Critical Minerals Updates and Corrections Log

Every change to an official list, a dataset or a published fact is recorded here with its date. Corrections are labelled. To report an error, use the contact form.

1. October 11, 2026 Update

   China's 2025 export controls added to the database

   Added China's October 2025 rare earth controls (announced 9 October, suspended for a year on 30 October) and the suspension, until 27 November 2026, of the ban on gallium, germanium and antimony exports to the United States.

   See the updated page

2. October 11, 2026 Correction

   USGS critical minerals list: final 2025 list has 60 minerals

   The page previously described a 50-mineral list and said copper was absent. The final list adds ten minerals, including copper, silver, silicon and uranium. The mineral library flags now match.

   See the updated page

3. October 11, 2026 Correction

   Canada's critical minerals list has 34 minerals

   The 2024 update added high-purity iron ore, phosphorus and silicon metal to the 31 minerals from 2021. The page now lists all 34.

   See the updated page

4. October 11, 2026 Correction

   Australia's Strategic Materials List is five materials

   The list is aluminium, copper, phosphorus, tin and zinc. An earlier version of the page named a different set. The Critical Minerals List page now shows the department's 31 entries with geological potential and 2022 production.

   See the updated page

5. October 11, 2026 Update

   Critical minerals lists compared: rebuilt from one sourced dataset

   The United States, EU, Australian and Canadian columns were re-checked against the primary publications and now come from one dataset.

   See the updated page