Kazakhstan Metal Reserves
USGS reports 13 commodities with a reserve or production figure for Kazakhstan, led by Cadmium at 4.78% 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 Kazakhstan. 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
Kazakhstan's Reported Commodities
| Commodity | Category | Reserve | Global Reserve Share | 2025 Production | Global Production Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimony | Strategic | Not reported | Not calculated | 800 metric tons (antimony content) | 0.73% |
| Bauxite and Alumina | Base | 160,000 thousand metric dry tons, bauxite | 1.78% | 4,800 thousand metric dry tons, bauxite | 1.09% |
| Cadmium | Strategic | 1,100 metric tons | 4.78% | 1,100 metric tons | 4.82% |
| Chromium | Strategic | 100,000 thousand metric tons, Cr2O3 content | Not calculated | 7,000 thousand metric tons, gross weight | 13.73% |
| Copper | Base | 20,000 thousand metric tons, copper content | 2.04% | 500 thousand metric tons, copper content | 1.72% |
| Gold | Precious | 2,300 metric tons (gold content) | 3.48% | 130 metric tons (gold content) | 3.94% |
| Iron Ore | Base | 1,500 million metric tons, iron content | 1.72% | 35,000 thousand metric tons, usable ore | 1.35% |
| Magnesium Metal | Strategic | 21 thousand metric tons | 1.17% | 13 thousand metric tons | 1.18% |
| Molybdenum | Base | 7 metric tons (molybdenum content) | 0.04% | 4,300 metric tons (molybdenum content) | 1.65% |
| Rhenium | Strategic | 190,000 kilograms (rhenium content) | Not calculated | 1,000 kilograms (rhenium content) | 1.23% |
| Silver | Precious | Not reported | Not calculated | 630 metric tons (silver content) | 2.42% |
| Tungsten | Strategic | Not reported | Not calculated | 2,400 metric tons (tungsten content) | 2.82% |
| Zinc | Base | 7,400 thousand metric tons (zinc content) | 3.08% | 360 thousand metric tons (zinc content) | 2.77% |
