This statistic shows the market size of selected commodity metals worldwide as of August 2019, measured in billion U.S. dollars. In that year, gold had the largest global market size of all metals, with a market size of some 170 billion U.S. dollars. Iron ore came in second, with a global market value of 137 billion U.S. dollars.
Market size of selected metals worldwide as of August 2019
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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Visual Capitalist. (August 18, 2019). Market size of selected metals worldwide as of August 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/655194/commodity-metals-global-market-size/
Visual Capitalist. "Market size of selected metals worldwide as of August 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. August 18, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/655194/commodity-metals-global-market-size/
Visual Capitalist. (2019). Market size of selected metals worldwide as of August 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/655194/commodity-metals-global-market-size/
Visual Capitalist. "Market Size of Selected Metals Worldwide as of August 2019 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/655194/commodity-metals-global-market-size/
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