Blog - Mining

For the third consecutive year, the global silica sands market recorded growth in sales value, which increased by...

The global market for granite, sandstone and other building stone dropped modestly to $71.7B in 2019, remaining...

In 2019, the Asia-Pacific coal market increased by 6.1% to $751.8B, rising for the third consecutive year after four...

In 2018, approx. 9.7M tonnes of granite, sandstone and other building stone were exported in Asia

India prevails in salt exports structure, reaching 13M tonnes, which was approx. 79% of total exports in 2018.

The global fluorspar market revenue amounted to $1.6B in 2018, jumping by 5.5% against the previous year. The global fluorspar market attained its maximum level at $2.7B in 2012; however, from 2013 to 2018, consumption failed to regain its momentum.

Global chromium exports totaled $447M in 2018. After bottoming out from 2015-2016, it increased robustly over the last two years. 

The global feldspar market revenue amounted to $2.1B in 2018, growing by 7.2% against the previous year. The market value increased gradually at an average annual rate of +1.6% over the period from 2007 to 2018.

The global bentonite market revenue amounted to $4.3B in 2018, going down by -5.1% against the previous year. Over the period under review, the global bentonite market attained its peak figure level at $4.5B in 2017, and then declined slightly in the f