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Oil and gas around the world
Petroleum and natural-gas deposits, reserves, and trade, published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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Oil, gas, and minerals: fossil fuel and fossil gold. Also here: the world’s coal mines and proved coal reserves, the countries that lead in mining and processing critical minerals, and where rare earths and lithium are mined.
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Mineral deposits and commodities
Known deposits of metals and industrial minerals, including gold, from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Read the card →Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Data System
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Coal mines
Operating, proposed and recently closed coal mines around the world, with their status, owners and output.
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Coal reserves
How much coal each country reports as proved reserves, the coal that known deposits can yield at today’s prices and with today’s technology.
Read the card →Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, via Our World in Data
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Critical mineral production
The countries that produced at least 5% of world output of key minerals in 2023, at the mine and at the refinery.
Read the card →Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Global Maps of Critical Mineral Production in 2023
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Rare earths
Where rare earths, the metals in permanent magnets and catalysts, are mined, and how large known reserves are.
Read the card →Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Rare Earths Statistics and Information
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Lithium
Where lithium, the light metal in rechargeable batteries, is mined, and how large known reserves are.
Read the card →Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Lithium Statistics and Information