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Tungsten: producers, reserves and mines

Who produces tungsten, how concentrated supply is, where it is mined, and how its price has moved. Production is t W content.

World production
82,000
t W content, latest USGS table
Top 3 share
88%
of world mine production
World reserves
Not shown
table could not be matched
Mapped mines
1,267
47 countries

Production and reserves by country

#CountryProduction (t W content)Share of worldReserves shareMapped sites
1China67,00081.7%No data30
2Vietnam3,4004.1%No data3
3North Korea1,9002.3%No data1
4Bolivia1,7002.1%No data204
5Russia1,5001.8%No data34
6Rwanda1,3001.6%No data2
7Australia9201.1%No data25
8Austria8401.0%No data6
9Spain7000.9%No data6
10Portugal6500.8%No data9
11United States of America00.0%No data474
12Kazakhstan00.0%No data10

Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, MCS 2026 (Public domain (US Government work)). "No data" means the figure is withheld or not reported. Reserve figures not shown: the published table could not be matched reliably. Countries not listed produce small amounts or are not reported.

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 Coverage is uneven and partly historical, and status can be out of date: this is not a complete or current registry, and a point on the map is not an offer, a licence or evidence of a legal right.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.