Mining & Metals

Sector journalism and trade press.

• Mining Journal $
  Global mining industry magazine.
• Mining.com
  Mining industry news and commodity prices.
• S&P Global Commodity Insights — Metals $
  Metals pricing and analysis.
• Reuters Metals
  Metals market reporting.
• Engineering & Mining Journal (E&MJ)
  Industry trade publication.
• Metal Bulletin (Fastmarkets) $
  Specialty metals pricing.
• Northern Miner
  Canadian mining trade pub.

Membership bodies, advocacy, standards.

• ICMM — International Council on Mining & Metals
  World's largest mining sustainability organization.
• National Mining Association (US)
  US mining trade group.
• Mining Association of Canada
  Canadian mining industry.
• World Steel Association
  Global steel industry trade group.
• International Aluminium Institute
  Aluminium industry global association.
• ICA — International Copper Association
  Copper industry promotion.
• Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME)
  Professional society.

Where deals get done and announcements happen.

• PDAC Convention (Toronto)
  World's premier mineral exploration & mining event.
• MINExpo International (Las Vegas)
  World's largest mining equipment expo.
• BMO Global Metals & Mining Conference
  Top investor conference for the sector.
• CRU Global Conferences $
  Steel, aluminium, fertilizers conferences.
• ICMM CEO Roundtable
  Global mining CEO gathering.
• SME Annual Conference
  Mining engineers and metallurgists.

Sector-specialist analysts and data providers.

• S&P Global Market Intelligence — Metals & Mining $
  Project pipeline, asset data.
• CRU Group $
  Metals and mining consultancy and pricing.
• Wood Mackenzie Metals & Mining $
  Sector consultancy.
• USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries
  Authoritative US mineral data.
• Roskill (Wood Mac) $
  Battery raw materials specialty.
• Benchmark Mineral Intelligence $
  Lithium, cobalt, graphite focus.
• LME — London Metal Exchange Data $
  Base metals benchmark prices.

Agencies that govern the sector.

• MSHA — Mine Safety & Health Administration
  US mine safety enforcement.
• BLM — Bureau of Land Management
  US public lands mining permits.
• USGS / OSM
  Surface coal mining.
• EPA — Mining Programs
  Mining-related environmental programs.
• State Mining Departments / Agencies
  State-level enforcement.
• EITI — Extractive Industries Transparency
  Global revenue transparency standard.

Bellwethers and notable executives.

• BHP
  Mike Henry, CEO. World's largest mining company.
• Rio Tinto
  Jakob Stausholm, CEO. Diversified majors; iron ore, aluminium, copper.
• Vale
  Gustavo Pimenta, CEO. World's #1 iron ore + nickel.
• Glencore
  Gary Nagle, CEO. Trading + mining; coal, copper, zinc, cobalt.
• Anglo American
  Duncan Wanblad, CEO. Diversified; PGMs, copper, iron ore.
• Freeport-McMoRan
  Kathleen Quirk, CEO. World's largest publicly traded copper.
• Newmont
  Tom Palmer, CEO. World's largest gold miner.
• Barrick Gold
  Mark Bristow, CEO. Major gold miner.
• ArcelorMittal
  Aditya Mittal, CEO. World's largest steelmaker outside China.
• Nippon Steel
  Eiji Hashimoto, CEO. Japan's largest steel producer.
• POSCO
  Korea's largest steel producer.
• Alcoa
  William Oplinger, CEO. Bauxite, alumina, primary aluminum.
• Albemarle
  Kent Masters, CEO. Largest lithium producer.
• SQM (Sociedad Química y Minera)
  Chilean lithium and specialty chemicals.