The data displays aggregate operating expense data of the global mining industry represented by the top forty mining companies worldwide, from 2002 to 2017. In 2017, the mining industry's leading companies had operating expenses of approx. 454 billion USD.
2002 | 72 |
2003 | 81 |
2004 | 129 |
2005 | 141 |
2006 | 141 |
2007 | 176 |
2008 | 208 |
2009 | 217 |
2010 | 246 |
2011 | 487 |
2012 | 553 |
2013 | 554 |
2014 | 531 |
2015 | 448 |
2016 | 390 |
2017 | 454 |