdong, Yangjiang, Gangkou | 12 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Yangzhou Yichuan Nickel Industry Co. Ltd. | Jiangsu, Yangzhou, Lidian | 10 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Refined > Primary | Plant | Yuanjiang Nickel Industry Co. Ltd. (Yunnan Tin Industry Group Co. Ltd.) | Yunnan, Yuxi | 5 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| NickelNickel, Ni content > Smelter, nickel pig iron | Plant | Zhanhua Weiye Nickel Industrial Co. Ltd. | Shandong, Binzhou, Zhanhua | 27 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| Rare earthsRare earths, rare-earth-oxide equivalent > Mine | Mine | China Northern Rare Earth (Group) High-Tech Co. Ltd. [Baotou Iron and Steel (Group) Co. Ltd.] | Banyan Obo Mine, Nei Mongol, Baotou | 179 000 metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| Rare earthsRare earths, rare-earth-oxide equivalent > Mine | Mine | China Rare Earth Group Co. Ltd. (State-owned Assets Supervision Administration Commission of the State Council, 31.2%; China Minmetals Rare Earth Co. Ltd., 20.3%; China Southern Rare Earth Group Co. Ltd., 20.3%; Chinalco Rare Earth and Metals Co. Ltd., 20.3%; and others, 7.8%), of which: | Ganzhou, Jiangxi | not given | 2023 | |
| Rare earthsRare earths, rare-earth-oxide equivalent > Mine | Mine | China Rare Earth Resources and Technology Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Ganzhou | 2 000 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| Rare earthsRare earths, rare-earth-oxide equivalent > Mine | Mine | China Southern Rare Earth Group Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi and Sichuan Provinces | 42 400 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| Rare earthsRare earths, rare-earth-oxide equivalent > Mine | Mine | Chinalco Rare Earth and Metals Co. Ltd. | Shandong and Sichuan Provinces | 23 900 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| Rare earthsRare earths, rare-earth-oxide equivalent > Mine | Mine | Longyan Rare Earth Development Co. Ltd. (Xiamen Tungsten Industry Co. Ltd.) | Fujian, Longyan, Xinluo | 3 400 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| Rare earthsRare earths, rare-earth-oxide equivalent > Mine | Mine | Pingyuan Huaqi Rare Earth Industry Co. Ltd. (Guangdong Rare Earth Industry Group Co. Ltd.) | Guangdong, Meizhou, Pingyuan | 2 700 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| Rare earthsRare earths, rare-earth oxide | Plant | not given | 2023 | |||
| Rare earthsRare earths, rare-earth-oxide equivalent > Smelter | Plant | China Northern Rare Earth (Group) High-Tech Co. Ltd. [Baotou Iron and Steel (Group) Co. Ltd.] | Nei Mongol, Baotou | 164 000 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| Rare earthsRare earths, rare-earth-oxide equivalent > Smelter | Plant | China Rare Earth Group Co. Ltd. (State-owned Assets Supervision Administration Commission of the State Council, 31.2%; China Minmetals Rare Earth Co. Ltd., 20.3%; China Southern Rare Earth Group Co. Ltd., 20.3%; Chinalco Rare Earth and Metals Co. Ltd., 20.3%; and others, 7.8%), of which: | not given | 2023 | ||
| Rare earthsRare earths, rare-earth-oxide equivalent > Smelter | Plant | China Rare Earth Resources and Technology Co. Ltd. | Guangdong, Hunan, and Jiangxi Provinces | 5 700 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| Rare earthsRare earths, rare-earth-oxide equivalent > Smelter | Plant | Chinalco Rare Earth and Metals Co. Ltd. | Hunan and Shandong Provinces | 23 900 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| Rare earthsRare earths, rare-earth-oxide equivalent > Smelter | Plant | Ganzhou Rare Earth (Longnan) Nonferrous Metals Co. Ltd. [China Southern Rare Earth Group Co. Ltd.] | Jiangxi, Ganzhou | 28 300 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Mine, WO3 in concentrate | Mine | China Molybdenum Co. Ltd. | Henan, Luanchuan, Lengshui | 8 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Mine, WO3 in concentrate | Mine | China Tungsten High-Tech Materials Co. Ltd. (China Minmetals Corp., 100%) | Jiangxi, Jiujiang, Xiushui | 4 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Mine, WO3 in concentrate | Mine | China Tungsten High-Tech Materials Co. Ltd. (China Minmetals Corp., 100%) | Hunan, Chenzhou, Beihu | 1 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Mine, WO3 in concentrate | Mine | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Ganzhou, Chongyi | 1 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Mine, WO3 in concentrate | Mine | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co. Ltd. (Hunan Gold Corp. Ltd.) | Hunan, Huaihua, Yuanling | 2 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Mine, WO3 in concentrate | Mine | Hunan Yaogangxian Mining Co. Ltd. | Hunan, Yizhang | 3 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Mine, WO3 in concentrate | Mine | Jiangxi Dajishan Tungsten Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Quannan, Dajishan | 2 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Mine, WO3 in concentrate | Mine | Jiangxi Dangping Tungsten Industry Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Ganzhou, Yudu | 9 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Mine, WO3 in concentrate | Mine | Jiangxi Pangushan Tungsten Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Ganzhou, Yudu, Jingshi | 1 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Mine, WO3 in concentrate | Mine | Jiangxi Piaotang Tungsten Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Ganzhou, Dayu | 1 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Mine, WO3 in concentrate | Mine | Jiangxi Rare Earth and Rare Metals Tungsten Group Corp. | Jiangxi, Ganzhou | 7 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Mine, WO3 in concentrate | Mine | Jiangxi Tieshanlong Tungsten Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Ganzhou, Yudu, Tieshanglong | 1 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Mine, WO3 in concentrate | Mine | Jiangxi Tungsten Holding Group Co. Ltd. (JXTC), of which: | not given | 2023 | ||
| TungstenTungsten > Mine, WO3 in concentrate | Mine | Jiangxi Xiaolong Tungsten Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Ji'an, Taihe | 7 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Mine, WO3 in concentrate | Mine | Ninghua Xingluokeng Tungsten Mine Co. Ltd. (Xiamen Tungsten Industry Co. Ltd.) | Fujian, Sanming, Ninghua | 5 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Mine, WO3 in concentrate | Mine | Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co. Ltd. (China Tungsten High-Tech and Materials Co. Ltd.) | Hunan, Chenzhou, Suxian | 5 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Mine, WO3 in concentrate | Mine | Wenshan Malipo Zijin Tungsten Co. Ltd. (Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd.) | Yunnan, Wenshan, Malipo | 2 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Chaling Dadi Tungsten Co. Ltd. | Hunan, Zhuzhou | not given | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | China Nonferrous Metals Group (Guangxi) PGMA Co. Ltd. | Guangxi, Hezhou, Zhongshan | 5 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | China Tungsten High-Tech Materials Co. Ltd., Chenzhou Tungsten Branch (China Minmetals Corp.) | Hunan, Chenzhou, Suxian | not given | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Ganzhou, Chongyi | 10 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Fujian Xinlu Tungsten Industry Co. Ltd. [Xiamen Tungsten Industry Co. Ltd. (XTC), 51%, and Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Industry Co. Ltd., 49%] | Fujian, Longyan, Xinluo, Yanshi | 12 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Ganzhou, Dayu | 5 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Ganzhou Hongfei Tungsten and Molybdenum Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Ganzhou | 7 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co. Ltd. [Jiangxi Tungsten Industry Group Co. Ltd. (JWYX)] | Jiangxi, Ganzhou | not given | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co. Ltd. | Guangdong, Chaozhou, Xingqiao | 5 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | H.C. Stark Jiangwu Tungsten Specialties (Ganzhou) Co. Ltd. [Jiangxi Tungsten Industry Holdings Group Co. Ltd. (JXTC), and H.C. Starck GmbH (Masan Group Corp.)] | Jiangxi, Ganzhou, Zhanggong | 6 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Hubei Green Tungsten Co. Ltd. | Guangdong, Shenzhen | not given | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Ganzhou, Huichang | not given | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Huihuang Tungsten and Molybdenum Product Co. Ltd. | Jiangsu, Dongtai | not given | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co. Ltd. (Hunan Gold Corp. Ltd.) | Hunan, Huaihua | 5 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Hunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co. Ltd. (Hunan Nonferrous Metals Corp. Ltd.) | Hunan, Chenzhou | 20 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Jiangxi Minmetal Gaoan Nenferrous Metals Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Gaoan | not given | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Jiangxi Rare Metals Tungsten Holding Group Co. Ltd. (JXHC): | not given | 2023 | ||
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Yichun | not given | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Jiangxi Xianglu Tungsten Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Ganzhou, Dayu | not given | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Ganzhou, Dingnan | 12 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Ganzhou, Chongyi | 9 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co. Ltd. (Xiamen Tungsten Co. Ltd.) | Yunnan, Malipo | not given | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Wuning County Bingkun Tungsten Industry Co. Ltd. | Jiangxi, Jiujiang | not given | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Xiamen Jialu Metal Industry Co. Ltd. (Xiamen Tungsten Co. Ltd.) | Fujian, Xiamen, Haicang | not given | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Xiamen Tungsten Industry Co. Ltd., Haicang branch (Xiamen Tungsten Co. Ltd.) | Fujian, Xiamen | 6 thousand metric tons per year | 2023 | |
| TungstenTungsten > Products | Not specified | Zhongxiang Tungsten Co. Ltd. | Hunan, Chenzhou | not given | 2023 |
Trade partners
20 recorded flows, 2024
- Recorded trade flow; a thicker line is a larger value
- China
Lines join the middle of each country. They are not shipping routes.
| Partner | Material | Year | Value, US$ | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Import fromChile | CopperMine | 2024 | $21bn | |
| Import fromPeru | CopperMine | 2024 | $15bn | |
| Import fromDem. Rep. of the Congo | CopperRefine | 2024 | $14bn | |
| Import fromChile | CopperRefine | 2024 | $4.5bn | |
| Import fromMongolia | CopperMine | 2024 | $3.3bn | |
| Import fromMexico | CopperMine | 2024 | $3.3bn | |
| Import fromKazakhstan | CopperMine | 2024 | $2.9bn | |
| Import fromDem. Rep. of the Congo | CopperMine | 2024 | $2.5bn | |
| Import fromKazakhstan | CopperRefine | 2024 | $2.5bn | |
| Import fromIndonesia | CopperMine | 2024 | $2.5bn | |
| Import fromJapan | CopperRefine | 2024 | $2.1bn | |
| Import fromRussian Federation | CopperRefine | 2024 | $2.1bn | |
| Import fromZambia | CopperProcess | 2024 | $1.9bn | |
| Export toOther Asia, nes | CopperRefine | 2024 | $1.8bn | |
| Import fromRussian Federation | CopperMine | 2024 | $1.5bn | |
| Import fromCanada | CopperMine | 2024 | $1.4bn | |
| Import fromAustralia | CopperRefine | 2024 | $1.4bn | |
| Import fromSerbia | CopperMine | 2024 | $1.3bn | |
| Import fromDem. Rep. of the Congo | CopperProcess | 2024 | $1.1bn | |
| Import fromUSA | CopperMine | 2024 | $1.1bn |
Reconciled customs data (CEPII BACI), by value. The data holds only the largest flows of each material, so this is not the country’s full trade.
18 sites, deposits and projects on record are listed with the map in the Overview →
Money
What the trade data and the World Bank record in money terms. Every value is a reported figure with its own year.
All recorded trade flows of 2024 under the customs codes that isolate one of the ten materials, by value (CEPII BACI, reconciled estimates, current US dollars). Codes that mix several materials are left out, so trade in those materials is understated; gallium and germanium have no usable code at all. Each material lists its five largest partners. Why trade data blurs some materials
Exports of the ten materials
$9.7bnin 2024, with 131 partner countries
Copper$3.1bn
Other Asia, nes $1.8bn · Vietnam $541M · Thailand $464M · Republic of Korea $75M · Indonesia $67M · 82 more
Lithium$2.1bn
Republic of Korea $1.4bn · Japan $583M · Sweden $49M · India $12M · Singapore $7M · 69 more
Graphite$1.6bn
Malaysia $339M · United States $315M · Hungary $165M · Poland $162M · Republic of Korea $133M · 106 more
Nickel$1.3bn
Other Asia, nes $576M · Singapore $311M · Netherlands $79M · Republic of Korea $64M · United States $59M · 66 more
Antimony$558M
United States $143M · Japan $60M · India $59M · Republic of Korea $50M · Other Asia, nes $39M · 64 more
Rare earths$514M
Japan $195M · United States $118M · Republic of Korea $49M · Vietnam $45M · Germany $19M · 86 more
Tungsten$338M
Japan $90M · United States $68M · Republic of Korea $41M · Germany $19M · Netherlands $18M · 62 more
Cobalt$263M
Republic of Korea $72M · Netherlands $40M · United States $28M · United Kingdom $24M · Japan $16M · 74 more
Imports of the ten materials
$126bnin 2024, with 119 partner countries
Copper$105bn
Chile $26bn · Democratic Republic of the Congo $17bn · Peru $17bn · Kazakhstan $5.4bn · Russian Federation $3.6bn · 87 more
Nickel$13bn
Indonesia $6.8bn · Philippines $1.4bn · Russian Federation $1.3bn · Finland $633M · Papua New Guinea $422M · 44 more
Cobalt$3.3bn
Democratic Republic of the Congo $3bn · Namibia $73M · Philippines $41M · Malaysia $41M · Canada $36M · 32 more
Lithium$2.7bn
Chile $2bn · Argentina $464M · Republic of Korea $80M · Australia $38M · United States $21M · 29 more
Rare earths$1.4bn
Myanmar $818M · Lao PDR $260M · Malaysia $195M · Vietnam $46M · Japan $24M · 29 more
Antimony$273M
Thailand $109M · Australia $53M · Bolivia $33M · Myanmar $31M · Tajikistan $19M · 31 more
Tungsten$206M
Dem. Rep. Korea $31M · Myanmar $29M · Other Asia, nes $24M · Philippines $22M · Rwanda $17M · 32 more
Graphite$168M
Japan $55M · Germany $22M · United States $20M · Republic of Korea $15M · Switzerland $14M · 46 more
The economy around mining
World Bank indicators. Each has its own latest year, shown next to the value; mineral rents are often several years old.
GDP (current US$)
$19.5tn
Year 2025
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
0.5%
Year 2021
Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)
1.6%
Year 2025
Government revenue from extractives
No data yet. China has no EITI summary record with a government total. Countries report only if they implement the EITI Standard; a missing record does not mean there is no such revenue.
Investment pipeline
announced figuresPlanned and under-construction projects in China with a publicly announced capital cost, public financial backing, or both. Each line is one statement by the named publisher on the given date; the atlas adds nothing to it.
No data yet. The atlas has read no announcement of this kind for a project in China. The list is short and hand-read; a missing project is missing from the list, not from the world.
A short, hand-read list, not a census: 19 projects in all. Announced amounts are not spending, a letter of interest or a conditional commitment is not a loan, and amounts stay in the currency of the announcement.
Public support instruments
Stockpiles, price floors, offtake and purchasing programmes and public funds of China's government, as dated policy events of the type "public support". Each is one statement by its publisher.
No data yet. The atlas has read no public support instrument of China's government. The list is short and hand-read.
Mining companies headquartered here · 25
Companies that Wikidata places in the mining industry with headquarters in China, for every commodity, not only the ten materials. Wikidata is edited by volunteers: entries may be missing or out of date, and each name links to its item. A listing names an exchange and a ticker; it is not a price.
| Company | Headquarters | Stock listing | LEI | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chengxin Lithium Groupnamed at 2 sites or listed plants, itself or through a subsidiary | Chengdu; Shenzhen | Shenzhen Stock Exchange: SZ.002240 | — | |
| Chihong Zinc and Germanium | Qujing | Shanghai Stock Exchange: 600497 | — | |
| Datong Coal Industry | Datong | Shanghai Stock Exchange: 601001 | — | |
| IRC Limited | Hong Kong | Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 1029 | 549300X7UWHMKP3F4R66 | |
| Jiangxi Copper Company Limitednamed at 2 sites or listed plants, itself or through a subsidiary | Guixi; Nanchang | Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 0358Shanghai Stock Exchange: 600362 | — | |
| Shenghe Resourcesnamed at 1 sites or listed plants, itself or through a subsidiary | Chengdu | Shanghai Stock Exchange: 600392 | — | |
| Tongling Nonferrous Metals | Tongling | Shenzhen Stock Exchange: 000630 | — | |
| Western Mining Company | Xining | Shanghai Stock Exchange: 601168 | — | |
| Yanzhou Coal Mining Company | Jining | Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 1171New York Stock Exchange: YZCShanghai Stock Exchange: 600188 | 3003005N7A6HYZ4Z0K39 | |
| Yunnan Coppernamed at 2 sites or listed plants, itself or through a subsidiary | Kunming | Shenzhen Stock Exchange: 000878 | — | |
| Yunnan Tin Company Limited | Kunming | Shenzhen Stock Exchange: 000960 | — | |
| Zijin Mining Groupnamed at 20 sites or listed plants, itself or through a subsidiary | Longyan | Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 2899Shanghai Stock Exchange: 601899 | 836800JRNL2393Z2I561 | |
| Central China Industrial Development Company | Shanghai | — | — | |
| China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd. | Beijing | — | 300300DOD33ZALKAOC86 | |
| China Metallurgical Group Corporation | Beijing | — | — | |
| CMOC Group Limited | Henan; Luanchuan County; Luoyang | — | 2549008KG3638J59U652 | |
| Guangdong Leimeng Intelligent Equipment Group Co., Ltd. | Guangzhou | — | — | |
| Jiangsu New Hongda Group | Jiangsu | — | — | |
| Jinan Yuxiao Group Co.,Ltd. | Jinan | — | — | |
| Jinneng Holding Equipment Manufacturing Group | Jincheng | — | — | |
| Jinneng Holding Group | Taiyuan | — | 300300YPAU43DKNPKK41 | |
| Schantung Handels-AG | Qingdao | — | — | |
| Shenhua Group | Beijing | — | — | |
| Shenhua Zhunge'er Energy | Xuejiawan Town | — | — | |
| Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. | Taiyuan | — | — |
These figures are informational, not financial advice.
Sustainability
Four indicators, the same on every profile. Each is a figure with its unit, year and source, or a plain statement that there is none.
Carbon
Emissions intensity of the country's electricity grid.
528gCO2e/kWh
Higher than 61% of the other 208 countries with a grid figure.
- It describes the national grid, not mining or refining. Sites may run on their own power.
Water
Share of the country's mine sites on record that lie in high or extremely high baseline water stress.
5.6%of mine sites on record
No world percentile: the number of sites on record differs too much between countries to compare them.
- 1 of 18 sites with a class (18 mine and brine sites on record).
- Counted by site, not by tonnage: it is not a share of production.
- "Arid and Low Water Use" is a class of its own in the source and is not counted as high.
Land
Land visibly used by mining in the country, every commodity together.
10 365km²
Higher than 99% of the other 143 countries with a mapped mining area.
- Rank 2 of 144 countries by area.
- Mapped from satellite images for all mining in a country. It cannot be attributed to one material or one site.
Circularity
Recycling's share of demand.
Not available per country: recycling rates in the atlas are published per material, for the EU as a whole.
There is no overall score: the four figures measure different things and are not added up. How to read these figures
Risks & policy
Export controls in force
Compiled by USGS, effective January 2026. Not a live feed.
Export licensing requirement for materials and technologies: Antimony (2024), bismuth (2025), synthesized diamond (2025), gallium (2023), germanium (2023), graphite (2023), indium (2025), magnesium materials (2024), molybdenum (2025), rare earths (2025), silver (2026), tellurium (2025), tungsten (2025), and items related to lithium batteries and artificial graphite anode materials (2025).
Source ↗Export licensing requirement for materials and technologies: Antimony (2024), bismuth (2025), synthesized diamond (2025), gallium (2023), germanium (2023), graphite (2023), indium (2025), magnesium materials (2024), molybdenum (2025), rare earths (2025), silver (2026), tellurium (2025), tungsten (2025), and items related to lithium batteries and artificial graphite anode materials (2025).
Source ↗Export licensing requirement for materials and technologies: Antimony (2024), bismuth (2025), synthesized diamond (2025), gallium (2023), germanium (2023), graphite (2023), indium (2025), magnesium materials (2024), molybdenum (2025), rare earths (2025), silver (2026), tellurium (2025), tungsten (2025), and items related to lithium batteries and artificial graphite anode materials (2025).
Source ↗Export licensing requirement for materials and technologies: Antimony (2024), bismuth (2025), synthesized diamond (2025), gallium (2023), germanium (2023), graphite (2023), indium (2025), magnesium materials (2024), molybdenum (2025), rare earths (2025), silver (2026), tellurium (2025), tungsten (2025), and items related to lithium batteries and artificial graphite anode materials (2025).
Source ↗Export licensing requirement for materials and technologies: Antimony (2024), bismuth (2025), synthesized diamond (2025), gallium (2023), germanium (2023), graphite (2023), indium (2025), magnesium materials (2024), molybdenum (2025), rare earths (2025), silver (2026), tellurium (2025), tungsten (2025), and items related to lithium batteries and artificial graphite anode materials (2025).
Source ↗Export licensing requirement for materials and technologies: Antimony (2024), bismuth (2025), synthesized diamond (2025), gallium (2023), germanium (2023), graphite (2023), indium (2025), magnesium materials (2024), molybdenum (2025), rare earths (2025), silver (2026), tellurium (2025), tungsten (2025), and items related to lithium batteries and artificial graphite anode materials (2025).
Source ↗
Chokepoints at sea
The atlas has no record of which minerals pass through which sea passage, so no chokepoint figure is attached to this profile. Current ship counts for the main passages are on the Live page. Open the Live page
Gaps
What the atlas is missing for China
Computed from the data. Each line names a record that exists and one that does not. It marks missing data, not missing industry.
- Listed as a lithium refiner (74% of world output; Chemicals (IEA), 2025), but no processing plant is on record.
- A lithium producer (21% of world output; Mine production, 2025), but no site record names an owner or operator.
- Listed as a cobalt producer (0.6% of world output; Mine production, 2025), but no mine is on record.
- Listed as a cobalt refiner (76% of world output; Refining (IEA), 2025), but no processing plant is on record.
- A cobalt producer (0.6% of world output; Mine production, 2025), but no site record names an owner or operator.
- Listed as a nickel producer (3.1% of world output; Mine production, 2025), but no mine is on record.
- Listed as a nickel refiner (31% of world output; Refining (IEA), 2025), but no processing plant is on record.
- A nickel producer (3.1% of world output; Mine production, 2025), but no site record names an owner or operator.
- Listed as a copper refiner (48% of world output; Refinery production, 2025), but no processing plant is on record.
- Listed as a graphite producer (78% of world output; Mine production, 2025), but no mine is on record.
- Listed as a graphite refiner (94% of world output; Refined battery-grade supply (IEA), 2025), but no processing plant is on record.
- A graphite producer (78% of world output; Mine production, 2025), but no site record names an owner or operator.
- Listed as a rare earths refiner (83% of world output; Refining (IEA), 2025), but no processing plant is on record.
- A rare earths producer (69% of world output; Mine production, 2025), but no site record names an owner or operator.
- Listed as a gallium refiner (99% of world output; Primary production, 2025), but no processing plant is on record.
- Listed as a tungsten producer (79% of world output; Mine production, 2025), but no mine is on record.
- A tungsten producer (79% of world output; Mine production, 2025), but no site record names an owner or operator.
- Listed as a antimony producer (36% of world output; Mine production, 2025), but no mine is on record.
- A antimony producer (36% of world output; Mine production, 2025), but no site record names an owner or operator.
- Trade is partial by design: the atlas holds only each material's largest flows. 137 of them name this country.
Sources
Every source this profile uses, with its licence, the years its figures describe and how sure the figures are. Each chip on the profile opens the single record.
- USGS Minerals Yearbook, Vol. III ↗267 records used
- Licence
- Public domain (U.S. Government work)
- As of
- 2023
- Confidence
- Estimated
- CEPII BACI 202601 ↗139 records used
- Licence
- Etalab Open Licence 2.0
- As of
- 2024
- Confidence
- Estimated
- USGS MCS 2026 ↗45 records used
- Licence
- CC0-1.0
- As of
- 2025–2026
- Confidence
- Reported · Estimated
- IEA GCMO 2026 ↗17 records used
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- As of
- 2025
- Confidence
- Reported
- OpenStreetMap (Overpass) ↗12 records used
- Licence
- ODbL-1.0
- As of
- 2026
- Confidence
- Estimated
- WU Vienna mine database v1.0.3 ↗6 records used
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- As of
- 2022
- Confidence
- Reported
- World Bank WDI ↗3 records used
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- As of
- 2021–2025
- Confidence
- Reported
- Ember Yearly Electricity Data ↗1 record used
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- As of
- 2025
- Confidence
- Reported
- Maus et al. 2022 (mining areas v2) ↗1 record used
- Licence
- CC-BY-SA-4.0
- As of
- 2019
- Confidence
- Estimated
- Wikidata ↗1 record used
- Licence
- CC0-1.0
- As of
- 2026
- Confidence
- Inferred, needs review
- WRI Aqueduct 4.0 ↗1 record used
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- As of
- 2023
- Confidence
- Estimated
The mining-area figure comes from a share-alike source (CC-BY-SA-4.0). It is kept in its own file under that licence, apart from the rest of the atlas's data.
History & talk
Revision history and discussion are coming soon.
Every change to a figure will be listed here with its source, its credit and its review, and each profile will have a place to discuss it. Until then the data changes only when a source is updated, and every figure links to that source.
What we don't know yet
No open source we may use gives these figures. Nothing is estimated to fill them. If you know a public source, add it.
- Import dependence: no open per-country series is loaded yet.Add data: Import dependence: no open per-country series is loaded yet.
- Recycling rates: Eurostat publishes them for the EU as a whole, not for one country.Add data: Recycling rates: Eurostat publishes them for the EU as a whole, not for one country.