Metals and mining data

Metals and mining data describes mines, deposits, ownership, production, reserves, costs and project pipelines for commodities such as copper, iron ore, lithium, nickel, gold and rare earths. Investors, traders, manufacturers securing critical minerals, equipment suppliers and governments use it to understand supply, assess project risk and track materials for the energy transition.

Typical fields

• Mine or project ID, name, location and commodity
• Owners and ownership percentages
• Development stage, from exploration to production or closure
• Production by year and commodity
• Reserves and resources with the reporting standard used
• Cost estimates such as all-in sustaining cost
• Environmental and permitting notes

Sources and methods

Company annual reports, technical reports filed under codes such as JORC or NI 43-101, stock exchange announcements and government statistics are the main sources. Providers extract figures, standardise units and link records to mine and company identifiers. Some add satellite monitoring of mine activity or estimate production and costs where companies do not disclose them.

Delivery and pricing

Databases are typically sold as annual licences, delivered as files, API or web applications with maps. Price depends on commodity coverage, depth of cost and reserve data, forecasts and the number of users.

Before you buy

• Check which reporting standard each reserve figure follows.
• Ask which values are disclosed and which are estimated.
• Confirm that ownership is updated after transactions.
• Review coverage of private mines and artisanal production.
• Check how far back production series go.