Industry

Mining Industry

Materials

The global industry engaged in extracting metals, coal, gemstones and other minerals from the earth for use in construction, manufacturing and energy production. Mining is required to obtain most raw materials that cannot be grown through agriculture or synthesized artificially, and includes exploration, extraction, processing and remediation of extraction sites. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Sector

Extraction and primary resources 1

Connections

Associated With

Chemical Industry

Mined minerals such as salt, phosphates and potash are direct feedstock for major chemical-industry product categories.

Source Wikipedia, Chemical Industry

Concession Agreement

Henri Fayol

Source Wikipedia, Henri Fayol

Patrice Motsepe

Patrice Motsepe founded African Rainbow Minerals in 1997, becoming one of Africa's leading mining magnates.

Steel Industry

Iron ore mining is the raw-material base of steel production; steel is projected to account for the largest share of future metal extraction.

Source Wikipedia, Mining

Companies In Industry

African Rainbow Minerals

Source Wikidata: African Rainbow Minerals

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited

A major mining company; classified in the atlas mining-industry.

Alcoa Corporation

A major mining company; classified in the atlas mining-industry.

Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc.

A major mining company; classified in the atlas mining-industry.

AngloGold Ashanti Limited

A major mining company; classified in the atlas mining-industry.

Antofagasta plc

Source Wikipedia: Antofagasta plc

Ashanti Goldfields Corporation

Source Wikidata: Ashanti Goldfields Corporation

Barrick Gold Corporation

A major mining company; classified in the atlas mining-industry.

Barrick Mining Corporation

Source Wikidata: Barrick Mining Corporation

Cameco Corporation

Source Wikidata: Cameco Corporation

CMOC Group Limited

Source Wikipedia: CMOC Group Limited

Coal India Limited

A major mining company; classified in the atlas mining-industry.

CONSOL Energy Inc.

A major mining company; classified in the atlas mining-industry.

Endeavour Mining plc

Source Wikipedia: Endeavour Mining

Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia

Source Wikidata: Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia

Fortescue Ltd

Source Wikidata: Fortescue Ltd

Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

A major mining company; classified in the atlas mining-industry.

Fresnillo plc

Source Wikipedia: Fresnillo plc

Gold Fields Limited

A major mining company; classified in the atlas mining-industry.

Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V.

Source Wikipedia: Grupo M?xico

Industrias Penoles

Source Wikipedia: Pe?oles

Kenmare Resources

Source Wikipedia: Kenmare Resources

KGHM Polska Miedz

Source Wikidata: KGHM Polska Miedz

Kinross Gold Corporation

A major mining company; classified in the atlas mining-industry.

Mineral Resources Limited

Source Wikidata: Mineral Resources Limited

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC

A major mining company; classified in the atlas mining-industry.

Newmont Corporation

A major mining company; classified in the atlas mining-industry.

Northern Star Resources

Source Wikidata: Northern Star Resources

Peabody Energy Corporation

A major mining company; classified in the atlas mining-industry.

PT Bumi Resources Tbk

Source Wikidata: PT Bumi Resources Tbk

Rio Tinto Group

A major mining company; classified in the atlas mining-industry.

Southern Copper Corporation

A major mining company; classified in the atlas mining-industry.

Teck Resources Limited

A major mining company; classified in the atlas mining-industry.

Vale

A major mining company; classified in the atlas mining-industry.

Vedanta Limited

Source Wikipedia: Vedanta Limited

Weir plc

Source Wikipedia: Weir plc

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

Source Wikipedia: Wheaton Precious Metals

Sources

1. Wikipedia, Mining

Wikipedia

Lead section
Mining is the extraction of geological materials and minerals from Earth's surface. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or feasibly made artificially in a laboratory or factory.
Associated With: Steel Industry, Modernity section
Between 2022 and 2050, an estimated 7 billion metric tons of metals will need to be extracted. Steel will account for the largest portion of this total at 5 billion tons.