Where the supply chain is broken, and where knowledge is missing
The atlas does not only show what is known. Each card below is one gap: a place where the chain is fragile or where open data runs out. Figures on the cards are computed from the atlas's own sourced records.
1 / 10
The midstream is invisible
Refining is more concentrated than mining, and it is the least mapped stage.
6 of 10 materials have open mining and refining tables by country
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2 / 10
Policy shocks have no clean feed
Export bans, quotas and licences change supply overnight, and no open feed tracks them.
Not built yet. The curated policy feed arrives with the live layer. Today the atlas shows the export controls that USGS lists as in force in January 2026, on each material page.
3 / 10
Opaque prices
For most of these materials there is no open price at all.
2 of 10 materials have an open price series
Open →
4 / 10
Fragmented traceability
Assurance schemes cover some sites. Which ones, and what that proves, is scattered across separate lists.
0 of 3 public assurance lists may be reused, so none is mapped
Open →
5 / 10
Slow, coarse trade data
Customs data arrives late, and its product codes blur the grades that matter.
Latest complete trade year: 2024. 2 of 10 materials have no usable product code
Open →
6 / 10
Logistics risk not linked to materials
Which corridors and chokepoints each material depends on is rarely spelled out.
Not built yet. Needs port and chokepoint data. The chokepoint source (IMF PortWatch) is waiting for a decision on its terms of use.
7 / 10
Financing gap and project pipeline
What is planned today decides concentration in the 2030s, and project-level data is scattered.
Refining is projected to grow faster than mining to 2030 for 4 of 6 materials (IEA base case)
Open →
8 / 10
Mid-sized manufacturers fly blind
What is in a motor, a turbine or a battery pack, and how exposed is each material?
Not built yet. Needs published material-intensity figures, each with a page reference. Planned with the scenario tools.
9 / 10
ESG and artisanal blind spots
Water, land, energy and community impacts are documented unevenly, and artisanal mining barely at all.
Not built yet. The sustainability layers are being prepared. Each data set's licence is checked before anything is shown.
10 / 10
No public reference
There is no open, citable place that explains these chains end to end.
Not built yet. That is what this atlas is for. The method page and glossary follow.