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| Source - Visual Capitalist and USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (2022) before that |
I have a simple question about this graphic.
The iron presented is shown in weight of iron ore mined not of actual iron produced, and the rare earths are listed as "rare earth oxides", which I would also interpret as ore.
Some of the other metals seem to be presented in weight of actual metal produced (aluminum, for example, being listed as "smelted/refinery production").
Those quantities don't necessarily seem equivalent to me.
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