In 2024, Czechia was estimated to have accounted for 4.9% of the world’s kaolin production, 1.0% of the world’s bentonite production, and 0.5% of the world’s industrial garnet production. Other mineral commodities produced included cement; brick clay; dolomite; feldspar; ferrovanadium; graphite; gypsum; pig iron; lime; limestone; nitrogen (ammonia); platinum-group metals; quartz and quartzite; sand and gravel; crushed and dimension stone; raw and semimanufactured steel; sulfuric acid; titanium dioxide; tungsten products; uranium; and zinc as well as secondary aluminum, copper, gold, lead, and silver.
The mining and quarrying sector contributed about 0.4% to the country’s gross domestic product. The legislative framework for the mineral sector in Czechia is provided by Act No. 44/1988 (Mining Act), as amended, and Act No. 62/1988 (Geological Act), as amended. The Státní Báňská Správa (State Mining Administration) and the Czech Mining Authority (the central body of the State Mining Administration) oversee the country’s mineral industry. Most mining and mineral-processing facilities were privately owned by either domestic companies or foreign holding companies in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, or the United Kingdom. DIAMO s.p., a company wholly owned by the Government, was the country’s only producer of uranium, which was produced as a byproduct of uranium mining remediation activities.
