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Commoditytantalum

Critical · 2 lists

Tantalum · Ta

specialty_metal · primary

USGS_2022

USGS_2025

At a glance

Headline indicators

Price · 2025

180dollars per kilogram

USGS MCS (Price, tantalite, annual avera)

Price trend

+8% 1Y

+3%/yr · 4Y CAGR

US net import reliance · 2025

100%

Production HHI

0.28

Highly concentrated (>0.25)

From ore to use

lifecycle flow

01Reserves
400.1Kt
China leads · 60% share

Provenance

Where this data comes from

Statistics Canada Table 16-10-0022
USGS DS-140 (constant 1998 USD)
USGS DS-140 (nominal)
USGS MCS (Price, tantalite, annual avera)
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries World Data (legacy wide format, 2023-2025 vintages)
USGS Minerals Yearbook OFR 2025-1047

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02Production

2.1Kt

Congo (Kinshasa) top · 2023

03Trade

880t

net importer · 2025

04Stocks

-

05Consumption

890t

Consumption, apparent · 2025

Coverage

Data coverage notes

no dataNo commodity-decomposed recycling data - No USGS MCS Fig13 scrap rows. EU WEEE / battery EOL flows (Phase 6.1.1) are country-keyed only see country profiles.

USGS Minerals Yearbook Vol III, reference year 2019

usgs myb1 tantalum 2022

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Live

Ir100%Canada · top share Rh100%Canada · top share Ru100%Canada · top share Ga98%China · top share Ge94%China · top share Nb92%Brazil · top share Si82%China · top share W79%China · top share Co77%Congo, Democratic Republic · top share 75%China · top share Te75%China · top share 75%China · top share In74%China · top share Pt73%South Africa · top share Cu70%China · top share 66%China · top share V64%China · top share Li64%Australia · top share Al66%China · top share Ni65%Indonesia · top share Pb62%China · top share As50%Peru · top share Mg58%China · top share Be55%USA · top share Cr55%South Africa · top share Bi54%China · top share Pd44%Russia · top share Ta46%Congo (Kinshasa) · top share 49%China · top share Sb43%China · top share Re44%Chile · top share B44%Turkey · top share U38%Kazakhstan · top share Zr36%Australia · top share Mn39%South Africa · top share Zn39%China · top share Ti28%Mozambique · top share Ag34%Mexico · top share 29%Canada · top share 26%China · top share Sn26%China · top share 🇨🇱 CLCutax2024 🇨🇩 CDCusurtax2022 🇨🇱 CLListrategic resource2023 🇨🇳 CNLiexport license2024 🇿🇼 ZWLiraw ore ban2022 🇮🇩 IDNiraw ore ban2020 🇵🇭 PHNiroyalty2024 🇷🇺 RUNiimport ban2024 🇨🇳 CN→🇻🇳 VNREE+4700%re export surge 🇮🇩 IDNi-97%export ban effect Li+38%concentration shift 🇨🇳 CNREE-25%concentration shift

Concentration

HHI

0.28

Concentrated

Top-1: 46%
Top-3: 83%
Top-5: 93%
NIR: 100%

Active alerts · 1

46%
Congo (Kinshasa) · top share

Critical lists · 2

USGS_2022
USGS_2025

Sources · 9

USGS Minerals Yearbook OFR 2025-1047
Statistics Canada Table 16-10-0022
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries World Data (legacy wide format, 2023-2025 vintages)
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
usgs myb1 tantalum 2022
+ 4 more in the Provenance section

Concentration

HHI

0.28

Concentrated

Top-1: 46%
Top-3: 83%
Top-5: 93%
NIR: 100%

Active alerts · 1

46%
Congo (Kinshasa) · top share

Critical lists · 2

USGS_2022
USGS_2025

Sources · 9

USGS Minerals Yearbook OFR 2025-1047
Statistics Canada Table 16-10-0022
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries World Data (legacy wide format, 2023-2025 vintages)
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
usgs myb1 tantalum 2022
+ 4 more in the Provenance section