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Many large companies, from John Deere to Chevron, are in the basic industries field.
Let’s take a closer look at some of the companies in this field.
10 Companies in the Basic Industries Field
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Headquarters: San Ramon, CA
Size: 44,000 employeesChevron is a global leader in providing integrated energy companies safe and reliable energy. One of the successor companies of Standard Oil it is active in more than 180 countries.
Chevron is engaged in every aspect of the oil and natural gas industries, including hydrocarbon exploration and production; refining, marketing and transport; chemicals manufacturing and sales; and power generation.
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Headquarters: Cincinnati, OH
Size: 101,000 employeesThe Procter & Gamble Company is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble.
It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer health, personal care and hygiene products; these products are organized into several segments including beauty; grooming; health care; fabric & home care; and baby, feminine, & family care.
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Headquarters: Wayzata, MN
Size: 166,000 employeesCargill, Incorporated is a privately held American global food corporation founded in 1865. It is the largest privately held corporation in the United States by revenue. If it were a public company, it would rank in the top 30 of the Fortune 500.
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Headquarters: Wilmington, DE
Size: 34,000 employeesDuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly known as DuPont, is an American company formed by the merger of Dow Chemical and E I du Pont de Nemours and Company on August 31, 2017, and the subsequent spinoffs of Dow Inc.
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Headquarters: Pittsburgh, PA
Size: 47,000 employeesPPG Industries is an American global supplier of paints, coatings, optical products, specialty materials, chemicals, glass, and fiberglass. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PPG operates in more than 70 countries around the globe.
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Headquarters: Moline, IL
Size: 69,000 employeesJohn Deere is the brand name of Deere & Company, an American corporation that manufactures agricultural machinery, heavy equipment, forestry machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains used in heavy equipment, and lawn care equipment.
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Headquarters: Greenwood Village, CO
Size: 14,000 employeesNewmont is the world’s largest gold mining company. Incorporated in 1921, it owns gold mines in Nevada, Colorado, Ontario, Quebec, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Australia, Ghana, Argentina, Peru, and Suriname. In addition to gold, Newmont mines copper, silver, zinc and lead.
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Headquarters: Irving, TX
Size: 72,000 employeesExxon Mobil Corporation, stylized as ExxonMobil, is an American multinational oil and gas corporation. Today, Exxon is used as a brand name for some gas stations operated by the now-merged company, as well as for downstream operations selling motor fuel and related products (the highest concentration of which are located in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states).
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Size: employeesSouthern Copper Corporation is a mining company that was founded in 1952. The organization’s mission is to extract mineral resources, to transform and commercialize them, satisfying market requirements, fulfilling our social and environmental responsability, and maximizing the creation of value for our shareholders.
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Headquarters: San Antonio, TX
Size: 10,000 employeesValero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO) is a Fortune 500 oil and gas refining and retail company based in San Antonio, Texas. The company owns and operates 18 refineries throughout the United States, Canada and the Caribbean with a combined throughput capacity of approximately 3.3 million barrels per day, making it the largest refiner in North America.
Valero is also one of the nation’s largest retail operators with more than 5,000 retail and branded wholesale outlets in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean under various brand names, including Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Ultramar, Shamrock, and Beacon.
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Matthew Zane is the lead editor of Zippia's How To Get A Job Guides. He is a teacher, writer, and world-traveler that wants to help people at every stage of the career life cycle. He completed his masters in American Literature from Trinity College Dublin and BA in English from the University of Connecticut.
