U.K. Materials Most Popular Stocks

Rio Tinto Group

Market Cap: UK£135.0b

Engages in exploring, mining, and processing mineral resources worldwide.

Glencore

Market Cap: UK£67.5b

Engages in the production, refinement, processing, storage, transport, and marketing of metals and minerals, and energy products in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania.

Anglo American

Market Cap: UK£42.9b

A mining company, produces copper, iron ore, and crop nutrients in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Antofagasta

Market Cap: UK£39.8b

Operates as a mining company.

Fresnillo

Market Cap: UK£27.3b

Fresnillo plc mines, develops, and produces non-ferrous minerals in Mexico.

Croda International

Market Cap: UK£3.9b

Engages in the consumer care, life science, and industrial specialty businesses in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Asia, and Latin America.

Johnson Matthey

Market Cap: UK£3.5b

Engages in the clean air, catalyst and hydrogen technology, and platinum group metals (PGM) service businesses in the United Kingdom, Germany, rest of Europe, the United States, rest of North America, China, rest of Asia, and internationally.

Hochschild Mining

Market Cap: UK£3.5b

A precious metals company, engages in the exploration, mining, processing, and sale of gold and silver deposits.

Mondi

Market Cap: UK£3.4b

Engages in the manufacture and sale of packaging and paper solutions in Africa, Western Europe, Emerging Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Australia.

Pan African Resources

Market Cap: UK£3.2b

Engages in the mining, extraction, production, and sale of gold in South Africa.

Hill & Smith

Market Cap: UK£2.0b

Manufactures and supplies infrastructure products in the United Kingdom, the rest of Europe, North America, the Middle East, the rest of Asia, and internationally.

Atalaya Mining Copper

Market Cap: UK£1.3b

Engages in the mineral exploration and development in Spain.

RHI Magnesita

Market Cap: UK£1.3b

Develops, produces, sells, installs, and maintains refractory products and systems used in industrial high-temperature processes worldwide.

SigmaRoc

Market Cap: UK£1.3b

Through its subsidiaries, invests, acquires, and integrates businesses in the quarried materials sector in the United Kingdom, Ireland, western Europe, Central Europe, and Nordics.

Breedon Group

Market Cap: UK£1.0b

Engages in the quarrying, manufacture, and sale of construction materials and building products in the Great Britain, Ireland, and the United States.

Elementis

Market Cap: UK£824.4m

Operates as a specialty chemical company in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, North America, and internationally.

Griffin Mining

Market Cap: UK£552.7m

A mining and investment company, engages in the mining, exploration, and development of mineral properties.

Victrex

Market Cap: UK£507.6m

Through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of polymer solutions worldwide.

Tungsten West

Market Cap: UK£442.9m

Operates as a mining development company in the United Kingdom.

Ibstock

Market Cap: UK£389.2m

Manufactures and sells clay and concrete building products and solutions to customers in the residential construction sector in the United Kingdom.

Metals Exploration

Market Cap: UK£388.0m

Metals Exploration plc identifies, acquires, explores for, and develops mining and processing properties in the United Kingdom and the Philippines.

Ecora Royalties

Market Cap: UK£380.9m

Operates as a natural resource royalty and streaming company in Australia, North and South America, Europe, and internationally.

ACG Metals

Market Cap: UK£370.2m

Produces gold and silver in Turkey.

Guardian Metal Resources

Market Cap: UK£369.2m

Engages in the exploration and exploitation of mineral resources in the United States.

Pensana

Market Cap: UK£352.4m

Engages in the exploration, mining, and processing of mineral properties in the United Kingdom and Angola.

Anglo Asian Mining

Market Cap: UK£343.0m

Owns and operates gold, silver, and copper producing properties in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

AltynGold

Market Cap: UK£338.9m

Engages in the exploration and development of gold producing mine in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Marshalls

Market Cap: UK£331.5m

Manufactures and sells landscape, building, and roofing products in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Forterra

Market Cap: UK£322.1m

Provides building products made from clay and concrete for the construction sector in the United Kingdom.

Sylvania Platinum

Market Cap: UK£284.7m

Engages in the retreatment of platinum group metals (PGM) bearing chrome tailings materials in South Africa.

Serabi Gold

Market Cap: UK£268.9m

Engages in the evaluation, exploration, and development of gold and other metals mining projects in Brazil.

Central Asia Metals

Market Cap: UK£265.8m

Operates as a base metals producer.

Capital

Market Cap: UK£255.0m

Provides drilling, mining, mineral assaying, and surveying services.

Essentra

Market Cap: UK£240.7m

Engages in the manufacturing and distribution of plastic injection moulded, vinyl dip moulded, and metal items in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific.

Empire Metals

Market Cap: UK£236.0m

Engages in the exploration and development of properties in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Austria.

Kenmare Resources

Market Cap: UK£209.7m

Engages in the production and sale of mineral sand products in China, rest of Asia, Europe, the United States, and internationally.