Made Of #5 · Friday, November 13, 2026
🔋 EV battery: where it comes from
A recap of this past daily geography game. For each part of a ev battery, 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; China jumped to #2 in 2025 as new mines opened.
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · share of world production. Figures are USGS estimates.
⚪ Top nickel producing countries
Nickel, mine production, t · 2025 data
- #1🇮🇩 Indonesia
- #2🇵🇭 Philippines
- #3🇷🇺 Russia
- #4🇨🇦 Canada
- #4🇳🇨 New Caledonia
- #6🇨🇳 China
- #7🇧🇷 Brazil
- #8🇦🇺 Australia
- #9🇺🇸 United States
Indonesia mines about 67% of the world's nickel — almost 10× the #2 producer.
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · share of world production. Figures are USGS estimates.
✏️ Top graphite producing countries
Graphite (natural), mine production, t · 2025 data
- #1🇨🇳 China
- #2🇲🇬 Madagascar
- #3🇹🇿 Tanzania
- #4🇧🇷 Brazil
- #5🇲🇿 Mozambique
- #6🇷🇺 Russia
- #7🇮🇳 India
- #8🇰🇵 North Korea
- #8🇨🇦 Canada
- #10🇳🇴 Norway
- #11🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- #12🇹🇷 Türkiye
- #13🇺🇦 Ukraine
- #14🇲🇽 Mexico
- #15🇰🇷 South Korea
Every lithium-ion anode is mostly graphite. China mines about 78% of natural graphite.
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · share of world production. Figures are USGS estimates.
🟣 Top manganese producing countries
Manganese, mine production (manganese content), thousand t · 2025 data
- #1🇿🇦 South Africa
- #2🇬🇦 Gabon
- #3🇬🇭 Ghana
- #4🇦🇺 Australia
- #5🇧🇷 Brazil
- #6🇮🇳 India
- #7🇨🇳 China
- #8🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire
South Africa mines 38% of the world's manganese and holds most known resources.
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · share of world production. Figures are USGS estimates.
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