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Basic materials companies and projects

Explore materials companies across metals and mining, chemicals, construction materials, packaging and forest products. Browse their public profiles and read the project-specific evaluations available on Orbitrum.

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Projects in Basic Materials

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7079 projects

Fortescue Metals

Fortescue Ltd engages in the exploration, development, production, processing, and sale of iron...

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Foy Johnston Inc

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Franco-Nevada

Franco-Nevada Corporation operates as a royalty and stream company focused on precious metals i...

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Freeport-McMoRan

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. engages in the mining of mineral properties in North America, South Ameri...

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Fresnillo

Fresnillo plc mines, develops, and produces non-ferrous minerals in Mexico. It operates through...

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Fujifilm

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation provides products and services in the fields of healthcare, elect...

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Ganfeng Lithium

Ganfeng Lithium Group Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells lithium products in China. The company o...

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Givaudan

Givaudan SA engages in the manufacture, supply, and sale of fragrance, beauty, taste, and wellb...

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Glencore

Glencore plc engages in the production, refinement, processing, storage, transport, and marketi...

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Gold Fields

Gold Fields Limited operates as a gold producer with reserves and resources in South Africa, Gh...

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Gold Fields ADR

Gold Fields Limited operates as a gold producer with reserves and resources in South Africa, Gh...

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Goldrich Mining

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Understanding Basic Materials

Basic Materials follows the application's industry groups rather than treating every supplier of physical materials as one business. A mining company, a chemical producer and a packaging supplier have different products and operations. The sub-sectors help you locate those distinctions before opening a profile.

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Industries and sub-sectors

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Published evaluations and analysis

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Questions to guide your research

  • • What material or product does the company supply?
  • • Which production, customer or supplier dependencies does the analysis discuss?
  • • What operating evidence and uncertainties does the author identify?

Questions about this sector

Which industries are included in Basic Materials?
The current reference categories are Construction Materials, Metals & Mining, Chemicals, Containers & Packaging, and Paper & Forest Products. The live application determines the displayed assignments.
How can I narrow materials research to a specific activity?
Select an industry such as Metals & Mining, Chemicals or Containers & Packaging. Open its project profiles, then review the analysis available for businesses with a comparable activity.

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