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Leading mining companies by capex
This month our new mining key list brings you the 20 largest mining companies by capexas ranked by GlobalData's Mining Intelligence Centre. All numbers as of January 2020.
| Company name | Capital expenditure ($million, 2018) | Employees | Headquarters location |
| BHP | 5,853 | 28,926 | Australia |
| Rio Tinto | 5,430 | 47,500 | UK |
| Glencore plc | 4,687 | 158,000 | Switzerland |
| Vale SA | 3,835 | 65,539 | Brazil |
| Anglo American plc | 3,400 | 64,000 | UK |
| China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd | 2,999 | 86,856 | China |
| Freeport-McMoRan Inc | 1,971 | 26,800 | US |
| Teck Resources Ltd | 1,471 | 10,700 | Canada |
| Barrick Gold Corp | 1,400 | 22,100 | Canada |
| Aluminium Corporation of China Ltd | 1,378 | 65,211 | China |
| Coal India Ltd | 1,249 | 285,479 | India |
| Yanzhou Coal Mining Co Ltd | 1,182 | 64,473 | China |
| Vedanta Resources Ltd | 1,104 | 88,979 | UK |
| Tata Steel Ltd | 1,095 | 75,924 | India |
| Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd | 1,089 | 5,990 | Canada |
| Kinross Gold Corp | 1,043 | 9,135 | Canada |
| Industrias Penoles SAB de CV | 1,038 | 13,792 | Mexico |
| Newmont Corp | 1,032 | 12,400 | US |
| Steel Authority of India Ltd | 990 | - | India |
| Gold Fields Limited | 814 | 5,601 | South Africa |
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