A strategic reference for industry and policy. Thirty essential minerals cross-referenced from US, EU, Australian, Canadian, and Japanese critical minerals lists.
Li
A soft, silvery-white alkali metal essential to modern battery technology and the global energy transition.
Co
A hard, lustrous blue-grey metal critical to rechargeable battery chemistry and high-performance alloys.
C
A crystalline form of carbon with exceptional conductivity and lubricity, increasingly vital as a battery anode material.
Ni
A silvery-white, corrosion-resistant metal fundamental to stainless steel production and an increasingly important battery material.
REE
A group of 17 metallic elements with unique magnetic, luminescent, and catalytic properties that are difficult to substitute in advanced technologies.
Mn
A hard, brittle metal essential to steel production and emerging as a key material in next-generation battery cathodes.
Cr
A hard, corrosion-resistant metal that is the essential ingredient in stainless steel and a critical component in high-temperature alloys.
W
An exceptionally dense, hard metal with the highest melting point of any element, critical to cutting tools, defence applications, and electronics.
V
A hard, silvery-grey metal valued for strengthening steel and as an emerging player in grid-scale energy storage.
Cu
A highly conductive, ductile metal that is the backbone of electrical infrastructure and a cornerstone of the energy transition.
Ga
A soft, silvery metal that melts near room temperature, indispensable in semiconductor and optoelectronic manufacturing.
Ge
A lustrous, brittle metalloid essential to fibre-optic communications, infrared optics, and advanced electronics.
Sb
A brittle, silvery metalloid used in flame retardants, munitions, and increasingly as a semiconductor material.
Ta
A rare, extremely corrosion-resistant metal prized for its capacitance properties in electronics and its biocompatibility in medical implants.
PGM
Six precious metals with exceptional catalytic properties, corrosion resistance, and high-temperature stability.
Nb
A soft, grey, ductile metal that dramatically strengthens steel and is critical to superconductor and aerospace applications.
Ti
A strong, lightweight, corrosion-resistant metal vital to aerospace, biomedical, and defence industries.
Mo
A silvery-grey, high-melting-point metal that enhances the strength and corrosion resistance of steel alloys.
Mg
The lightest structural metal, essential for lightweight alloys in automotive, aerospace, and defence applications.
Si
The second most abundant element in Earth's crust, refined into the foundational material of the semiconductor industry and solar energy.
Be
A lightweight, stiff metal with exceptional thermal conductivity, used in aerospace, defence, and advanced electronics.
In
A soft, silvery-white metal primarily used in transparent conductive coatings and semiconductor compounds.
Te
A rare, brittle metalloid primarily used in advanced solar cells and thermoelectric devices.
Hf
A lustrous, corrosion-resistant metal closely associated with zirconium, critical to semiconductor manufacturing and nuclear reactor control.
Zr
A strong, corrosion-resistant metal primarily used in nuclear reactors and advanced ceramics.
Sc
A rare, lightweight metal that dramatically strengthens aluminium alloys, with emerging applications in solid oxide fuel cells.
CaF₂
The primary commercial source of fluorine, essential for aluminium smelting, steel production, and refrigerant manufacturing.
P
The primary source of phosphorus, an element essential to all life and irreplaceable in agriculture and food production.
BaSO₄
A heavy, chemically inert mineral primarily used as a weighting agent in oil and gas drilling fluids.
Bi
A brittle, pinkish-white metal increasingly valued as a non-toxic substitute for lead in numerous applications.