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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.
In the fourth quarter of 2020, the sales volume and sales revenue of China’s steel products reached 213.8mn tonnes and RMB 1,543.7bn, representing y/y increases of 27.8% and 38.5%, respectively. The demand for steel products in ...
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Latin America is a resourceful region and has tremendous opportunities within its mining sector. From recently emerged stars in mineral commodities, such as lithium, to traditional segments like gold, copper, iron ore and coal, the ...
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The steel sector is the backbone of India’s economic development as steel is an essential input in other sectors. India’s steel industry has been undergoing modernisation for decades. The rapid rise in steel production ...
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India’s mining and quarrying sector accounted for roughly 2.14% of India's nominal GVA in FY2020, a decline from 2.27% reported in FY2019. This sector accounted for 9.5% of total exports and 36.1% of total imports as of FY2019 ...
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After recording a q/q major decline of 37.23% in Q2 FY2021, the crude steel production recorded a q/q increase of 55.76% in Q2 FY2021. Among the top players, Tata Steel ltd contributed the maximum (17.8%) in the q/q increase in crude steel ...
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Natural resources and the mining sector are essential for China’s sustainable economic growth. Due to surging power consumption and industrial progress, the country has already become the world’s largest consumer of materials ...
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For the first nine months of 2020, the cumulative value added of China’s iron and steel sector increased by 5.3% y/y. In the third quarter alone, the production of pig iron, crude steel and steel products rose by 12% y/y, 10.5% y/y ...
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Russia’s commoditised economic model predefines the pivotal role the mining sector plays in the country’s development. The sector generates 12.6% of Russia’s nominal GDP and earns 62% of total exports, which makes ...
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Crude steel production recorded a major q/q decline of 37.2% in Q1 FY2021 as compared to a decline of 1.2% in the previous quarter. The production of steelmaker Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd declined the most, by 53.5% q/q ...
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In 2019, Chile consolidated its position as the world’s leading copper mine producer, with a 28% share in global output; the second biggest molybdenum miner, with 19.8%; and the seventh largest producer of silver, with 5.1%. The ...
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