The Parker Bay Company

The Database service canvasses all known large-scale surface coal, metallic and non-metallic mineral mines throughout the world.  The Database attempts to include every mine that operates one or more of the machine types identified above.  No attempt was made to encompass all stone quarries or sand/gravel operations, but a limited number of large operations were included when known to operate some of the equipment listed above. The Database is also limited in coverage of mines in China and countries of the Former Soviet Union.

The Database contains over 1,600 mines/locations (some records of closed mines are maintained for purposes of historical analysis).  Of this total, around 1,300 active mines/locations worldwide (in 100 different countries) are known to operate one or more of the equipment types listed above.  In the vast majority of instances, specific mine sites (including name, address, phone, fax, etc.) have been identified.  In limited instances, equipment was identified by corporate groupings above the mine level (e.g. coal-producing entities within the Coal India corporate structure).

The 1,300-plus mines included in the database supply the majority of surface-mined coal, copper, iron ore and gold produced annually.  They also include major suppliers of more than twenty other minerals.  A matrix indicating the number of identified mines by country and mineral is included below.

1. Includes only mines in active operation and with internationally sourced equipment.

2. Includes contractor locations where operating mine is unspecified.