Russia is the world's largest producer of chromium, nickel and palladium, and has the most iron ore reserves.
It is the second largest producer of aluminum, platinum and zirconium.
Russia also mines a significant amount of cobalt, copper, gold, manganese, niobium, REE, silver, titanium and vanadium.
The mining and metallurgical industries account for 16% of the country's industrial output.
Minerals represent ~14% of Russia's total exports, with ferrous and non-ferrous metals making up the majority of it.
| Commodity |
Share of total world production in 2009, % |
World Rank |
| Chromium (metal) | 30.0 | 1 |
| Nickel | 19.0 | 1 |
| Palladium | 43.3 | 1 |
| Aluminum | 10.3 | 2 |
| Platinum | 11.6 | 2 |
| Zirconium | 18.7 | 2 |
| Vanadium | 13.0 | 3 |
