China’s position in global mining supply chains is not a recent development; it is the result of a decade of sustained industrial expansion that has fundamentally reshaped where mines around the world source their equipment, consumables and infrastructure.

In 2015, China accounted for 17% of global mining supply exports. By 2025, that figure had reached an estimated 22.2%, representing USD 415 billion in annual exports. Two moments define the trajectory. In 2020, China’s share jumped even as global trade volumes fell, demonstrating supply-chain resilience no other economy matched. In the 2021-2022 post-COVID commodity boom, China captured a disproportionate share of surging global demand, peaking at 23.3% in 2022.

For mining procurement leaders, China’s growing dominance of global mining supply exports is the single most important structural fact about their inbound supply chains that warrants a formal, category-level assessment of exposure.