Distribution Of Molybdenum Reserves And Production

Resource Distribution
The average content of molybdenum in the earth's crust is about 0.00011%, and about 20 types of molybdenum ores have been discovered, among which the most industrially valuable one is molybdenum pyromorphite, followed by tungsten-phase caliche, iron-platinum ore, colored molybdenum-lead ore, platinum-copper ore and so on. According to the data released by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2015, the global molybdenum resource reserves are about 11 million tons, and the proven reserves are about 19.4 million tons.
Regional Distribution
The world's molybdenum resources are mainly concentrated in the eastern edge of the Pacific Basin, i.e., from Alaska and British Columbia through the United States and Mexico to the Chilean Andes, most notably the Cordilleras of the Americas, which have a large number of porphyry molybdenum and porphyry copper mines, such as the Klemisk and Henderson porphyry molybdenum mines in the United States, and the Chilean El Ternente, Chuchi Camata, El Salvador, Tisipi Porphyry copper and molybdenum mines in Chile, such as El Teniente, Chuquicamata, El Salvador, Tispey Daca, etc., and porphyry copper and molybdenum mines in Canada, such as Ndako porphyry molybdenum mine and Hailanwali porphyry copper and molybdenum mine. China is also rich in molybdenum resources, with Henan, Shaanxi and Jilin provinces accounting for 56.5% of the national total.

National Distribution
According to the data released by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2015, the global molybdenum resource reserves are about 11 million tons, and China is the richest molybdenum resource country in the world, with 4.3 million tons of molybdenum resource reserves, followed by the U.S. (2.7 million tons) and Chile (1.8 million tons), and the molybdenum resource reserves of the three countries accounted for about 80% of the global total reserves. Molybdenum resource-rich countries are also Peru (450,000 tons), Canada (260,000 tons), Russia (250,000 tons), Australia (200,000 tons), Mongolia (160,000 tons), Armenia (150,000 tons), Mexico (130,000 tons), Kazakhstan (130,000 tons), Kyrgyzstan (100,000 tons), Turkey (100,000 tons), Uzbekistan (60,000 tons) and Iran (50,000 tons). (50,000 tons).