2021 makahiki-ma-makahiki, ua hōʻike ka hui noiʻi keleawe honua (ICSG) ma Kepakemapa 23 ua piʻi aʻe ka hana keleawe i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia o ka honua mai Ianuali a Iune i 3.2% makahiki-ma-makahiki, ʻo ka hana o ke keleawe electrolytic (me ka electrolysis a me ka electrowinning) he 3.5% kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka makahiki hoʻokahi, a ʻo ka hana o ke keleawe i hana hou ʻia mai ke keleawe ʻōpala he 1.7% kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka makahiki hoʻokahi. Ua piʻi aʻe ka hana keleawe i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia o Kina i 6 pakeneka i ka wā Ianuali-Iune mai ka makahiki ma mua, e like me nā helu kūhelu mua. ʻO ka hana keleawe i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia o Chile he 7% haʻahaʻa ma mua o ka manawa like i ka makahiki i hala, me ke keleawe hoʻomaʻemaʻe electrolytic i piʻi i 0.5%, akā ua emi ke keleawe electrorefining i 11%. Ma ʻApelika, ua piʻi aʻe ka hana o ke keleawe i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ma ka Democratic Republic of the Congo ma 13.5 pakeneka makahiki-ma-makahiki i ka wehe ʻana o nā lua keleawe hou a i ʻole ka hoʻonui ʻana o nā hale hana hydrometallurgical. Ua piʻi aʻe ka hana ʻana o ke keleawe i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ma Zambia ma ka 12 pakeneka i ka hoʻōla ʻana o nā mea hoʻoheheʻe mai nā pani ʻana o ka hana a me nā pilikia hana i ka makahiki 2019 a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2020. Ua piʻi aʻe ka hana ʻana o ke keleawe i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia e US ma ka 14 pakeneka i kēlā me kēia makahiki i ka hoʻōla ʻana o nā mea hoʻoheheʻe mai nā pilikia hana i ka makahiki 2020. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka ʻikepili mua i ka emi ʻana o ka hana ma Brazil, Kelemānia, Iapana, Rusia, Sepania (SX-EW) a me Suedena no nā kumu like ʻole, me nā pani ʻana no ka mālama ʻana, nā pilikia hana a me ka pani ʻana o nā hale hana SX-EW.