The world's total reserves of graphite amounted to *** million metric tons in 2025. This represented an increase of about ** million metric tons from the previous year. China had the largest reserves of natural graphite worldwide in 2025, at approximately *** million metric tons. Graphite is a native element mineral and a semimetal, comprised of a crystalline allotrope of carbon. One of its well-known uses is as the lead in pencils.
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US Geological Survey. (February 6, 2026). Reserves of graphite worldwide from 2010 to 2025 (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½app×îа汾. Retrieved August 17, 2026, from /statistics/1172356/global-graphite-reservers/
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