China has dominated global steel production the past few decades, but how did the country get here, and is its...
The tale of one of the most legendary discoveries in junior mineral exploration. Learn about the Voisey's Bay find, and the ensuing high-profile bidding war
The 1.4 billion people living in China account for 13% of global GDP, but this chart shows that for commodity producers, the country means so much...
Copper is essential for modern society and green technology, but the long-term future of copper supply has more questions than it does answers.
Aluminum (or aluminium) is the world's most common metal by crustal abundance, making up 8.2% of mass. Aluminum was not isolated all the way until 1827.
This infographic covers everything you should know about copper porphyries, one of the most important sources of gold, copper, and molybdenum.
Copper is 100% recyclable, which makes it a very green material of choice for the Circular Economy.
This visualization compares the annual returns of major commodities over the last 10 years including gold, silver, oil, and more.
The History of Metals We have documented the history if individual metals before and we have also visualized their annual production. However, we have not seen...
https://beta.quiet.ly/list/share/db1ed-a-year-s-extraction-of-metal-shown-next-to-cities?width=1070&height=800&showGradient=false&showMapView=false&showAuthor=true&showLogo=true&showListTitle=true&showListDescription=true&showTitles=true&showDescriptions=true&showWeblinks=false&makeClickable=false&sharePage=true&showIcons=true&embedTheme=dark&titleSize=18&titleType=quietly&descriptionSize=14&descriptionType=quietly&useOriginalImages=true&lastSlide=default&lastSlideMsg=&lastSlideUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fvisualcapitalist A Year’s Extraction of Metal Shown Next to Landmarks and Cities “One death is a tragedy. One million is a statistic.” – Joseph Stalin For...
A Forecast Of When We’ll Run Out of Each Metal Here is one interpretation of when we’ll run out of each metal or energy source. While...