How to use the Mineral movers radar

The radar shows the largest changes of share in world exports of 25 minerals between two years: who gained, who lost and who changed rank. Use it to spot early a new supplier on the rise, a competitor losing ground or a shift in a mineral's map.

Questions it answers:

• Which country gained most share in a mineral last year?
• Who lost ground — and dropped to second or third?
• Which changes are real, and which only come from a country not reporting its data?

1. 1YearBy default, the latest complete year.
2. 2Compared withThe previous year (by default), five years earlier or 2012, for short- or long-term changes.
3. 3The result updates by itselfWhen you change a selector, the result changes at once — there is no button. The page address keeps your choices: you can bookmark it or share it with your team.
4. 4Export as PDFThe «Export PDF» button below the selectors downloads the result on screen as a KEYSTONE. report: the choices you made, the tables and the reading notes. Every page carries your name and licence ID. Included in the Data and Professional plans.

1. 1No data in one of the yearsCountries that did not report one of the two years to UN Comtrade are left out of the comparison and listed in this notice, with the share they had. Otherwise a missing country would look like a big fall and swell everyone else's share.
2. 2The chartThe 15 largest moves: in green, to the right, who gained share; in red, to the left, who lost.
3. 3Share before and afterThe country's share in the mineral's world exports in each year, recomputed among the countries that reported in both years.
4. 4ChangeThe difference in percentage points (p.p.): from 18.2% to 27.6% is +9.4 p.p.
5. 5RankThe country's place in that mineral in each year, among the comparable countries.

A buyer follows Mineral A and Mineral D.

• In Mineral A, Country P rose from 18.2% to 27.6% (+9.4 p.p.) and moved from #3 to #1. Country R, the former leader, fell from 35.5% to 31.3% (−4.2 p.p.) and is now #2.
• In Mineral C, Country S lost 7.8 p.p. (from 22.4% to 14.6%) and dropped from #2 to #3.
• Country M had 31.0% of Mineral D, but no data the following year. It is left out of the comparison: otherwise it would look like a 31-point fall, and the other suppliers would seem to have grown.

Use the radar to know where to look. Then confirm the trend in Mineral export concentration (since 2012) and in each country's Mineral profile.

• Share, not value. A country can gain share while exporting the same, if the others export less.
• Exports, not production. A country that starts processing its ore before exporting may seem to lose share.
• Missing data. A country without data in one of the years is left out of the comparison, but its real weight in the market has not vanished.
• Provisional year. Comparing with the latest, still incomplete year gives moves that may change when the other countries report.

Why is a country with a large share not shown?

Because it did not report its data to UN Comtrade in one of the two years. It appears in the «No data in one of the years» notice, with the share it had.

Why do the shares differ from Mineral export concentration?

Because the radar recomputes the shares among the countries that reported in both years only, so that the comparison is fair.

Who can see the figures?

Subscribers to the Data and Professional plans. Without a plan, the tool shows the structure but not the countries, the minerals or the moves.

When is the data updated?

Automatically, whenever the world minerals dashboard is updated with new UN Comtrade data.