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Mining production. By products

Mining production. By products 2015
Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Energy products 60,107,531 242,494,657 24.8
Metallic minerals 0 713,784,035 z Category not applicable
Non metallic minerals 327,011,796 809,612,928 40.4
Stone products 104,227,366 798,649,343 13.1
Units: Euros.
Source: Ministry of Energy, Tourism and the Digital Agenda.
(z) Category not applicable.

Last update: November 10, 2017.

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 "..".