S&P Capital IQ Pro
Metals & Mining Intelligence
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Navigate the complexity of global mining markets with integrated intelligence across mining companies, projects and operating assets to make more informed strategic, investment, and operational decisions.
Make Better Mining, Investment and Growth Decisions with Mine-Level Intelligence
Whether evaluating acquisition targets, benchmarking mine performance, assessing carbon emissions, monitoring exploration activity, or analyzing commodity markets, mining stakeholders need a connected view of assets, companies, projects, and market dynamics to support investment and operational decisions.
S&P Capital IQ Pro Metals & Mining brings together mining industry intelligence, mine economics, commodity analysis and mine-level emissions data to support strategic, operational and investment decisions across the mining value chain.
Organizations can evaluate opportunities from exploration through production, monitor changing market conditions, and make more informed strategic, investment, and operational decisions.
Mining Intelligence at Scale – Our Global Mining Database Coverage
5000+
Publish mining companies
38400+
Mining properties
8180+
Operating mines
2.89M+
Mining claims
35+ Years
Historic mine productions data from 1991
Forecasts to 2050
Mine costs & emession outlook
28+ Years
Exploration data collated
723K+
Drill results
Mining Companies & Assets Evaluation
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Evaluate opportunities across the mining lifecycle
Evaluate Mining Assets, Projects and Growth Opportunities
Mining organizations, investors, and advisory teams must evaluate exploration projects, development assets, and operating mines across multiple commodities and jurisdictions. To identify attractive growth opportunities and allocate capital effectively, they need visibility into reserves, production potential, ownership structures, project economics, and long-term competitiveness.
Using S&P Capital IQ Pro:
- Screen and Compare Mining Assets
Screen mining projects globally by commodity, geography, ownership structure, development stage, and operating status to identify opportunities aligned with strategic priorities. - Assess Asset Quality and Production Potential
Analyze reserves, resources, grades, production profiles, and operational characteristics to evaluate asset quality and future production potential. - Evaluate Ownership and Development Pipelines
Compare ownership structures, project pipelines, joint ventures, and operator exposure across companies, commodities, and jurisdictions. - Analyze Project Economics and Competitiveness
Evaluate production forecasts, mine economics, cost competitiveness, and asset-level profitability to support investment and development decisions. - Identify Emerging Growth Opportunities
Monitor exploration activity, mineral discoveries, drilling results, and critical mineral trends using mapping capability and AI-powered document intelligence and search to quickly surface relevant project information and market developments.
Combined with mining asset data, ownership intelligence, commodity outlooks, Mine Economics, and AI-powered research capabilities, S&P Capital IQ Pro helps organizations benchmark opportunities, assess asset quality, and prioritize growth strategies with greater confidence.
- Screen and Compare Mining Assets
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Track exploration, development and production activity
Monitor Future Mine Supply, Commodity Exposure and Market Trends
Exploration activity, project development, financing trends, production changes, and commodity market dynamics all influence future mine supply. Organizations need visibility into these factors to understand emerging opportunities, anticipate supply risks, and evaluate changing market conditions across commodities and regions.
Using S&P Capital IQ Pro:
- Track Exploration and Development Activity
Track exploration programs, drilling results, project milestones, financing activity, and mine production trends across the mining lifecycle. Monitor future supply availability with access to more than 20 years of global exploration budget data, historical mined production data dating back to 1991, and projected supply estimates through 2050. - Monitor Mining Industry Trends, Exploration Activities and Commodity Price Forecasts
Access monthly commodity market forecasts and metal price forecasts, research on exploration activity trends, reserve replacement analysis and quarterly mining market reports to understand future mine supply outlook. - Evaluate Critical Minerals Exposure
Analyze key themes, market developments, geopolitical analysis and long-term outlooks shaping investment flows and the supply chain for critical minerals, rare earths and energy transition materials with our mining research insights. - Monitor Competitive Activity and Emerging Projects
Compare activity by commodity, geography, development stage, and company type, while tracking key market developments via alerts and watchlists.
S&P Capital IQ Pro provides comprehensive intelligence across the mining lifecycle, helping you to monitor how assets progress from discovery through production and evaluate their impact on future market dynamics. With access to global exploration budget data, historical mined production data, and projected supply estimates, organizations can monitor significant financings and drilling announcements, and evaluate how exploration, acquisitions, discoveries, and production activity influence future supply availability.
- Track Exploration and Development Activity
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Assess mining deals and financing activity
Evaluate Acquisitions, Financing and Strategic Transactions
Mining transactions require a clear understanding of both company performance and asset quality. Whether evaluating acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, capital raises, or strategic reviews, teams need visibility into reserves, production potential, ownership structures, operating economics, commodity exposure, and historical transaction activity. Without a consistent analytical framework, it can be difficult to compare opportunities, validate valuation assumptions, and identify risks that may affect investment outcomes.
Using S&P Capital IQ Pro:
- Identify M&A and Financing Opportunities
Screen mining companies, projects, acquisition targets, strategic partners, and financing opportunities across global markets. - Benchmark Transaction Activity and Valuations
Analyze 15 years of historical mining M&A activity, financing transactions, geography, valuation benchmarks, and deal structures to understand market trends. - Evaluate Asset Quality and Economics
Benchmark reserves, resources, production profiles, operating costs, margins, and project economics against comparable mining assets. - Assess Ownership, Financing and Risk Exposure
Analyze ownership structures, joint ventures, financing history, capital markets activity, and carbon emissions considerations as part of transaction evaluation. - Incorporate Market Expectations into Transaction Analysis
Access Visible Alpha consensus estimates alongside financial, operational, and mining asset data to assess earnings expectations, valuation drivers, and market views during acquisition and financing evaluations.
S&P Capital IQ Pro connects company intelligence, asset-level mining data, Mine Economics, transaction intelligence, ownership information, commodity forecasts and Visible Alpha consensus estimates within a single workflow. This helps transaction teams conduct more efficient due diligence, benchmark opportunities consistently, evaluate valuation drivers, and support acquisition, financing, and strategic decision-making with greater confidence.
- Identify M&A and Financing Opportunities
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Understand mine economics and cost competitiveness
Analyze Mine-Level Economics and Cost Competitiveness
Mining companies, investors, and advisory teams must understand how changes in commodity prices, inflationary pressures, operating costs, and capital requirements affect profitability and asset competitiveness. Consistent benchmarking across mines, projects, commodities, and jurisdictions is critical to evaluating investment opportunities and supporting operational and strategic decisions.
Using Capital IQ Pro:
- Benchmark Asset Competitiveness
Compare mining assets against peers using commodity-specific cost curves and cost positioning analysis. - Analyze Cost Structures and Margins
Evaluate All-in Costs (AIC), All-in Sustaining Costs (AISC), operating cost drivers, and Total Cash Margins to better understand profitability. - Assess Project Economics and Valuation
Analyze DCF, NPV, IRR, production forecasts, and cash flow metrics to evaluate project viability and long-term value. - Model Market and Commodity Scenarios
Perform commodity price sensitivity analysis and assess potential impacts on asset performance and investment outcomes. - Accelerate Economic Research and Analysis
Use AI-powered document intelligence and search to locate supporting economic assumptions, project information, research, and market intelligence relevant to mine valuation and benchmarking.
Mine Economics on Capital IQ Pro provides mine-level cost, margin, production, and economic intelligence within a single workflow. By combining cost curves, valuation metrics, forecasting, and benchmarking tools, organizations can assess asset competitiveness, evaluate project viability, and support investment, operational, and strategic decision-making with greater consistency.
- Benchmark Asset Competitiveness
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Monitor mine-level sustainability and carbon exposure
Benchmark Mine-level Carbon Emissions and Transition Risk
Mining companies, investors, and advisory teams increasingly need to assess carbon emissions performance alongside operational and financial performance. Understanding carbon intensity, transition risk, and decarbonization opportunities has become an important component of investment evaluation, strategic planning, and sustainability initiatives.
Mining Carbon Emissions Curves on Capital IQ Pro provide mine-level Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions models, carbon intensity benchmarking, and forward-looking emissions forecasts from 2023 to 2050 across 17 commodities.
- Benchmark Emissions Performance
Compare mine-level carbon intensity across mines, companies, commodities, countries, and regions. - Assess Carbon Transition Risk
Evaluate carbon exposure and transition risks alongside operational, financial, and market considerations. - Identify Decarbonization Opportunities
Analyze emissions reduction opportunities and compare sustainability performance across assets and portfolios. Identify the key drivers of emissions and analyze the operating costs of individual mines via our Mine Economics (DCF) models to enhance operational efficiency. - Support Investment and Due Diligence Workflows
Incorporate emissions analysis into acquisition reviews, portfolio monitoring, investment screening, and sustainability reporting processes.
Combined with Mining Carbon Emissions Curves, emissions forecasting, carbon intensity benchmarking, sustainability intelligence, and AI-powered research capabilities, S&P Capital IQ Pro helps organizations evaluate climate-related risks and incorporate emissions analysis into strategic and investment decision-making.
- Benchmark Emissions Performance
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Stay ahead of commodity markets and industry developments
Access Mining News, Research, and Market Intelligence
The metals and mining industry is influenced by changing commodity markets, exploration activity, project development trends, financing conditions, geopolitical developments, and evolving supply-demand fundamentals. Staying ahead of these developments requires access to timely market intelligence, research, forecasts, and news from trusted sources. Without a centralized research workflow, teams may spend significant time searching across multiple sources to identify relevant developments and understand their impact on companies, assets, commodities, and investment decisions.
Using Capital IQ Pro:
- Access Proprietary Mining Research and Industry Intelligence
Access proprietary mining research, commodity consensus price forecasts, monthly commodity market reports, investment research, and global mining news within a single workflow. Track exploration activity, project developments, financing activity, commodity outlooks, production trends, company announcements, and market-moving events affecting metals and mining markets. - Accelerate Research with AI-Powered Discovery
Use AI-powered document intelligence and search capabilities to quickly locate relevant insights across research reports, company disclosures, earnings materials, news, filings, and mining intelligence content, helping streamline research workflows and accelerate information discovery.
S&P Capital IQ Pro combines proprietary mining research, commodity forecasts, market intelligence, global mining news, company intelligence, and Visible Alpha consensus estimates and investment research within a single workflow. Together with AI-powered document intelligence and search capabilities, organizations can efficiently discover relevant insights, evaluate company performance and market expectations, and support more informed investment, operational, and strategic decision-making.
- Access Proprietary Mining Research and Industry Intelligence
How Mining Companies Can Optimize Portfolios, Projects and Capital Allocation
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Mining companies
Mining companies must continuously balance production growth, operational performance, project economics, and portfolio optimization in an increasingly complex market environment. Decision-makers need visibility into asset quality, reserves, resources, operating costs, ownership structures, development pipelines, and commodity market dynamics to identify growth opportunities and allocate capital effectively. Evaluating these factors consistently across multiple assets, commodities, and jurisdictions can be challenging when critical information is spread across disconnected data sources.
Using S&P Capital IQ Pro:
- Evaluate Asset Performance and Competitiveness
Use S&P Capital IQ Pro to benchmark mine costs, margins, production performance, reserves, and resources against comparable assets across commodities and regions, to identify high-performing assets, operational risks, and portfolio priorities. - Assess Growth and Development Opportunities
Analyze mining project pipelines, ownership structures, production forecasts, exploration activity, drilling results, and mineral discoveries to identify expansion opportunities and evaluate long-term growth potential. - Evaluate Strategic Transactions and Investments
Screen acquisition, divestiture, joint venture, and partnership opportunities using integrated company intelligence, asset-level mining data, transaction history, and Mine Economics analysis. - Monitor Market Conditions and Support Capital Allocation Decisions
Assess commodity price forecasts, supply-demand trends, critical minerals exposure, and market developments while using AI-powered document intelligence and search to quickly identify relevant insights across research, company disclosures, and mining intelligence content, to support strategic planning and capital allocation decisions.
Combined with proprietary mining research, commodity forecasts, and market intelligence, S&P Capital IQ Pro helps mining companies optimize portfolio, capital allocation planning, project prioritization, and strategic growth decisions.
- Evaluate Asset Performance and Competitiveness
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Investment managers and private equity firms
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Investment banking
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Mining equipment suppliers & service providers
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Government & regulatory agencies
How Mining Companies, Investors and Industry Advisors Use Capital IQ Pro
Organizations across the mining value chain use S&P Capital IQ Pro Metals & Mining to evaluate investments, benchmark assets, monitor industry developments, and identify growth opportunities. The following examples demonstrate how different organizations leverage mining asset intelligence, Mine Economics, company analysis, market research, and commodity intelligence to support strategic, investment, and commercial decision-making.
Expand Global Mining Investment Opportunities
A business development team pursuing geographic and product diversification needed greater visibility into global mining assets, transaction activity, mine economics, and commodity markets. Using mining intelligence, asset benchmarking, company financials, and acquisition analysis, the team improved its ability to identify and evaluate potential investment and acquisition opportunities globally.
Support Data-Driven M&A and Mining Investment Analysis
An M&A investment team wanted to consolidate fragmented information sources and improve its ability to assess mining companies and projects worldwide. Access to company financials, transaction intelligence, mining property data, market developments, and industry news helped strengthen due diligence, valuation analysis, and investment screening workflows.
Forecast Equipment Demand and Commercial Opportunities
A consultancy serving mining equipment suppliers needed deeper insight into project activity, commodity production, mine development, and capital spending trends. Using mine-level forecasts, project intelligence, asset tracking, and commodity analysis, the firm improved market forecasting, commercial opportunity assessment, and demand analysis for its clients
Streamline Mining Acquisition Analysis and Executive Reporting
A corporate strategy team required broader visibility into global mining assets, acquisition targets, analyst expectations, company developments, and commodity markets to support investment recommendations. By integrating mining intelligence, company financials, analyst consensus estimates, and key developments data into internal dashboards and workflows, the team improved opportunity screening, due diligence, and executive reporting processes.
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