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BUSINESS / MINING AND DRILLING
List: Top Ten Publicly Listed Mining Companies by Market Capitalisation
Date: as at July 2006
Source: The Times
Base: All Mining Companies Publicly Listed on Major World Stock Markets
Notes: At the time this table was produced Xstrata was making a hostile bid for Falconbridge in competition with Phelps Dodge and Inco, two companies already in the process of merging.
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Company
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Market Capitalisation (US$)
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BHP Billiton
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120 bn
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Rio Tinto
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70 bn
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Anglo American
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60 bn
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CVRD
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59 bn
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Phelps Dodge Inco
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56 bn (* see notes above)
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Alcoa
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27 bn
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Barrick Gold
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26 bn
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Xstrata
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25 bn
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Newmont Mining
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23 bn
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Norilsk Nickel
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18 bn
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