Mineral Commodity Summaries of the Czech Republic
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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 ............................................................ 57 MINERAL FACTS: AGGREGATES – fOCUS EUROPE ................................................... 60 THE ECONOMIC SITUATION OF DOMESTIC MINING ENTERPRISES ................................... 79 OUTLINE OF DOMESTIC MINE PRODUCTION AND ITS WORLD MINE PRODUCTION SHARE ..... 99 DOMESTIC SHARE IN THE WORLD MINE PRODUCTION ............................................... 101 MINERALS IN THE CZECH FOREIGN TRADE ................................................. 103 ENVIRONMENT AND MINERALS ........................................................................ 113 MINING AND NATURE PROTECTION ....................................................................... 114 ELIMINATING NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF MINING IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC – MAIN METHODS AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES . ............................................................. 122 GEOLOGY AND MINERALS ................................................................................. 137 GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF THE AREA OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC ............................. 138 REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL TERMS ........................................................................... 150 MINERALS CURRENTLY MINED IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC ..................... 157 ENERGY MINERALS – GEOLOGICAL RESERVES AND MINE PRODUCTION .............................................................................. 158 BITUMINOUS COAL ........................................................................................... 160 BROWN COAL .................................................................................................. 170 CRUDE OIL ..................................................................................................... 178 LIGNITE ......................................................................................................... 188 3 NATURAL GAS ................................................................................................. 192 URANIUM ....................................................................................................... 199 INDUSTRIAL MINERALS – GEOLOGICAL RESERVES AND MINE PRODUCTION .............................................................................. 211 BENTONITE ..................................................................................................... 213 CLAYS ........................................................................................................... 220 DIATOMITE ..................................................................................................... 227 DOLOMITE ...................................................................................................... 233 FELDSPAR ...................................................................................................... 237 FOUNDRY SAND ............................................................................................... 246 GEMSTONES ................................................................................................... 251 GLASS SAND .................................................................................................. 261 GRAPHITE ...................................................................................................... 269 GYPSUM ........................................................................................................ 276 KAOLIN .......................................................................................................... 282 LIMESTONES AND CORRECTIVE ADDITIVES FOR CEMENT PRODUCTION ......................... 293 SILICA MINERALS ............................................................................................. 305 CONSTRUCTION MINERALS – GEOLOGICAL RESERVES AND MINE PRODUCTION .............................................................................. 312 BRICK CLAYS AND RELATED MINERALS .................................................................. 314 CRUSHED STONE ............................................................................................. 321 DIMENSION STONE ........................................................................................... 332 SAND AND GRAVEL ........................................................................................... 341 MINERALS CURRENTLY UNMINED IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC ........................ 353 MINERALS MINED IN THE PAST WITH RESOURCES AND RESERVES ....... 354 METALLIC ORES .............................................................................................. 355 COPPER ........................................................................................................ 357 GERMANIUM ................................................................................................... 366 GOLD ............................................................................................................ 370 LEAD ............................................................................................................. 377 MANGANESE ................................................................................................... 385 SILVER .......................................................................................................... 392 TIN ............................................................................................................... 398 TUNGSTEN ..................................................................................................... 405 ZINC ............................................................................................................. 412 INDUSTRIAL MINERALS ................................................................................. 420 BARITE .......................................................................................................... 421 FLUORSPAR .................................................................................................... 426 4 Contents MINERALS MINED IN THE PAST WITHOUT RESOURCES AND RESERVES ............................................................................................ 433 IRON ............................................................................................................. 434 MINERALS UNMINED IN THE PAST WITH RESOURCES AND RESERVES .. 443 LITHIUM, RUBIDIUM, CAESIUM ............................................................................. 444 MOLYBDENUM ................................................................................................. 448 RARE EARTHS ................................................................................................. 450 SELENIUM, TELLURIUM ...................................................................................... 452 TANTALUM, NIOBIUM ......................................................................................... 454 ZIRCONIUM, HAFNIUM ....................................................................................... 456 MINERALS UNMINED IN THE PAST WITHOUT RESOURCES AND RESERVES ............................................................................................ 458 METALLIC ORES .............................................................................................. 459 ALUMINIUM ..................................................................................................... 460 ANTIMONY ...................................................................................................... 461 ARSENIC ........................................................................................................ 462 BERYLLIUM ..................................................................................................... 463 BISMUTH ........................................................................................................ 464 CADMIUM ....................................................................................................... 465 CHROMIUM ....................................................................................................