The data illustrates the number of deals in the mining and metals sector worldwide from 2000 to 2016. In 2000, there were 392 merger and acquisition deals in the minerals and mining sector worldwide. This figure increased to more than 1,100 ten years later.
2000 | 392 |
2001 | 380 |
2002 | 475 |
2003 | 475 |
2004 | 596 |
2005 | 564 |
2006 | 701 |
2007 | 903 |
2008 | 919 |
2009 | 1047 |
2010 | 1123 |
2011 | 1008 |
2012 | 941 |
2013 | 702 |
2014 | 544 |
2015 | 358 |
2016 | 477 |
2017 | 448 |