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Did you know a single country controls nearly 99% of the supply for key tech components?
The race for "Critical Minerals" is the new Space Race. One glance at the percentages below shows exactly who holds the cards in the global manufacturing game.
Our smartphones, EV batteries, and even defense systems rely on minerals we mostly don't produce at home. This isn't just about mining; it’s about national security and the future of the energy transition.
The dominance in this list is staggering:
Looking at these numbers, do you think diversifying the supply chain is a realistic goal for the next decade, or is the lead too great to catch? Drop a comment below! 👇

Top Countries Controlling Critical Minerals Production

1) 🇨🇳 Gallium - 98.7%
2) 🇨🇳 Magnesium - 95.0%
3) 🇧🇷 Niobium - 90.9%
4) 🇨🇳 Tungsten - 82.7%
5) 🇨🇳 Bismuth - 81.3%
6) 🇨🇳 Graphite - 79.4%
7) 🇨🇳 Silicon - 76.3%
🇨🇩 Cobalt - 75.9%
9) 🇿🇦 Platinum - 70.6%
10) 🇨🇳 Indium - 70.4%

11) 🇨🇳 Vanadium - 70.0%
12) 🇨🇳 Rare Earths - 69.2%
13) 🇨🇳 Fluorspar - 68.4%
14) 🇨🇳 Antimony - 60.0%
15) 🇨🇳 Aluminum - 59.7%
16) 🇮🇩 Nickel - 59.5%
17) 🇺🇸 Beryllium - 50.0%
18) 🇨🇳 Arsenic - 46.6%
19) 🇨🇳 Tellurium - 46.5%
20) 🇿🇦 Chromium - 44.7%

21) 🇷🇼 Tantalum - 41.9%
22) 🇷🇺 Palladium - 39.5%
23) 🇿🇦 Manganese - 37.0%
24) 🇦🇺 Lithium - 36.7%
25) 🇨🇳 Zinc - 33.3%
26) 🇮🇳 Barite - 31.7%
27) 🇨🇳 Tin - 23.0%

Source : White & Case LLP

Note : Critical minerals are essential for modern technologies such as smartphones, electric vehicles (EVs), batteries, renewable energy systems (solar & wind), electronics, and defense equipment.

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The reason why it looks like China has everything is because China doesn't have mineral controls, you can mine anything same way they are doing in Nigeria unless other countries with mineral controls.

udemzyudex:
The reason why it looks like China has everything is because China doesn't have mineral controls, you can mine anything same way they are doing in Nigeria unless other countries with mineral controls.

They don't have mineral control? I don't get. Your assertions are ambiguous and not specific. Nonetheless, China has control over what she mine in her country and has legal agreements with the various governments of the world they mined from. If you are inferring some Chinese engaging in unlicensed mining in various countries, they are likely private individuals in the industry. The Chinese controls a large chunk of the world critical minerals due to their large industrial base.

Vikkie14:
They don't have mineral control? I don't get. Your assertions are ambiguous and not specific. Nonetheless, China has control over what she mine in her country and has legal agreements with the various governments of the world they mined from. If you are inferring some Chinese engaging in unlicensed mining in various countries, they are likely private individuals in the industry. The Chinese controls a large chunk of the world critical minerals due to their large industrial base.

I want to let you know that China is not the only country with those minerals, that's the point.
I wish I can get that video link, I would have posted it for you to watch and understand my point better.

udemzyudex:
I want to let you know that China is not the only country with those minerals, that's the point.
I wish I can get that video link, I would have posted it for you to watch and understand my point better.

Hence, why I said that your post is full of ambiguity. I am quite aware of this your point (I pointed it out as well). They control it because they have agreement with the various governments in whose countries they are mined. Also, the Chinese have both the technical know-how (capacity and capability) to undertake the exploration, mining and processing of these minerals, something that no other country (not even Russia, EU, or US) can match them. That is why it looks like they have the monopoly over these minerals. The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative is a major catalyst for their in-road into these countries' critical mineral (rare earth importantly) resources. US doesn;t have the large industrial base to undertake alot of these mining and processing, Russia does to some extent. The labour is so expensive and commercially unviable that lots of these countries would rather buy the processed/finished products from the Chinese, rather than explore, mine and process it themselves. In fact, the technicality and technical know-how to undertake these processes is so limited.....part of why the Chinese are experts in this regards. It necessarily doesn't mean that the Chinese have all these minerals insitu....they are mentioned and monopolized it because they are the one with virtually the industrial base, labour, technicality, technical-know-how and resources to explore, mine and process these minerals in commercial quantity the world over.

China is rising so fast.... going by their speed and strategic positioning it's just a matter of time before they'll topple the US on that top spot.

China has worn this war.. Long time ago too..
Anyone who thinks that the west stands a chance against China anytime soon is living in a fuuls paradise..

And this should be a teaching moment for the developing world.
Folks should understand the importance of raising the bar in terms of the quality of characters that contest to lead the nation.

Emphasise should be placed more on the quality of his academic and administrative abilities and not on his oratorical skills or charisma..

Most importantly, development should be planned in two phases; short term and long term. The Chinese always had their 5 year plans which were branded "anti capitalist" by the west. These plans survive md tenures and governments. Look where it has got them..

Are people missing the fact that Ukraine has everything China has
Its a proven fact

Nigeria should be on the list
If not for corruption... So minerals are mined illegally...

So, where in this post did it list the countries?

So Nigeria is not there? How so?!

Mattswaggz:
China is rising so fast.... going by their speed and strategic positioning it's just a matter of time before they'll topple the US on that top spot.

The people in leadership position in China are using their heads that's why the country is progressing so fast.

Nigeria is also blessed very well but over here our politicians are more interested in stealing enough for their great grand children!

Moony45:
So, where in this post did it list the countries?

From their flags you will know them

Wow @ China. God really favoured them.

Nothing like top countries. China controls it even in mines outside China

Houseofglam7:
So Nigeria is not there? How so?!

Does Nigeria look like a sovereign nation to you? Nations that are not sovereign do not control anything.

Kobicove:
The people in leadership position in China are using their heads that's why the country is progressing so fast.

Nigeria is also blessed very well but over here our politicians are more interested in stealing enough for their great grand children!

Well that self centeredness is in majority of average Nigerians.....change will come only when everyone is ready or a major percentage of Nigerians are ready...as for now the blame games can continue.

At Op ..are you Chinese ? Of what benefit is china to you ? Is china developing Nigeria ? I don't know where your love and worship for China stems from but I believe you're probably thinking that China is different from other colonial superpowers.


For years we have been told that China is Africa's great development partner. The loans are large. The infrastructure is visible. The diplomatic speeches are generous. But the evidence tells a different story.

China is not developing Nigeria or Africa. It is extracting from Nigeria and from the rest of the continent.

Consider the trade numbers. In the first three months of 2026 alone, Africa's trade deficit with China reached a record 29 billion dollars. That is nearly 10 billion dollars worse than the same period the year before.

Look at Nigeria. In one quarter, Nigeria imported nearly 7 billion dollars worth of Chinese goods. Things like machinery, vehicles, and electronics. In that same period, Nigeria exported less than 1 billion dollars back to China. Most of what Nigeria sends to China is crude oil. Raw material. Unprocessed.

That is not a partnership. That is a system where Africa exports what is dug from the ground and imports what is made in factories.

The same pattern plays out across the continent. The Democratic Republic of Congo sends copper and cobalt to China. Angola sends oil. Guinea sends bauxite. These countries have little to show for it. The processing happens in China. The profits stay in China. The jobs stay in China.

China announced a zero tariff policy for 53 African countries starting in May 2026. It sounded like a major step forward. But according to United Nations trade data, 94 percent of African exports to China already entered duty free. The policy changes almost nothing. It is largely cosmetic.

Even African leaders who support the relationship are beginning to sound worried. A senior analyst recently noted that Africa is becoming more visible in Chinese trade data while losing economic leverage. In Guinea, 74 percent of mining exports go to China. That is not economic diversification. That is dependence.

I have worked with Chinese firms in Nigeria. I have seen the horrible working condition at Chinese factories. I have seen how local workers are treated. The Chinese workers live in guarded compounds. They eat Chinese food. They speak Chinese. When the project ends, the heavy equipment goes back to China. The skills leave with the Chinese workers. What remains is the debt and the extraction.

Meanwhile, Nigerians in the diaspora send billions of dollars home every year from the United States and Europe. That money goes directly to families. It pays for school fees. It builds houses. It starts businesses. There is no comparable flow of money from China to Nigerian households.

China is not developing Nigeria. It is extracting what it needs and selling back what we could make ourselves. The roads and rails are real. But they are not industrial development. You cannot build a manufacturing economy by importing finished goods with borrowed money while exporting raw materials at rock bottom prices.

The window for change is still open. But only if African leaders choose to prioritize local industry over cheap imports. And only if the West decides to look at Africa again. Until then, the extraction will continue.

And the silence from our leaders will be as damaging as the imbalance itself.

Nigerians and Africans should wake up , China is just another colonial master in disguise probably worst

To control doesnt connote having the deposit. China is heavy in presence in Africa. That means the control who buys it even though Africa houses it.

If you check well well, you will find Nigerian own

28._NG Corruptium - 419%

But weytinz Nigeria get??

DrMB:
Did you know a single country controls nearly 99% of the supply for key tech components?
The race for "Critical Minerals" is the new Space Race. One glance at the percentages below shows exactly who holds the cards in the global manufacturing game.
Our smartphones, EV batteries, and even defense systems rely on minerals we mostly don't produce at home. This isn't just about mining; it’s about national security and the future of the energy transition.
The dominance in this list is staggering:
Looking at these numbers, do you think diversifying the supply chain is a realistic goal for the next decade, or is the lead too great to catch? Drop a comment below! 👇



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You no fit put name of country there??

So where is Nigeria in all these

I thought they say Nigeria has abundant mineral resources especially in northern Nigeria

So if Nigeria eventually disintegrate what will the north hold on, no oyel, no solid mineral of high standard
No wonder they are bent on 1 Nigeria

Kobicove:
From their flags you will know them

Thanks for that. I didnt notice

As someone into export, i can categorically tell you that most of the resources listed here are found in Nigeria, and the Chinese come to Africa, buy and mine these resources for peanuts, take it back to China and process it there.

Nigeria is the country with the most mineral and natural resources, deposited by nature.

Omo, if you enter bush of almost all the states in Nigeria, the Chinese, Europeans and Americans are stealing our resources, and moving it out with private jets, some they use cargo planes.

Our government is not serious, they are focused on crude oil alone

udemzyudex:
The reason why it looks like China has everything is because China doesn't have mineral controls, you can mine anything same way they are doing in Nigeria unless other countries with mineral controls.

What do you mean by mineral control?

Corrupt politicians rr

muyico:
But weytinz Nigeria get??