Continuous Miners: Market Size & Forecast 2026

The global continuous miners market sits at approximately USD 3.4 billion in 2025 (base year), held in a structurally balanced to slightly tight supply state between mature North American and Australian coal-replacement demand, accelerating potash and trona applications, and a slow but durable creep toward autonomous and electric-powered fleets. New-unit ASPs sit in the USD 1.5-5.0M range per published industry pricing trackers, with mid-cycle rebuild and after-market service economics pushing supplier gross margins into the high-20s to mid-30s range. > **Analyst Take.** the consensus narrative of "continuous miners growing at 6-8% CAGR" looks aggressive against a coal segment that is flat-to-declining in North America and Australia. The composition of growth matters: potash and trona are the real tailwinds, while coal replacement demand is a slow-rolling cyclical, not a secular decline.

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