For the US, UK, EU, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, South Korea, China, Taiwan and India: which regulator database, filing type and section should a researcher of listed mining and materials companies read first for mine production, reserves, trade, refining, cost inputs and major customers and suppliers — with a free retrieval route that currently works and a backup if the primary database is blocked or poorly indexed?
The playbook is built from 1,449 evidence rows across five result sets of regulator and exchange guidance plus live filing examples, covering all 11 requested markets; every market was confirmed against multiple independent hosts (Taiwan had the thinnest evidence, two rows across two hosts). Technical and property reports lead in the US and Canada, operations and quarterly reports in Australia, and the annual statutory or business report everywhere in East Asia, the UK/EU, Hong Kong and India. The EU has no single complete filing repository today: use the home-member-state OAM via the ESMA list; ESAP phases in only from July 2027.
Customer and supplier names sit in Business/MD&A and revenue-concentration notes, not the reserve table — Chinese annual reports even print the top-5 customer and supplier lists with amounts, as in Zijin Mining's 2024 annual report. static.sse.com.cn
Canada's NI 43-101 technical report is the one filing whose form explicitly demands material contracts for mining, concentrating, smelting, refining, transportation and sales (Item 19), beside resources, reserves and costs. mrmr.cim.org
Australia's listing rules force quarterly operational disclosure: ASX Chapter 5 requires production, expenditure, tenement and related-party detail every quarter, retrievable as direct announcement PDFs. asx.com.au
Trade counterparties are rarely complete anywhere: filings give product/geography splits, exports, shipping and offtake or concentration percentages — not customs-level flows — so treat sample issuers as route validation, not sector coverage. sec.gov
1. SEC EDGAR — Form 10-K + Exhibit 96 Technical Report Summary (S-K 1300). Read first: Item 2 Properties / TRS, then Item 1 Business & Item 7 MD&A. Route: EDGAR company search by ticker/CIK or full-text search; open Documents and the Exhibit 96, or the direct /Archives/edgar/data/{CIK}/{accession}/ route. Backup: Issuer IR SEC-filings page or direct accession archive URL.
2. Form 10-Q — MD&A and mine-by-mine operating statistics for current production, realized prices and unit costs. Same EDGAR route; backup issuer IR.
3. Form 8-K — earnings/operating updates or new technical-report exhibits; read the attached exhibit first. EDGAR form filter; backup issuer news/IR.
Sources: sec.gov · eba.europa.eu
1. FCA National Storage Mechanism — Annual Financial Report / Annual Report & Accounts. Read first: Strategic Report / operational review, then Ore Reserves & Mineral Resources and production statistics. Route: NSM search by issuer/LEI and date, then direct data.fca.org.uk artefact PDF/XHTML. Backup: Issuer annual-reporting page; Companies House as statutory check.
2. NSM regulated-information / RNS operational or resource update — read production guidance or the resource statement first; backup issuer regulatory-news or exchange news page.
3. Prospectus/circular for acquisitions or new projects — read property/project, material contracts and competent-person sections; backup issuer transaction page.
Sources: data.fca.org.uk · eba.europa.eu
1. Home-state OAM (ESMA OAM list) — ESEF Annual Financial Report (XHTML/iXBRL, often PDF). Read first: Management report / operating review, then asset-by-asset production and resources. Route: Identify home member state, use the ESMA OAM list, search the OAM by LEI/issuer/year, download the ESEF ZIP/XHTML. Backup: Issuer IR ESEF/PDF or the listing exchange.
2. OAM ad-hoc regulated information — operating/resource updates and material contract/offtake announcements; backup issuer newsroom or exchange.
3. Prospectus or acquisition circular — business/property, material contracts, suppliers/customers and capex; national competent-authority or OAM route; backup issuer transaction page.
Sources: esma.europa.eu · eba.europa.eu
1. SEDAR+ — NI 43-101 Technical Report. Read first: Items 14-15 resources/reserves, 17 recovery, 18 infrastructure, 21 costs, 22 economics. Route: SEDAR+ search of profiles/documents by issuer and document type; open or download the PDF. Backup: Issuer technical-reports / project page.
2. Annual Information Form — Mineral Properties / Description of the Business and material contracts, offtake and customer-risk disclosures; SEDAR+ AIF filter; backup issuer annual-filings page.
3. MD&A plus financial statements and news releases — mine-by-mine operating results, cost measures, liquidity/commitments and revenue-concentration notes; SEDAR+; backup issuer IR.
Sources: sedarplus.ca · sec.gov
1. FSA EDINET — Annual Securities Report (有価証券報告書). Read first: Business Conditions (事業の状況) and Facilities (設備の状況), then segment/revenue notes. Route: EDINET document search by EDINET code / security code, report type and period; HTML/PDF/XBRL download. Backup: Issuer IR statutory-filings / annual-report page.
2. JPX TDnet timely disclosure — financial results and operating updates; read attached production, capex or shutdown tables first; backup issuer IR.
3. Securities registration statement for financing/buildout — Business/Facilities and use-of-proceeds/capex first; EDINET; backup issuer transaction page.
Sources: assets.minkabu.jp · bridgestone.com
1. HKEXnews — Annual Report (Chapter 18 for mineral companies). Read first: Business Review / MD&A, then Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves, concentration notes. Route: HKEXnews Listed Company Information / Title Search by stock code, date and headline; download the PDF. Backup: Issuer website (HKEX requires the same documents there).
2. HKEXnews announcements — operating updates, resource updates, inside information, overseas regulatory announcements; read the KPI/production table or competent-person statement first.
3. Listing document/circular for mine acquisitions — property valuation/technical report and material contracts/offtake; document-category search; backup issuer transaction page.
Sources: en-rules.hkex.com.hk · hkexnews.hk
1. ASX Company Announcements — Quarterly Activities Report + Appendix 5B/5C. Read first: Operations tables: production, shipments, realized prices, unit cash costs, capex. Route: ASX company page by code/date and direct announcements.asx.com.au PDF. Backup: Issuer ASX-announcements page (ASIC not preferred).
2. Mineral resource / ore reserve or exploration-results announcement under JORC — headline estimate and JORC Table 1 first; same ASX route; backup issuer project page.
3. Annual Report — Review of Operations and Resources/Reserves statement, then revenue concentration and cost/segment notes; ASX route; backup issuer annual-reports page.
Sources: announcements.asx.com.au · jorc.org
1. FSS DART — Annual Business Report (사업보고서). Read first: II. Business Contents (사업의 내용): products, raw materials & facilities, sales & orders. Route: DART company search with periodic-report filter; HTML section viewer and attachments. Backup: KRX KIND or issuer IR.
2. Quarterly/half-year business report — the same operating sections for current capacity, inputs and sales; DART route; backup KIND.
3. Material report / major management matter — contract counterparty, amount and term, or facility-impact table first; OpenDART API can automate retrieval; manual DART stays free.
Sources: englishdart.fss.or.kr · robin-invest.com
1. CNINFO + exchange systems (SSE/SZSE/BSE) — Full Annual Report (年度报告), not the summary. Read first: Section III MD&A (管理层讨论与分析): production/sales, cost composition, major customers and suppliers. Route: Search by stock code, year and 年度报告; use static.cninfo.com.cn/finalpage or the exchange static PDF server. Backup: Issuer's exchange disclosure page or issuer IR.
2. Semiannual Report — the same MD&A subsections for current production, costs and concentration; same route and backup.
3. Exchange announcements — resource/reserve changes, export controls, major contracts/offtake, capacity changes; search CNINFO/exchange by stock code and keyword. Local-language PDFs are materially richer than English summaries.
Sources: static.sse.com.cn · static.cninfo.com.cn
1. TWSE MOPS — Shareholders' Meeting Annual Report (股東會年報) + annual financial report. Read first: Operations Overview (營運概況): production/sales, major raw-material suppliers and customers. Route: MOPS annual-report search by company code and year; download the PDF. Backup: Issuer IR or TWSE/TPEx company page.
2. MOPS material information — major contracts, output interruption, plant shutdown or suspension with a major purchaser/supplier; TWSE rules trigger disclosure for some counterparty events.
3. MOPS quarterly financial report — segment, inventory, purchase commitments and customer-concentration notes; Chinese filings are generally more complete than English.
Sources: cgc.twse.com.tw · twse-regulation.twse.com.tw
1. NSE & BSE under SEBI LODR — Annual Report (Regulation 34). Read first: MD&A / operational review and mine/project production-reserve tables. Route: NSE Corporate Filings / Annual Reports by symbol or BSE annual-report archive by scrip code; exchange-hosted PDF. Backup: The other exchange, then issuer annual-report page.
2. NSE/BSE announcements under Regulation 30 and quarterly/annual results — read the attached operational update or contract/capacity table first; backup the other exchange or issuer IR.
3. SEBI public-issue offer document (DRHP/RHP) or scheme/acquisition document — Business, capacities/utilisation, raw materials, suppliers/customers and material contracts; backup issuer transaction page.
Sources: nsearchives.nseindia.com · bseindia.com
| Market | Priority-1 database | Filing | Read first | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | SEC EDGAR | Form 10-K + Exhibit 96 Technical Report Summary (S-K 1300) | Item 2 Properties / TRS, then Item 1 Business & Item 7 MD&A | sec.gov |
| United Kingdom | FCA National Storage Mechanism | Annual Financial Report / Annual Report & Accounts | Strategic Report / operational review, then Ore Reserves & Mineral Resources and production statistics | data.fca.org.uk |
| European Union | Home-state OAM (ESMA OAM list) | ESEF Annual Financial Report (XHTML/iXBRL, often PDF) | Management report / operating review, then asset-by-asset production and resources | esma.europa.eu |
| Canada | SEDAR+ | NI 43-101 Technical Report | Items 14-15 resources/reserves, 17 recovery, 18 infrastructure, 21 costs, 22 economics | sedarplus.ca |
| Japan | FSA EDINET | Annual Securities Report (有価証券報告書) | Business Conditions (事業の状況) and Facilities (設備の状況), then segment/revenue notes | assets.minkabu.jp |
| Hong Kong | HKEXnews | Annual Report (Chapter 18 for mineral companies) | Business Review / MD&A, then Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves, concentration notes | en-rules.hkex.com.hk |
| Australia | ASX Company Announcements | Quarterly Activities Report + Appendix 5B/5C | Operations tables: production, shipments, realized prices, unit cash costs, capex | announcements.asx.com.au |
| South Korea | FSS DART | Annual Business Report (사업보고서) | II. Business Contents (사업의 내용): products, raw materials & facilities, sales & orders | englishdart.fss.or.kr |
| China | CNINFO + exchange systems (SSE/SZSE/BSE) | Full Annual Report (年度报告), not the summary | Section III MD&A (管理层讨论与分析): production/sales, cost composition, major customers and suppliers | static.sse.com.cn |
| Taiwan | TWSE MOPS | Shareholders' Meeting Annual Report (股東會年報) + annual financial report | Operations Overview (營運概況): production/sales, major raw-material suppliers and customers | cgc.twse.com.tw |
| India | NSE & BSE under SEBI LODR | Annual Report (Regulation 34) | MD&A / operational review and mine/project production-reserve tables | nsearchives.nseindia.com |
Method: five supplied result sets (1,449 rows combined; 1,259 initial candidates plus 188 from a targeted East Asia/EU follow-up before deduplication) of regulator/exchange guidance, live filing examples and extracted route/section evidence, covering all 11 requested markets; host-coverage checks found multiple independent hosts per market (Taiwan: two rows, two hosts). Rankings and read-first sections follow the supplied recommendations; each market card links sample evidence pages. Lower-priority evidence rows and duplicate issuer examples were cut for space.