Zinc in numbers
Zinc (Zn) drawn as one poster: 13 Mt of world mine production in 2025, China the largest producer, 5 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
- 13 Mt (Zn content) USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
- Largest producer
- China, 4.1 Mt (32% of world) USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
- Top three producers' share
- 52% USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
- World reserves, 2025
- 240 Mt (Zn content), largest in Australia USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
- Critical mineral lists
- 5 current lists in 5 jurisdictions (Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, South Korea, United States) government critical mineral lists
- US net import reliance, 2025
- 73% USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
- Price, 2025
- 2,870 $/mt (Zinc (nominal USD; LME high grade, min 99.95% purity, settlement price (from Apr 1990))) World Bank Pink Sheet
- World production, 1900
- 479 kt (USGS historical series, as reported) USGS Data Series 140 (historical statistics)
- World production, 2022 (historical series)
- 13 Mt USGS Data Series 140 (historical statistics)
- Largest trade flow, 2024
- Australia → China, $886 m (HS 260800, Zinc ores and concentrates); world trade $12 bn 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.