Russia Metal Reserves
USGS reports 22 commodities with a reserve or production figure for Russia, led by Cobalt at 40.00% 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 Russia. 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
Russia's Reported Commodities
| Commodity | Category | Reserve | Global Reserve Share | 2025 Production | Global Production Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimony | Strategic | 350,000 metric tons (antimony content) | Not calculated | 32,000 metric tons (antimony content) | 29.09% |
| Bauxite and Alumina | Base | 650,000 thousand metric dry tons, bauxite | 7.22% | 5,700 thousand metric dry tons, bauxite | 1.30% |
| Cadmium | Strategic | 1,000 metric tons | 4.35% | 1,000 metric tons | 4.39% |
| Cobalt | Battery | 800,000 metric tons (cobalt content) | 40.00% | 7,700 metric tons (cobalt content) | 2.48% |
| Copper | Base | 80,000 thousand metric tons, copper content | 8.16% | 950 thousand metric tons, copper content | 3.28% |
| Gold | Precious | 12,000 metric tons (gold content) | 18.18% | 310 metric tons (gold content) | 9.39% |
| Iron Ore | Base | 14,000 million metric tons, iron content | 16.09% | 86,000 thousand metric tons, usable ore | 3.31% |
| Lead | Base | 8,900 thousand metric tons (lead content) | 9.37% | 260 thousand metric tons (lead content) | 5.78% |
| Magnesium Metal | Strategic | 81 thousand metric tons | 4.50% | 60 thousand metric tons | 5.45% |
| Molybdenum | Base | 1,100 metric tons (molybdenum content) | 6.47% | 1,300 metric tons (molybdenum content) | 0.50% |
| Nickel | Base | 8,300,000 metric tons (nickel content) | Not calculated | 200,000 metric tons (nickel content) | 5.13% |
| Niobium | Strategic | 3,000 metric tons (niobium content) | Not calculated | 300 metric tons (niobium content) | 0.27% |
| Palladium | Precious | 11,000,000 kg PGM content | Not calculated | 84,000 kg palladium | 44.21% |
| Platinum | Precious | 11,000,000 kg PGM content | Not calculated | 20,000 kg platinum | 11.76% |
| Rare Earths | Rare-earth | 3,800,000 metric tons (rare-earth-oxide (REO) equi | Not calculated | 2,600 metric tons (rare-earth-oxide (REO) equi | 0.67% |
| Rhenium | Strategic | 310,000 kilograms (rhenium content) | Not calculated | Not reported | Not calculated |
| Silver | Precious | 92,000 metric tons (silver content) | 15.08% | 1,200 metric tons (silver content) | 4.62% |
| Tantalum | Strategic | 150 metric tons (tantalum content) | Not calculated | 30 metric tons (tantalum content) | 1.20% |
| Tin | Base | 460,000 metric tons (tin content) | Not calculated | 4,500 metric tons (tin content) | 1.55% |
| Tungsten | Strategic | 400,000 metric tons (tungsten content) | Not calculated | 2,000 metric tons (tungsten content) | 2.35% |
| Vanadium | Battery | 5,000 metric tons (vanadium content) | 23.81% | 21,000 metric tons (vanadium content) | 19.09% |
| Zinc | Base | 29,000 thousand metric tons (zinc content) | 12.08% | 430 thousand metric tons (zinc content) | 3.31% |
