Top Mining & Metals companies in Germany

Salt has preserved K+S (for Kali und Salz) for more than a century. Founded in 1889 to mine salt, K+S gets mosts of its sales from potash, which is extracted from salt and used in fertilizers. In addition to making potash and magnesium products, it produces salt used for industrial purposes (such as making glass), as well as for de-icing roads and cooking. Having a production capacity of about 30 million metric tons of salt, K+S is the world's leading salt producer. It has sites in Europe and North and South America (including european salt company, Morton Salt, and Sociedad Punta de Lobos). In 2011, K+S acquired Canadian miner Potash One. That year it also sold its nitrogen fertilizers unit.

Metso is a frontrunner in sustainable technologies, end-to-end solutions and services for the aggregates, minerals processing and metals refining industries globally. We improve our customers’ energy and water efficiency, increase their productivity, and reduce environmental risks with our product and service expertise.

Tata Steel is India's largest private sector steel company. The company's steel-making and finishing facilities have the capacity to produce more than 30 million tons of crude steel. Tata Steel's products include hot and cold rolled coils and sheets, galvanized sheets, tubes, wire rods, rings and bearings. Its domestic facilities are located in Jamshedpur in eastern India, and Tata's international operations include UK-based subsidiary Tata Steel Europe, Singapore's NatSteel, and Tata Steel Thailand. The company also owns interests in coal and iron projects that supply the steel maker with raw materials. The Tata Group owns about 30% of the company.

Die RHI Magnesita Switzerland AG ist der weltweit führende Technologielieferant für das Abgiessen von geschmolzenen Metallen in Stahlwerken und Giessereien. Mit der Entwicklung der INTERSTOP Flow Control Technology zählen wir seit 1966 als Pionier der Schiebertechnologie. Die RHI Magnesita Switzerland AG ist Teil des globalen Konzerns RHI MAGNESITA, dem global führenden Anbieter im Bereich Feuerfest von hochwertigen Produkten, Systemen und Serviceleistungen. Mit über 14.000 MitarbeiterInnen (rund 60 am Standort Hünenberg) in mehr als 35 Ländern beliefern wir über 10.000 Kunden weltweit.

We’re a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities.

Aurubis sure hopes you upgrade kitchenware to include some copper pots. The company operates two main business segments. The company's copper production unit produces 1 million tons of copper cathodes (a 99.9%-pure form of copper) from ore, recycling materials, and scrap. Its second business unit, copper processing, uses this copper to cast wire rod and shapes, copper alloys, and rolled products. The company produces another 1.2 million tons of copper products each year. Customers include the chemical, electronics, automotive, and construction industries. Aurubis changed its name from Norddeutsche Affinerie in 2009. The company bought the rolled products division of Luvata Oy in 2011 for $370 million.

Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 90 commodities. Our operations comprise around 150 mining and metallurgical sites, oil production assets and agricultural facilities.Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 90 commodities. Our operations comprise around 150 mining and metallurgical sites, oil production assets and agricultural facilities. We employ around 160,000 people, including contractors, in more than 50 countries.

CRH is the leading provider of materials that build, connect and improve our world, holding market leadership positions in both North America and Europe. We’re helping to make construction easier, safer and smarter, looking ahead to a time of significant opportunity and building on over a decade of industry-leading performance and growth. With operations in 28 countries, at CRH the opportunities to develop and put your skills to the test on a global level are limitless. After all, our materials and products create the surfaces and structures that shape our planet. That is what inspires our people to bring their very best to work, every single day. Are you ready to bring your best and help us continue creating a better world?