Inventory of the top ten mining companies in the United States

1.
Newmont Mining / Newmont Goldcorp

Market Cap: $31.
8 billion

Newmont Goldcorp (NYSE: NEM) is the largest gold and copper producer in the United States, with operations in the United States, Australia, Ghana, Peru and Suriname
。 Earlier this year, Barrick formed a joint venture with Newmont Goldcorp called Nevada Gold Mines, which will own three primary gold mines: Barrick's Cortez, Goldstrike and Newmont's Carlin's combination, Barrick's Turquoise Ridge, and Newmont's Twin Creeks
。 In addition, the Nevada Gold Mine joint venture is 61.
5% owned by Barrick and 38.
5% owned by Newmont Goldcorp, with gold production exceeding 4 million ounces
in 2018.
The company's combined gold production in 2018 totaled 5.
48 million ounces
.
Gold production is expected to be 5.
2 million ounces
in 2019.

2.
Southern Copper

Market Cap: $25.
6 billion

Southern Copper/Southern Copper (NYSE: SCCO) is one of the world's largest integrated copper producers with a total copper reserve of 70.
6 million tons.

The company was incorporated in Delaware in 1952 and listed on
the New York and Lima stock exchanges.
The Company operates in Mexico and Peru and has exploration programs
in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru.

In 2018, Southern Copper produced 883,689 tonnes of copper, 70,778 tonnes of zinc and 17.
3 million ounces
of silver.
In 2019, the company expects to produce 986,700 tons of copper, 96,400 tons of zinc and 21.
4 million ounces of silver
.
In February 2018, the company won the bid for the Michiquillay project in Cajamarca, Peru, which is expected to produce 225,000 tons of copper per year, as well as by-products of molybdenum, gold and silver, with an initial mine life of more than 25 years
.
Michiquillay will begin production in 2025, making it one of
the largest copper mines in Peru.

3.
Freeport-McMoRan/Freeport-McMoRan

Market Cap: $15 billion

Freeport-McMoRan, headquartered in Phoenix (NYSE: FTX), operates seven open-pit copper mines
in North America.
In 2018, the company produced 3.
8 billion pounds of copper, as well as 2.
4 million ounces of gold at $
1,254 an ounce.
The Company estimates consolidated recoverable proven and probable mineral reserves of 119.
6 billion pounds of copper, 30.
8 million ounces of gold, 3.
78 billion pounds of molybdenum and 339.
1 million ounces of silver
.

4.
Formics/FMC

The market capitalization is $11.
7 billion

Formics/FMC (NYSE: FMC) is a chemical company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, serving the global agricultural, consumer and industrial markets
.
The company has two business segments: FMC Agricultural Solutions and FMC Lithium
.
The former provides crop protection chemicals to improve crop yields and control pests in non-agricultural markets, while the lithium segment produces lithium for products
related to energy storage, specialty polymers, and chemical synthesis applications.

5.
Legg Mason/Mosaic

Market Cap: $9.
1 billion

Legg Mason / Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) is the world's leading producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash fertilizers, with major phosphate production facilities located in Florida and Louisiana, while its potash production facilities are located in New Mexico, Saskatchewan and Canada
.

In 2018, Mosaic sold 8.
8 million tons of potash fertilizer and 8.
4 million tons of phosphate.

This year's potash sales are expected to be between 9 million and 9.
4 million tonnes, and phosphate use is between
8.
6 million and 9 million tonnes.

6.
Albemarle

Market Cap: $84.
<> billion

Albemarle Chemicals/Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) is a global specialty chemicals company in the lithium, bromine and refining catalysts sectors, serving markets
including energy storage, petroleum refining, consumer electronics, construction, automotive, lubricants, pharmaceuticals, crop protection and custom chemical services.

In December 2018, Albemarle signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 50% stake
in the Wodgina Project of Pilbara Regional Mineral Resources Ltd in Western Australia for US$1.
2 billion.
The joint venture will produce spodumene concentrate and battery-grade lithium
hydroxide.

In July 2019, Albemarle increased its stake in the Wodgina Hard Rock Lithium Project to 60% and formed a joint venture with Mineral Resources to operate a mine and battery-grade lithium hydroxide production facility
.

7.
Royal Gold

Market Cap: $89.
<> billion

Royal Gold (NASDAQ: RGLD) acquires and manages precious metal streams and royalties, with a focus on gold
.
The Denver, Colorado-based company has interests in 186 assets across five continents, including 41 production mines and 15 development-phase projects
.
Three-quarters of Royal Gold's fiscal 2018 revenue came from its primary production properties, including Mount Milligan in Canada, Pueblo Viejo in the Dominican Republic, Andacollo in Chile, Wassa and Prestea in Ghana, Penasquito in Mexico and Cortez
in the United States.

8.
Alcoa/Alcoa

Market Cap: $37.
<> billion

Alcoa/Alcoa (NYSE: AA) is a global industry leader
in bauxite, alumina and aluminum products.
Alcoa is one of the world's largest bauxite producers with 7 bauxite mines, including the world's second-largest aluminium mine: Huntly, located in Australia
.
It is also the world's leading producer of alumina, operating six smelters
in Australia, Brazil and Spain.
Its three smelters in Western Australia are the world's largest single source
of alumina.

In 2018, the company produced 45.
8 million tons of bauxite, 12.
9 million tons of alumina and 2.
3 million tons of primary aluminum
in 2018.
This year, the company expects to produce 47 million to 48 million tons of dry bauxite, 13.
6 million to 13.
7 million tons of alumina, and 2.
8 million to 2.
9 million tons of primary aluminum
.

9.
Cleveland-Cliffs

Market Cap: $25.
<> billion

Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE: CLF), headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, is the largest and oldest independent iron ore mining company
in the United States.
In June 2019, Cleveland-Cliffs completed a $100 million North Shore Mining Company expansion project that mines iron ore near Babbitt, Minnesota, and railways the ore to a processing plant
on the north shore of Lake Superior in Silver Bay.

In 2020, Cleveland-Cliffs could become the only producer of HBD in the Great Lakes, with its first plant in Toledo, Ohio, which began construction
in April 2018.
The Toledo plant will produce 1.
9 million tons of customized, high-quality, autobriquette iron
per year.

10.
Peabody Energy/Peabody Energy

Market Cap: $18.
<> billion

Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) is the world's largest privately held coal company
.
Its main business lies in mining, sales and distribution of coal
for power generation and steelmaking.
Headquartered in St.
Louis, Missouri, the company owns majority stakes in 22 of 23 coal mining operations in the U.
S.
and Australia??, as well as a 50 per cent stake
in Middlemount Pty Ltd.
, which owns the Middlemount mine in Queensland.

In 2016, Peabody Energy filed for bankruptcy protection
.
In early 2017, a group of banks, including subsidiaries of Goldman Sachs Inc.
(GS.
N) and JPMorgan Chase Bank (JPM.
N), pledged loans totaling $1.
5 billion to help Peabody exit bankruptcy proceedings
.