Mining faces three converging forces in 2026: an energy transition driving explosive demand for copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt, and rare earths; geopolitical tensions exposing concentration risk in rare earth refining and processing; and climate change actively disrupting mine logistics.
The fact sheet lists the top supply chain challenges — volatile demand, concentration risk, remote logistics, asset uptime, ESG traceability, system fragmentation, and workforce gaps — and how SAP's integrated cloud platform responds, with SAP ERP Cloud as a single source of truth and Integrated Business Planning for demand sensing and scenario modeling.
It cites reported results including $1 billion in inventory savings over four years at a major energy services company using SAP IBP, a 37% reduction in days-inventory-outstanding, and a typical 1–2% EBIT uplift, and outlines where SAP helps most: working capital, geopolitical resilience, asset performance, real-time decisions, and ESG reporting.
The full fact sheet is available above as a PDF. For more depth see "Mining Industry 2026: Executive Brief" and the full deck "Mining Industry Overview 2026: Supply Chain Transformation with SAP Cloud Solutions" in the Resource Library.