Cecil Earth / Asset locations / Global Major Mines
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Global Major Mines

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.

Frameworks

TCFD TNFD supply chain due diligence

Use cases

  • Supply chain due diligence — screening upstream facilities against sensitive areas
  • TNFD physical asset exposure mapping
  • Industrial footprint analysis for ESG screening
  • Extractives sector nature risk assessment

Who uses this

ESG analysts at financial institutions, supply chain due diligence teams, and nature risk consultants use the Global Major Mines database to screen mining asset locations against biodiversity-sensitive areas, protected zones, and watershed boundaries. Investors use it for ESG screening of extractives portfolios. TNFD reporting teams at mining companies use it as the asset registry layer for location-based nature risk assessments across their global operational footprint.

Access this dataset

Available via the Cecil API and Python SDK. One agreement covers all 40+ datasets.

pip install cecil

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