{"url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-largest-miners","section":"rankings","title":"The largest miners and metals ETFs | ETFIQ","description":"XME leads the largest miners and metals ETFs at $3.6bn (net assets), as of Oct 27, 2026. 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The largest miners and metals ETFs, ranked by net assets.","url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-largest-miners","dateModified":"2026-10-27","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":2763,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Rankings / The largest miners and metals ETFs \n \n As of Oct 27, 2026 . Rebuilt every trading night.\n The largest miners and metals ETFs\n See 6 funds ranked by net assets. Updated Oct 27, 2026. Every fund here is sold on miners and metals. The column beside the size shows how much of each the S&P 500 already holds.\n The largest miners and metals ETFs, ranked by net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. # Ticker Fund Net assets Weight in S&P 500 companies Total return, 1Y Fee Source \n 1 XME State Street SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ET $3.6bn 21.7% +3.1% 0.35% Issuer daily, Oct 26, 2026 \n 2 PICK iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Prod $2.3bn 12.6% +26.0% 0.39% Issuer daily, Oct 27, 2026 \n 3 GOAU US Global GO Gold and Precious Metal Min $165m 2.8% +13.3% 0.60% SEC filing, Jun 30, 2026 \n 4 SLX VanEck Steel ETF $151m 12.8% +30.7% 0.55% ETFIQ, shares \u00d7 NAV, Oct 23, 2026 \n 5 METL Sprott Active Metals & Miners ETF $70m 14.2% +8.3% 0.99% Issuer page, Oct 27, 2026 \n 6 NIKL Sprott Nickel Miners ETF $41m 0.0% \u221222.8% 0.75% Issuer page, Oct 27, 2026 \n \n Method\n The 6 ETFs in the miners and metals theme, of which 6 publish net assets, ranked on the most recent number for each. Across the funds listed here the weight held in S&P 500 companies runs from 0.0% to 21.7%. Size shows where the money is, not what a fund did. The list sorts one published number, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.\n Where to next\n Every miners and metals ETF and what it holds The thematic ETFs least like the S&P 500 Sources\n Fund holdings from SEC Form N-PORT and from the issuers\u2019 own daily files SEC EDGAR, full-text search of fund filings SEC Form N-PORT, what a fund filed it holds Rule 19a-1, what a distribution notice must say Links are sources, not endorsements.\n A ranking is not a recommendation or an opinion. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, not an adviser. Standards and sources \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, The largest miners and metals ETFs, ranked by net assets, data as of Oct 27, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-largest-miners Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, The largest miners and metals ETFs, ranked by net assets, data as of Oct 27, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-largest-miners APA ETFIQ. (Oct 27, 2026). The largest miners and metals ETFs, ranked by net assets. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-largest-miners Markdown [The largest miners and metals ETFs, ranked by net assets (ETFIQ, Oct 27, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-largest-miners)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, The largest miners and metals ETFs, ranked by net assets, data as of Oct 27, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-largest-miners"}