In 2022, the mining industry's leading companies invested approximately 85 billion U.S. dollars, an increase compared with the previous year. Investing activities of the world's leading mining industry companies have been dropping since they peaked in 2012 at some 169 billion U.S. dollars.
Total investing activities of the top mining companies worldwide from 2005 to 2022
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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.
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