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Revision as of 07:53, 16 February 2023

Mining Recycling
Mineral Labor
intensity
(hours/tonne)
Energy
intensity
(GJ/tonne)
Land
intensity
(m2/tonne)
Global
production[1]
(tonnes/year)
Global
reserves[1]
(tonnes)
Global
resources[1]
(tonnes)
Note Labor
intensity
(hours/tonne)
Energy
intensity
(GJ/tonne)
Global
production[1]
(tonnes/year)
Global
presence
(tonnes)
Aluminium (Al) [2]: 61 69,000,000 16,000,000,000
Cement 4,100,000,000
Chromium (Cr) 41,000,000 560,000,000
Cobalt (Co) 190,000 8,300,000 25,000,000
Copper (Cu) [3]: 12 22,000,000 890,000,000 3,000,000,000
Gold (Au) 3,100 52,000 33,000
Graphite (C) 1,300,000 330,000,000 800,000,000
Iron (Fe) [4]: 20 1,300,000,000
Lead (Pb) 4,500,000 85,000,000 2,000,000,000
Lithium (Li) 130,000 26,000,000 98,000,000
Nickel (Ni) 3,300,000 100,000,000 300,000,000
PGMs 400 70,000 100,000
Salt (NaCl) 290,000,000
Sand 380,000,000
Silver (Ag) 26,000 550,000
Thorium (Th) 6,400,000
Uranium (U) [5]: 8,070,000
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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
  2. Aluminum Production - an overview - ScienceDirect Topics - www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/aluminum-production
  3. Energy efficiency - Energy intensity in copper and gold mining - https://www.at-minerals.com/en/artikel/at_-3001684.html
  4. Material and energy flows of the iron and steel industry - ScienceDirect - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030626192030458X
  5. Uranium 2020: Resources, Production and Demand ('Red Book') The total recoverable identified resources to $260/kg U is 8.070 million tonnes U.