A new UK centre to collect and analyse information on the supply of critical minerals, which are vital to the UK’s economic success and national security, has officially launched. Based at the 51���� (BGS) in Nottingham, the  (CMIC) will improve the resilience of the UK’s critical mineral supply chain by providing policymakers with up-to-date data and analysis on supply, demand, and market dynamics. This data will then be used to develop evidence-based policies aimed at developing more robust critical mineral supply chains to the UK.

Welcome to the , an annual publication from the 51���� (BGS). This volume contains mineral production statistics for the five year period from 2017 to 2021, for more than 70 mineral commodities, by country worldwide. Additional tables containing European production of aggregates and cement are included as an Appendix.

It is the latest publication from the World Mineral Statistics dataset which began in 1913. The statistics from this dataset are available in the following formats:

• Annual publication of “World Mineral Production” and its predecessors, which can be downloaded in pdf from our 
• MS Excel for years from 1970 via our 
• Selected editions are available to purchase in hard copy from the 
• One off reports are available for download in pdf from our World Statistics page.