U.K. Materials Most Popular Stocks

Rio Tinto Group

Market Cap: UK£102.2b

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

Glencore

Market Cap: UK£46.2b

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£32.5b

Operates as a mining company in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Antofagasta

Market Cap: UK£31.8b

Operates as a mining company.

Fresnillo

Market Cap: UK£23.6b

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

Mondi

Market Cap: UK£3.9b

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

Croda International

Market Cap: UK£3.8b

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£3.6b

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£2.6b

A precious metals company, engages in the exploration, mining, processing, and sale of gold and silver deposits in Peru, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, and Chile.

Pan African Resources

Market Cap: UK£2.5b

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

Hill & Smith

Market Cap: UK£1.7b

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

SigmaRoc

Market Cap: UK£1.4b

Through its subsidiaries, invests in and/or acquires projects in the quarried materials sector.

RHI Magnesita

Market Cap: UK£1.3b

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

Atalaya Mining Copper

Market Cap: UK£1.1b

Engages in the mineral exploration and development in Spain.

Breedon Group

Market Cap: UK£1.1b

Engages in the quarrying, manufacture, and sale of construction materials and building products primarily in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Cornish Metals

Market Cap: UK£1.1b

Engages in the acquisition, evaluation, exploration, and development of mineral properties in the United Kingdom.

Elementis

Market Cap: UK£943.4m

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

SolGold

Market Cap: UK£772.1m

A mineral exploration and development company, engages in the discovery, definition, and development of copper and gold deposits in Australia, Solomon Islands, Ecuador, Canada, Switzerland, the United States, and Chile.

Victrex

Market Cap: UK£561.9m

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

Ibstock

Market Cap: UK£551.0m

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

Marshalls

Market Cap: UK£457.1m

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

Griffin Mining

Market Cap: UK£453.8m

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

Metals Exploration

Market Cap: UK£446.5m

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

Ferrexpo

Market Cap: UK£433.0m

Ferrexpo plc, together with its subsidiaries, mines for, develops, processes, produces, markets, exports, and sells iron ore pellets to the metallurgical industry.

Forterra

Market Cap: UK£386.6m

Engages in the manufacturing and sale of building products made from clay and concrete in the United Kingdom.

AltynGold

Market Cap: UK£352.6m

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

Central Asia Metals

Market Cap: UK£318.5m

Operates as a base metals producer.

Anglo Asian Mining

Market Cap: UK£303.0m

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

Ecora Resources

Market Cap: UK£281.9m

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

Sylvania Platinum

Market Cap: UK£275.7m

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

Essentra

Market Cap: UK£274.0m

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.

Pensana

Market Cap: UK£265.7m

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

Empire Metals

Market Cap: UK£256.6m

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

ACG Metals

Market Cap: UK£252.7m

Produces gold and silver in Turkey.

Guardian Metal Resources

Market Cap: UK£249.4m

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

Capital

Market Cap: UK£236.1m

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