Global Production & Use
Production

Mo Production by region
These statistics are based on reported figures and IMOA's estimates. Production includes new molybdenum resulting from mine production plus approximately 3% recovered from spent catalysts.
Use

Molybdenum Use by region
The underlying data are available in the member section of the IMOA main website.
The data are based on average industry opinion of new molybdenum consumed resulting from mine production plus approximately 3% recovered from spent catalysts. They do not include molybdenum contained in alloy steel scrap which is recycled through the steelmaking process.