The 2026 mining snapshot is defined by an energy-transition demand shock for critical minerals, geopolitical concentration of refining capacity, and growing exposure to climate and physical risk. This deck breaks the resulting obstacles into seven challenges across demand and logistics (volatile commodity flows, single-source risk, remote logistics) and operations and compliance (spare parts and uptime, fragmented systems, ESG traceability, workforce skills).
It then walks through SAP cloud solutions for mining: SAP ERP Cloud as the single source of truth from pit to port; Integrated Business Planning and SAP Business Network for multi-site planning and supplier collaboration; Asset Performance Management, Transportation Management, and Sustainability Control Tower for operations; and SAP Analytics Cloud with Business AI for control-tower style decision support.
Reported results include $1 billion in inventory savings over four years using SAP IBP and a 37% reduction in days-inventory-outstanding, with mature IBP practices linked to a 1–2 point EBIT uplift. The deck closes with where SAP moves the needle fastest and the path forward for mining companies.
The full deck is available above as a PDF. For a shorter edition see the "Mining Industry 2026: Executive Brief" in the Resource Library.