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