Made Of #2 · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
📱 Smartphone: where it comes from
A recap of this past daily geography game. For each part of a smartphone, these are the top producing countries in the official data the puzzle used.
⚡ Top lithium producing countries
Lithium, mine production (lithium content), t · 2025 data
- #1🇦🇺 Australia
- #2🇨🇳 China
- #3🇨🇱 Chile
- #4🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
- #5🇦🇷 Argentina
- #6🇧🇷 Brazil
- #7🇲🇱 Mali
- #8🇨🇦 Canada
- #9🇵🇹 Portugal
Australia mines the most lithium, mostly from hard-rock spodumene, while Chile pumps it from salt-flat brines.
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · share of world production. Figures are USGS estimates.
🔵 Top cobalt producing countries
Cobalt, mine production (cobalt content), t · 2025 data
- #1🇨🇩 DR Congo
- #2🇮🇩 Indonesia
- #3🇷🇺 Russia
- #4🇲🇬 Madagascar
- #5🇦🇺 Australia
- #5🇵🇭 Philippines
- #7🇨🇦 Canada
- #8🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
- #9🇨🇳 China
- #9🇨🇺 Cuba
- #11🇹🇷 Türkiye
- #12🇺🇸 United States
DR Congo mines about 74% of the world's cobalt.
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · share of world production. Figures are USGS estimates.
🔩 Top tantalum producing countries
Tantalum, mine production (tantalum content), t · 2025 data
- #1🇨🇩 DR Congo
- #2🇷🇼 Rwanda
- #3🇳🇬 Nigeria
- #4🇧🇷 Brazil
- #5🇨🇳 China
- #6🇦🇺 Australia
- #7🇪🇹 Ethiopia
- #8🇷🇺 Russia
- #9🇧🇴 Bolivia
- #9🇧🇮 Burundi
- #11🇲🇿 Mozambique
Tantalum makes tiny, high-capacity capacitors. DR Congo mines about 52% of the world's supply.
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · share of world production. Figures are USGS estimates.
🪙 Top gold producing countries
Gold, mine production, t · 2025 data
- #1🇨🇳 China
- #2🇷🇺 Russia
- #3🇦🇺 Australia
- #4🇨🇦 Canada
- #5🇺🇸 United States
- #6🇬🇭 Ghana
- #7🇲🇽 Mexico
- #8🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
- #8🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
- #10🇵🇪 Peru
- #11🇮🇩 Indonesia
- #11🇿🇦 South Africa
- #13🇧🇷 Brazil
China is the world's top gold miner, yet produces only about 12% of the world total — gold mining is spread across many countries.
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · share of world production. Figures are USGS estimates.
🥈 Top silver producing countries
Silver, mine production, t · 2025 data
- #1🇲🇽 Mexico
- #2🇵🇪 Peru
- #3🇨🇳 China
- #4🇧🇴 Bolivia
- #5🇨🇱 Chile
- #6🇵🇱 Poland
- #7🇷🇺 Russia
- #8🇺🇸 United States
- #9🇦🇺 Australia
- #10🇦🇷 Argentina
- #10🇮🇳 India
- #12🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
- #13🇨🇦 Canada
- #13🇸🇪 Sweden
Mexico mines about 24% of the world's silver, roughly as much as Peru and China combined.
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · share of world production. Figures are USGS estimates.
🥫 Top tin (solder) producing countries
Tin, mine production, t · 2025 data
- #1🇨🇳 China
- #2🇮🇩 Indonesia
- #3🇵🇪 Peru
- #4🇧🇷 Brazil
- #5🇨🇩 DR Congo
- #6🇧🇴 Bolivia
- #7🇦🇺 Australia
- #7🇲🇲 Myanmar
- #9🇻🇳 Vietnam
- #10🇲🇾 Malaysia
- #11🇷🇼 Rwanda
- #12🇷🇺 Russia
- #13🇳🇬 Nigeria
- #14🇱🇦 Laos
Most tin ends up as solder in electronics. China and Indonesia mine 46% of it.
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · share of world production. Figures are USGS estimates.
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