Supply of critical minerals in 2023
By weight, copper makes up the biggest proportion of supplied minerals. But other key minerals still play an important role in energy transition.
Bar chart showing the total global supply of cobalt, copper, graphite, lithium, nickel and rare earth elements. Supply is split into mining activities and processing activities, which includes refinement of copper, cobalt, nickel and rare earth elements, production of lithium chemicals and production of battery-grade graphite products.
