Iran Metal Reserves
USGS reports 5 commodities with a reserve or production figure for Iran, led by Lead at 2.11% of the reported global reserve.
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 Iran. 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
Iran's Reported Commodities
| Commodity | Category | Reserve | Global Reserve Share | 2025 Production | Global Production Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimony | Strategic | Not reported | Not calculated | 90 metric tons (antimony content) | 0.08% |
| Iron Ore | Base | 1,500 million metric tons, iron content | 1.72% | 93,000 thousand metric tons, usable ore | 3.58% |
| Lead | Base | 2,000 thousand metric tons (lead content) | 2.11% | 70 thousand metric tons (lead content) | 1.56% |
| Magnesium Metal | Strategic | 6 thousand metric tons | 0.33% | 5 thousand metric tons | 0.45% |
| Molybdenum | Base | 43 metric tons (molybdenum content) | 0.25% | 3,300 metric tons (molybdenum content) | 1.27% |
