Base metals top producers worldwide

This statistic represents selected base metal producers worldwide in 2016, based on production volume. Russia-based mining company Norilsk produced around 541,000 metric tons worth of nickel and copper that year.

Major base metal producing companies worldwide in 2016, based on production volume (in 1,000 metric tons)

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Release date

2017

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2015 and 2016

Supplementary notes

* GlencoreXstrata: Copper: 3,500,000 metric tons; nickel: 221,000 metric tons; zinc: 2,000,000 metric tons; lead: 900,000 metric tons
BHP Billiton: Copper (copper cathodes and concentrated copper): 1,579,800 metric tons; nickel: 80,700 metric tons; lead: 3,700 metric tons; continued activities only.
Teck: Copper (copper cathodes and concentrated copper): 324,000 metric tons; zinc (concentrated zinc and refined zinc): 974,000 metric tons; lead (concentrated lead and refined lead): 227,000 metric tons.
Aurubis: Value for fiscal year 2014/2015; the figure refers to production of copper cathodes
Rio Tinto: includes refined copper
Vale: Nickel: 311,900 metric tons; copper: 453,000 metric tons.
Norilsk: Copper: 344,000 metric tons; nickel: 197,000 metric tons.

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