Mining

Charted: The Global Mining Industry, by Market Cap

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February 11, 2025

Marcus Lu

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Bruno Venditti

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Sam Parker

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Charted: The Global Mining Industry, by Market Cap

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This graphic breaks down the market value of the entire global mining industry, as of Jan. 16, 2025, using data from Companiesmarketcap.com.

Note that this data only covers publicly-traded companies.

Australia and Canada Lead

Australia tops the list, with its major mining companies totaling $353 billion in market capitalization. The country is home to two of the biggest miners in the world, BHP and Rio Tinto.

Rank	Country	Company	Market Cap (USD)
1	🇦🇺 Australia	BHP Group	125B
2	🇨🇳 China	China Shenhua Energy	103B
3	🇦🇺 Australia	Rio Tinto	97B
4	🇺🇸 U.S.	Southern Copper	77B
5	🇺🇸 U.S.	Freeport-McMoRan	58B
6	🇨🇭 Switzerland	Glencore	55B
7	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	Maaden	49B
8	🇺🇸 U.S.	Newmont	48B
9	🇨🇦 Canada	Agnico Eagle Mines	43B
10	🇮🇩 Indonesia	Bayan Resources	42B
11	🇲🇽 Mexico	Grupo México	39B
12	🇦🇺 Australia	Fortescue	36B
13	🇬🇧 UK	Anglo American	37B
14	🇧🇷 Brazil	Vale	37B
15	🇨🇳 China	Zijin Mining	57B
16	🇮🇳 India	Coal India	27B
17	🇨🇦 Canada	Barrick Gold	28B
18	🇨🇦 Canada	Wheaton Precious Metals	27B
19	🇨🇦 Canada	Nutrien	26B
20	🇨🇦 Canada	Franco-Nevada	24B
21	🇨🇦 Canada	Teck Resources	22B
22	🇨🇦 Canada	Cameco	22B
23	🇬🇧 UK	Antofagasta	21B
24	🇮🇳 India	Vedanta	20B
25	🇷🇺 Russia	Nornickel	18B
26	🇨🇦 Canada	Ivanhoe Mines	15B
27	🇨🇳 China	Yanzhou Coal Mining	15B
28	🇨🇦 Canada	Kinross Gold	13B
29	🇦🇺 Australia	Northern Star	12B
30	🇷🇺 Russia	Severstal	11B
31	🇨🇦 Canada	First Quantum Minerals	11B
32	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	Kazatomprom	10B
33	🇦🇺 Australia	South32	10B
34	🇺🇸 U.S.	Royal Gold	9B
35	🇨🇳 China	Ganfeng Lithium	9B
36	🇸🇪 Sweden	Boliden	8B
37	🇨🇦 Canada	Alamos Gold	8B
38	🇨🇦 Canada	Pan American Silver	8B
39	🇨🇳 China	Tianqi Lithium	7B
40	🇦🇺 Australia	Evolution Mining	7B
41	🇨🇦 Canada	Lundin Mining	7B
42	🇮🇳 Indonesia	NMDC	7B
43	🇨🇦 Canada	Lundin Gold	6B
44	🇮🇩 India	United Tractors	6B
45	🇯🇵 Japan	Sumitomo Metal Mining	6B
46	🇲🇽 Mexico	Fresnillo	6B
47	🇵🇱 Poland	KGHM	6B
48	🇿🇦 South Africa	Harmony Gold	6B
49	🇬🇧 UK	Endeavour Mining	5B
50	🇿🇦 South Africa	Impala Platinum	5B
	🌍 Global Total	All Companies Combined	1.4T

Rich in minerals, Australia is the world’s largest producer of iron ore, essential for steel production, and lithium, a key component in batteries.

While Canada’s economy has struggled to keep pace with its southern neighbor, its mining industry remains formidable.

The country’s mining sector has a combined market capitalization of $344 billion, making it the second-largest globally.

Canada, the world’s second-largest country by area after Russia, has vast natural resource wealth. It is particularly rich in gold, copper, nickel, and potash.

United States with miners totaling $228 billion and China with companies totaling $206 billion come in third and forth, respectively.

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