OCEANIA · RESOURCES

New Caledonia: natural resources

Minerals produced, mines and deposits, power capacity and how much the economy depends on resources. New Caledonia is part of the Invest Global country data, so every figure carries its source.

Mines and deposits mapped
10
0 operating
Minerals above 1% of world
1
USGS MCS 2026
Power capacity
No data
Clean share of electricity
27%
Ember, 2024

Minerals produced

MineralProductionShare of worldWorld rankReserves share
Nickel critical116,000 t Ni content3.1%5No data

Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, MCS 2026. Rank is among reporting countries.

Mines and deposits

Nickel6
Cobalt3
Lithium1
SiteCommoditiesStatusOperatorSource
Golden Eagle NullagineLithiumListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata
Group Pentecoast MineNickelListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata
HuntNickelListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata
Kouaoua AreaslnCobaltListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata
Le Nickel S.A. Mines Thio, Kouaoua, Poro, New CaledoniaNickelListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata
MonakoffCobaltListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata
MoneocgmcNickelListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata
NaketyCobaltListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata
OuinneNickelListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata
Petit Mineurs Small MinersNickelListed, status not statedNot statedWikidata

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Resource dependence

Oil rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Natural gas rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Coal rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Mineral rents
16.8%
% of GDP · 2021
Fuel exports
0.0%
% of merchandise exports · 2015
Ores and metals exports
37.8%
% of merchandise exports · 2015

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Mine and deposit locations combine the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (public domain, last updated 2022, strongest for the United States and the Americas) and Wikidata (CC0, notable named mines). Coverage is uneven and partly historical, and status can be out of date: this is not a complete or current registry, and a point on the map is not an offer, a licence or evidence of a legal right. Production and reserve figures are from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries and are rounded estimates. Power plants are from the WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), mostly 2018 to 2021. Nothing here is investment, legal or technical advice.