Explore the upstream asset base
Search mining assets by commodity, geography, development status and other available characteristics.
Supply chain, procurement and strategy
Critical mineral supply chain intelligence from the asset level up
Understand the mining assets behind critical mineral supply and identify the infrastructure, water, jurisdiction and location-based constraints that could affect future production.
Global Mining Dataset gives supply-chain, procurement, strategy and OEM teams a structured view of 25,000+ mining assets across commodities and geographies.Teams can explore the mines and development projects that existing and prospective mineral supply ultimately depends on.
The problem
Country-level supply data only tells part of the story
Critical mineral supply chains ultimately depend on individual mining projects.
Two countries may have similar mineral resources, but the projects expected to develop those resources can face very different infrastructure requirements, water constraints, institutional environments and development conditions.
For supply-chain teams trying to understand future availability, this creates a difficult analytical problem.
Information is typically fragmented across:
- Government mineral statistics
- Company announcements
- Technical reports
- Commodity databases
- Project-level research
- GIS datasets
- Internal supplier and market intelligence
Teams then have to connect these sources manually to answer strategic supply questions.
Move from country exposure to asset-level intelligence
Global Mining Dataset provides a standardised global view of mines, development projects, prospects and other mineral assets.
Each usable asset location can be connected to a common set of above-ground screening metrics.
This gives supply-chain teams a direct view of the physical assets that existing and prospective mineral supply depends on.
Understand future supply pipelines
Identify development projects and earlier-stage assets that could form part of the longer-term supply landscape.
Screen potential constraints
Compare infrastructure, water, jurisdiction and surrounding location characteristics across the asset universe.
Analyse internal asset lists
Enterprise teams can screen private supplier, project or sourcing datasets against the same framework.
Understand where critical mineral supply comes from
National production is the aggregate result of individual mines, expansions and development projects.
Global Mining Dataset allows teams to investigate that underlying asset base for a target commodity.
This creates a more granular starting point for understanding current mining activity and the potential development pipeline.
Explore the upstream supply base
- Producing mines
- Development-stage projects
- Earlier-stage prospects
- Geographic concentration
- Jurisdiction exposure
- Surrounding infrastructure
- Water context
- Other location-based constraints
Screen the factors that can constrain new supply
Development depends on the wider physical and institutional environment surrounding each mining project.
Global Mining Dataset provides a consistent first-pass view of several factors that can shape future mineral supply.
Infrastructure availability
New mineral supply often requires significant supporting infrastructure.
Screen mining assets against surrounding:
- Road networks
- Rail infrastructure
- Ports
- Power generation
- Electricity transmission
Identify projects that may require materially greater supporting development and warrant closer infrastructure analysis.
Water availability and stress
Mining and mineral processing can be highly dependent on access to water.
Compare assets using:
- Baseline water stress
- Future water stress
- Wider water availability context
- Differences between projects within the same commodity supply chain
Identify where water may represent a more material consideration for future mineral supply.
Jurisdiction exposure
Mineral supply can become concentrated in jurisdictions with very different institutional environments.
Compare mining assets using indicators covering:
- Governance
- Political stability
- Regulatory quality
- Institutional effectiveness
- State fragility
Connect jurisdiction exposure directly to the mining projects located in each country.
Local constraints
Additional spatial indicators can identify characteristics around individual assets that warrant further investigation.
Depending on available data, these can include:
- Nearby population
- Surrounding mining activity
- Contaminant indicators
- Environmental or spatial constraints
- Other characteristics associated with the asset location
Surface the asset-level questions that should shape further supply-chain analysis.
From commodity exposure to the underlying projects
Global Mining Dataset supports a more systematic approach to upstream supply-chain analysis.
Step 1
Select a commodity
Start with a mineral that is strategically important to your organisation.
This could include copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, rare earth elements or another commodity within your supply chain.
Step 2
Build the asset universe
Identify mines and development projects associated with that commodity across the relevant geographies.
Start from a broad view of the global asset base, including projects beyond those already known to the team.
Step 3
Understand geographic concentration
Review where mining activity and development projects are located.
Build a more granular view of geographic exposure than country production statistics provide on their own.
Step 4
Screen development context
Compare assets against common infrastructure, water, jurisdiction and location-based indicators.
Identify where prospective supply may face fundamentally different development environments.
Step 5
Identify areas for deeper research
Prioritise commodities, jurisdictions and projects that warrant additional market, technical, supplier or commercial analysis.
Step 6
Export the results
Move structured asset and screening data into internal market models, sourcing analysis, strategy papers and other downstream workflows.
Designed for strategic supply-chain questions
Global Mining Dataset can support questions such as:
Where could additional supply of a critical mineral come from?
Search the wider global asset universe for producing mines, development projects and earlier-stage assets associated with a target commodity.
How concentrated is the development pipeline?
Understand which countries and regions contain a large share of known projects and compare the underlying assets individually.
Which potential sources of supply face greater infrastructure constraints?
Compare road, rail, port, generation and transmission context across mining projects.
Where could water availability constrain future supply?
Screen project locations against consistent present and future water-stress indicators.
How exposed is our target commodity to higher-risk jurisdictions?
Connect mining assets to governance, stability and fragility indicators to understand where upstream project exposure is concentrated.
Which upstream projects should our strategy team investigate further?
Use asset-level screening to reduce a broad global universe to the projects or regions that justify deeper research.
Explore critical minerals beyond headline production statistics
Historical production data explains where supply comes from today. Development projects, prospects and other mineral assets provide a view of where additional supply could emerge.
Global Mining Dataset brings those assets together with producing operations so teams can investigate the wider project pipeline.
Battery supply chains
Explore lithium, nickel, cobalt or graphite assets and compare development projects across geography, infrastructure and water context.
Automotive and industrial strategy
Examine copper projects across multiple regions to understand where prospective supply is located and which assets face more challenging development conditions.
Procurement and sourcing
Compare internal upstream project lists against the same screening framework used across the broader market.
Build a structured view of the assets from which future mineral supply may emerge.
Build a consistent view across commodities and regions
Supply-chain research becomes difficult to compare when commodities, countries and projects are analysed using different sources and assumptions.
Global Mining Dataset applies a common asset structure and screening methodology across the mining asset universe.
The result is a more consistent starting point for strategic supply-chain analysis.
Compare consistently across
- Projects within the same commodity
- Alternative sourcing regions
- Established production centres and emerging jurisdictions
- Existing mines and prospective development pipelines
- Public market intelligence and internal asset lists
Understand the physical layer beneath mineral supply chains
Trade flows, processing capacity and country-level production describe later stages of critical mineral supply chains.
Global Mining Dataset provides visibility into the physical mining assets at the beginning of the chain.
Connecting those assets with infrastructure, water, jurisdiction and other location-based signals helps teams identify where upstream supply warrants closer investigation before it becomes a sourcing problem.
From 25,000+ mining assets to the supply that matters to you
Global Mining Dataset combines mines, development projects, prospects, occurrences and other mining-related assets from multiple underlying sources into a standardised global dataset.
This asset-level intelligence strengthens commodity forecasting, supplier due diligence and supply-chain traceability with consistent evidence about the mining projects beneath each commodity market.
Global Mining Dataset lets you
- Map the upstream asset base for strategic commodities
- Identify prospective sources of future mineral supply
- Assess geographic and jurisdiction concentration
- Compare development context across projects
- Identify potential infrastructure and water constraints
- Screen internal supplier or project lists
- Export structured data for further analysis
See the mining assets behind your critical mineral supply chain
Explore the global mining asset universe and understand the location-based factors that could influence existing and prospective mineral supply.