What we’re showing 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. 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 land 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. Dataset Country Company Market Cap (USD) 🇦🇺 Australia BHP Group 125B 🇦🇺 Australia Rio Tinto 97B 🇦🇺 Australia Fortescue 36B 🇦🇺 Australia Northern Star 12B 🇦🇺 Australia South32 10B 🇦🇺 Australia Evolution Mining 7B 🇧🇷 Brazil Vale 37B 🇨🇦 Canada Agnico Eagle Mines 43B 🇨🇦 Canada Barrick Gold 28B 🇨🇦 Canada Wheaton Precious Metals 27B 🇨🇦 Canada Nutrien 26B 🇨🇦 Canada Franco-Nevada 24B 🇨🇦 Canada Teck Resources 22B 🇨🇦 Canada Cameco 22B 🇨🇦 Canada Ivanhoe Mines 15B 🇨🇦 Canada Kinross Gold 13B 🇨🇦 Canada First Quantum Minerals 11B 🇨🇦 Canada Alamos Gold 8B 🇨🇦 Canada Pan American Silver 8B 🇨🇦 Canada Lundin Mining 7B 🇨🇦 Canada Lundin Gold 6B 🇨🇳 China China Shenhua Energy 103B 🇨🇳 China Zijin Mining 57B 🇨🇳 China Yanzhou Coal Mining 15B 🇨🇳 China Shandong Gold Mining 14B 🇨🇳 China Ganfeng Lithium 9B 🇨🇳 China Tianqi Lithium 7B 🇮🇳 India Coal India 27B 🇮🇳 India Vedanta 20B 🇮🇳 India NMDC 7B 🇮🇩 Indonesia Bayan Resources 42B 🇮🇩 Indonesia United Tractors 6B 🇯🇵 Japan Sumitomo Metal Mining 6B 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan Kazatomprom 10B 🇲🇽 Mexico Grupo México 39B 🇲🇽 Mexico Fresnillo 6B 🇵🇱 Poland KGHM 6B 🇷🇺 Russia Nornickel 18B 🇷🇺 Russia Severstal 11B 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Maaden 49B 🇿🇦 South Africa AngloGold Ashanti 14B 🇿🇦 South Africa Gold Fields 14B 🇿🇦 South Africa Harmony Gold 6B 🇿🇦 South Africa Impala Platinum 5B 🇸🇪 Sweden Boliden 8B 🇨🇭 Switzerland Glencore 55B 🇬🇧 UK Anglo American 37B 🇬🇧 UK Antofagasta 21B 🇬🇧 UK Endeavour Mining 5B 🇺🇸 USA Southern Copper 77B 🇺🇸 USA Freeport-McMoRan 58B 🇺🇸 USA Newmont 48B 🇺🇸 USA Royal Gold 9B 🌍 Global Total All Companies Combined 1.4T Data sources https://companiesmarketcap.com/mining/largest-mining-companies-by-market-cap/