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Critical Minerals & Supply Risk Monitor
MINERALS
COUNTRIES
TIMELINE
US GAPS
JOURNALIST
SUPPLY RISK
◆ Chokepoints
● Ports & Terminals
═ Rail Corridors
─ Pipelines
☢ Nuclear / Class 7
● Belt & Road
All Tracked Commodities
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Data & verification status ✕

Verification pass completed Jul 2026 against USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 / OFR 2026 tables (Feb 2026, using 2025 production data).

Green badge — table-verified (18 of 27 commodities).

"(partial)" — key figures verified, country splits approximate.

Gray — spot-checked only: chromium, uranium, met coal, oil, gas, gold.

Reserve figures are country-level totals from USGS MCS 2026, shown for scale. We deliberately do not publish per-project (deposit-level) tonnages: those are classified technical claims (measured/indicated/inferred resources vs proven/probable reserves under NI 43-101 / JORC) that require a project's own technical report to state responsibly. For those, consult the operator's filing (SEDAR+, ASX, or company IR).

Reserve vs resource: a reserve is economically and legally mineable now; a resource is known to exist but not yet proven economic. A deposit banned from mining is a resource, not a reserve.

Prototype — re-verify before publication.

ⓘLegend
Production
Producing country — size = share of supply
Processing / refining hub
Off-market resource / idle capacity
Shipping
Chokepoint — active disruption
Chokepoint — elevated tension
Chokepoint — normal operations
Container port — size = TEU volume
Bulk terminal — ores, coal, oil, potash
Land corridors (schematic)
Rail corridor
Crude oil pipeline
Natural gas pipeline
Proposed — not built
Nuclear / Class 7 corridor
Nuclear-capable port
Belt & Road corridor / port
Risk colour
Severe — top producer ≥50%
High ≥35%  ·  Moderate ≥20%
Low — diversified supply
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Critical Minerals & Supply Risk Monitor
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Verified against USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026.
A prototype — verify figures before publication.