Skip to main content

Mining production. By products

Mining production. By products 2012
Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Energy products 68.66 453.17 15.2
Metallic minerals 0.00 716.87 z Category not applicable
Non metallic minerals 386.79 861.42 44.9
Stone products 111.30 799.89 13.9
Units: Millions of euros.
Source: Ministerio de Industria, Energia y Turismo. Secretaría General de Energía.
(z) Category not applicable.

Last update: June 10, 2014.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Mining
Industrial activity involving the selective extraction, by applying mining techniques and the use of explosives, of substances and minerals existing in the earth crust, so that it is economically profitable. Broadly, the term mining includes, besides the surface and underground operations, which occur in the treatment of minerals substances extracted, such as crushing, size separation, washing, concentration, etc., in order to put these substances for sale and conversion, and also the jobs requiring the application of mining techniques or the use of explosives.

Methodological aspects

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".