MINERAL COMMODITY SUMMARIES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC (STATE TO 2006) (Data deadline: August 31, 2007) Ministry of the Environment Czech Geological Survey – Geofond October 2007 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 Miloš Kužvart Jiří Pešek Marian Radetzki Vladimír Sattran Martin Sivek Miroslav Šedina Friedrich-Wilhelm Wellmer Compiled by: Jaromír Starý Pavel Kavina Mirko Vaněček Ivo Sitenský Jana Kotková Tereza Nekutová Graphic design: Ludmila Richterová [email protected] www.geofond.cz ISSN 1801-6693 CONTENTS page EXPLANAtoRY NOTES ..................................................................................... .5 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, SYMBOLS AND TECHNICAL UNITS ……………………………..... .6 EXCHANGE AND INFLATION RATES OF CURRENCIES IN WHICH MINERALS ARE PRICED.......... .10 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................. .11 MINERAL BASE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN 2006.................................................................... .15 ECONOMY AND MINERALS.............................................................................. .23 DEVELOPMENT OF THE CZECH AND WORLD ECONOMY AND IMPORTANCE OF RAW MATERIALS .................................................................... 24 LEGEND TO SELECTED ECONOMIC TERMS ............................................................... 38 THE ECONOMIC SITUATION OF DOMESTIC MINING ENTERPRISES ................................... 41 OUTLINE OF DOMESTIC MINE PRODUCTION ............................................................... .77 MINERALS IN THE CZECH FOREIGN TRADE ........................................................79 MINING AND NATURE PROTECTION ......................................................................87 GEOLOGY AND MINERALS......................................................................................97 GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF THE AREA OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC................................. .98 REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL TERMS (USED BELOW IN THE YEARBOOK IN CHAPTERS DEALING WITH PARTICULAR MINERALS)............................................................................... .112 ENERGY MINERALS – GEOLOGICAL RESERVES AND MINE PRODUCTION.................................................................................. .117 URANIUM ....................................................................................................... 119 BITUMINOUS COAL ........................................................................................... 129 BROWN COAL .................................................................................................. 139 LIGNITE ......................................................................................................... 146 CRUDE OIL ..................................................................................................... 150 NATURAL GAS .................................................................................................. .159 INDUSTRIAL MINERALS – GEOLOGICAL RESERVES AND MINE PRODUCTION.................................................................................. .167 FLUORSPAR .................................................................................................... 169 BARITE .......................................................................................................... 176 GRAPHITE ...................................................................................................... 181 GEMSTONES ................................................................................................... 188 KAOLIN .......................................................................................................... 197 CLAYS ........................................................................................................... 207 BENTONITE ..................................................................................................... 215 DIATOMITE ..................................................................................................... 222 FELDSPAR ...................................................................................................... 227 SILICA MINERALS ............................................................................................. 236 GLASS SAND .................................................................................................. 242 FOUNDRY SAND ............................................................................................... 249 LIMESTONES AND CORRECTIVE ADDITIVES FOR CEMENT PRODUCTION ......................... 254 DOLOMITE ...................................................................................................... 265 GYPSUM ......................................................................................................... .269 CONSTRUCTION MINERALS – GEOLOGICAL RESERVES AND MINE PRODUCTION.................................................................................. .275 DIMENSION STONE ........................................................................................... 278 CRUSHED STONE ............................................................................................. 287 SAND AND GRAVEL ........................................................................................... 295 BRICK CLAYS AND RELATED MINERALS ................................................................... .303 METALLIC ORES – GEOLOGICAL RESERVES AND MINE PRODUCTION.................................................................................. .309 IRON ............................................................................................................. 310 MANGANESE ................................................................................................... 319 COPPER ........................................................................................................ 326 LEAD ............................................................................................................. 334 ZINC ............................................................................................................. 341 TIN ............................................................................................................... 348 TUNGSTEN ..................................................................................................... 355 SILVER .......................................................................................................... 362 GOLD ............................................................................................................. .368 BASIC DATA ON SELECTED RAW MATERIALS NOT PRODUCED IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC ............................................................................. .375 Contents EXPLANATORY NOTES List of abbreviations, symbols and technical units AOPK ČR Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection (Nature Conservation Authority) of the Czech Republic (Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny České republiky) API American Petroleum Institute API degrees Degrees of crude oil specific gravity defined by theAPI (°API) API gravity formulas: 141.5 °API gravity = – 131.5 SG at 60° F 141.5 SG at 60° F = °API gravity + 131.5 SG = specific gravity (t/m3) 60° F = 15,6° C APT Ammonium Paratungstate, formula (NH4)10[H2W12O42]·4H2O ARSM (Czech) Association for recycling of building materials development (Asociace pro rozvoj recyklace stavebních materiálů) a. s. initials after a Czech company name indicate that it is a joint stock company (akciová společnost) ATPC Association of Tin Producing Countries bbl barrel of crude petroleum, 158.99 dm3; 1 tonne of crude petroleum is approximately 7 bbl bill billion, 109 BP British Petroleum, British multinational petrochemical company Btu British thermal unit, 252 cal, 1,055.06 J carat abbreviated as ct – (metric carat), weight unit for gemstones, equal to 0.2 g – unit of gold content (purity) in its alloys equal to 4.167 %; 24 carats = 100 % for fine gold CBM Coal Bed Methane ČBÚ Czech Mining Office (Český báňský úřad) CFR Cost and Freight (named port of destination) CHKO Protected landscape area (Chráněná krajinná oblast) CHLÚ Protected deposit area (Chráněné ložiskové území) CI Coal Information, mineral (coal) yearbook of the IEA CIF Cost, Insurance and Freight (named port of destination) ČNB Czech National Bank (Česká národní banka) 6 Explanatory notes ČNR Czech National Council (Česká národní rada) COCHILCO Comisión Chilena del Cobre, Chilean Copper Commission COREX® smelting reduction process that allows for the production of hot metal in blast furnace from non-coking coal and ore (concentrate) of various quality ČR Czech Republic (Česká republika) CSK Czechoslovak Koruna (československá koruna) ČSÚ Czech Statistical Office (Český statistický úřad) CZK Czech Koruna (česká koruna) DRI Direct Reduction of Iron, this method makes iron from high-grade ore without the use of a blast furnace, coke, or limestone DU depleted uranium (mostly below 0.2 % 235U) e estimate ECU European Currency Unit EFTA European Free Trade Association EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EIU Economist Intelligence Unit, world’s provider of country, industry and management analysis based in London ESA Euratom Supply Agency, European agency for common supply policy on the principle of regular and equitable supply of nuclear fuels for Community users EU