🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia (SA)

Supply chain footprint — snapshot year 2025

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5Elements mined
2Elements refined
0Top-3 reserves
2Critical elements

Mining (5 elements)

Element Share % Quantity Global rank Confidence Notes
C
carbon
11.2% 510 million tonnes per year 7th high
S
sulfur
8.8% 7.5 million tonnes per year 3rd high USGS MCS 2025 table: Saudi Arabia 2024e = 7,500 thousand metric tons. Note: sulfur from Saudi Arabian oil may be recover…
P
phosphorus
4.0% 9.5 million tonnes per year 6th high Saudi Arabia 2024 estimate: 9,500 kt (down slightly from 9,900 kt in 2023). Maaden (Saudi Arabian Mining Company) is the…
Al
aluminum
1.3% 5.8 million tonnes per year 9th high
Na
sodium
0.9% 2.4 million tonnes per year 20th high USGS MCS 2025 table: Saudi Arabia 2024e = 2,400 thousand metric tons.

Refining (3 elements)

Element Share % Quantity Global rank Confidence Notes
Ti
titanium
4.7% 15,000 tonnes per year 6th high USGS 2024e: 15,000 t (up from 11,000 t in 2023). Saudi Arabia capacity 15,600 t/yr. 23% of US sponge imports Jan-Sep 202…
Ti
titanium
2.0% 200,000 tonnes per year 13th high
Al
aluminum
1.3% 1.8 million tonnes per year 16th high

Reserves (2 elements)

Element Share % Quantity Global rank Confidence Notes
P
phosphorus
1.4% 1,000,000,000 tonnes 10th high Saudi Arabia: 1,000,000 thousand metric tons = 1 billion metric tons. Revised per USGS based on company and Government r…
Al
aluminum
0.6% 180,000,000 tonnes 11th high