World Top 100 Basic Materials Companies List by Market Cap as of August 2026

Linde PLC is Chemical and Engineering Company with business related to supplying specialty industrial gases with headquarters is in UK.

BHP Billiton is Metals, Mining, Petroeum Company with headquarters is in Australia. BHP Billiton is trading in London Stock Exchange and Australia Stock Exchange. BHP Group has 79,471 employees as on June 2022.

The annual production of BHP is 248 MT of Iron Ore, 1,724 KT of Copper, 109 MMboe of Petroleum, 41 Mt of Metallurgical Coal. The top 5 markets where BHP business of China is across is 25,576 Million USD in China, 3,904 Million USD in Japan, 2,666 Million USD in South Korea, 2,232 Million USD in Australia and 2,583 Million USD in Rest of Asia.

Mining Company with headquarters is in Mexico. Company produces and refines Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Zinc, Silver, Lead. Company has over 15,018 employees as on 2022.

Rio Tinto Group is UK and Australia based Metals and Mining Company. Company producing major products are aluminum, copper, diamonds, gold, industrial minerals (borates, titanium dioxide and salt), iron ore, and uranium. Headquarters is in UK.

They are strongly represented in Australia and North America, and also have significant businesses in Asia, Europe, Africa and South America.

Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. ("Zijin" or "the Group") is mainly engaged in the exploration and mining of gold, copper, zinc and other mineral resources. Headquarters is in Xiamen, China.

Air Liquide Supplies Gases to Industries and Health Sector Companies. Headquarters is in Paris, France.

Newmont Corporation is Mining company and one of largest producer of Gold in the World with headquarters is in Colorado, USA. Newmont is the gold company and a producer of copper, silver, zinc and lead. The Company is an industry leader in value creation, supported by robust safety standards, superior execution and technical proficiency. Newmont Corporation purpose is to create value and improve lives through sustainable and responsible mining.

Grupo Mexico has business in mining, railway transportation and infrastructure.

As part of mining business, it is involved in copper mining and iron and steel mining.

As part of railway transportation business, it operates 11,131 km of track in 24 states of the Mexican Republic and the states of Florida and Texas in the USA.

As part of infrastructure business, more than 200 large works built in 24 states of the Mexican Republic.

Agnico Eagle Mines is Canada based Gold Mining Company. Headquarters is in Canada.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) is a mining company with headquarters is in Arizona, USA. FCX has mining assets and will do mining in copper, gold and molybdenum.  FREEPORT-MCMORAN portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia, one of the world’s largest copper and gold deposits; and significant mining operations in the Americas, including the large-scale Morenci minerals district in North America and the Cerro Verde operation in South America.