Energy Ministry Decree Regarding Classification of the Critical Minerals Lists

This decree determines the classification of critical minerals based on the commodities that pose a potential for supply disruption with no worthy substitutions, thereby impacting national economy and security. The establishment of commodity lists is derived from four criteria: mineral used for raw material in strategic national industries, economic significance, sensitivity to supply disruption and having no suitable substitution. 

1. Aluminium 
2. Antimony 
3. Barium 
4. Iron 
5. Bismuth 
6. Boron 
7. Cadmium 
8. Feldspar 
9. Fluorspar 
10. Phosphor 
11. Galena 
12. Gallium 
13. Germanium 
14. Graphite 
15. Hafnium 
16. Indium 
17. Potassium 
18. Calcium 
19. Cobal 
20. Chromium 
21. Lithium 
22. Rare Earth Elements 
23. Magnesium 
24. Manganese 
25. Mercury 
26. Molybdenum 
27. Nickel 
28. Niobium 
29. Palladium 
30. Platinum 
31. Ruthenium 
32. Selenium 
33. Zinc 
34. Silica 
35. Sulfur 
36. Scandium 
37. Strontium
38. Tantalum 
39. Tellurium 
40. Copper 
41. Tin 
42. Titanium 
43. Thorium 
44. Wolfram 
45. Vanadium 
46. Zirconium 

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