# Global Major Mines

PlanetSapling — version 1

## Description

This dataset contains the point locations and properties of >3000 major mining assets across 140 countries globally. Data is compiled from publicly available information, including company disclosures, regulatory filings, annual reports, official company website text, and open news articles.

## Summary

- **ID:** 36ae644b-11ab-4977-bbc6-78b3226b440d
- **Type:** Vector
- **CRS:** EPSG:4326
- **Spatial coverage:** Global
- **Spatial resolution:** 
- **Temporal coverage:** 
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## Usage notes

Contact us for access. This dataset is updated in December of each year. Updates add new or newly catalogued mining assets and keep status, owner, or operator details of existing assets as current as possible. Point locations are mine asset centroids, so may fall outside of parcel boundaries for assets with non-adjacent parcels.

## Variables

### mine_id
- **Type:** str
Mining asset unique identifier.

### status
- **Type:** str
Mine activity status.

### mine_name
- **Type:** str
Official or commonly used mine name.

### core_commodities
- **Type:** str
Primary commodity or commodities extracted or targeted.

### mine_type
- **Type:** str
Primary mine type.

### parent_owners
- **Type:** str
Parent company or entities holding ownership interests by percentage.

### direct_owner
- **Type:** str
Direct owner or entity responsible for day-to-day operations.

### latitude
- **Type:** float64
- **Units:** Decimal degrees
Mining asset latitude.

### longitude
- **Type:** float64
- **Units:** Decimal degrees
Mining asset longitude.

### country
- **Type:** str
Accuracy flag for latitude and longitude variables. Assigned manually based on reliability of location information.

### ownership_confidence
- **Type:** str
Mining asset unique identifier.

## Pricing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V-ehXCPIVzbpPnKhfho0eu9WeP-xakYQ/view?usp=sharing