Based on a comparison of 14 countries in 2015, China ranked the highest in molybdenum (mine) production with 130,000 tonnes followed by USA and Chile. On the other end of the scale was Norway with 1.00 tonnes, Turkey with 3.00 tonnes and Brazil with 200 tonnes.
Data for more countries are available at Molybdenum (Mine) Production indicator page.
| Molybdenum (Mine) Production | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Argentina | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,148 | 468 | 1,708 | 3,233 | 3,829 | |||
| Armenia | tonnes | 4,365 | 4,377 | 4,822 | 5,446 | 5,934 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 262 | 337 | 263 | 185 | 200 | |||
| Canada | tonnes | 8,721 | 8,648 | 8,674 | 8,954 | 8,952 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | tonnes | 34,786 | 37,044 | 40,698 | 35,090 | 38,715 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | tonnes | 90,270 | 96,615 | 103,320 | 120,870 | 122,265 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | tonnes | 3,882 | 3,676 | 3,365 | 3,512 | 3,470 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | tonnes | 10,167 | 10,849 | 10,787 | 11,366 | 12,562 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mongolia | tonnes | 2,410 | 2,198 | 1,957 | 1,904 | 1,819 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.00 | 8.00 | ||
| Peru | tonnes | 12,297 | 16,963 | 19,141 | 16,790 | 18,140 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | tonnes | 4,561 | 4,495 | 4,842 | 4,838 | 3,605 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| USA | tonnes | 47,800 | 59,400 | 63,700 | 61,500 | 61,000 |
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