Component
Zinc ore
Sphalerite and other zinc ore. The US still mines zinc.
Criticality
High
Unit cost
$1.8K
Quality
50 / 100
US saturation
77.9
Made in US
700,000 tonnes
Current demand
900,000 tonnes
US exports
56,000 tonnes
Opportunity score
20.5
US deposits
11,000,000 tonnes
US stockpile
0 tonnes
Domestic vs international supply
Planned US investment, next 5 years
$500M
Expected extra output: 80,000 tonnes per year
Requires
Raw material or extracted input.