Mining Industry

This guide provides selected resources about mining as an industry, not mining engineering. Topics include terminology, stages of developing a mine, financing, companies, and aboriginal, environmental and societal issues.

Iron & steel is the largest segment, accounting for 64.1% of the global industry's total value. Asia-Pacific accounts for 65.1% of global value. The industry is strongly affected by commodity prices and cyclical economic swings. (Source: Global Metals & Mining Industry, Business Source Ultimate)

California Dept. of Conservation

In Canada, the combined TSXV and TSX are the world's leading stock exchange for mining companies. The industry employs 308,000 workers in mineral extraction and in value-added smelting, fabrication, and manufacturing areas. The industry’s $36 billion contribution to Canada’s gross domestic product in 2010 included $8 billion in mineral extraction and $28 billion in mineral processing and manufacturing. (Source: Mining Association of Canada)

Mineral exploration and mining are important economic drivers for British Columbia.