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Mining & Metals are the backbone of the global economy. Standing at the beginning of most value chains, the Mining & Metals industry is a critical supplier of essential inputs and a global generator of trade and employment. It also has important environmental, fiscal and social effects, and acts as a catalyst for the economic progress of numerous mining-dependent countries in the world.
The Mining & Metals industry comprises the extraction of useful minerals from the ground, including oil and gas, coal, metal ores and non-metallic minerals, and related support activities. It also includes activities lower down the supply chain, such as metal processing, manufacturing of metals and a variety of fabricated metal products, such as cutlery, metal structures, boilers, tanks and ammunition.
Poland is a major producer of copper, silver, zinc and lead, as well as many industrial minerals, such as rock salt, sulphur, limestone, cement, lime, gypsum and mineral aggregates. The sector generally weathers economic cycles quite well, ...
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Peru is among the leading global players in the production of metallic minerals. In 2017, the country ranked second in the world in terms of silver, copper and zinc output, with global shares of 17.2%, 12.4% and 11.2%, respectively. Moreover, it was ...
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India has abundant mineral resources comprising fuel, metallic, and non-metallic minerals, with proven reserves of some 90 different minerals spread across its territory. “Mining” (or “mining and quarrying”) is defined as ...
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The Indian steel industry contributes around 2% of the country GDP and employs some 500,000 people directly and about 2mn indirectly. The Indian government sees the steel sector as strategically important and as a foundation for rapid ...
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China, with its huge manufacturing sector, is the world’s largest consumer of all kinds of base metals, as well as the largest producer of metal products. The country also ranks as the biggest producer of iron, aluminium, lead and zinc in the ...
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China, with its huge manufacturing sector, is the world’s largest consumer of all kinds of base metals, as well as the largest producer of metal products. The country also ranks as the biggest producer of iron, aluminium, lead and zinc in the ...
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In the third quarter of 2017 the revenue of the ferrous metal smelting and pressing sector marked an increase of 14.6% y/y, reaching RMB 1.8bn. Steel prices continued to rise, as a result of the tightening supply of steel products due to the ...
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In the period July-August 2017 the revenue of the ferrous metal smelting and pressing sector increased by 18% y/y to RMB 1.2bn. Steel prices continued to rise amid stable demand for steel products in China. The positive performance of the automotive ...
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In Q1 2017, the revenue of the ferrous metal smelting and pressing sector increased by 23.2% y/y to RMB 1.7bn. Steel prices remained high in the beginning of 2017, although slightly lower than those in the end of 2016, when they hit the highest level ...
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As the world’s second-largest economy, China relies heavily on coal to ensure the stable operation of its main industries, such as energy and steel. Rising energy consumption has already made China the world’s largest producer and ...
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