What are the Largest Commodity Companies in North America

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July 9, 2026

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This graphic shows the largest North American-headquartered commodity companies by commodity type, including oil and gas, copper, lithium, uranium, silver, and gold. ExxonMobil leads with a C$857 billion market cap and 235.8 million metric tons of production.

What are the Largest Commodity Companies in North America

Key Takeaways

ExxonMobil leads all North American commodity companies in the dataset, with a C$857 billion market cap and 235.8 million metric tons of oil and gas production, roughly double the other five companies combined.
Companies producing copper, lithium, uranium, silver, and gold remain critical to electrification, energy security, precious metals demand, and long-term resource supply.

North America’s biggest commodity companies, led by Exxon Mobil, supply the raw materials powering the global economy.

From oil and gas to copper, lithium, uranium, silver, and gold, these firms sit at the center of global resource demand. This graphic, in partnership with Global X Canada, is the second of three graphics in the Investing in Commodities series.

It shows the largest North American-headquartered producer of each commodity by 2025 production volume. The data comes from company investor relations websites and CompaniesMarketCap.

Energy’s Market Cap Lead

ExxonMobil dominates the ranking with a market capitalization of C$857 billion. That is roughly double the other five companies combined, which together total about C$431 billion.

Commodity	Company	Market Cap $CAD Billions	2025 Production Metric Tons	Headquarters
Oil & Gas	Exxon Mobil	857	235,800,000	Spring, Texas, USA
Gold	Newmont	165	167	Denver, Colorado, USA
Copper	Freeport-McMoRan	128	1,540,000	Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Uranium	Cameco	65	10,193	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Silver	Fresnillo	45	1,349	Mexico City, Mexico
Lithium	Albermarle	28	42,000	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Source: CompaniesMarketCap.com

The gap highlights energy’s outsized role in global commodities. Oil and gas remain essential to transportation, industry, chemicals, and power systems, giving ExxonMobil a scale advantage that other commodity producers have yet to match.

Critical Materials Still Matter

While energy leads by size, other commodities remain strategically important. Freeport-McMoRan is North America’s largest copper producer critical to power grids, electrification, and construction.

Meanwhile, Albemarle and Cameco represent two key inputs for the energy transition and energy security: lithium and uranium. Gold and silver producers, led by Newmont and Fresnillo, add exposure to precious metals demand and supply risk.

Investing in Commodities

For investors, the gap between energy and other commodities highlights how commodity markets can be influenced by different supply and demand dynamics.

Energy still dominates by scale, but demand for copper, lithium, uranium, silver, and gold continues to evolve. The demand may be influenced by factors including electrification, defense, and investor demand.

Global X Canada offers ETFs that provide diversified exposure to various commodity companies and sectors without requiring investors to select individual producers.

To learn more, explore the Global X All-In-One Commodity Producers Equity ETF (COMX).

See how COMX offers diversified access across precious metals, energy, and base metals producers.

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