page_title: Mining in Austria
hierarchical_section_title: Mining in Austria
caption_attribution_description: English: Natural resources of Austria. Metals are in blue, PM — polymetal ores (Cu, Zn, Pb, etc.). Fossil fuels are in red (C — coal, L — lignite, P — petroleum, G — natural gas). Non-metallic minerals are in green (NaCl — salt, GR — graphite). Data is according to the map: Austria. Moscow: GUGK SSSR, 1984.
context_page_description: Mining in Austria is an industry on the decline.
  After a period of postwar expansion, mineral production has stagnated in recent decades, and metals mining continues to decline, because of high operating costs, increased foreign competition, low ore grades, and environmental problems. All the metal mines in the country were closed, except an iron ore operation at the Erzberg mine and a tungsten operation at the Mittersill mine, which was the West's largest underground tungsten mine. Most of the growth in the mineral resources area was in the production of industrial minerals, the area in which future mining activities will most likely be concentrated, mostly for domestic consumption.
context_section_description: Mining in Austria is an industry on the decline.
  After a period of postwar expansion, mineral production has stagnated in recent decades, and metals mining continues to decline, because of high operating costs, increased foreign competition, low ore grades, and environmental problems. All the metal mines in the country were closed, except an iron ore operation at the Erzberg mine (producing 1.8 million tons of iron ore and concentrate in 2000) and a tungsten operation at the Mittersill mine, which was the West's largest underground tungsten mine. Most of the growth in the mineral resources area was in the production of industrial minerals, the area in which future mining activities will most likely be concentrated, mostly for domestic consumption.
caption: Natural resources of Austria. Metals are in blue, PM — polymetal ores (Cu, Zn, Pb, etc.). Fossil fuels are in red (C — coal, L — lignite, P — petroleum, G — natural gas). Non-metallic minerals are in green (NaCl — salt, GR — graphite).
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