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|16 billion{{p|<q>Global resources of bauxite are estimated to be between 55 billion and 75 billion (metric) tons and are sufficient to meet world demand for metal well into the future.</q> ... <q>As a general rule, 4 tons of dried bauxite is required to produce 2 tons of alumina, which, in turn, can be used to produce 1 ton of aluminum.</q>}}<ref name="mcs2023" />
|{{p|<q>Global resources of bauxite are estimated to be between 55 billion and 75 billion (metric) tons and are sufficient to meet world demand for metal well into the future.</q> ... <q>As a general rule, 4 tons of dried bauxite is required to produce 2 tons of alumina, which, in turn, can be used to produce 1 ton of aluminum.</q>}} 16,000,000,000 <ref name="mcs2023" />
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|Copper (Cu)
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|{{p|<q>A U.S. Geological Survey study of global copper deposits indicated that, as of 2015, identified resources contained 2.1 billion tons of copper, and undiscovered resources contained an estimated 3.5 billion tons.</q>}} 3,000,000,000 <ref name="mcs2023" />
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Revision as of 06:08, 16 February 2023

Mining Recycling
Mineral Labor
intensity
(hours/tonne) 		Energy
intensity
(GJ/tonne) 		Land
intensity
(m2/tonne) 		Global
production
(tonnes/year) 		Global
reserves
(tonnes) 		Global
resources
(tonnes) 		Note Labor
intensity
(hours/tonne) 		Energy
intensity
(GJ/tonne) 		Global
production
(tonnes/year) 		Global
presence
(tonnes)
Aluminium (Al) 69,000,000 [1] 16,000,000,000 [1] [1]
Cement 4,100,000,000 [1]
Chromium (Cr) 41,000,000 [1] 560,000,000 [1]
Cobalt (Co) 190,000 [1] 8,300,000 [1] 25,000,000 [1]
Copper (Cu) 22,000,000 [1] 890,000,000 [1] 3,000,000,000 [1]
Gold (Au) 3,100 [1] 52,000 [1] 33,000 [1]
Graphite (C) 1,300,000 [1] 330,000,000 [1] 800,000,000 [1]
Iron (Fe) 1,300,000,000 [1]
Lead (Pb)
Lithium (Li)
Nickel (Ni)
PGMs
Sand
Silver (Ag)
Thorium (Th)
Uranium (U)
  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 Mineral Commodity Summaries 2023: U.S. Geological Survey, ISSN: 0076-8952 (print), https://doi.org/10.3133/mcs2023 - https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2023/mcs2023.pdf
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