What Mining Data Online does

Mining Data Online (legally MDO Data Online Inc.) is a Vancouver, Canada-based mining intelligence platform founded in 1997 that provides subscription-based data and analytics on global mining operations and mining projects at PEA, PFS, and Feasibility stages. The company aggregates structured data across 60+ countries on commodity production, costs, reserves and resources, processing technologies, heavy mobile equipment fleets (62,000 units across 1,600 mines/projects), and 9,000+ key mine personnel contacts, combining real-time global data feeds with AI-powered analysis and expert human validation to deliver qualified mining leads to subscribers.

The product is structured as a platform-plus-modules architecture with three annual subscription tiers: the Research Package (from $2,200 USD/year) covers core mine data; the Custom Package adds user-selected optional modules; and the Ultimate Package (from $13,200 USD/year) provides comprehensive coverage for large corporations, consulting firms, and institutional investors. A separate Mining News subscription ($15-$150) covers drill results, permitting, financing, and M&A activity. Pricing is regional across six global regions and supports multi-license corporate accounts with annual billing.

MDO serves mining equipment and services companies, institutional investors, mining consultants, and mining companies themselves, with the first three identified as primary segments. The company operates a direct enterprise sales model with "Request a demo" and "Subscribe" CTAs, supported by content marketing through its news aggregation site. The business is privately held, independently owned with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or external funding rounds, and the headcount of 11-50 employees indicates a small, specialist organization.

Name

Mining Data Online

Legal name

MDO Data Online Inc.

Website

https://miningdataonline.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mining Data Online is a Vancouver-based subscription platform that aggregates global mining intelligence — covering 1,600+ mines, 62,000 equipment units, and 9,000+ mine personnel contacts across 60+ countries — and delivers it to mining suppliers, investors, and consultants via tiered annual subscriptions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mining Intelligence & Industry Data

NAICS

Support Activities for Mining (213), Support Activities for Metal Mining (213114)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Dataset Discovery, Marketplaces & Licensing (HDAAALAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data Lake Platforms (HDAEABAC), Data Sharing, Data Exchange & Data Marketplace Platforms (HDAEABAH)

Keywords

• Mining intelligence platform
• Mining project database
• Mining market research
• Mining leads platform
• Mining industry data

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Mining Intelligence Subscription: Annual subscription-based access to the Mining Intelligence Database with three tiered packages (Research, Custom, Ultimate) offering varying levels of data access. Custom Package includes Research Package data plus optional modules. Ultimate Package includes all data points for large corporations, consulting firms, and institutional investors.
2. Mining News Subscription: Separate subscription tier for mining news content with 1 month, 6 months, and 1 year options, providing filtered industry news across categories including drill results, reserves & resources, permitting, financing, M&A, and mining contracts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Mining Data Online operates a subscription-based SaaS platform that aggregates global mining data covering operating mines and mining projects at PEA, PFS, and Feasibility stages. The platform delivers structured intelligence on commodity production, costs, financials, reserves, heavy mobile equipment fleets, processing technologies, and key mine-site personnel contacts, combining AI-powered analysis with expert human validation to produce qualified mining leads for enterprise customers.

Product overview

Mining Data Online operates as a mining intelligence platform that combines real-time global data with AI-powered analysis and expert validation to deliver qualified mining leads. The offering follows a platform-plus-modules architecture with three subscription tiers (Research, Custom, and Ultimate) built upon the core Mining Intelligence Database. The Research Package serves as the base tier covering fundamental mine data, the Custom Package adds user-selected optional modules, and the Ultimate Package provides comprehensive coverage including all data modules. Optional add-ons include the Mining News service and specialized data modules covering Heavy Mobile Equipment fleet data and Key Mine Personnel contacts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mining Intelligence Database Web-based SaaS subscription database delivering structured intelligence on operating mines and mining projects at PEA, PFS, and Feasibility stages, covering commodity production, costs, financials, reserves and resources, mining methods, heavy mobile equipment fleet (62,000 units across 1,600 mines), processing technologies (120 types), and key mine personnel (9,000+ contacts). Offered via three subscription tiers — Research Package (base data: mine type, location, ownership, deposit, reserves, commodity production, LOM, workforce, financials), Custom Package (Research data plus customer-selected optional modules), and Ultimate Package (all data points and modules for large corporations, consulting firms, and institutional investors). Used by mining equipment vendors, institutional investors, mining consultants, and mining companies for sales targeting, market research, investment analysis, and competitive intelligence.
• Mining News Subscription

Quantifiable outcome

• 9,000+ key decision makers tracked including General Managers, Mine Managers, and Procurement Staff
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Metalshub: Metalshub operates a digital marketplace and data platform for metals and mining by-products, serving producers, traders, and consumers. Comparable as a data-enabled platform inside the mining value chain, though more focused on transactional matchmaking than MDO's intelligence subscriptions.
• Mining.com: Mining.com (formerly MINING.com) aggregates mining news, commodity prices, and project commentary and is extending into data products. It is comparable as a content-and-intelligence destination for the same mining investor audience, though its depth of structured project data is more limited.
• MineSpans: MineSpans delivers mining project and asset data for due diligence and investment analysis, often integrated with metals market analytics. It overlaps with MDO on investor-facing project intelligence and competes for the same institutional research budget.

Direct peers

• Mining Intelligence: Mining Intelligence is a direct competitor offering mining project data, equipment fleet, and reserves intelligence with tiered subscriptions. It mirrors MDO's core value proposition of centralized mine/project data for sales, investment, and consulting users.
• InfoMine: InfoMine operates a long-standing mining portal with property data, equipment listings, and supplier directories. It overlaps directly with MDO in providing centralized mining project and equipment information to the same buyer personas.

Broad incumbents

• MarketsandMarkets Mining Intelligence: MarketsandMarkets provides syndicated market research across multiple industries including mining and metals, covering forecasts, company profiles, and project data. Comparable as a paid mining intelligence source for enterprises and investors, though its offering is broader and less mining-specialized than MDO's.
• Wood Mackenzie: Wood Mackenzie (now part of Verisk) provides upstream mining and metals research, asset-level data, and consulting used by the same institutional investors and large mining companies MDO targets. Comparable in serving enterprise intelligence needs but as a much larger, broader research house.
• S&P Global Market Intelligence: S&P Global Market Intelligence provides comprehensive metals and mining data, including SNL Metals & Mining, covering company financials, reserves, and project pipelines. It competes broadly with MDO across the same enterprise and investor customer base, but as part of a much wider data portfolio.

Regional players

• Aspermont (Mining Journal): Aspermont, parent of Mining Journal, provides mining news, data, and events primarily serving the Australian and global mining community. Comparable as a mining intelligence and content brand targeting investors and operators, with stronger regional concentration than MDO.

Others

• Resource World Magazine: Resource World covers mining investment news and project intelligence, with content and data aimed at investors and analysts. It is adjacent to MDO as a mining information provider targeting the investor segment but relies more on editorial content than structured data products.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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