Beryllium in numbers
Beryllium (Be) drawn as one poster: 430 t of world mine production in 2025, United States the largest producer, 4 critical mineral lists. Scroll to draw it, then download it as SVG or PNG.
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The numbers
The figures on the poster, with their sources. Production and reserves are USGS estimates, trade values are CEPII BACI customs data, demand is the IEA's outlook.
- World mine production, 2025
- 430 t (Be content) USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
- Largest producer
- United States, 230 t (53% of world) USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
- Top three producers' share
- 90% USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
- Critical mineral lists
- 4 current lists in 4 jurisdictions (Australia, European Union, India, United States) government critical mineral lists
- US net import reliance, 2022
- 7% USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
- Price, 2025
- 1,600 $/kg (Price, annual average unit value, beryllium-copper master alloy, dollars per kilogram of contained beryllium) USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
- World production, 1935
- 16 t (USGS historical series, as reported) USGS Data Series 140 (historical statistics)
- World production, 2021 (historical series)
- 272 t USGS Data Series 140 (historical statistics)
- Largest trade flow, 2024
- Kazakhstan → China, $23 m (HS 811212, Unwrought beryllium; powders); world trade $27 m CEPII BACI trade database
Sources
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · USGS Data Series 140 (historical statistics) · CEPII BACI trade database · government critical mineral lists. Figures are rounded; country names follow our atlas.