Projected demand for critical minerals (kilotonnes) in 2023, 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045 and 2050, IEA

CreatedMarch 5, 2025
CreditInternational Energy Agency, Critical Minerals Dataset 2024 update
CategoryClimate
DescriptionThe IEA’s benchmark projections of how much of each critical mineral will be needed in 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045 and 2050 based on current policies that sectors and countries have in place. Data on the 'STEPS' 2023-2050 projection extracted from from the IEA Critical Minerals Dataset 2024 update IEA, Critical Minerals Dataset, IEA, Paris https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-product/critical-minerals-dataset, Licence: CC BY 4.0 Data accessed January 2024
Data rows234
Headers
Year
mineral
demand in kilotonnes (projected)
Data
Yearmineraldemand in kilotonnes (projected)
2023Arsenic0
2030Arsenic0.343221
2035Arsenic1.97674
2040Arsenic10.9458
2045Arsenic11.4615
2050Arsenic12.5651
2023Battery-grade graphite772.182
2030Battery-grade graphite3095.18
2035Battery-grade graphite4235.86
2040Battery-grade graphite4215.16