Aluminum was the leading critical mineral in the United States in 2024 based on apparent consumption volume. At 4.3 million metric tons, U.S. aluminum consumption was nearly twice as much as the second leading critical mineral based on consumption, which was zinc at 820,000 metric tons that year.
Consumption of critical minerals in the United States in 2024, by mineral
(in metric tons)
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Consumption of critical minerals in the United States in 2024, by mineral
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The critical minerals listed in this statistic are as published in the (U.S.) Federal Register on February 24, 2022. Not all critical minerals are shown due to a lack of available data on selected minerals.
*Refinery production.
**Includes the lanthanides cerium, dysprosium, erbium, europium, gadolinium, holmium, lanthanum, lutetium, neodymium, praseodymium, samarium, terbium, thulium, and ytterbium.
The figures for aluminum, gallium, and magnesium are reported consumption.
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US Geological Survey. (February 3, 2025). Consumption of critical minerals in the United States in 2024, by mineral (in metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1475624/us-consumption-of-critical-minerals-by-type/
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