MINERAL COMMODITY SUMMARIES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC (STATE TO 2008) (Data deadline: August 31, 2009) Ministry of the Environment Czech Geological Survey – Geofond October 2009 Reviewed by: Phillip C. F. Crowson Arnošt Dudek (except the chapters Geological evolution of the area of the Czech Republic and Regional geological terms) Dušan Ďurica Philippe Gentilhomme Jiří Pešek Marian Radetzki Martin Sivek Анатолий П. Ставский (Anatoly P. Stavskiy) Miroslav Šedina Friedrich-Wilhelm Wellmer Compiled by: Jaromír Starý Pavel Kavina Mirko Vaněček Ivo Sitenský Jana Kotková Tereza Hodková Graphic design: Ludmila Richterová
[email protected] www.geofond.cz ISSN 1801-6707 CONTENTS page EXPLANATORY NOTES .................................................................................... 7 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, SYMBOLS AND TECHNICAL UNITS ……………………………... 8 EXCHANGE AND INFLATION RATES OF CURRENCIES IN WHICH MINERALS ARE PRICED ........ 13 MINERAL RESERVE AND RESOURCE CLASSIFICATION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC ............... 14 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 23 MINERAL BASE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN 2008 ............................................................... 27 ECONOMY AND MINERALS ............................................................................ 35 DEVELOPMENT OF THE CZECH AND WORLD ECONOMY AND IMPORTANCE OF RAW MATERIALS ................................................................. 36 GLOSSARY TO SELECTED ECONOMIC TERMS ...........................................................