Best Mining Stocks to Buy in 2025

Investing in the Top Mining Stocks

By Matthew DiLallo – Updated Sep 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM | Fact-checked by Frank Bass

Key Points

Mining stocks involve companies extracting valuable minerals, affecting the global economy's needs.
Economic cycles influence mining stock prices; they rise with demand during growth and fall in recessions.
Investors are guided to choose robust mining stocks for potential profits regardless of economic conditions.

Mining stocks are publicly traded companies focused on finding, extracting, and processing deposits of valuable minerals and materials. These substances include:

Precious metals such as gold, silver, platinum, and palladium.
Industrial metals such as iron ore, copper, aluminum, nickel, lithium, cobalt, and zinc.
Construction materials such as sand, crushed stone, and limestone.
Energy materials, including coal, oil sands (bitumen), and uranium.
Fertilizers such as boron, potash, and phosphate.

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A cobalt mine with the sun setting in the background. — Image source: Getty Images.

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Ticker Information Table
Name and ticker	Market cap	Dividend yield	Industry
Rio Tinto Group (NYSE:RIO)	$88.5 billion	5.29%	Metals and Mining
BHP Group (NYSE:BHP)	$141.2 billion	3.96%	Metals and Mining
Barrick Mining (NYSE:B)	$55.4 billion	1.39%	Metals and Mining
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX)	$59.4 billion	0.72%	Metals and Mining
MP Materials (NYSE:MP)	$12.5 billion	0.00%	Metals and Mining

Data as of Oct 26, 2025.

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NYSE: B

Barrick Mining

Today's Change

(1.69%) $0.54

Current Price

$32.48

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$55B

Day's Range

$31.14 - $33.49

52wk Range

$15.11 - $36.40

Volume

32M

Avg Vol

21M

Gross Margin

40.40%

Dividend Yield

0.01%

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Data source: Barrick Gold.
Performance Dividend Level	Threshold Level	Quarterly Base Dividend	Quarterly Performance Dividend	Quarterly Total Dividend
Level I	Net cash under $0	$0.10 per share	$0.00 per share	$0.10 per share
Level II	Net cash between $0 and $0.5B	$0.10 per share	$0.05 per share	$0.15 per share
Level III	Net cash between $0.5B and $1B	$0.10 per share	$0.10 per share	$0.20 per share
Level IV	Net cash over $1B	$0.10 per share	$0.15 per share	$0.25 per share

It also invests money to explore and develop new mines and expand existing ones to grow its production. Those projects have Barrick on track to grow its gold-equivalent production 30% by the end of the decade.

2. BHP Group

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NYSE: BHP

BHP Group

Today's Change

(0.60%) $0.33

Current Price

$55.62

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$141B

Day's Range

$55.38 - $55.98

52wk Range

$39.73 - $58.51

Volume

2.6M

Avg Vol

3.2M

Gross Margin

37.22%

Dividend Yield

0.04%

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3. Rio Tinto

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NYSE: RIO

Rio Tinto Group

Today's Change

(-0.03%) $-0.02

Current Price

$70.60

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$88B

Day's Range

$70.21 - $70.97

52wk Range

$51.67 - $71.24

Volume

56K

Avg Vol

3.3M

Gross Margin

24.28%

Dividend Yield

0.05%

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NYSE: FCX

Freeport-McMoRan

Today's Change

(0.34%) $0.14

Current Price

$41.37

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$59B

Day's Range

$40.46 - $41.63

52wk Range

$27.50 - $48.95

Volume

11M

Avg Vol

19M

Gross Margin

28.39%

Dividend Yield

0.01%

Freeport-McMoRan is one of the world's leading copper producers. It has mines in Indonesia, South America, and the U.S. Its mines also produce gold and molybdenum, a mineral primarily used to strengthen steel.

The company is investing heavily to expand its copper business. It's spending more than $1 billion to develop and implement new leaching technologies to maximize the recoveries at its existing mines. Freeport is also working towards a potential $3.5 billion project to expand its Bagdad mine in Arizona. The company is also evaluating potential large-scale expansions of its Lone Star (Arizona), El Abra (Chile), and Grasberg (Indonesia) mines.

5. MP Materials

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NYSE: MP

MP Materials

Today's Change

(3.45%) $2.36

Current Price

$70.81

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$13B

Day's Range

$69.36 - $72.59

52wk Range

$15.56 - $100.25

Volume

11M

Avg Vol

15M

Gross Margin

-2365.68%

Dividend Yield

N/A

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MP Materials is the only fully integrated U.S. producer of rare earths. It operates the world's second-largest rare earths mine in Mountain Pass, Calif. It also has an advanced metalization and magnet manufacturing facility in Texas. Rare earths are crucial to many industries, including the technology and defense sectors.

The company received a $400 million investment by the Department of Defense in 2025 to support the construction of a second manufacturing facility. Additionally, it signed a $500 million partnership with Apple (AAPL +1.25%) to produce recycled rare earth magnets in the U.S. These deals position MP Materials to grow in the coming years.

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About the Author

Matt DiLallo has been a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst specializing in covering dividend-paying companies, particularly in the energy and REIT sectors, since 2012. He also covers pre-IPO companies, ETFs, and other investing topics. He holds an MBA from Liberty University.

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Matt DiLallo has positions in Apple and BHP Group and has the following options: short November 2025 $260 calls on Apple. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Apple. The Motley Fool recommends BHP Group and MP Materials. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.