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All the Metals We Mined In 2022 In One Visualization

16 Nov 2023 | Abstracted from Visual Capitalist

"...infographic visualizes all 2.8 billion tonnes of metals mined in 2022 and highlights each metal’s largest end-use using data from the United States Geological Survey...Iron ore dominates the metals mining landscape, comprising 93% of the total mined. In 2022, 2.6 billion tonnes of iron ore were mined, containing about 1.6 billion tonnes of iron.

"Despite representing less than 1% of all the metals mined, technology metals have been on the news over the last few years..."

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