Croatia
Croatia produced industrial minerals and metals
Pictured: bauxite (aluminum ore)
Statistics and information on the mining industry in Croatia.
Overview
In 2024, Croatia was not a globally significant producer of mineral commodities. The production of mineral commodities represented only a minor part of the country’s economy. Mineral commodities produced in Croatia included aluminum products, bauxite, cement and cement clinker, gypsum, lead, lime, nitrogen, salt, sand and gravel, raw steel, stone (crushed and dimension), and sulfur (as a byproduct of petroleum). The legislative framework for the mineral sector in Croatia is provided by the Mining Act (Official Gazette Nos. 56/13, 14/14, 52/18, 115/18, 98/19, and 83/23), the Act on the Exploration and Exploitation of Hydrocarbons (Official Gazette Nos. 52/18, 52/19, and 30/21), and the Law on Geological Explorations (Official Gazette No. 34/86). The Ministry of Economy’s Directorate of Industry and Mining regulates the mining industry; among its other duties, it issues mining permits and keeps records of domestic mineral reserves. Most mineral commodities were produced by domestic companies, which were privately owned.
In 2024, Croatia was not a globally significant producer of mineral commodities. The production of mineral commodities represented only a minor part of the country’s economy. Mineral commodities produced in Croatia included aluminum products, bauxite, cement and cement clinker, gypsum, lead, lime, nitrogen, salt, sand and gravel, raw steel, stone (crushed and dimension), and sulfur (as a byproduct of petroleum). The legislative framework for the mineral sector in Croatia is provided by the Mining Act (Official Gazette Nos. 56/13, 14/14, 52/18, 115/18, 98/19, and 83/23), the Act on the Exploration and Exploitation of Hydrocarbons (Official Gazette Nos. 52/18, 52/19, and 30/21), and the Law on Geological Explorations (Official Gazette No. 34/86). The Ministry of Economy’s Directorate of Industry and Mining regulates the mining industry; among its other duties, it issues mining permits and keeps records of domestic mineral reserves. Most mineral commodities were produced by domestic companies, which were privately owned (Croatian Geological Survey, 2025, p. 18; Ministry of Economy, 2026).
Data on mineral production are in the Production table (formerly table 1). The Facilities table (formerly table 2) is a list of major mineral industry facilities. More-extensive coverage of government policies and programs can be found in previous editions of this chapter in the U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook, volume III, Area Reports—International—Europe and Central Eurasia, which are available at https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center/europ…;
Production table
(Metric tons, gross weight, unless otherwise specified)
| Commodity | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum, products, alloys | 816 | 2,901 | 2,533 | 1,867 | 2,000e |
| Aluminum, products, rolled, semimanufactured | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0e |
| Bauxite | 14,100 | 13,800 | 18,000e | 18,000e | 15,000e |
| Cement, hydraulic, other | 126,000e | 144,000e | 136,000e | 217,000e | 196,000e |
| Cement, hydraulic, portland | 2,975,834 | 3,097,029 | 2,980,533 | 2,995,600 | 3,008,298 |
| Clinker | 2,353,571 | 2,403,438 | 2,262,669 | 2,300,928 | 2,076,559 |
| Gypsum, crude, including anhydrite | 175,750 | 228,323 | 237,265 | 241,436 | 268,148 |
| Lead, refinery, primary and secondary | 5,000e | 6,000e | 6,000e | 6,000e | 8,000e |
| Lime | 182,782 | 204,738 | 183,818 | 251,506 | 249,816 |
| Nitrogen, ammonia, N content | 372,046 | 236,737 | 45,692 | 89,528 | 72,734 |
| Raw steel, from electric arc furnaces | 45,000 | 185,000 | 169,135 | 212,000 | 155,000 |
| Salt, all sources | 54,381 | 55,128 | 52,851 | 47,614 | 45,849 |
| Sand and gravel, construction, unspecified, excluding glass sand | 3,639,473 | 4,186,213 | 3,709,162 | 4,694,510 | 4,493,563 |
| Sand and gravel, industrial, quartzite | 64,283 | 1,187 | 3,838 | 1,386 | 1,189 |
| Stone, crushed, unspecified | 16,421,931 | 17,924,442 | 20,376,536 | 24,600,205 | 25,620,323 |
| Stone, dimension, unspecified, ornamental and other | 2,154,681 | 3,804,010 | 4,152,750 | 4,117,694 | 4,000,000e |
| Sulfur, byproduct, petroleum, S content | 8,618 | 8,659 | 7,274 | 7,729 | 7,457 |
References Cited
- Croatian Geological Survey, 2025, Annual report 2024: Zagreb, Croatia, Croatian Geological Survey, 117 p. (Accessed January 9, 2026, at https://www.hgi-cgs.hr/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/HGI-godisnjak-2024-WE….)
- Ministry of Economy, 2026, Nadležnost [Jurisdiction]: Zagreb, Croatia, Ministry of Economy. (Accessed January 9, 2026, at https://mingo.gov.hr/o-ministarstvu-1065/djelokrug/uprava-za-industriju….) [In Croatian.]
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