NavigatIIR: Active Metals & Minerals Industry Projects Approach $1.9 Trillion Worldwide

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Industrial Info is tracking $1.86 trillion in active Metals & Minerals Industry projects throughout the world. The mining sector, with more than $965 billion in projects, leads the industry in terms of project value, followed by steel manufacturing. Asia, with nearly $874 billion in active projects, leads other world regions.

Among the top projects currently underway is Rio Tinto's (NYSE:RIO) (London, England) addition project at a copper and gold mine in Mongolia.

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