This article showcases our top picks for the best Minnesota based Mining companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Mining industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Minnesota Mining Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Talon Metals Corp
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Talon Metals is a base metals company in a joint venture with Rio Tinto on the high-grade Tamarack Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Project.
Ninja Metrics
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Ninja Metrics offers a social analytics engine that allows companies to measure the key influencers in their social game or mobile app.
PolyMet Mining
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PolyMet Mining Corp. is a publicly-traded mine development company
The Mosaic Company
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The Mosaic Companyis a producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash minerals into crop nutrients to help feed the world.
LaValley Industries
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LaValley Industries offers innovative pipe handling solutions to the pipeline and directional drilling industries.
Vermillion Gold
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Vermillion Gold is a Minnesota based mineral exploration company focused on the discovery of gold deposits.
Intellijoule
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Intellijoule, Inc. is a less than two years old technology creator.
BTD
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BTD is a mining & metals company providing metal fabrication services.
Alexandria Industries
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Alexandria Industries is a mining & metals company specializing in alum extrusions, machining, and moldings.
Road Machinery & Supplies Co.
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Road Machinery & Supplies Co. is a machinery company that offers construction and mining equipment.
Magnetation, Inc.
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Magnetation is a mining & metals company that offers iron ore mining services.
Le Sueur Incorporated
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Le Sueur Incorporated is a mining & metals company offering sand casting, permanent mold, and die casting.
SwiftKnowledge
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SwiftKnowledge is a company specializing in global market intelligence.
Granite Falls Energy
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Granite Falls Energy is a renewable energy company, is building a corn refinery / ethanol plant, ethanol is a safe, renewable fuel burner.
Ratner Steel Supply Company
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Ratner Steel Supply Company is a mining & metals company that manufactures flat roll sheets.
Blue Diesel Data Science
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Data Science firm in MN specializing in subscription SaaS and custom software development of Business Intelligence dashboards and AI tools
Metcom Technologies
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Metcom Technologies provides ball mill circuit modeling, ball mill media size testing and training for mining and mineral grinding systems.
McNeilus Steel, Inc.
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McNeilus Steel is a mining & metals company that offers stretcher leveling coil processing and laser cutting services.
American Chemical
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American Chemical is a growth and longevity chemical company located in Minneapolis.
African Resource Group
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African Resource Group assists African Governments and miners exploit their natural resources through partnership and joint ventures.
Viking Materials
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Since 1973, Viking Materials has supplied the flat-rolled carbon, stainless, and aluminum markets premium quality product.
Excelsior Energy
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Excelsior Energy has proposed the Mesaba Energy Project as the best means to meet Minnesota’s base load power generating needs.
Xpertnet
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Xpertnet deals with enterprise resource planning systems, artificial intelligence, software development, data mining & predictive analysis.
Berwald Roofing Company, Inc.
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Berwald Roofing Company, Inc. offers a full-array of roofing, metal wall panels and architectural sheet metal.
QRDC
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QRDc is a research and development company specializing in Energy Flow Control and Energy Efficiency.
Affinity Gold
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Affinity Gold is a company that focuses on the acquisition and development of junior near-term mineral production sites.
ECO Finishing
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Eco Finishing is an electroplating company that providers services related to electroless nickel.
Wits Basin Precious Minerals Inc
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Wits Basin Precious Minerals Inc is a minerals exploration and development company that holds an impressive property portfolio.
Dotson Iron Castings
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Dotson Iron Castings is a one-stop-shop for all of your 2 to 50-pound ductile iron casting, machining, and painting needs.