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Critical Minerals List for New Zealand

Source: International Energy Agency
Last updated: 31 May 2026

In January 2025, the Government of New Zealand finalised and released its first Critical Minerals List, identifying minerals essential to New Zealand’s economy and technological needs, including clean energy and international trade. The complete list of critical minerals, listed in alphabetical order, is as follows:

  1. Aggregate & Sand
  2. Aluminium
  3. Antimony
  4. Arsenic
  5. Beryllium
  6. Bismuth
  7. Boron
  8. Cesium
  9. Chromium
  10. Cobalt
  11. Copper
  12. Fluorspar
  13. Gallium
  14. Germanium
  15. Gold
  16. Graphite
  17. Indium
  18. Magnesium
  19. Manganese
  20. Metallurgical coal
  21. Molybdenum
  22. Nickel
  23. Niobium
  24. Phosphate
  25. Platinum Group Metals
  26. Potassium (Potash)
  27. Rare Earth Elements
  28. Rubidium
  29. Selenium
  30. Silicon
  31. Strontium
  32. Tellurium
  33. Titanium
  34. Tungsten
  35. Vanadium
  36. Zinc
  37. Zirconium

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