In 2023, Brazil had the world’s second largest reserves of natural graphite, at approximately 74 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.
Reserves of graphite in Brazil from 2016 to 2023
(in 1,000 metric tons)
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US Geological Survey. (January 31, 2024). Reserves of graphite in Brazil from 2016 to 2023 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1546192/reserves-of-graphite-in-brazil/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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