October 18, 2026
Behind the Most Relevant Numbers
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Alan Marsh

Alan Marsh has spent his career working with numbers and explaining them. He checks everything twice, and rarely believes a figure on first reading.

Mining

The Biggest Mine on Earth Is an $18.5B Hole

Price every mine on the planet by what it digs up in a year and nothing comes close to Escondida: $18.5 billion of copper from one operation in the Atacama. Its owner's own guidance says the number is about to shrink, and the crown may not survive it.

$18.5B
Producing since 1990; output guided to fall about 17% in FY2027
Energy

$65B and Not One Watt

Hinkley Point C is the most expensive thing ever built on a single site. Eight years under construction, zero electricity produced. And...

$65B
Under construction, first power 2030
Sport

Monaco Pays F1 Smallest Fee

On Sunday afternoon, as Kimi Antonelli celebrated his win at the Monaco Grand Prix by leaping into the harbor, the few hectares...

€90M
Monaco Grand Prix 2026

Behind the Most Relevant Numbers

World's biggest numbers. Real context.

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