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Philippines mined 11% (IEA) of the world's nickel in 2025.

11%

of the world's nickel mining in 2025, according to IEA · about 1 in 10

#2 in nickel miningANNUAL 2025

  • Materials with a production share

    2

    with a mining or refining share on record

  • Sites on record

    10

    Mines and plants in the open sources. Coverage is partial.

  • Exports of the ten materials

    $4.9bn

    2024; most of it copper; 24 partner countries

  • Grid emissions intensity

    595gCO2e/kWh

    2025

OverviewSupply chainMoneySustainabilityRisks & policySourcesHistory & talk

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%.

  • Nickel· Mine

    • 11%about 1 in 10#2 in nickel miningIEA, 2025 · 482 kt Ni

      Rank 2 of the 7 countries with a figure in this IEA table.

    • 6.9%about 1 in 20#2 in nickel miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 270 000 t

      Rank 2 of the 9 countries with a figure in this USGS table.

  • Cobalt· Mine

    • 1.2%#5 in cobalt miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 3 700 t

      Rank 5 of the 12 countries with a figure in this USGS table.

Key facts

Country code
PHL
GDP
$487bn (2025)
Mineral rents, share of GDP
1.5% (2021)
Ores and metals, share of goods exports
7.5% (2025)
Mining area, all commodities
303 km² (2019; rank 33 of 144)

Money →Sustainability →Risks & policy →

Map

Basemap: Natural Earth (public domain)
  • Philippines
  • 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 · 10

10 of 10 shown

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

Nickel: Mining (IEA), 2025. All rows come from the same table.

Country in context: Nickel, Mining (IEA), 2025
Countrykt NiShare of worldSource
PhilippinesThis country48211.5 %
IndonesiaLargest producer in the table2 63762.7 %
World totalWorld total as the source gives it4 207–

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.

Production, refining and reserves: Philippines
SeriesAmountShare of worldSource
Cobalt: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 5 of 123 700 t1.2 %
Cobalt: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 6 of 12260 000 t2.2 %
Nickel: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 2 of 9270 000 t6.9 %
Nickel: Mining (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 2 of 7482 kt Ni11.5 %
Nickel: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 6 of 94 800 000 t3.7 %

Mines and plants listed without coordinates · 41

The USGS Minerals Yearbook names these operations in Philippines 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 productKindCompany, as listedPlace, as listedAnnual capacityYearSource
CobaltCobalt > Mine, Co contentMineRio Tuba Nickel Mining Corp. (Nickel Asia Corp., 60%; Pacific Metals Co. Ltd., 36%; Sojitz Corp., 4%)Rio Tuba nickel project, Barrio Rio Tuba, Bataraza Municipality, Palawan Province1 500 metric tons per year2022
CobaltCobalt > Mine, Co contentMineTaganito Mining Corp. (Nickel Asia Corp., 65%; Pacific Metals Co. Ltd., 33.5%; Sojitz Corp., 1.5%)Taganito Mine, Claver, Surigao del Norte Province3 000 metric tons per year2022
CobaltCobalt > RefinedPlantCoral Bay Nickel Corp. (Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd., 84.375%, and Nickel Asia Corp., 15.625%)Coral Bay nickel high-pressure acid-leach (HPAL) plant, Rio Tuba, Bataraza, Palawan Province1 300 metric tons per year2022
CobaltCobalt > RefinedPlantTaganito HPAL Nickel Corp. (Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. (operator), 75%; Mitsui Co. Ltd., 15%; Nickel Asia Corp., 10%)Taganito nickel high-pressure acid-leach (HPAL) plant, Surigao del Norte Province, Mindanao Island2 650 metric tons per year2022
CopperCopper > Mine, Cu contentMineCarmen Copper Corp. (Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corp., 100%)Toledo copper mine (Carmen mining area), Toledo, Cebu Province38 000 metric tons per year2022
CopperCopper > Mine, Cu contentMineLepanto Consolidated Mining Corp.Lepanto Mines, Mankayan, Benguet Province320 metric tons per year2022
CopperCopper > Mine, Cu contentMineOceanaGold Philippines Inc. (OceanaGold Corp., 100%)Didipio copper-gold mine, Nagtipunan, Quirino Province15 000 metric tons per year2022
CopperCopper > Mine, Cu contentMinePhilex Mining Corp.Padcal copper mine, Tuba and Itogon, Benguet Province12 000 metric tons per year2022
CopperCopper > RefinedPlantPhilippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corp. (PASAR) (Glencore International AG, 78.2%, and others, 21.8%)Smelter and refinery at Leyte Industrial Development Estate in Isabel, Leyte Province215 000 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineAAM-PHIL Natural Resources Exploration and Development Corp.Dinagat chromite-nickel project, Esperanza, Loreto, Dinagat Islands Province21 800 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineAdnama Mining Resources Inc.Urbiztondo nickel project, Claver, Surigao del Norte Province3 300 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineAgata Mining Ventures Inc. (TVI Resource Development Philippines Inc., 60%; Minimax Mineral Exploration Corp., 25%; MRL Nickel Philippines Inc., 15%)Agata nickel laterite project, Tubay, Agusan del Norte Province13 500 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineBenguet Corp. Resources Management Corp. (BRMC) (Benguet Corp., 100%)Santa Cruz nickel mining project, Santa Cruz, Zambales Province3 800 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineBerong Nickel Corp. (DMCI Holdings Inc., 74.8%, and Atlas Mining Co. Ltd., 25.2%)Berong nickel project, Quezon, Palawan Province28 600 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineCagdianao Mining Corp. (Nickel Asia Corp., 100%)Cagdianao nickel project, Valencia, Dinagat Islands Province19 000 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineCarrascal Nickel Corp.Carrascal nickel project, Bon-ot, Carrascal, Surigao del Sur Province24 400 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineCentury Peak Holding Corp.Esperanza nickel project, Panamaon, Loreto, Dinagat Islands Province51 600 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineCitinickel Mines and Development Corp. (Oriental Peninsula Resource Group Inc.)Toronto Narra Mine and Pulot Sofronio Nickel Mine, Palawan Province11 000 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineCTP Construction & Mining Corp.Adlay nickel project, Adlay, Carrascal, Surigao del Sur Province26 100 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineCTP Construction & Mining Corp.Dahican nickel project, Mindanao, Surigao del Sur Province2 600 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineDinapigue Mining Corp. (Nickel Asia Corp., 100%)Isabela nickel mining project, Dimaluade, Dinapigue, Isabela Province14 500 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineEmir Mineral Resources Corp.Homonhon laterite nickel project, Homonhon Island, Guiuan, Eastern Samar Province6 700 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineEramen Minerals Inc.Eramen Santa Cruz Mining Project, Santa Cruz, Zambales Province20 300 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineGlobal Ferronickel Holdings Inc. (owner), and Platinum Group Metals Corp. (operator)Cagdianao nickel project, Claver, Surigao del Norte Province24 900 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineHinatuan Mining Corp. (Nickel Asia Corp., 100%)Tagana-an nickel project, Hinatuan Island, Surigao del Norte Province3 200 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineIpilan Nickel Corp. (Global Ferronickel Holdings Inc.)Ipilan nickel project, Saamin, Quezon, Palawan Province2 900 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineLibjo Mining Corp.Libjo nickel laterite mining project, Lone, Dinagat Islands Province3 500 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineLNL Archipelago Minerals Inc.LNL AM Santa Cruz mining project, Santa Cruz, Zambales Province12 300 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineMarcventures Mining and Development Corp.Cantilan nickel project, Cantilan, Surigao del Sur Province11 400 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > MineMineNickelace Inc.Homonhon nickel-iron project3 600 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > Mine—ContinuedMineRio Tuba Nickel Mining Corp. (Nickel Asia Corp., 60%; Pacific Metals Co. Ltd., 36%; Sojitz Corp., 4%)Rio Tuba nickel project, Rio Tuba, Bataraza, Palawan Province36 000 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > Mine—ContinuedMineRiverbend Consolidated Mining Corp. (owner), and ARC Nickel Resources Inc. (operator)Banaybanay nickel laterite mining project, Banaybanay, Davao Oriental Province3 200 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > Mine—ContinuedMineShangfil Mining & Trading Corp.Shangfil chromite & nickel mining project, Bolitoc, Santa Cruz, Zambales Province500 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > Mine—ContinuedMineSR Metals Inc.Tubay nickel project, Tubay, Agusan del Norte Province10 200 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > Mine—ContinuedMineTaganito Mining Corp. (Nickel Asia Corp., 65%; Pacific Metals Co. Ltd., 33.5%; Sojitz Corp., 1.5%)Taganito Mine, Claver, Surigao del Norte Province74 100 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > Mine—ContinuedMineVista Buena Mining Corp. (owner), and SR Metal Inc. (operator)SRMI-VBMC Dinagat project, Tubajon, Dinagat Island Province3 500 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > Mine—ContinuedMineZambales Diversified Metals Corp. (DMCI Holdings Inc., 100%)Santa Cruz-Candelaria nickel project, Zambales Province9 200 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > Intermediate productNot specifiedCoral Bay Nickel Corp. (Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd., 84.375%, and Nickel Asia Corp., 15.625%)Coral Bay nickel high-pressure acid-leach (HPAL) plant, Rio Tuba, Bataraza, Palawan Province24 000 metric tons per year2022
NickelNickel, Ni content > Intermediate productNot specifiedTaganito HPAL Nickel Corp. [Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. (operator), 75%; Mitsui Co. Ltd., 15%; Nickel Asia Corp., 10%]Taganito nickel high-pressure acid-leach (HPAL) plant, Surigao del Norte Province36 000 metric tons per year2022
Rare earthsRare earths, scandiumNot specifiedTaganito HPAL Nickel Corp. (Sumitomo MetalTaganito nickel high-pressure acid-leach21 000 kilograms per year2022
TungstenTungsten, refinery, secondaryPlantPhilippine Chuangxin Industrial Co. Inc.Plant in Marilao, Bulacan Provincenot given2022

Trade partners

3 recorded flows, 2024

Basemap: Natural Earth (public domain)
  • Recorded trade flow; a thicker line is a larger value
  • Philippines

Lines join the middle of each country. They are not shipping routes.

Recorded trade flows of Philippines: Nickel
PartnerMaterialYearValue, US$Source
Export toChinaNickelMine2024$1.4bn
Export toJapanNickelProcess2024$581M
Export toIndonesiaNickelMine2024$438M

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.

10 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

$4.9bnin 2024, with 24 partner countries

Imports of the ten materials

$2bnin 2024, with 39 partner countries

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$)

    $487bn

    Year 2025

  • Mineral rents (% of GDP)

    1.5%

    Year 2021

  • Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)

    7.5%

    Year 2025

Government revenue from extractives

EITI, reported

What government agencies reported receiving from extractive companies, per fiscal year, as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) publishes it in US dollars. A total covers every sector the country's report covers and is not split by mineral.

$1.2bnlatest reported fiscal year, 2021

Sectors in the report: mining, oil, gas · Period: 2021-01-01 – 2021-12-31

All 10 reported years
Fiscal yearGovernment revenue (US$)Sectors in the reportCountry fileSource
20212021-01-01 – 2021-12-311 173 207 020mining, oil, gassummary file
20202020-01-01 – 2020-12-31941 041 804mining, oil, gassummary file
20192019-01-01 – 2019-12-311 047 222 410mining, oil, gassummary file
20182018-01-01 – 2018-12-311 154 825 717mining, oil, gassummary file
20172017-01-01 – 2017-12-31692 056 686mining, oil, gassummary file
20162016-01-01 – 2016-12-31589 231 361mining, oil, gassummary file
20152015-01-01 – 2015-12-31638 375 799mining, oil, gassummary file
20142014-01-01 – 2014-12-311 202 828 567mining, oil, gassummary file
20132013-01-01 – 2013-12-31414 561 920mining, oil, gassummary file
20122012-01-01 – 2012-12-31293 399 834mining, oil, gassummary file

EITI reports lag by two to four years. The figure is the report's own total and is not adjusted for inflation. Republished under EITI's Content Use Policy with credit to the EITI International Secretariat, eiti.org. These figures are kept in a file of their own and are not part of the atlas's ODbL data. EITI open data

Investment pipeline

announced figures

Planned and under-construction projects in Philippines 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 Philippines. 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 Philippines'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 Philippines's government. The list is short and hand-read.

Mining companies headquartered here · 2

Companies that Wikidata places in the mining industry with headquarters in Philippines, 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.

CompanyHeadquartersStock listingLEISource
OceanaGold Philippinesnamed at 1 sites or listed plants, itself or through a subsidiaryDidipio minePhilippine Stock Exchange: OGP—
Tiger International ResourcesPhilippines——

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.

    595gCO2e/kWh

    2025Reported

    Higher than 74% 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.

    0%of mine sites on record

    2023Estimated

    No world percentile: the number of sites on record differs too much between countries to compare them.

    • 0 of 8 sites with a class (8 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.

    303km²

    2019Estimated

    Higher than 78% of the other 143 countries with a mapped mining area.

    • Rank 33 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.

USGS Table 4 lists no export control by this country for the materials in the atlas.

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 Philippines

Computed from the data. Each line names a record that exists and one that does not. It marks missing data, not missing industry.

None of the checks finds a missing record. That does not mean the record is complete.

  • Trade is partial by design: the atlas holds only each material's largest flows. 6 of them name this country.

Add dataAll gaps, across materials

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.

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

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What we don't know yet

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