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Mining production. By products

Mining production. By products. Provinces 2004
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Energy products .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 0.00 0.00 55.38 55.38 692.17 8.0
Metallic minerals 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 69.66 0.0
Non metallic minerals 130.61 0.00 0.00 0.00 130.61 580.41 22.5
Stone products 147.23 33.26 26.64 70.06 277.18 2,401.85 11.5
Clay 3.78 0.88 2.68 1.48 8.82 79.10 11.2
Basalt 0.00 1.87 0.00 0.00 1.87 21.10 8.9
Limestone 88.12 15.23 4.32 38.98 146.65 902.74 16.2
Chalk 11.36 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 0.00 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 11.36 12.46 91.2
Granite 19.83 4.23 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 24.06 191.65 12.6
Sandstone 1.53 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 3.65 0.62 5.80 28.04 20.7
Gypsum 0.88 1.06 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 1.94 59.04 3.3
Marl 3.98 0.58 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 0.00 4.56 16.89 27.0
Marble 1.49 0.00 0.00 5.40 6.89 248.48 2.8
Slate 2.28 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 0.00 0.00 2.28 274.38 0.8
Sandy earth 13.76 8.71 14.72 7.41 44.60 374.90 11.9
Total 282.00 38.27 28.55 128.51 477.34 3,744.09 12.7
Units: Millions of euros.
Source: Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio. Secretaría General de Energía.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: June 18, 2009.

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 "..".