Turkey Metal Reserves
USGS reports 7 commodities with a reserve or production figure for Turkey, led by Magnesium Metal at 39.72% of the reported global reserve. See Turkey'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 Turkey. 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
Turkey's Reported Commodities
| Commodity | Category | Reserve | Global Reserve Share | 2025 Production | Global Production Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimony | Strategic | 99,000 metric tons (antimony content) | Not calculated | 3,000 metric tons (antimony content) | 2.73% |
| Bauxite and Alumina | Base | 69,000 thousand metric dry tons, bauxite | 0.77% | 3,800 thousand metric dry tons, bauxite | 0.86% |
| Chromium | Strategic | 5,700 thousand metric tons, Cr2O3 content | Not calculated | 9,000 thousand metric tons, gross weight | 17.65% |
| Cobalt | Battery | 91,000 metric tons (cobalt content) | 4.55% | 1,900 metric tons (cobalt content) | 0.61% |
| Iron Ore | Base | 99 million metric tons, iron content | 0.11% | 18,000 thousand metric tons, usable ore | 0.69% |
| Lead | Base | 1,600 thousand metric tons (lead content) | 1.68% | 70 thousand metric tons (lead content) | 1.56% |
| Magnesium Metal | Strategic | 715 thousand metric tons | 39.72% | 15 thousand metric tons | 1.36% |
