Figures refer to shipping-grade chromite ore, which is deposit quantity and grade normalized to 45% Cr2O3, except for the United States where the grade is normalized to 7% Cr2O3.
South Africa has the world's largest reserves of the transition metal chromium, amounting to some ****million metric tons as of 2025. Kazakhstan trailed in second with approximately *** million metric tons of chromium reserves. Chromium metal is highly valuable due to its hardness and corrosion resistance.
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