Nasdaq or NYSE related Basic Materials sector Top Companies List by Market Cap as of January 2024

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.

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.

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.

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. 

As on 2022, Freeport-McMoRan Inc. has 25,600 employees.

VALE is Brazil based Metals and Mining Company having operations in 30 countries. Vale is one of the world’s largest producer of iron ore and nickel. They also produce iron ore pellets, manganese ore, ferroalloys, metallurgical and thermal coal, copper, platinum group metals (PGMs), gold, silver and cobalt.

Vale is the largest producer of Nickel in the World.

In addition to mining, Vale work with logistics like railways, ports, terminals and state-of-the-art infrastructure like energy, and steel making. Headquarters is in Brazil.

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.

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

Cameco Corporation is a Nuclear Energy and Mining company. It is a leading supplier of uranium refining, conversion and fuel manufacturing services. The company produce more than 53 million pounds of uranium concentrates annually backed by 461 million pounds of proven and probable mineral reserves. The headquarters is in Canada.

GOLD FIELDS LIMITED is Gold Mining Company with headquarters is in South Africa.

Gold Fields has total attributable annual gold-equivalent production of 2.2Moz, attributable gold-equivalent Mineral Reserves of 51.3Moz and Mineral Resources of 115.7Moz.

Gold Fields is a globally diversified gold producer with nine operating mines in Australia, Peru, South Africa and West Africa (including the Asanko JV), as well as one project in Chile.

SUZANO is a paper and pulp sector company. The company produces papers from plump used for manufacturing notebooks, coffee cups, diaper and other related products. The company operates in two segments: paper and pulp, hardwood pulp. Its business units include forestry, cellulose, paper, eucafluff, tissue and lignin, and biotechnology etc. The headquarters is in Brazil.