BHP posts annual production records

The ICSID tribunal ruled in 2020 that Panama was responsible for the "unlawful expropriation" of Dominon's mining investments.

Mining exports were worth $3.3 billion for Ecuador in 2023.

China has seen its market share of seaborne coal imports fall sharply over the past two years, down from the 93% between 2015-2022 to 76% in 2023-2024.

Greenland contains large deposits of most of the minerals considered critical by the US Geological Survey.