Australia Metal Reserves
USGS reports 21 commodities with a reserve or production figure for Australia, led by Lead at 772.63% of the reported global reserve. See Australia's price profile for live metal prices.
USGS assesses roughly 90 mineral commodities worldwide each year, but only compiles a country-level reserve or production breakdown for a given commodity where the underlying data supports one — the table below is every commodity that condition is met for in Australia. Each row pairs the reserve quantity with its share of the reported global total and last year's production, so it's possible to see at a glance which commodities this country is significant in and which it merely reports a smaller figure for.
Global Reserve Share by Commodity
Australia's Reported Commodities
| Commodity | Category | Reserve | Global Reserve Share | 2025 Production | Global Production Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimony | Strategic | 110,000 metric tons (antimony content) | Not calculated | 1,300 metric tons (antimony content) | 1.18% |
| Bauxite and Alumina | Base | 3,700,000 thousand metric dry tons, bauxite | 41.11% | 97,000 thousand metric dry tons, bauxite | 22.05% |
| Cadmium | Strategic | 600 metric tons | 2.61% | 601 metric tons | 2.64% |
| Cobalt | Battery | 1,700,000 metric tons (cobalt content) | 85.00% | 3,700 metric tons (cobalt content) | 1.19% |
| Copper | Base | 100,000 thousand metric tons, copper content | 10.20% | 460 thousand metric tons, copper content | 1.59% |
| Gold | Precious | 13,000 metric tons (gold content) | 19.70% | 280 metric tons (gold content) | 8.48% |
| Iron Ore | Base | 627,000 million metric tons, iron content | 720.69% | 980,000 thousand metric tons, usable ore | 37.69% |
| Lead | Base | 734,000 thousand metric tons (lead content) | 772.63% | 480 thousand metric tons (lead content) | 10.67% |
| Lithium | Battery | 8,400,000 metric tons (lithium content) | 120.00% | 92,000 metric tons (lithium content) | 31.72% |
| Manganese | Battery | 580,000 thousand metric tons (gross weight) | 32.22% | 1,600 thousand metric tons (gross weight) | 8.00% |
| Molybdenum | Base | 7,760 metric tons (molybdenum content) | 45.65% | 1,000 metric tons (molybdenum content) | 0.38% |
| Nickel | Base | 25,000,000 metric tons (nickel content) | Not calculated | 45,000 metric tons (nickel content) | 1.15% |
| Rare Earths | Rare-earth | 6,300,000 metric tons (rare-earth-oxide (REO) equi | Not calculated | 29,000 metric tons (rare-earth-oxide (REO) equi | 7.44% |
| Silver | Precious | 91,000 metric tons (silver content) | 14.92% | 1,000 metric tons (silver content) | 3.85% |
| Tantalum | Strategic | 120,000 metric tons (tantalum content) | Not calculated | 50 metric tons (tantalum content) | 2.00% |
| Tin | Base | 570,000 metric tons (tin content) | Not calculated | 12,000 metric tons (tin content) | 4.14% |
| Titanium Mineral Concentrates | Strategic | 170,000 thousand metric tons, TiO2 content | Not calculated | 780 thousand metric tons, TiO2 content | 8.30% |
| Tungsten | Strategic | 570,000 metric tons (tungsten content) | Not calculated | 1,000 metric tons (tungsten content) | 1.18% |
| Vanadium | Battery | 10,000 metric tons (vanadium content) | 47.62% | Not reported | Not calculated |
| Zinc | Base | 64,000 thousand metric tons (zinc content) | 26.67% | 1,100 thousand metric tons (zinc content) | 8.46% |
| Zirconium and Hafnium | Strategic | 55,000 thousand metric tons, ZrO2 content | Not calculated | 400 thousand metric tons, gross weight | 33.33% |
