Electricity and bulbs are inevitably among the biggest and most important inventions in the human history, therefore it’s really worth reading about the top 9 tungsten producing countries in the world. Insider Monkey have come with several informing articles about minerals and essential materials recently. Today we are focusing on tungsten.
Tungsten has several essential and special properties that make it so important in our everyday life. At first, it’s among the strongest elements in the world, it has very high density, and melting point. What’s more it’s pretty resistant to corrosion. Tungsten is used in tungsten carbide, which is an important material for producing drill bits, or for hardening blades of saws.
Tungsten is in demand in the United States, as there are very few reserves in America. Consequently there have been no records of American production of tungsten for more than five years. Anyhow, the American consumption in the country was about $700 million. As the United States doesn’t possess enough resserves, it has to import tungsten from other countries, such as China, Germany, Bolivia, and Spain.
While reading through this list, I have to state that we can see the ordinary players on this market again. There is no news under sun, and getting to the first spot of the article, I have found that China has got the first place again. Now without any further delay, let’s see the ninth country on the list of the top 9 tungsten producing countries in the world.
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Production of tungsten in 2018 (in metric tons): 715
Production of tungsten in 2019 (in metric tons): 700
8. Austria
Production of tungsten in 2018 (in metric tons): 936
Production of tungsten in 2019 (in metric tons): 940
7. Rwanda
Production of tungsten in 2018 (in metric tons): 920
Production of tungsten in 2019 (in metric tons): 1,100
6. North Korea
Production of tungsten in 2018 (in metric tons): 1,410
Production of tungsten in 2019 (in metric tons): 1,100
5. Bolivia
Production of tungsten in 2018 (in metric tons): 1,370
Production of tungsten in 2019 (in metric tons): 1,200
4. Russia
Production of tungsten in 2018 (in metric tons): 1,500
Production of tungsten in 2019 (in metric tons): 1,500
3. Mongolia
Production of tungsten in 2018 (in metric tons): 1,940
Production of tungsten in 2019 (in metric tons): 1,900
2. Vietnam
Production of tungsten in 2018 (in metric tons): 4,800
Production of tungsten in 2019 (in metric tons): 4,800
1. China
Production of tungsten in 2018 (in metric tons): 65,000
Production of tungsten in 2019 (in metric tons): 70,000
Unsurprisingly, China is on the first spot on the top 9 tungsten producing countries in the world. Whatever the topic should be, we can see China is always in the top three, if not the first one. Actually, when it comes to tungsten this country produces the 85% of the whole global supply, which has brought China the first spot again.
