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Production, refining and reserves

CommodityMetricValueWorld rank · shareSource
NickelRefinery production 20227,800 t Ni content (primary nickel products)#20 · 0.3%USGS Minerals Yearbook 2023 (nickel, tables-only release), table 12
Graphite (natural)Mine production 2025800 t natural graphite#13 · 0%USGS MCS 2026
GalliumRefinery production 20221,000 kg Ga content—USGS MCS 2023
ManganeseMine production 2023359,000 t manganese ore (gross weight)#13 · 0.6%USGS Minerals Yearbook 2023 (manganese), table 6
ManganeseReserves 2023140 million t (basis not stated)#5 · 7%USGS MCS 2024
AluminaRefinery production 2022300,000 t alumina (calcined equivalent weight)#20 · 0.2%USGS MCS 2024
Titanium (ilmenite)Mine production 2025200,000 t TiO2 content#10 · 2%USGS MCS 2026
Titanium (ilmenite)Reserves 20255.9 million t TiO2 content#8 · 1%USGS MCS 2026
Titanium (rutile)Mine production 202510,000 t TiO2 content#6 · 2%USGS MCS 2026
Titanium (rutile)Reserves 20252.5 million t TiO2 content#4 · 5%USGS MCS 2026
Titanium spongeRefinery production 20221,000 t titanium sponge metal#6 · 0.4%USGS MCS 2024
SiliconRefinery production 20232,000 t Si content (ferrosilicon)—USGS MCS 2024
UraniumMine production 2023300 t U content#10 · 0.6%NEA/IAEA Red Book 2024 (Uranium 2024), Table 1.18
UraniumResources 2023184,800 t U content#10 · 2%NEA/IAEA Red Book 2024 (Uranium 2024), Table 1.2a, <USD 260/kgU
Zirconium (zircon)Mine production 201135,000 t zircon mineral concentrates (gross weight)—USGS MCS 2012
Zirconium (zircon)Reserves 20114 million t ZrO2 content#3 · 8%USGS MCS 2012
Magnesium metalRefinery production 20222,000 t primary magnesium metal (smelter production)#8 · 0.2%USGS MCS 2024
Iron oreMine production 202552 million t usable iron ore#9 · 2%USGS MCS 2026
Iron oreReserves 20256,500 million t crude ore#6 · 3%USGS MCS 2026
PotashMine production 201012,000 t K2O equivalent—USGS MCS 2011
PotashReserves 201025 million t K2O equivalent#11 · 0.3%USGS MCS 2011
LimeRefinery production 20251.1 million t lime#21 · 0.3%USGS MCS 2026
BromineMine production 20256,000 t Br content#6 · 1%USGS MCS 2026
BromineReserves 2010400,000 t Br content—USGS MCS 2011
Nitrogen (ammonia)Refinery production 20222 million t N content (ammonia)—USGS MCS 2023
BentoniteMine production 2022180,000 t bentonite—USGS MCS 2023
KaolinMine production 2022600,000 t kaolin—USGS MCS 2023
GypsumMine production 20231.5 million t gypsum—USGS MCS 2024
PeatMine production 2025450,000 t peat#11 · 3%USGS MCS 2026
SaltMine production 20221 million t salt—USGS MCS 2023

Policies and export measures

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  • 2025-07-18 · strategy

    Cabinet Resolution No. 845 approving the lists of strategic and critical minerals and of deposits to be offered

    Approves a list of minerals of strategic importance (aluminium, beryllium, copper, nickel, niobium, strontium, tantalum, titanium, uranium and zirconium ores and fluorite) and a longer list of critical minerals, including lithium, rare-earth, gallium, tungsten and other ores and potash. It also lists subsoil plots to be offered by electronic auction or by production-sharing tender and replaces the 2023 list of PSA sites.

    Source: Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Legislation of Ukraine portal

  • 2025-04-30 · agreement

    US–Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund agreement (minerals agreement)

    Signed in Washington on 30 April 2025 (date used here) and entered into force on 23 May 2025. It sets up a joint investment fund that receives 50% of Ukraine's future revenues from new licences for listed natural-resource assets. Listed assets include lithium, graphite, rare earths, titanium, uranium and other minerals, plus oil and gas.

    Source: U.S. Department of State, Office of Treaty Affairs

  • 2025-01-17 · strategy

    Law No. 4154-IX on updating the national mineral resource base programme to 2030 and on strategic and critical minerals

    Amends the Subsoil Code and the national programme for developing the mineral resource base to 2030. Metallic ores and non-metallic minerals of national importance can be placed on Cabinet-approved lists of minerals of strategic and/or critical importance, subject to criteria set out in the law, and the programme's targets and funding are updated.

    Source: Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Legislation of Ukraine portal

Trade in critical minerals

Exports 2024$399 m

  1. Manganese$170 mto Germany 21%, Luxembourg 18%, Türkiye 11% · 32 more
  2. Aluminium$90 mto Slovakia 29%, Poland 18%, Japan 15% · 19 more
  3. Titanium (ilmenite)*$84 mto Mexico 36%, United States of America 29%, Czechia 19% · 26 more
  4. Zirconium (zircon)$16 mto Spain 49%, Germany 16%, Italy 16% · 11 more
  5. Copper$11 mto Slovakia 32%, Germany 26%, Poland 25% · 9 more
  6. Lithium*$10 mto China 56%, Poland 32%, Latvia 4% · 18 more
  7. Nickel$4 mto United Kingdom 46%, Netherlands 43%, Germany 11% · 1 more
  8. Lead$4 mto Poland 93%, Belgium 7%

and 22 more commodities

Imports 2024$412 m

  1. Manganese*$125 mfrom Poland 50%, Norway 22%, Ghana 14% · 19 more
  2. Potash$54 mfrom Jordan 25%, Israel 21%, Germany 16% · 15 more
  3. Zinc$45 mfrom Mexico 19%, Poland 19%, Bulgaria 17% · 11 more
  4. Copper$33 mfrom Poland 31%, Bulgaria 22%, Hungary 21% · 17 more
  5. Silicon$28 mfrom Kazakhstan 57%, China 24%, Türkiye 5% · 19 more
  6. Aluminium$22 mfrom Poland 52%, Türkiye 20%, Bahrain 20% · 18 more
  7. Nickel$18 mfrom Netherlands 34%, France 31%, Canada 10% · 15 more
  8. Chromium$14 mfrom India 41%, China 10%, Zimbabwe 10% · 16 more

and 35 more commodities

Trade values in current US dollars (ores, concentrates, intermediates, chemicals and refined metal), not prices. * Includes HS codes that also cover other products. Source: CEPII BACI (HS22), Etalab Open Licence 2.0 — details.

Fiscal regime for mining

InstrumentApplies toRateLegal basis
RoyaltyManganese, Chromium, Titanium (ilmenite), Titanium (rutile), Zirconium (zircon), Nickel, Cobalt, Copper, Lithium, Niobium, Tantalum, Beryllium, Vanadium, Molybdenum, TungstenRent payment for subsoil use for mineral extraction (рентна плата за користування надрами), Art. 252.20. Ore (metal-bearing) minerals of ferrous metals (except iron ore), non-ferrous and alloying metals: 6.25% (slugs indicative)6.25%value of the mining enterprise's commodity output (товарна продукція) as approved in the deposit's mineral-raw-material standards (кондиції)Податковий кодекс України (Tax Code of Ukraine, No. 2755-VI of 2 Dec 2010) · Art. 252.20in force 2021-11-30
RoyaltyIron oreRent payment for subsoil use for mineral extraction (рентна плата за користування надрами), Art. 252.20. Iron ore: 3.5% if the average IODEX 62% Fe CFR China price for the period is USD 100/t or less; 5% above USD 100 up to 200; 10% above USD 200 (whole-value step rates)3.5-10 sliding scalevalue of the mining enterprise's commodity output (товарна продукція) as approved in the deposit's mineral-raw-material standards (кондиції)Податковий кодекс України (Tax Code of Ukraine, No. 2755-VI of 2 Dec 2010) · Art. 252.20in force 2021-11-30
RoyaltyUraniumRent payment for subsoil use for mineral extraction (рентна плата за користування надрами), Art. 252.20. Uranium-bearing ores (in technological solution) 5%; other ferrous, non-ferrous and alloying metal ores listed in the same sub-group 5%5%value of the mining enterprise's commodity output (товарна продукція) as approved in the deposit's mineral-raw-material standards (кондиції)Податковий кодекс України (Tax Code of Ukraine, No. 2755-VI of 2 Dec 2010) · Art. 252.20in force 2021-11-30
RoyaltyGraphite (natural), Phosphate rock, Kaolin, Fluorspar, Sand and gravel (industrial)Rent payment for subsoil use for mineral extraction (рентна плата за користування надрами), Art. 252.20. Non-energy, non-metallic minerals (except amber 10%): 5% (slugs indicative)5%value of the mining enterprise's commodity output (товарна продукція) as approved in the deposit's mineral-raw-material standards (кондиції)Податковий кодекс України (Tax Code of Ukraine, No. 2755-VI of 2 Dec 2010) · Art. 252.20in force 2021-11-30
Corporate income tax (mining)All mineralsBasic corporate profit tax rate 18%; 25% for financial institutions other than insurers (136.1-1). No mining-specific rate18%об'єкт оподаткування (taxable profit)Податковий кодекс України (Tax Code of Ukraine, No. 2755-VI of 2 Dec 2010) · Art. 136.1

Rates and terms as set in the cited law or regulation; agreements with individual projects can differ. Not legal or tax advice.

Deals and financing (1)

  1. 2025-09-17 · Equity investment · completed · US$75 m

    U.S. International Development Finance Corporation → United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund · URIF (critical minerals and strategic sectors)

    DFC made a USD 75 million seed equity investment in the US-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund, which targets critical minerals, energy and other strategic sectors in Ukraine.

    official release

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