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Gallium

Reserves are not published. Gallium contained in world bauxite resources is estimated to exceed 1 million tons.

Country panel

Import reliance: 100%2025 — USGS MCS 2026, 2025
Official critical list: Yes2025 — Final 2025 List of Critical Minerals, 2025
Top import partners: Canada 28%USGS US import sources 2021–2024
Japan 22%USGS US import sources 2021–2024
China 18%USGS US import sources 2021–2024
Germany 16%USGS US import sources 2021–2024

Global totals

Production: 900 t2025 — USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, 2025
Reserves: No dataNot reported by USGS; gallium is a byproduct of bauxite and zinc processing.
Reserve life: No dataNot reported by USGS; gallium is a byproduct of bauxite and zinc processing.

Concentration

China 99.0%
Russia 0.7%
Japan 0.3%

Production share

China99.0%
Russia0.7%
Japan0.3%

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Top producers

Share of listed production versus share of listed reserves.

Table alternative to the bar chart
Country	Production	Reserves
China	99%	0%
Russia	0.7%	0%
Japan	0.3%	0%

Uses

Integrated circuits (73% of US consumption), including defence, high-performance computers and telecoms. 2025
Optoelectronic devices (26% of US consumption): LEDs, laser diodes, photodetectors and solar cells. 2025
Gallium nitride and gallium arsenide compound semiconductors. 2025

Recycling

Old scrap: none. New scrap from GaAs device manufacture was reprocessed at one facility in New York.

Substitution

Silicon, indium phosphide or silicon-germanium can substitute in some optoelectronic and IC uses; no effective substitutes in many defence GaAs/GaN applications.