Becker Mining Systems is a system supplier for mining infrastructure, headquartered in Saarbrücken, Germany. With over 1,500 employees in every essential mining region, the family-owned company sells its products to the leading mining companies of the world. In addition to Germany, Becker Mining Systems is also represented by its own subsidiaries in France, Poland, Russia, China, South Africa, Australia, the United States, Canada, Mexico and Chile. Since the middle of the 1980s, Becker Mining Systems has followed a consistent internationalisation and diversity strategy and has thus countered the receding mining market in its home country.