Mining Industry
Mining Company List
- Acme Brick Company
- Troy Aikman doesn't lob bricks, but the former Cowboys quarterback does pitch products for Acme Brick. From more than 20 brick manufacturing plants, the...more
- Aditya Birla Management Corporation Ltd.
- The many-armed Aditya Birla rivals even Shiva's many incarnations. With nearly 70 manufacturing units, operations, and subsidiaries in 26 countries, the Indian conglomerate produces fabrics,...more
- Alley-Cassetty Companies, Inc.
- Some build with blood, sweat, and tears; Alley-Cassetty Companies do it with trucks, bricks, and coal. The company's trucking division specializes in hauling liquid- and dry-bulk cargo, including...more
- The Alpine Group, Inc.
- The Alpine Group has experienced the peaks and valleys of various metals and wires businesses. The company's Exeon subsidiary specializes in the reclamation of metal and copper wires, and it...more
- AMCOL International Corporation
- AMCOL International is nothing if not diverse, with operations in minerals, environmental services, oilfield services, and transportation. Its minerals segment is a global supplier of bentonite...more
- American Electric Power Company, Inc.
- American Electric Power (AEP) takes its slice of the US power pie out of Middle America. The holding company is one of the largest power generators and distributors in the US. AEP owns the nation's...more
- Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc.
- Applied Nanotech Holdings hopes to make it big by thinking small. The company conducts research on carbon nanotubes -- molecular-sized cylindrical structures that could be used in making electronic...more
- AREVA
- The AREVA Group has gone nuclear, and beyond (into renewable energy). The state-controlled company is involved in every step of nuclear power production. AREVA mines uranium and enriches it...more
- Basin Electric Power Cooperative
- Ranges at home on the range depend on Basin Electric Power Cooperative, as do other electric-powered items in nine states from Montana to Iowa to New Mexico. The regional, consumer-owned power...more
- Benguet Corporation
- Benguet Corporation, the Philippines' oldest mining company (dating to 1903), mines and processes gold, chromite, copper, and other minerals. Low prices for metals and minerals led Benguet to...more
- BHP Billiton Limited
- Two heads -- or headquarters -- are better than one. Aussie minerals and oil company BHP Limited acquired UK miner Billiton plc in 2001. The result is a two-headquartered, dual-listed company run as...more
- BHP Billiton Plc
- BHP Billiton Plc is one half of a dual-listed mining giant. It is headquartered in London; the other part of the company, BHP Billiton Limited, is based in Australia....more
- BUMI plc
- BUMI might have a warm and fuzzy connotation but its products are a bit more down to earth. One of the world's largest providers of thermal coal, which is used to create steam that generates...more
- Cargill, Incorporated
- Cargill may be private, but it's highly visible. The agribusiness giant, the largest private corporation in the US, has operations in about 70 countries. It has five business units -- Agriculture...more
- China National Gold Group Corporation
- China National Gold Group is its country's largest gold producer, The state-controlled company mines and refines gold, silver, and copper, producing custom-designed gold and silver bars as well...more
- China Minmetals Corporation
- China Minmetals is one of the largest metals and minerals trading companies in the world and the largest iron and steel trader in China. The state-owned company exports coke, coal, and...more
- Chow Sang Sang Holdings International Limited
- Hong Kong-based Chow Sang Sang has its eye on China and the growing luxury market there. The company operates about 155 Chow Sang Sang jewelery stores in some 60 cities across mainland China,...more
- Chugach Alaska Corporation
- At the heart of Chugach Alaska Corporation is a vision of indigenous people running their own businesses on their own land. Chugach Alaska was formed following the activation of the Alaska Native...more
- CITIC Resources Holdings Limited
- CITIC Resources invests in energy and minerals exploration, development, and trading, focusing on oil exploration in mainland China, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan. The company was formerly engaged in...more
- Contran Corporation
- Contran is a holding company that owns stakes of varying sizes in subsidiaries, including the largest, Valhi, Inc. (a publicly traded company about 95% controlled by...more
