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Kazakhstan
Silicon
Kazakhstan produced 68000 tons of silicon in 2006. World production of silicon in 2006 was 5.1 million tons.
Sulfur
In 2006, Kazakhstan produced 2 million tonnes of sulfur. Total world production was 65.7 million tonnes.
Scandium
Several uranium deposits in Kazakhstan contain scandium, but as of 2003 scandium was not being extracted from the ore residues.
Vanadium
In 2006, Kazakhstan produced approx. 1000 tonnes.
Chromium
In 2006, Kazakhstan produced 3.366 million tonnes of chromium ores and concentrates. Total worldwide production in 2006 was 19.2 million tonnes.
Iron
Kazakhstan's production of iron ore in 2006 was approx. 20 million tonnes. Total world production of iron ore in 2006 was 1.81 billion tonnes.
Production of pig iron in Kazakhstan in 2006 was 3.393 million tonnes. Total world production of pig iron in 2006 was 925.8 million tonnes.
Copper
In 2006, Kazakhstan's production of copper by mining was approx. 459200 tonnes, total world production was 15.1 million tonnes.
In 2006, Kazakhstan produced 429700 tonnes of refined copper, total production of refined copper was 17.2 million tonnes.
Zinc
In 2006, Kazakhstan produced around 364000 tonnes of zinc, around 3.54% of the world total.
Gallium
Data on world production of primary gallium are unavailable because data on the output of the few producers are considered to be proprietary.
In 2007, world primary production was estimated to be about 80 metric tons. China, Germany, Japan, and Ukraine were the leading producers.
Countries with smaller output were Hungary, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Slovakia. Refined gallium production was estimated to be about 103 metric tons; this figure includes some scrap refining.
Gallium was recycled from new scrap in Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Arsenic
In 2006, Kazakhstan produced approx. 1500 tonnes of white arsenic (As2O3).
Selenium
In 2006, Kazakhstan produced approx. 40 tonnes of selenium.
Cadmium
In 2006, Kazakhstan produced approx. 2000 tonnes of cadmium, world production was around 21100 tonnes.
Barium
In 2006, Kazakhstan produced approx. 270 thousand tonnes of barytes (BaSO4), the main source of barium. World production of barytes in 2006 was 8.8 million tonnes.
Gold
In 2006, Kazakhstan's mine production of gold was approx. 10 tonnes. Total amount of gold mined in 2006 was 2310 tonnes.
Lead
In 2006, Kazakhstan produced 62000 tonnes of lead from mining. The total amount of lead mined in 2006 was 3.5 million tonnes.
In 2006, Kazakhstan's production of refined lead was 125900 tonnes. Total world production of refined lead in 2006 was 8 million tonnes.
Uranium
Kazakhstan was the third largest producer of uranium in 2006, 5279 tonnes, around 13.5% of the world total.