# Rubidium: Stocks

Why the live stock is above ground

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rubidium/stocks/

What this tab covers How much is left and how much is held. For minerals and energy: reserves, current output, years of supply and recycling for the top five countries. For farm commodities: production, ending stocks and stocks-to-use for the top five producers (USDA, October 2026). It also covers inventories and stockpiles.

#### Recycling

USGS reports no rubidium recycling, no production in 2025 and no country reserve figures; reserves in Australia, Canada, China and Namibia total less than 200,000 t of recoverable rubidium materials. Rubidium is not assessed in EU CRM 2023. No country recycling rates were found.

Reserves in Australia, Canada, China and Namibia are estimated at less than 200,000 t of recoverable rubidium materials, but no country figures exist. With zero mine output, a reserve life is meaningless. The live stock is above ground. Commercial ore stockpiles at former mine sites feed refineries, and reports suggest they may be depleted soon without new extraction. Recycling is nil. A Namibian project holds a measured and indicated resource of 23,000 t of rubidium.

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## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rubidium/index.md)
- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rubidium/overview/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rubidium/correlation/index.md)
- [Extraction](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rubidium/extraction/index.md)
- [Production](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rubidium/production/index.md)
- [Cycles](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rubidium/cycles/index.md)
- [Trading](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rubidium/trading/index.md)
- [Movement](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rubidium/movement/index.md)
- [Criticality](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rubidium/criticality/index.md)
- [Characteristics](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rubidium/characteristics/index.md)
- [Emissions](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rubidium/emissions/index.md)
- [Relationships](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/rubidium/links/index.md)