The Latin American region hosts some of the world’s largest reserves of metallic and non-metallic minerals, according to the Mineral Commodities Summary issued by the United States Geological Service (USGS) in February 2023. As per USGS data, the region is home to the world’s largest reserves of copper, lithium, silver, and niobium, and it also has significant reserves of tin, lead, zinc, iron ore, gold, molybdenum, and manganese. Besides, Latin America is home to both the largest and the second-largest producers of copper (Chile and Peru), the largest producer of niobium and the secondlargest producer of iron ore (Brazil), the second- and fourth-largest producers of lithium (Chile and Argentina), and the biggest and third-biggest producers of silver (Mexico and Peru, respectively).

01 REGIONAL OVERVIEW 

02 BRAZIL 

03 ARGENTINA 

04 CHILE

05 MEXICO 

06 COLOMBIA 

07 PERU