global demand for coal fell significantly during the pandemic, which led to prices falling sharply.
According to 67 decision makers in the global mining and metals industry who participated in the survey, a 39 percent share of the respondents stated that copper prices are more likely to recover the quickest post-COVID-19.
Other mineral commodity prices, such as nickel, coal, and aluminum, are not expected to recover as easily as copper and gold following the pandemic. For instance, the Which mineral commodity is more likely to recover quickest post-COVID-19?*
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Overview
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- Premium Statistic Combined revenue of the top mining companies 2005-2022
- Premium Statistic Net profit of the top mining companies 2002-2023
- Premium Statistic Global decrease in mining exploration spending due to Covid-19 by commodity 2020
- Premium Statistic Global mineral commodity price recovery prospects post-COVID-19 2020
- Premium Statistic Global mining industry revenue changes projection by scenario 2019-2021
- Premium Statistic Global key risks for the mining and metals industry Q3 & Q4 2020
Production
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- Premium Statistic Global mining companies' production reductions due to Covid-19 2020
- Premium Statistic Reduction of copper production volume due to Covid-19 by company 2020
- Basic Statistic Mining production change due to COVID-19 Russia 2020, by period
- Basic Statistic Global supply and demand changes of selected metals 2019-2020
Companies
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- Premium Statistic 2023 global list of leading mining companies based on revenue
- Basic Statistic Mining company capex reduction due to coronavirus (COVID-19) impact 2020
- Premium Statistic Global change in mining companies' production volume due to Covid-19 2020
- Premium Statistic COVID-19 impact on mining and metals industry mergers and acquisitions 2020
- Basic Statistic Russian mining companies' measures to reduce costs due to COVID-19 2020
- Basic Statistic AngloGold Ashanti's COVID-19 business impact figures 2021
- Basic Statistic BHP's COVID-19 business impact figures 2021
- Premium Statistic Impact of COVID-19 on M&A activity in the mining sector worldwide 2020-2021
Prices
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- Basic Statistic Global mineral commodity price change during COVID-19 January to April 2020
- Premium Statistic Impact of Covid-19 on global iron ore price 2019-2020
- Basic Statistic Russian mining and metals price change due to COVID-19 2020, by period
- Premium Statistic Global price change of selected commodity minerals due to COVID-19 2020
Operations
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- Basic Statistic Global number of mines on hold as a result of COVID-19 crisis April-October 2020
- Basic Statistic Global number of mines on hold as a result of COVID-19 crisis by country October 2020
- Premium Statistic Global mining industry operational impact of COVID-19 2020
- Premium Statistic Impact of COVID-19 on miners' autonomous vehicles investments worldwide 2020-2021
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- U.S. distribution of nonfuel mineral production 2022, by state
- Canada's mining and metal manufacturing number of employees 2010-2020
- Chile: mine production 2015, by region
- Global mining industry M&A deal value by commodity 2016 & 2017
- South Africa mineral sales distribution by mineral 2018
- Number of employees in support activities for mining in Canada 2008-2017
- Global mine production of titanium minerals by country 2022
- Peru: change in copper mine production 2020-2021, by company
- Canada's export value of battery minerals by type 2017
- Distribution of mining exploration budgets in Africa by country 2017
- Industrial minerals export volume in Chile 2022, by mineral
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- Canada's export value of technology minerals by type 2017
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White & Case. (July 13, 2020). Which mineral commodity is more likely to recover quickest post-COVID-19?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 04, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1168614/global-mineral-commodity-price-recovery-post-covid-19/
White & Case. "Which mineral commodity is more likely to recover quickest post-COVID-19?*." Chart. July 13, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1168614/global-mineral-commodity-price-recovery-post-covid-19/
White & Case. (2020). Which mineral commodity is more likely to recover quickest post-COVID-19?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1168614/global-mineral-commodity-price-recovery-post-covid-19/
White & Case. "Which Mineral Commodity Is More Likely to Recover Quickest Post-covid-19?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1168614/global-mineral-commodity-price-recovery-post-covid-19/
White & Case, Which mineral commodity is more likely to recover quickest post-COVID-19?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1168614/global-mineral-commodity-price-recovery-post-covid-19/ (last visited December 04, 2023)
Which mineral commodity is more likely to recover quickest post-COVID-19?* [Graph], White & Case, July 13, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1168614/global-mineral-commodity-price-recovery-post-covid-19/