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Critical · 2 lists

Zirconium · Zr

specialty_metal · primary

USGS_2022

USGS_2025

Bottom line

Zirconium sits on 2 federal critical-minerals lists; mine supply is moderately concentrated (HHI 0.20, 2025), led by 🇦🇺 Australia at 33% of output. US net import reliance: <25 (2025). Prices fell 8% over the past year (-3%/yr over 4y).

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Headline indicators

Price · 2025

22dollars per kilogram

USGS MCS (Zirconium, sponge, ex-works Ch)

Price trend

-8% 1Y

-3%/yr · 4Y CAGR

US net import reliance · 2025

<25

Mine production HHI

0.20

Moderate · 2025

From ore to use

lifecycle flow

01Reserves
70.0Mt
Australia leads · 79% share
02Production
1.2Mt
Australia top · 2025
03Trade
5.9Kt
net importer · 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.
datedMaterial-flow analysis is historical - All 4 material-flow records date to 2000 or earlier (Yale STAF era). They describe the anthropogenic cycle of that period, not today's system.
datedExport-restriction inventory ends 2020 - The OECD industrial-raw-materials inventory (vendored snapshot) reports HS-line measures only through 2020; restrictions enacted since are not reflected in the measure table.
narrowConsumption geography is single-economy (United States) - Reported consumption covers one economy only - the world usage split must be read from trade flows, not from a consumption table.

Provenance

Where this data comes from

04Stocks

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05Consumption

100.0Kt

Consumption, apparent, zirconium ores and concentrates (ZrO2 content) · 2025

Methodology

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BGS World Mineral Statistics
strata midstream/components census
midstream_components_seed
NI 43-101 / AIF deposit economics (tungsten + tin)
ni43101_deposits
strata ownership-control seed
ownership_control_seed
USGS MCS (Zirconium, sponge, ex-works Ch)
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
USGS Minerals Yearbook Vol III, reference year 2019
usgs myb1 zirconium 2020
USGS ARDF
USGS Critical-Mineral Deposits
usgs_critmin_deposits_v2
USGS National Mine Waste Inventory (NMWI)
usgs_mine_waste
USGS MRDS deposits
usgs_mrds_2016
USGS Critical Minerals (PP-1802)
usgs_pp1802_global
USGS World Phosphate Mines, Deposits, and Occurrences
usgs_world_phosphate
USGS USMIN Critical Deposits
usmin_critical_deposits

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