Top 1-20. MINING & METALLURGY. Forbes World's Billionaires List. The Richest in 2023

 

 Forbes World's Billionaires List. The Richest in 2021. MINING & METALLURGY (Top 1-20):
1. #24 Gautam Adani & family (India) - coal
2. #52 Gina Rinehart (Australia) - iron ore
3. #54 German Larrea Mota Velasco & family (Mexico) - copper, molybdenum, silver, coal
4.  #56  Low Tuck Kwong (Indonesia) - coal
5. #58 Andrey Melnichenko (Russia) -  baddeleyite concentrate, apatite concentrate, iron  concentrate, phosphate fertilizers,  feed phosphates, potash fertilizers, coal
6. #62 Vladimir Potanin (Russia) -   nickel, copper, cobalt, palladium, platinum, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, silver, gold, selenium, tellurium, other metals, coal
7. #65 Iris Fontbona & family (Chile) - copper, molybdenum, gold
8. #70 Vladimir Lisin (Russia) -  steel, limestone, dolomite, coal
9. #79  Alexey Mordashov (Russia) -  steel, gold, coal, broken stone
10. #82 Andrew Forrest (Australia) - iron ore
11. #84 Wang Wenyin (China) - copper, tungsten
12. #93 Lakshmi Mittal (India, United Kingdom) - steel, coal
13. #94 Savitri Jindal & family (India) - steel, coal
14. #114 Radhakishan Damani (India) - limestone
15. #116 Dhanin Chearavanont (Thailand) - iron ore, steel, aluminium, bauxite,  alumina, magnetite, coal, manganese
16. #122 Alisher Usmanov (Russia) - steel, copper, iron ore
17. #124 Kumar Birla (India) - aluminium, copper, limestone,  iron ore, ferro alloys, coal, dolomite, precious metals,  phosphoric fertilisers, diamond
18. #124 Aliko Dangote (Nigeria) - limestone, coal
19. #140 Mikhail Fridman (Russia, Israel, United Kingdom) - recycling aluminum scrap, steel, coal
20. #142 Dang Yanbao (China) - coal 

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

Top 1-10. MINING & METALLURGY. Forbes World's Billionaires List. The Richest in 2023

  

Forbes World's Billionaires List. The Richest in 2023. MINING & METALLURGY (Top 1-10): 

1. #24 Gautam Adani & family (India) - coal
2. #52 Gina Rinehart (Australia) - iron ore
3. #54 German Larrea Mota Velasco & family (Mexico) - copper, molybdenum, silver, coal
4.  #56  Low Tuck Kwong (Indonesia) - coal
5. #58 Andrey Melnichenko (Russia) -  baddeleyite concentrate, apatite concentrate, iron  concentrate, phosphate fertilizers,  feed phosphates, potash fertilizers, coal
6. #62 Vladimir Potanin (Russia) -   nickel, copper, cobalt, palladium, platinum, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, silver, gold, selenium, tellurium, other metals, coal
7. #65 Iris Fontbona & family (Chile) - copper, molybdenum, gold
8. #70 Vladimir Lisin (Russia) -  steel, limestone, dolomite, coal
9. #79  Alexey Mordashov (Russia) -  steel, gold, coal, broken stone
10. #82 Andrew Forrest (Australia) - iron ore
 
Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

CLASSIFICATION OF RAW MATERIALS OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REE)

 CLASSIFICATION OF RAW MATERIALS OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REE)

Author of the classification is Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya, 2023

RAW MATERIALS OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REE)

1. Rare earth element deposits

1.1. Primary deposits (More than 450 deposits)

1.2. Placer deposits (or Alluvial):

1.2.1. Marine deposits (or Ocean deposits) (More than 170 deposits)

 1.2.2. Fluvial deposits (More than 58 deposits)

1.3. Ion-adsorption clays (IAC) deposits (or Ionic clay deposits)

2. Waste

2.1. Industrial waste (Pit water, Phosphogypsum, Coal ash)

2.2. Secondary raw materials

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

 

CLASSIFICATION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REE) DEPOSIT TYPES

CLASSIFICATION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REE) DEPOSIT TYPES
Author of the classification is Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya, 2023
Rare earth element deposits
1. Primary deposits (More than 450 deposits)
2. Placer deposits (or Alluvial):
2.1. Marine deposits (or ocean deposits) (More than 170 deposits)
 2.2. Fluvial deposits (More than 58 deposits)
3. Ion-adsorption clays (IAC) deposits (or Ionic clay deposits)
Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya 

 

REE deposits

We know more than 681 deposits of REE in 79 countries to date. The 450 occurrence this primary deposits of REE.

Distribution of deposits by continent:
Asia - 32%
America - 23% (North America - 16%)
Europe - 17%
Africa - 16%
Australia - 12%

The greatest number of REE primary deposits by country:
Russia - 94 (of 96 deposits)
USA - 54 (of 80 deposits)
China - 19 (of 34 deposits)
Brazil - 16 (of 37 deposits)
Australia - 9 (of 75 deposits)

Countries that have 9-15 REE deposits:
Asia - Sri Lanka, Vietnam, India, Myanmar (these countries have mainly alluvial deposits), Saudi Arabia
Africa - Mozambique, South Africa, Angola, Madagascar, Namibia
Europe - France, Ukraine, Sweden, Norway
North America - Canada, Greenland (Denmark)

Countries that have all types of REE deposits (primary deposits, alluvial and fluvial placers:
   USA
   China
   Brazil

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya 

 

Progressive flotation machines and auxiliary equipment of the world

I am writing a book “Progressive flotation machines and auxiliary equipment of the world”. This information will be used to create algorithms and programs within the “Mineral Benefication Information System” for the selection and calculation of equipment for flotation. I need information about your equipment and your services.

I create “Mineral Benefication Information System” by the following criteria:
1. The design and principle of operation of the flotation machine
2. What physical processes occur in the flotation machine of this type.
3. Types of aeration used in this machine
4. For which types of flotation, you can use a flotation machine of this type. Expansion of the scope of activities.
5. Improving flotation control
6. Advantages
7. Disadvantages
8. Prospects for modernization and improvement
9. Recommended reagent modes and schemes
10. Methods for calculating flotation machines
11. Other.
This data does not exist anywhere. I will analyze every machine myself. Often, manufacturers of flotation machines themselves do not know all the advantages of their machines, which limits the scope of their use.
Feel free to offer me everything you have not only for flotation, but also other equipment for the separation of minerals.

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya 

 

"Petrovsky's Matrix" will make for you a breakthrough in future of mining today!

 "Petrovsky's Matrix" will make for you a breakthrough in future of mining today!
Who can use the "Mineral Benefication Information System" and the "Petrovsky's Matrix"?
⦁ Banks, Exchanges, Investment funds, Investors, Angels, Shareholders. Risk calculation
⦁ Economists. Calculation of profit
⦁ Metallurgists, concentrators, technologists, design companies. Creation of technologies for ore processing
⦁ Geologists, shareholders. Determination of the effectiveness of deposite
⦁ Research metallurgical laboratories. Researching
⦁ Owners of existing plants. Reconstruction and modernization of the plant
⦁ Mineralogists. Geologists. Determination of perspective, critical, strategic minerals
⦁ Reagents sellers, plants. Selection of reagents
⦁ Manufacturers of equipment. Creation of new equipment and new applications for existing equipment
⦁ Manufacturers of reagents. Creation of new reagents
⦁ The creators of technology. Creation of new technologies
⦁ Universities, scientists, researchers, specialists. Simulation and modeling of ore benefication processes and systems
⦁ Design companies, the creators of technology, metallurgists, concentrators, technologists, scientists, researchers, specialists. The choice of the method for the separation of minerals

Are you tired of the fact that your employees can not solve the elementary tasks? You spend a lot of money on their training, conferences, exchange of experience. But do they go to the laboratory as at the Stone Age and for years can not solve elementary problems? Moreover, employees do not have the appropriate basic skills and knowledge to solve complex modern problems.

Do not be discouraged! "
Using the "Petrovsky's Matrix", any of you can make the necessary calculations in a few hours. You do not need to study, read mountains of scientific literature, have special education and specific knowledge. We did it for you.
Petrovsky's Matrix" will make for you a breakthrough in future of mining today!

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

 

CLASSIFICATION OF MINERAL DEPOSITS AND RAW MATERIAL RESOURCES. Author of classification is Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

 

 1.1. These are the richest deposits.

This is an elite club. Extraneous are not allowed there.

Owners are State-owned companies or The Bloomberg Billionaires and The Forbes Billionaires. For example, Gina Rinehart,  Andrew Forrest  (Australia), Iris Fontbona (Chile), Rinat Akhmetov (Ukraine), Vladimir Kim (Kazakhstan), Viktor Rashnikov, Vladimir Lisin, Roman Abramovich, Oleg Deripaska, Vladimir Potanin, Alexei Mordashov, Dmitry Rybolovlev (Russia) and other.

2.1. - 2.n. Unprofitable mineral deposits. These are very poor deposits, or deposits for which cost-effective technology does not exist. The development of new technologies may take decades. This is the will of chance and good luck. But brokers and geologists do not want to wait long and sell under the guise of "deposits for underground leaching". 

Currently, I often meet many projects where they offer in situ leaching of ores (In situ leaching, In-situ leaching (ISL), in-situ recovery (ISR), solution  mining).
In situ leaching leaching (ISL) is a miracle or a new advertising move? 

Sometimes this is a way to sell you a poor deposit under the guise of a new trend!

3.1. - 3.n. Technogenic deposits (Anthropogenic deposits).

My personal opinion: Modern technogenic deposits are formed as a result of the use of bad technology.  

Recycling is the reprocessing of waste.
I have been engaged in recycling of mining and metallurgical wastes for more than 25 years, so I am very well versed in this field. Often recycling is of positive significance. I know such examples.
However, recently the concept of "recycling" has been used in questionable schemes.
The purpose of such schemes is to make you pay several times for the same product

You can read in more detail here Recycling of mining waste. Who will make a profit?

4.1. - 4.n. Secondary raw materials from which finished products are obtained.

For example,

• The medals for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics were made through the recycling of small electronic devices.

• Processing of non-ferrous scrap metal in giant shaft furnace.

5.1. Occurrences are not deposits, but brokers actively sell them.

For example, under the guise of REE deposits, they can sell an occurrence containing apatite, thorite, fluorite, brockite and many others. Such “deposits” are unpromising for the production of REE.

We can give a lot of such examples. We presented in the table only a few real examples

5.2.  Industrial waste. We know many examples where different tailing dumps, slurry waste, overburden rock (also called waste or spoil) are sold under the guise of mineral deposits.

A good mineral deposit is a rare find. Not every occurrence of minerals is a true mineral deposit.

 

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

BREAKTHROUGH IN FUTURE OF MINING

 

 

Let's assume that you are behind in the development of mining. 

How did it happen that even weak and poor competitors have overtaken you? What to do?

I suggest that you bypass the path of traditional development and make a leap forward.

My cherished goal: The system scans the terrain, finds a mineral deposit and offers 5-10 competing technologies for processing minerals.

While the creeping empiricist is still huddling with ore in the lab and is spending $ 1000 or more on one experiment, you are sitting in a cozy office, and various automatic devices do research work for you in a few minutes or hours.

You do not need hundreds of specialists in the field of mining, but only a few people to interact with the expert system. An independent expert system will describe the real situation (only if it is correctly taught) and will give you the accurate way of solving the problem. The system has no fear of being fired for a negative forecast and it has no a desire to delay the solution of the problem and raise the salary. The system has no jealousy for a more talented and successful fellow researcher, there is no desire to lime it to the detriment of the common cause. Now you know where to go and where our goal is.

We are ahead, and competitors are outsiders, who are compelled to overtake us.

Let's say that you went the traditional way. You invested hundreds of billions of dollars. You have trained hundreds of new specialists, opened new research institutes and laboratories, and issued hundreds of scientific grants. And so, 50-100 years passed, but a miracle did not happen. Your money flows like water into the sand. You did not wait for the expected result. In addition, subsequent generations of researchers and industrialists also went the wrong way. I know many such examples. If a researcher can just "eat money" for years without getting the expected final result, then he will do so (Murphy's Law). The increase in funding for research will only exacerbate this situation.

Why is this happening? Because you go a long and thorny traditional way. You do everything like everyone and repeat their mistakes. If you have not yet done this, then stop, and do nothing. This will save your money for the present business. Do not spend money in vain is to earn money! Machines do not need money!

Join us, and you can make a breakthrough in mining with us!

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya and Ph.D. Igor Bobin

 Wednesday, 13 June 2018

Recommendations on basic calculations for specialists and investors. Mining and Metallurgy. By Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

 

Equation for calculating of technological indicators

 

Let's test your knowledge and intuition. Which business will be the first to get out of sanctions?

 

Check your intuition, I'll check my calculations!

Ten billionaires out of a hundred from the European Union.

Which mining investors will get even richer this year and climb even higher on the Forbes list? Why do you think so? 

 

37. #323 David Reuben (United Kingdom) - aluminum, steel, copper, recycling  scrap metals
38. #323 Simon Reuben (United Kingdom) - aluminum, steel, copper

44. #369 Ludwig Merckle (Germany) - limestone, natural stone aggregates (sand and gravel), crushed aggregates (stone chippings and crushed stones)

46. #391 Fredrik Lundberg (Sweden) - steel, recycling steel scrap

53. #502 Ivan Glasenberg (Switzerland) - aluminum, nickel, zinc, copper, lead, ferroalloys, coal, bauxite, iron ore

61. #589 Thomas Schmidheiny (Switzerland) - gravel, sand, natural stone aggregates, limestone 

73. #705 Daniel Kretinsky (Czechia) - coal

87. #807 Paolo & Gianfelice Mario Rocca (Italy,  Argentina) - steel, iron ore, gold, copper

91. #891 Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone (Italy) - limestone, calcined clay

98. #956 Zygmunt Solorz-Zak (Poland) - coal

 

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya 

 

 

WHICH COUNTRIES ARE BILLIONAIRES INVESTING IN METALS & MINING IN 2022?

 

Billionaires from 20 countries invested in mining in 2022.
According to Forebs, 2.5 % of billionaires invest in mining. According to my rough calculations, about 10 % of billionaires have ever invested in mining and metallurgy.

Percentage of billionaires investing in mining:
1. Ukraine - 57 %
2. South Africa - 40 %
3. Kazakhstan - 40 %
4. Peru - 33 %
5. Chile - 29 %
6. Greece - 25 %
7. Australia - 17 %
8. Mexico - 13 %
9. Russia - 12.8 %
10. Malaysia - 12 %
11. Czechia - 11 %
12. Spain - 7 %
13. Israel - 3.3 %
14. China - 2.2 %
15. Taiwan - 1.96 %
16. Italy - 1.92 %
17. United Kingdom - 1.8 %
18. Canada - 1.6 %
19. India - 1.4 %
20. United States - 0.3 %

Percentage of billionaires investing in mining = (number of billionaires investing in mining/total number of billionaires)х100, %.

I used Forebs for my calculations.

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

NUMBER OF BILLIONAIRES PER CAPITA

 

NUMBER OF BILLIONAIRES PER CAPITA.
Number of billionaires in the country per 1 million population, 2021:

Monaco 102.56
Hong Kong   9.35
Singapore 4.60
Switzerland 4.42
Israel 2.89
Cyprus 2.44
United States 2.18
Canada 1.73
Australia 1.68
Germany 1.62
Austria 1.33
United Kingdom 0.99
Italy 0.84
South Korea 0.83
Russia 0.81
France 0.65
Spain  0.60
Chile 0.46
China 0.44
Greece  0.39
Japan 0.39
United Arab Emirates 0.31
Belgium 0.26
India 0.1

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

 

Top 101-150. MINING & METALLURGY

 

Forbes World's Billionaires List. The Richest in 2021. MINING & METALLURGY (Top 101-150):

101. #1008 Song Zuowen (China) - alumina, aluminum
102. #1008 Hans Sy (Philippines) - copper, gold
103.  #1008 Herbert Sy  (Philippines) - copper, gold
104. #1064 Marcel Erni  (Switzerland) - gold
105. #1064 Samir Mehta (India) - coal
106. #1064 Sudhir Mehta (India) - coal
107. #1064 Farhad Moshiri (Iran, United Kingdom, Monaco ) - steel, iron ore,  copper, nickel, platinum, silver, gold, cobalt
108. #1064 Patrice Motsepe (South Africa) -   iron ore, manganese, chrome, gold, platinum,  platinum group metals (PGMs), nickel, coal
109. #1064 Alexander Nesis (Russia, Malta) - potassium fertilizers, coal,  gold, silver, copper, niobium, rare-earth metals,  using uranium production waste  to produce and sell rare-earth metals
110. #1064 Arkady Rotenberg (Russia) - lime fertilizer (limestone, calcium carbonate), chalk, gypsum
111. #1064 Urs Wietlisbach (Switzerland) - gold
112. #1111 David Gottesman (United States) - gold
113. #1111 Alicia Koplowitz (Spain) - coal, limestone, steel,  nickel alloys, recovery of waste
114. #1111 Timur Kulibaev (Kazakhstan) - gold
115. #1111 Dinara Kulibaeva (Kazakhstan) - gold
116. #1111 Li Liufa & family (China) - limestone, steel
117. #1111 Konstantin Strukov (Russia) - coal, gold, copper, iron concentrate
118.  #1174 Lu Zhiqiang (China) - Iron ore, coal, gold, manganese
119. #1174 Su Suyu & family (China) - coal
120. #1174 Sun Shoukuan (China) - coal, scrap steels, metallurgical coke
121. #1174 Harley Sy (Philippines) - copper, nickel, gold, silver, iron ore,  pyrite, magnetite, molybdenum
122. #1174 Henry Sy, Jr. (Philippines) - copper, nickel, gold, silver, iron ore,  pyrite, magnetite,  molybdenum
123. #1205 Yu Qibing & family (China) - quartz sand
124. #1249 Andrei Bokarev (Russia) - copper, zinc, lead, gold, coal, iron ore concentrate
125. #1249 Leon G. Cooperman (United States) - vanadium pentoxide
126. #1249 Gerald Ford (United States) - copper, gold, silver, molybdenum
127. #1249 Phillip Frost (United States) -  gold
128. #1249 Mikhail Gutseriev (Russia) - coal, aluminium, bauxite,  alumina, molybdenum
129. #1249 Lee Hae-jin (South Korea) - lithium
130. #1249 Victor Pinchuk (Ukraine) -  steel, cast iron, coke
131. #1299 Douglas Hsu (Taiwan) - limestone
132. #1299 Luo Yangyong & family (China) - titanium concentrates (rutile titanium dioxide, anatase titanium dioxide), iron concentrates, vanadium-titanium concentrates, vanadium-titanium-iron concentrate, sulphur-cobalt concentrates
133. #1299 Dmitry Pumpyansky (Russia) - steel, cast iron
134. #1299 Shen Wenrong (China) -  steel, iron ore
135. #1299 Zhang Zhixiang (China) - steel, iron ore
136. #1362 Sezai Bacaksiz (Turkey) - coal, limestone
137. #1362 Jiang Weiping & family (China) - lithium (spodumene),  lithium products including lithium hydroxide, lithium carbonate, lithium chloride, lithium metal and mineral concentrates
138. #1362 Alexander Mamut (Russia) - silver, gold, copper
139. #1362 Daniel Mate (Spain) - aluminum, nickel, zinc, copper, lead, ferroalloys, coal, bauxite
140. #1362 Aristotelis Mistakidis (Greece, United Kingdom) - aluminum, nickel, zinc, copper, lead, ferroalloys, coal, bauxite
141. #1362 Fernando Roberto Moreira Salles (Brazil) - niobium, f​erroniobium, niobium oxides, niobium zirconium in ingot form
142.  #1362 Joao Moreira Salles (Brazil) - niobium, f​erroniobium, niobium oxides, niobium zirconium in ingot form
143. #1362 Walther Moreira Salles Junior (Brazil)  -  niobium, f​erroniobium, niobium oxides, niobium zirconium in ingot form
144. #1362 Nihat Ozdemir (Turkey) - limestone, coal
145. #1362 Krit Ratanarak (Thailand) - limestone, clay
146. #1362 Stephan Schmidheiny (Switzerland) - asbestos
147. #1362 Konstyantin Zhevago (Ukraine) - iron ore, pellet, ferroalloys
148. #1444 Jose Joao Abdalla Filho (Brazil) - limestone
149. #1444 Ramon Ang (Philippines) - limestone, nickel, coal
150. #1444 Yadu Hari Dalmia & family (India) - limestone, steel, iron ore (sinter, pellets), copper, lead, nickel, aluminium, precious metals

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

Top 101-140. MINING & METALLURGY

 

Forbes World's Billionaires List. The Richest in 2021. MINING & METALLURGY (Top 101-140):

101. #1008 Song Zuowen (China) - alumina, aluminum
102. #1008 Hans Sy (Philippines) - copper, gold
103.  #1008 Herbert Sy  (Philippines) - copper, gold
104. #1064 Marcel Erni  (Switzerland) - gold
105. #1064 Samir Mehta (India) - coal
106. #1064 Sudhir Mehta (India) - coal
107. #1064 Farhad Moshiri (Iran, United Kingdom, Monaco ) - steel, iron ore,  copper, nickel, platinum, silver, gold, cobalt
108. #1064 Patrice Motsepe (South Africa) -   iron ore, manganese, chrome, gold, platinum,  platinum group metals (PGMs), nickel, coal
109. #1064 Alexander Nesis (Russia, Malta) - potassium fertilizers, coal,  gold, silver, copper, niobium, rare-earth metals,  using uranium production waste  to produce and sell rare-earth metals
110. #1064 Arkady Rotenberg (Russia) - lime fertilizer (limestone, calcium carbonate), chalk, gypsum
111. #1064 Urs Wietlisbach (Switzerland) - gold
112. #1111 David Gottesman (United States) - gold
113. #1111 Alicia Koplowitz (Spain) - coal, limestone, steel,  nickel alloys, recovery of waste
114. #1111 Timur Kulibaev (Kazakhstan) - gold
115. #1111 Dinara Kulibaeva (Kazakhstan) - gold
116. #1111 Li Liufa & family (China) - limestone, steel
117. #1111 Konstantin Strukov (Russia) - coal, gold, copper, iron concentrate
118.  #1174 Lu Zhiqiang (China) - Iron ore, coal, gold, manganese
119. #1174 Su Suyu & family (China) - coal
120. #1174 Sun Shoukuan (China) - coal, scrap steels, metallurgical coke
121. #1174 Harley Sy (Philippines) - copper, nickel, gold, silver, iron ore,  pyrite, magnetite, molybdenum
122. #1174 Henry Sy, Jr. (Philippines) - copper, nickel, gold, silver, iron ore,  pyrite, magnetite,  molybdenum
123. #1205 Yu Qibing & family (China) - quartz sand
124. #1249 Andrei Bokarev (Russia) - copper, zinc, lead, gold, coal, iron ore concentrate
125. #1249 Leon G. Cooperman (United States) - vanadium pentoxide
126. #1249 Gerald Ford (United States) - copper, gold, silver, molybdenum
127. #1249 Phillip Frost (United States) -  gold
128. #1249 Mikhail Gutseriev (Russia) - coal, aluminium, bauxite,  alumina, molybdenum
129. #1249 Lee Hae-jin (South Korea) - lithium
130. #1249 Victor Pinchuk (Ukraine) -  steel, cast iron, coke
131. #1299 Douglas Hsu (Taiwan) - limestone
132. #1299 Luo Yangyong & family (China) - titanium concentrates (rutile titanium dioxide, anatase titanium dioxide), iron concentrates, vanadium-titanium concentrates, vanadium-titanium-iron concentrate, sulphur-cobalt concentrates
133. #1299 Dmitry Pumpyansky (Russia) - steel, cast iron
134. #1299 Shen Wenrong (China) -  steel, iron ore
135. #1299 Zhang Zhixiang (China) - steel, iron ore
136. #1362 Sezai Bacaksiz (Turkey) - coal, limestone
137. #1362 Jiang Weiping & family (China) - lithium (spodumene),  lithium products including lithium hydroxide, lithium carbonate, lithium chloride, lithium metal and mineral concentrates
138. #1362 Alexander Mamut (Russia) - silver, gold, copper
139. #1362 Daniel Mate (Spain) - aluminum, nickel, zinc, copper, lead, ferroalloys, coal, bauxite
140. #1362 Aristotelis Mistakidis (Greece, United Kingdom) - aluminum, nickel, zinc, copper, lead, ferroalloys, coal, bauxite

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

Top 101-130. MINING & METALLURGY

 

Forbes World's Billionaires List. The Richest in 2021. MINING & METALLURGY (Top 101-130):

101. #1008 Song Zuowen (China) - alumina, aluminum
102. #1008 Hans Sy (Philippines) - copper, gold
103.  #1008 Herbert Sy  (Philippines) - copper, gold
104. #1064 Marcel Erni  (Switzerland) - gold
105. #1064 Samir Mehta (India) - coal
106. #1064 Sudhir Mehta (India) - coal
107. #1064 Farhad Moshiri (Iran, United Kingdom, Monaco ) - steel, iron ore,  copper, nickel, platinum, silver, gold, cobalt
108. #1064 Patrice Motsepe (South Africa) -   iron ore, manganese, chrome, gold, platinum,  platinum group metals (PGMs), nickel, coal
109. #1064 Alexander Nesis (Russia, Malta) - potassium fertilizers, coal,  gold, silver, copper, niobium, rare-earth metals,  using uranium production waste  to produce and sell rare-earth metals
110. #1064 Arkady Rotenberg (Russia) - lime fertilizer (limestone, calcium carbonate), chalk, gypsum
111. #1064 Urs Wietlisbach (Switzerland) - gold
112. #1111 David Gottesman (United States) - gold
113. #1111 Alicia Koplowitz (Spain) - coal, limestone, steel,  nickel alloys, recovery of waste
114. #1111 Timur Kulibaev (Kazakhstan) - gold
115. #1111 Dinara Kulibaeva (Kazakhstan) - gold
116. #1111 Li Liufa & family (China) - limestone, steel
117. #1111 Konstantin Strukov (Russia) - coal, gold, copper, iron concentrate
118.  #1174 Lu Zhiqiang (China) - Iron ore, coal, gold, manganese
119. #1174 Su Suyu & family (China) - coal
120. #1174 Sun Shoukuan (China) - coal, scrap steels, metallurgical coke
121. #1174 Harley Sy (Philippines) - copper, nickel, gold, silver, iron ore,  pyrite, magnetite, molybdenum
122. #1174 Henry Sy, Jr. (Philippines) - copper, nickel, gold, silver, iron ore,  pyrite, magnetite,  molybdenum
123. #1205 Yu Qibing & family (China) - quartz sand
124. #1249 Andrei Bokarev (Russia) - copper, zinc, lead, gold, coal, iron ore concentrate
125. #1249 Leon G. Cooperman (United States) - vanadium pentoxide
126. #1249 Gerald Ford (United States) - copper, gold, silver, molybdenum
127. #1249 Phillip Frost (United States) -  gold
128. #1249 Mikhail Gutseriev (Russia) - coal, aluminium, bauxite,  alumina, molybdenum
129. #1249 Lee Hae-jin (South Korea) - lithium
130. #1249 Victor Pinchuk (Ukraine) -  steel, cast iron, coke

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

WHAT DO THE RICHEST PEOPLE CHOOSE? 1.5 % OF BILLIONAIRES INVEST IN SILVER

  

WHAT DO THE RICHEST PEOPLE CHOOSE? 1.5  % OF BILLIONAIRES INVEST IN SILVER.
INVESTMENTS IN MINING AND METALLURGY. Forbes World's Billionaires List (1-1000).

Distribution by number of billionaires:
1. Russia 0.5 %
2. United States 0.3 %
3.  Other 0.7 % (Mexico,  China, Kazakhstan, Chile, India)

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

WHAT DO THE RICHEST PEOPLE CHOOSE? 1.5 % OF BILLIONAIRES INVEST IN LIMESTONE

 

WHAT DO THE RICHEST PEOPLE CHOOSE? 1.5 % OF BILLIONAIRES INVEST IN LIMESTONE.
INVESTMENTS IN MINING AND METALLURGY. Forbes World's Billionaires List (1-1000).

Distribution by number of billionaires:
1. India 0.4 %
2. United States 0.2 %
3. Nigeria 0.2 %
4. Other 0.7 %  (Italy, Switzerland, Germany, China, Egypt, Ukraine, Russia)

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

Top 101-120. MINING & METALLURGY

 

Forbes World's Billionaires List. The Richest in 2021. MINING & METALLURGY (Top 101-120):

101. #1008 Song Zuowen (China) - alumina, aluminum
102. #1008 Hans Sy (Philippines) - copper, gold
103.  #1008 Herbert Sy  (Philippines) - copper, gold
104. #1064 Marcel Erni  (Switzerland) - gold
105. #1064 Samir Mehta (India) - coal
106. #1064 Sudhir Mehta (India) - coal
107. #1064 Farhad Moshiri (Iran, United Kingdom, Monaco ) - steel, iron ore,  copper, nickel, platinum, silver, gold, cobalt
108. #1064 Patrice Motsepe (South Africa) -   iron ore, manganese, chrome, gold, platinum,  platinum group metals (PGMs), nickel, coal
109. #1064 Alexander Nesis (Russia, Malta) - potassium fertilizers, coal,  gold, silver, copper, niobium, rare-earth metals,  using uranium production waste  to produce and sell rare-earth metals
110. #1064 Arkady Rotenberg (Russia) - lime fertilizer (limestone, calcium carbonate), chalk, gypsum
111. #1064 Urs Wietlisbach (Switzerland) - gold
112. #1111 David Gottesman (United States) - gold
113. #1111 Alicia Koplowitz (Spain) - coal, limestone, steel,  nickel alloys, recovery of waste
114. #1111 Timur Kulibaev (Kazakhstan) - gold
115. #1111 Dinara Kulibaeva (Kazakhstan) - gold
116. #1111 Li Liufa & family (China) - limestone, steel
117. #1111 Konstantin Strukov (Russia) - coal, gold, copper, iron concentrate
118.  #1174 Lu Zhiqiang (China) - Iron ore, coal, gold, manganese
119. #1174 Su Suyu & family (China) - coal
120. #1174 Sun Shoukuan (China) - coal, scrap steels, metallurgical coke 

Ph,D. Natalia Petrovskaya
 

WHAT DO THE RICHEST PEOPLE CHOOSE? 1.8 % OF BILLIONAIRES INVEST IN ALUMINIUM, BAUXITE, ALUMINA

 

WHAT DO THE RICHEST PEOPLE CHOOSE? 1.8 % OF BILLIONAIRES INVEST IN ALUMINIUM, BAUXITE, ALUMINA
INVESTMENTS IN MINING AND METALLURGY. Forbes World's Billionaires List (1-1000).

Distribution by number of billionaires:
1. Russia 0.6 %
2.  India 0.3 %
3. China 0.3 %
4. Other 0.6 %  (United Kingdom, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Malaysia)

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

FINANCIAL CORPORATIONS or MINING CONSULTATION AND SERVICES COMPANIES. Which of them trusts mining and metallurgy more?

Which of them trusts mining and metallurgy more?
FINANCIAL CORPORATIONS or MINING CONSULTATION AND SERVICES COMPANIES?

Investment funds, banks, hedge funds, various financial corporations invest in mining and metallurgy plants. Hence, they believe in the future of mining and metallurgy.

Why didn't the consultation and services companies build a mining plant for themselves? It makes sense to build the best plant for yourself. Do they not trust their know-how and innovative technologies?
IMHO, If they don't believe in themselves, then why should we trust them? 

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

 

Top 101-110. MINING & METALLURGY

 

Forbes World's Billionaires List. The Richest in 2021. MINING & METALLURGY (Top 101-110): 

101. #1008 Song Zuowen (China) - alumina, aluminum

102. #1008 Hans Sy (Philippines) - copper, gold

103. #1008 Herbert Sy (Philippines) - copper, gold

104. #1064 Marcel Erni (Switzerland) - gold

105. #1064 Samir Mehta (India) - coal

106. #1064 Sudhir Mehta (India) - coal

107. #1064 Farhad Moshiri (Iran, United Kingdom, Monaco ) - steel, iron ore, copper, nickel, platinum, silver, gold, cobalt

108. #1064 Patrice Motsepe (South Africa) - iron ore, manganese, chrome, gold, platinum, platinum group metals (PGMs), nickel, coal

109. #1064 Alexander Nesis (Russia, Malta) - potassium fertilizers, coal, gold, silver, copper, niobium, rare-earth metals, using uranium production waste to produce and sell rare-earth metals

110. #1064 Arkady Rotenberg (Russia) - lime fertilizer (limestone, calcium carbonate), chalk

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

References:

1.  https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

2. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Portada

Are there billionaires who made their fortune in the production of rare earth metals? Yes!

Long-awaited news for everyone. Are there billionaires who made their fortune in the production of rare earth metals? Yes! This is the Russian billionaire #1064 Alexander Nesis (Forbes). 

Alexander Nesis got his start in the late 1980s using uranium production waste to produce and sell rare-earth metals.

IMHO, He took up this problem not by accident, but purposefully. He knew what he was doing because he graduated from the university with a degree in radiochemistry. 

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

 References

1.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Nesis

2. https://www.forbes.com/profile/alexander-nesis/?sh=714143754ac5

 

WHAT DO THE RICHEST PEOPLE CHOOSE? 2.5 % OF BILLIONAIRES INVEST IN GOLD

 

WHAT DO THE RICHEST PEOPLE CHOOSE? 2.5 % OF BILLIONAIRES INVEST IN GOLD.
INVESTMENTS IN MINING AND METALLURGY. Forbes World's Billionaires List (1-1000).

Distribution by number of billionaires:
1. Russia 1.0 %
2. United States  0.4 %
3. China 0.4 %
4. Other 0.7 %  (Kazakhstan, Mexico, Chile,  India,  Italy, Australia)

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

WHAT DO THE RICHEST PEOPLE CHOOSE? 3.3 % OF BILLIONAIRES INVEST IN COPPER

 

WHAT DO THE RICHEST PEOPLE CHOOSE?
3.3 % OF BILLIONAIRES INVEST IN COPPER.
INVESTMENTS IN MINING AND METALLURGY.
Forbes World's Billionaires List (1-1000) 

Distribution by number of billionaires:
1. Russia 1.2 %
2. United States  0.5 %
3. China 0.4 %
4. Other 1.2 %  (Mexico, Chile, Kazakhstan, United Kingdom, India, Switzerland, Italy, South Korea) 

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

WHAT DO THE RICHEST PEOPLE CHOOSE? 4.5% OF BILLIONAIRES INVEST IN STEEL & IRON ORE

WHAT DO THE RICHEST PEOPLE CHOOSE? 4.5% OF BILLIONAIRES INVEST IN STEEL & IRON ORE. INVESTMENTS IN MINING AND METALLURGY. Forbes World's Billionaires List (1-1000) 

Distribution by number of billionaires:
1. Russia 1.7 %
2. India 0.7 %
3. China 0.6 %
4. Australia 0.4 %
5. Other 1,1 %  (United States, United Kingdom, Thailand, Ukraine, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Georgia, South Korea, Kazakhstan);

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

WHAT DO THE RICHEST PEOPLE CHOOSE? 4.5% OF BILLIONAIRES INVEST IN COAL. INVESTMENTS IN MINING AND METALLURGY. Forbes World's Billionaires List (1-1000)

Distribution by number of billionaires:
1. Russia 1.7 %
2. India 0.7 %
3. China 0.4 %
4. Other 1.7 %  (Hong Kong, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Mexico, Ukraine, Switzerland, Czechia, United States, Australia, Poland, South Korea)

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

INVESTMENTS IN MINING AND METALLURGY. WHAT DO THE RICHEST PEOPLE CHOOSE? Forbes World's Billionaires List (1-1000)

 

 

INVESTMENTS IN MINING AND METALLURGY. WHAT DO THE RICHEST PEOPLE CHOOSE?  Forbes World's Billionaires List (1-1000):

1. Coal
2. Steel, iron ore
3. Copper
4. Gold
5. Aluminium, bauxite
6. Silver
7. Limestone
8. Zinc
9. Fertilizers
10. Nickel
11. Cobalt
12. Platinum, molybdenum
13. Palladium, diamond
14. Quartz, sand
15. Lead,  tungsten, uranium 

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

 

Investors in mining and metallurgy. Distribution of billionaires by country from Top 1-100

Investors in mining and metallurgy.
Distribution of billionaires by country from Top 1-100 

Distribution by number of billionaires:
1. Russia
2. China
3. USA
4. India
5. Australia 

Distribution of billionaires by mining investments:
1. Russia
2. India
3. China
4. USA
5. Australia

Forbes World's Billionaires List. The Richest in 2021. MINING & METALLURGY (Top 1-100):
1-100
1. #24 Gautam Adani & family (India) - coal  
2. #51  Alexei Mordashov (Russia) -  steel, gold, coal, broken stone
3. #55 Vladimir Potanin (Russia) -   nickel, copper, cobalt, palladium, platinum, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, silver, gold, selenium, tellurium, other metals, coal 
4. #59 Vladimir Lisin (Russia) -  steel, limestone, dolomite, coal 
5. #61 German Larrea Mota Velasco & family (Mexico) - copper, molybdenum, silver, coal 
6. #70 Gina Rinehart (Australia) - iron ore  
7. #74 Iris Fontbona & family (Chile) - copper, molybdenum, gold  
8. #87 Andrew Forrest (Australia) - iron ore
9. #99 Alisher Usmanov (Russia) - steel, copper, iron ore  

101-200
10. #103 Dhanin Chearavanont (Thailand) - iron ore, steel, aluminium, bauxite,  alumina, magnetite, coal, manganese
11. #105 Andrey Melnichenko (Russia) -  baddeleyite concentrate, apatite concentrate, iron  concentrate, phosphate fertilizers,  feed phosphates, potash fertilizers, coal  
12. #117 Radhakishan Damani (India) - limestone 
13.  #124 Suleiman Kerimov & family (Russia) - silver, gold, copper, steel, potassium fertilizers
14. #128 Mikhail Fridman (Russia, Israel, United Kingdom) - recycling aluminum scrap, steel, coal 
15. #133 Lakshmi Mittal (India, United Kingdom) - steel, coal 
16. #140 Pallonji Mistry (India, Ireland) - steel, iron ore,  coal, chrome, manganese, ferroalloys
17. #142 Roman Abramovich (Russia, Israel) -  steel, coal, vanadium, nickel, cobalt,  copper, platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, silver, gold, selenium, tellurium 
18. #161 Wang Wenyin (China) - copper, tungsten
19. #168 Kumar Birla (India) - aluminium, copper, limestone,  iron ore, ferro alloys, coal, dolomite, precious metals,  phosphoric fertilisers, diamond 
20. #169 Dang Yanbao (China) - coal
21. #191 Aliko Dangote (Nigeria) - limestone, coal
22. #193 Mikhail Prokhorov (Russia) -  aluminum, nickel, copper, platinum, palladium, cobalt, gold, other metals, coal
23. #195 Viktor Rashnikov (Russia) -  steel, coal

201-300
24. #224 German Khan (Russia, Israel, United Kingdom) - recycling aluminum scrap, steel, coal 
25. #234 Savitri Jindal & family (India) - steel, coal 
26. #234 Iskander Makhmudov (Russia) - copper, zinc, lead, gold, coal, cadmium, indium, recycling scrap copper and waste copper, steel 
27. #241 Jim Pattison (Canada) - diamond
28. #255 Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez & family (Mexico) -  silver, gold, zinc, lead, bismuth, cadmium, magnesite, copper 
29. #262 Viktor Vekselberg (Russia, Cyprus) - aluminum, copper, recycling scrap copper 
30. #274 Benu Gopal Bangur (India) - limestone, coal 
31.  #288 Andrei Skoch & family (Russia) - steel, copper, iron ore 
32. #288 George Soros (United States, Hungary) - gold
33.  #288 Zheng Shuliang & family (China) - aluminum,  bauxite

301-400
34. #297 Nassef Sawiris (Egypt) - limestone
35. #308 Nicky Oppenheimer & family (South Africa) -  diamond
36. #316 Alexei Kuzmichev  (Russia, United Kingdom) - recycling aluminum scrap, steel, coal 
37. #323 David Reuben (United Kingdom) - aluminum, steel, copper, recycling  scrap metals
38. #323 Simon Reuben (United Kingdom) - aluminum, steel, copper
39. #327 Alexander Abramov (Russia, Cyprus) - steel, coal, vanadium 
40. #327 Rinat Akhmetov (Ukraine) - steel, iron concentrate, ferroalloys, limestone, coal
41. #352 Michael Kadoorie (Hong Kong) - coal
42. #369 Igor Altushkin (Russia) - copper,  zinc, gold, silver 
43. #369 Bajaj brothers (India) - steel, coal 
44. #369 Ludwig Merckle (Germany) - limestone, natural stone aggregates (sand and gravel), crushed aggregates (stone chippings and crushed stones)
45. #380 Guo Guangchang (China) - steel, iron ore, gold 
46. #391 Fredrik Lundberg (Sweden) - steel, recycling steel scrap
47. #391 Dmitry Rybolovlev (Russia, Cyprus, Monaco) - potassium fertilizers 

401-500
48. #404 Liu Yongxing (China) - aluminum, alumina, coal, polycrystalline silicon
49. #418 Dennis Washington (United States) - copper, molybdenum, diamond
50. #421 Andrei Kozitsyn (Russia) - copper, zinc, lead, gold, coal, cadmium, indium, steel, recycling scrap copper and waste copper 
51. #451 Andrei Guriev & family (Russia) -  potassium fertilizers, phosphates, feed phosphates 
52. #472 Chen Fashu (China) - gold, copper, tin, lead, zinc, tungsten, platinum, iron 

501-600
53. #502 Ivan Glasenberg (Switzerland) - aluminum, nickel, zinc, copper, lead, ferroalloys, coal, bauxite, iron ore
54. #529 Shen Guojun (China) - silver, gold 
55. #529 Yu Yong (China) - molybdenum, cobalt, niobium, copper, tungsten, gold, phosphate fertilizers, feed supplements, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, byproducts (gypsum and hexafluorosilicic acid) 
56. #539 Ruan Hongliang & family  (China) - quartz 
57. #561 Lin Xiucheng & family  (China) - recycling scrap steel 
58. #574 Abdulsamad Rabiu (Nigeria) - limestone, coal
59. #589 Bidzina Ivanishvili (Georgia, Russia, France) - iron ore, pellets
60. #589 Issad Rebrab & family (Algeria) - quartz sand, dolomite
61. #589 Thomas Schmidheiny (Switzerland) - gravel, sand, natural stone aggregates, limestone

601-700
62. #622 Vladimir Kim (Kazakhstan) - copper, zinc, silver,  gold, coal
63. #638 Viatcheslav Kantor (Russia, United Kingdom, Israel) - potassium fertilizers 
64. #638 Miao Hangen (China) - sand 
65. #638 Sami Mnaymneh (United States) -  gypsum, anhydrite, limestone, sand, gravel, basalt 
66. #638 Sergei Popov (Russia) - coal, baddeleyite concentrate, apatite concentrate, iron concentrate, phosphate fertilizers,  feed phosphates, recycling scrap metal
67. #638 Tony Tamer (United States) -  gypsum, anhydrite, limestone, sand, gravel, basalt 
68. #665 Rakesh Jhunjhunwala (India) - iron ore, gold, aluminium, coal, pig iron, foundry coke 
69.  #665 Lee Yin Yee (China) - silica sand 
70. #665 Paul Singer (United States) -  copper, gold, silver, uranium, zinc, molybdenum, silver, nickel, coal, iron ore, potash fertilizers  
71. #665 Kerry Stokes (Australia) - iron ore, gold 
72. #680 Fang Wei (China) - iron ore, steel  

701-800
73. #705 Daniel Kretinsky (Czechia) - coal
74. #705 Julio Ponce Lerou (Chile) - lithium (lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide), potassium fertilizers, potassium chloride, potassium sulfate, potassium nitrate, potassium, potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, magnesium chloride hexahydrate (bischofite), sodium chloride, sodium nitrate, silvinite, boric acid, iodine, copper, gold, silver, molybdenum   
75. #727 Du Jiangtao & family (China) - limestone, coal, ferrosilicon smelting 
76. #727 Koon Poh Keong (Malaysia) - aluminium, bauxite, alumina
77. #727 Ira Rennert (United States) - steel, magnesium, lead, copper, zinc, recycling lead 
78. #727 Marc Rowan (United States) -  potassium fertilizers (sulfate of potash), salt, magnesium chloride 
79. #775 Daniel D'Aniello (United States) -  coal 
80. #775 Oleg Deripaska (Russia, Cyprus) - aluminum, coal, ferromolybdenum, nickel, copper, cobalt, palladium, platinum, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, silver, gold, selenium, tellurium, other metals 
81. #775 Clive Palmer (Australia) -  iron ore, coal, nickel, cobalt 
82. #775 Karsanbhai Patel (India) - limestone 

801-900
83. #775 Zhang Jin (China) - steel, iron ore, copper, zinc, nickel, silver, aluminium, alumina
84.  #807 Li Liangbin (China) - lithium
85. #807 Michael Milken (United States) - silver 
86. #807 Ronald Perelman (United States) - steel, iron ore 
87. #807 Paolo & Gianfelice Mario Rocca (Italy,  Argentina) - steel, iron ore, gold, copper
88. #831 Anil Agarwal & family (India, United Kingdom) - steel, iron ore, aluminium, zinc, lead, silver
89. #831 Daniel Och (United States) - platinum, diamonds, uranium, gold, copper, cobal 
90. #859 John Paulson (United States) - gold, silver, copper 
91. #891 Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone (Italy) - limestone, calcined clay
92. #891 Alexander Frolov (Russia) - steel, coal, vanadium, nickel, copper, platinum, palladium, cobalt, gold

901-1000
93. #891 Bulat Utemuratov (Kazakhstan) - gold,  zinc, lead, copper, precious metals, aluminum, nickel, copper, lead, ferroalloys, coal, bauxite
94. #925 Neal Blue & family (United States) - uranium
95. #925 Lucio Tan (Philippines) - nickel
96. #956 Chey Tae-won (South Korea)  - coal, steel,  iron ore, copper
97. #956 Ronald McAulay (Hong Kong) - coal
98. #956 Zygmunt Solorz-Zak (Poland) - coal
99. # 956 Zhang Li (China) - coal
100. #986 Antonio Del Valle Ruiz & family (Mexico) -  fluorspar 

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

Every research or article on metals and mining should be profitable

IMHO, Every research or article on metals and mining should be profitable because they are applied sciences, but not basic sciences.
Metallurgy and mining have two criteria: process cost and profit.  If there is no profit, then nothing needs to be done.

P.S. Metallurgy and mining (earth sciences) are applied sciences. Applied science is the application of existing scientific knowledge to practical applications, like technology or inventions [wikipedia]. 

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya 

 

WILL DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES HELP YOU BECOME A BILLIONAIRE IN MINING AND METALLURGY? YES, IF IT IS DIPLOMAS OF ECONOMICS, MANAGEMENT, BUSINESS!

 

100 out of 1000 billionaires invest in mining or metallurgy. This is 10%. 

 

Out of 100 billionaires: 

80 % have college and university diplomas;

3-4 % studied but did not graduate;

17-18 %  have no university education;

 2-3 % have no school education.

This did not stop them from becoming billionaires.  

 

80 billionaires have over 110 diplomas. Of them:

Engineer, bachelor - 62 %;

Master - 24 %

Doctors of science - 14 %.

Billionaires are diplomas in the following specialties:

Economics, business, management - 51 %; 

Law, jurisprudence - 9 %; 

Metallurgy, mining - 6 % (only billionaires from Russia);

Other - 34 %.

 

14 Doctors of Science in the following specialties (15 diplomas):

Economics - 27 %; 

Math and physics - 20 %;

Metallurgy and mining - 13 % (only billionaires from Russia);

Jurisprudence - 13 %; 

Other - 27 %.

 

 For those studying economics, the mind works in a completely different way.

 

 Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

  Reference

1. https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/
   
2.  https://www.wikipedia.org

BILLIONAIRES. SCIENTISTS. INVESTORS IN MINING AND METALLURGY

 

 BILLIONAIRES. SCIENTISTS. INVESTORS IN MINING AND METALLURGY 

 
#59 Vladimir Lisin, $26.2B
Doctor of Philosophy, Metallurgy
Doctor of Economics

#99 Alisher Usmanov, $18.4B
Doctor of Social Science

#124 Suleiman Kerimov & family, $15.8B
Doctor of Economics

#195 Viktor Rashnikov, $11.2B
Doctor of Philosophy, Metallurgy

#262 Viktor Vekselberg, $9B
Doctor of natural sciences

#288 Andrei Skoch, $8.6B
Doctor of Education

#327 Alexander Abramov, $7.6B
Doctor of natural sciences

#589 Bidzina Ivanishvili, $4.8B
Doctor of Economics

#589 Thomas Schmidheiny, $4.8B
Doctor of Economics

#622 Vladimir Kim, $4.6B
Doctor of Philosophy

#638 Viatcheslav Kantor, $4.5B
Doctor of Philosophy, Automation

#638 Sami Mnaymneh, $4.5B
Doctor of Jurisprudence

#665 Paul Singer, $4.3B
Doctor of Jurisprudence

#891 Alexander Frolov, $3.4B
Doctor of natural sciences

Billionaires whose parents are scientists:
#128 Mikhail Fridman, $16.1B
#193 Mikhail Prokhorov, $11.5B
#224 German Khan, $10.4B
#234 Iskander Makhmudov, $10.1B
#391 Dmitry Rybolovlev, $6.7B
#705 Daniel Kretinsky, $4.1B

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

I will teach the robot, artificial intelligence.

One told me: “If there are no specialists to solve problems in mining and mineral processing, then they can be taught.”

I replied: “No, this is a bad idea! If there are no specialists, then there is no one to teach.

We will analyze this situation. Suppose we live on an island with cars, but no one can drive. Who will teach me how to ride? No one.

So I have to figure out the cars myself, learn to drive, draw up a set of rules and laws, spend many years. Everything, I can ride!

Others also want to ride like me.

What should I do? To teach them to ride? Not!

 People are very lazy, they do not want to learn, they do everything badly. They forget everything.

I will not spend my time and nerves for decades driving knowledge of the processing of minerals into the cast-iron heads of the provincials (I don’t want to offend anyone - I myself am from the provinces), because the metropolitan elite does not like to knead mud. 
Children from high society (beau monde) have a better education and better abilities but they study in more prestigious and monetary professions (lawyers, financiers, managers) and do not choose mining and processing of minerals.

I have an alternative. I will teach the robot, artificial intelligence.

He will not tell me that I have too many ideas, and that he does not want to study, he has a day off and so on. He will learn and remember everything as I said, he will become almost the Second Ph.D. Natalya Petrovskaya.

Now thousands of robots drive cars well, and people enjoy the fruits of my labors.

You suggested that I make people do what they don’t want — to learn. Do you think they will say thanks to me for this? No, they will hate me for the rest of their lives as a strict teacher.

And I propose, let people do what they like, and I will do this hard and difficult work myself with the machines.”

Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya,12 September 2019

 

 

WILL DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES IN MINING AND METALLURGY HELP YOU BECOME A BILLIONAIRE?

 

I asked myself, "If I am so smart, why am I not rich?"  Can I make billions using my  talents and mining knowledge? I did research that amazed me and gave me great hope that I was on the right track. 

100 out of 1000 billionaires invest in mining or metallurgy. This is 10%.
6 out of 100 billionaires are educated in mining or metallurgy, like mine. 
They are all from Russia, like me. No billionaire from other countries has a mining or metallurgical education.
They all started from scratch, like me.
Hence, I have a great chance of success!
 Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

#59 Vladimir Lisin, $27.4B
1. Metallurgical,  engineer,  University
2. Commercial, Foreign Trade
3. Economics, Management, University
4. Economics, University
5. Doctor of Sciences, Metallurgy
6. Doctor of Sciences, Economics

#128 Mikhail Fridman, $16.1B
1. Metallurgical,  engineer,  University

#195 Viktor Rashnikov, $14.1B
1. Industrial College
2. Metallurgical,  engineer,  University
3. Management,  University
4. Ph.D., Metallurgy

#224 German Khan, $10.4B
1. Industrial College
2. Metallurgical,  engineer,  University

#316 Alexei Kuzmichev, $8.1B
1. Metallurgical,  engineer,  University

#421 Andrei Kozitsyn, $6.6B
1. Mining and Metallurgical College
2. Metallurgical,  engineer,  University

#2035 Vladimir Litvinenko, $1.8B
1. Mining College
2. Mining,  engineer,  University
3. Ph.D., Mining
4. Doctor of Sciences, Mining