United Kingdom critical minerals list
The United Kingdom lists 31 minerals as critical or strategic (UK Criticality Assessment 2024, 2024). Here is every mineral on the list, with where it is mined and how many other governments list it.
UK Critical Minerals Strategy (Vision 2035) growth minerals - partial (2025)
4 watch-list entries. Source: Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), reporting UK Government Vision 2035 Critical Minerals Strategy.
UK Criticality Assessment 2024 (BGS/CMIC) critical minerals list (2024)
34 critical entries. Source: British Geological Survey (Mudd, Josso et al.), Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre.
| As listed | Mineral page | On lists in |
|---|---|---|
| Aluminium (Al) | Aluminium and bauxite | 7 |
| Antimony (Sb) | Antimony | 8 |
| Bismuth (Bi) | Bismuth | 7 |
| Borates | Boron (borates) | 3 |
| Cobalt (Co) | Cobalt | 8 |
| Gallium (Ga) | Gallium | 7 |
| Germanium (Ge) | Germanium | 6 |
| Graphite (natural) | Graphite (natural) | 8 |
| Hafnium (Hf) | Hafnium | 5 |
| Helium (He) | Helium | 3 |
| Indium (In) | Indium | 6 |
| Iridium (Ir) | Platinum group metals | 7 |
| Iron (Fe) | Iron ore | 2 |
| Lithium (Li) | Lithium | 8 |
| Magnesite | Magnesite | 1 |
| Magnesium (Mg) | Magnesium | 6 |
| Manganese (Mn) | Manganese | 6 |
| Nickel (Ni) | Nickel | 8 |
| Niobium (Nb) | Niobium | 7 |
| Phosphorus (P) | Phosphorus (elemental/chemical) | 6 |
| Platinum (Pt) | Platinum group metals | 7 |
| REEs | Rare earths | 8 |
| Rhenium (Re) | Rhenium | 4 |
| Rhodium (Rh) | Platinum group metals | 7 |
| Ruthenium (Ru) | Platinum group metals | 7 |
| Silicon (Si) | Silicon | 7 |
| Sodium (Na) | Sodium (compounds) | 1 |
| Tantalum (Ta) | Tantalum | 7 |
| Tellurium (Te) | Tellurium | 5 |
| Tin (Sn) | Tin | 7 |
| Titanium (Ti) | Titanium minerals | 7 |
| Tungsten (W) | Tungsten | 8 |
| Vanadium (V) | Vanadium | 7 |
| Zinc (Zn) | Zinc | 5 |
UK Criticality Assessment 2024: critical in 2021, below threshold in 2024 (2024)
1 watch-list entry. Source: British Geological Survey (Mudd, Josso et al.), Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre.
| As listed | Mineral page | On lists in |
|---|---|---|
| Palladium (Pd) | Platinum group metals | 7 |
"On lists in" counts the jurisdictions (of the 8 we track) whose current list includes the mineral.
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