Metals and mining

Romania is rich in mineral resources, including fossil fuels, gold, silver, non-ferrous metals and salt. The country has the largest oil and natural gas reserves in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), however, production levels are not high enough for ...

Since 2010, Turkey has introduced several key reforms to liberalise the mining sector in an attempt to attract foreign players and support government efforts to develop the country’s significant mineral resources. Developing the mining industry ...

The coal mining sector accounts for just over 1% of Poland’s GDP, but it remains important for the labour market as it employs over 80,000 people. Admittedly, this number is far below that of nearly 160,000 when Poland joined the European Union ...

Turkey is a major crude steel producer, ranking third in Europe and eighth in the world in terms of 2016 output. The country was the world’s biggest scrap importer in 2016, as most of its plants have developed capacities that work on this type ...

Mining is one of Russia’s key industries: in 2016 the “mining and quarrying” sector – a category which in Russian statistics includes oil and gas extraction, as well as mining more narrowly defined – generated 8.5% of ...

As the world’s second-largest economy, China relies heavily on natural resources, which are essential for the country’s sustainable development. Rising energy consumption has already made China the world’s largest producer and ...

Metal processing is the second most important sector for the Russian economy, after the oil and gas industry. It is a key supplier for the automotive, oil and gas, construction and machine-building sectors. It also generates more than 6% of the ...

The metal processing sector is a key supplier for the automotive sector and the construction sector, which have been among the fastest-growing sectors in Hungary in the last five years. The total output of the metal processing sector stood at HUF 1 ...

In 2016, Chile was the world’s largest copper mine producer with a 26.9% share in global output, the second-biggest molybdenum mine producer with a 19.7% share, and the fourth-largest producer of silver with a share of 5.6%. The country ranked ...

Alongside mining, non-ferrous metal processing is vital to the Indian economy, as it provides inputs to industries across the country’s manufacturing spectrum. Despite the high reported levels of self-sufficiency in many metallic minerals, ...