World Top 100 Basic Materials Companies List by Market Cap as of August 2026

Wheaton Precious Metals is one of the largest precious metals streaming companies in the world. The Company has entered into agreements to purchase all or a portion of the precious metals or cobalt production from high-quality mines for an upfront payment and an additional payment upon delivery of the metal. Wheaton currently has streaming agreements for 19 operating mines and 9 development stage projects. Headquarters is in Canada.

VALE is Brazil based Metals and Mining Company having operations in 30 countries. Vale is one of the world’s largest producer of iron ore and nickel. They also produce iron ore pellets, manganese ore, ferroalloys, metallurgical and thermal coal, copper, platinum group metals (PGMs), gold, silver and cobalt.

Vale is the largest producer of Nickel in the World.

In addition to mining, Vale work with logistics like railways, ports, terminals and state-of-the-art infrastructure like energy, and steel making. Headquarters is in Brazil.

Anglo American is Mining Company with headquarters is in London, UK. Involved in production of Platinum, Diamonds, Nickel, Iron Ore, Copper etc. Global Top Number 1 leader in production of Platinum. Company has 95,000 employees as on 2023.

Mining and processing operations and undeveloped resources, with more than 106,000 people working for us around the world, in 15 countries.

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ArcelorMittal is Steel Manufacturing Company with headquarters is in Luxembourg.

ArcelorMittal had over 154,352 employees as on 2022.

For year ending Dec-2022, annual revenue was 79.8 billion EUR and annual operating income was 10.27 billion EUR and annual net income was 9.3 billion EUR.

BASF SE is one of largest Chemical producing and mfarketing company with headquarters is in Germany. It manufactures Paints as well.

Nan Ya Plastics manufactures and Markets Plastic Products, Chemicals, Electronic Material, Fibers and textiles, Machinery and Switchgear.

It's also a leading manufacturer of polyester fibers and copper clad laminates of the electronic materials in the world.

Company headquarters is in Taiwan.

Corteva supplies seeds and crop protection products that increase yield, productivity and profit. Corteva brings integrated and greatly expanded solutions that combine genetics, chemistry and precision agriculture.

LafargeHolcim manufactures cements, building materials and solutions. They have over 70,000 employees in around 70 countries. LafargeHolcim four business segments are Cement, Aggregates, Ready-Mix Concrete and Solutions & Products. Headquarters is in Switzerland.