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Operating expenses of the top mining companies 2002-2017
Total operating expenses of the top mining companies worldwide from 2002 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
This statistic shows aggregate operating expense data of the global mining industry represented by the top forty mining companies worldwide, from 2002 to 2017. In 2017, the mining industry's leading companies had operating expenses of approximately 454 billion U.S. dollars.
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This statistic shows aggregate operating expense data of the global mining industry represented by the top forty mining companies worldwide, from 2002 to 2017. In 2017, the mining industry's leading companies had operating expenses of approximately 454 billion U.S. dollars.
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- 2002 to 2017
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* This statistic includes the aggregated results of the top 40 companies by market capitalization, as reported in PwC's Mine report in each of the respective years disclosed, except for 2014, which uses the current years’ Top 40’s financial comparative financial results. These companies represent the vast majority of the industry and serve as a proxy for the industry as a whole.
All income statement data presented excludes Glencore marketing and trading revenue and costs.
This statistic was assembled using various editions of the report. Figures for 2011 to 2016 were restated in the 2018 edition of the report.
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- Survey time period
- 2002 to 2017
- Special properties
- Top 40 mining companies
- Supplementary notes
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* This statistic includes the aggregated results of the top 40 companies by market capitalization, as reported in PwC's Mine report in each of the respective years disclosed, except for 2014, which uses the current years’ Top 40’s financial comparative financial results. These companies represent the vast majority of the industry and serve as a proxy for the industry as a whole.
All income statement data presented excludes Glencore marketing and trading revenue and costs.
This statistic was assembled using various editions of the report. Figures for 2011 to 2016 were restated in the 2018 edition of the report.
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- Net profit margin of the top mining companies worldwide from 2002 to 2017*
- Total assets of the leading mining companies worldwide from 2002 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
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- Total investing activities of the top mining companies worldwide from 2004 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
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- Major countries in rare earth mine production worldwide from 2013 to 2018 (in metric tons REO)
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- Rio Tinto's total revenue from 2001 to 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)*
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- Revenue of Vale S.A. from 2007 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Number of deals in the mining and metals sector worldwide from 2000 to 2017
- Total value of deals in the mining and metals sector worldwide from 2000 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Value of global mining and metals sector deals in 2017, by targeted region (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Mining industry merger and acquisition deal value worldwide in 2016 and 2017 by commodity (in million U.S. dollars)
- Gross output of the United States mining industry (except oil and gas) from 1998 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
- Gross operating surplus of the United States mining industry (except oil and gas) from 1998 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
- Value added by the United States mining industry (except oil and gas) from 1998 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
- Leading 2018 United States industrial metals companies based on revenue (in billion U.S. dollars)*
- Total employment in the United States mining industry from 1998 to 2017 (in 1,000)*
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- Annual personnel expenditure in the mining and quarrying sector in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2016 (in million euros)
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