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Net profit of the top mining companies 2002-2017
Net profit of the top mining companies worldwide from 2002 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
This statistic shows the aggregate net profit of the global mining industry represented by the top 40 mining companies worldwide, from 2002 to 2017. In 2017, the net profit of the mining industry's leading companies was approximately 61 billion U.S. dollars.
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This statistic shows the aggregate net profit of the global mining industry represented by the top 40 mining companies worldwide, from 2002 to 2017. In 2017, the net profit of the mining industry's leading companies was approximately 61 billion U.S. dollars.
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- 2002 to 2017
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- Top 40 mining companies
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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.
Figures for 2010-2016 were restated in the 2018 edition of the report.
All income statement data presented excludes Glencore marketing and trading revenue and costs.
This statistic was assembled using various editions of the report.
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- Worldwide
- 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.
Figures for 2010-2016 were restated in the 2018 edition of the report.
All income statement data presented excludes Glencore marketing and trading revenue and costs.
This statistic was assembled using various editions of the report.
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- Total revenue of the top mining companies worldwide from 2002 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
- Net profit of the top mining companies worldwide from 2002 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
- 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)*
- Total operating expenses of the top mining companies worldwide from 2002 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
- Total investing activities of the top mining companies worldwide from 2004 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
- Number of active mineral exploration sites worldwide in 2017 by region*
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- Major countries in copper mine production worldwide from 2010 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)
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- Major countries in global mine production of platinum from 2014 to 2018 (in metric tons)
- Major countries in rare earth mine production worldwide from 2013 to 2018 (in metric tons REO)
- Major countries in worldwide bauxite mine production from 2014 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)*
- 2018 ranking of the global top mining companies based on revenue (in billion U.S. dollars)
- 2018 ranking of global leading mining companies based on net income (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Glencore's total revenue from 2008 to 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)*
- BHP Billiton's revenue from 2004 to 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)*
- Rio Tinto's total revenue from 2001 to 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)*
- Revenue of China Shenhua Energy from 2010 to 2017 (in billion yuan)
- 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 2017 (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)*
- Projected smart mining market value worldwide from 2014 to 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Projected adoption rate of selected technologies in the mining industry worldwide in 2025
- Deepest open-pit mines worldwide (in meters)
- Number of employees at leading mining companies in 2000, 2009, and 2013
- Selling, general and administrative expenses for mining companies as a percentage of operational costs 2001 to 2009
- Largest global mining and metals acquisitions in 2015, by value (in million U.S. dollars)*
- Number of enterprises in the lignite mining industry in Bulgaria from 2009 to 2017
- Distribution of new entrants among Canada's top 100 mining companies in 2010*
- Number of business segments* at leading mining companies in 2000 and 2009
- Gross output of total United States mining industry from 1998 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
- Number of employees of Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais (Usiminas) in Brazil from 2013 to 2016
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- Production volume of the leading molybdenum producers worldwide in 2013, by company (in metric tons)
- Total assets of Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais (Usiminas) in Brazil from 2013 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Value of exports of Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais (Usiminas) in Brazil from 2013 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)
- EBITDA of Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais (Usiminas) in Brazil from 2013 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)
- EBITDA of mining company Mineração Usiminas in Brazil from 2013 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Other mining and quarrying revenue in Norway from 2010 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Mining support service activities revenue in Finland from 2010 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Number of enterprises in mining and quarrying importing services in Great Britain from 2011 to 2017
- Annual personnel expenditure in the mining and quarrying sector in Netherlands from 2008 to 2016 (in million euros)
- Annual personnel expenditure in the mining and quarrying sector in Italy from 2008 to 2016 (in million euros)
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