TABLE 7
POLAND:  RESOURCES OF MAJOR MINERALS IN 2002
 
        Geologically documented resources1
  Annual
Number of deposits percentage
Commodity   Total   Exploited   Total   Exploited   change
METALS
Copper 14 5 2,369 1,451 -5.1
Lead and zinc       21   3   180   41   --
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Raw materials for chemicals:  
Sulfur, native 17 4 471 41 -4.7
Rock salt       20   4   80,251   8,327   -1.6
Barite 5 --   6   --   --
Potassium-magnesium salts     5   1   669   72   --
Raw materials for construction:  
Chalk       186   64   195   36   -23.4
Clay:
Argillaceous material for construction ceramics   1,205 390 3,993 628 -4.0
Bentonite       8   1   2.7   0.5   --
Ceramic clays       28   7   141   11   --
Refractory clays     18   4   56   6   -25.0
Kaolin       14   2   215.9   83.5   NA
Dolomites       11   4   352   163   -1.2
Feldspar ore       7   2   86.9   12.3   --
Gypsum and anhydrite     15   4   265   120   -0.7
Magnesite       6   1   13.3   3.1   -53.0
Sand and gravel:
Filling sand     33 10 4,693 1,196 1.0
Moulding sand       77   11   352   118   -0.8
Quartz sand for brick and concrete     158   51   727   149   2.6
Gravel aggregates     4,655   1,676   14,454   3,185   +1.7
Silica:                        
Glass sand       30   7   605   138   -1.4
Quartz, veined       7   3   7   6   --
Quartzite, refractory     19   1   16   9   --
Stone:    
Stone for construction and road use 534 216 8,065 3,860 -1.0
Limestone and marl for lime and cement use     176   38   17,384   6,197   -0.4
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS
Coal:    
Bituminous 128 46   44,084 15,888 -1.0
Lignite       76   10   13,861   2,014   -3
Gas:2    
Natural 245 183 149 128 +8.5
Coal methane       43   18   80   12   --
Petroleum       85   73   13   12   --
NA  Not available.
1Million metric tons unless otherwise specified.
2Billion cubic meters.
Sources:  Central Statistical Office of Poland, 2004, Statistical Yearbook of Industry; Polish Academy of Sciences, 2004, Minerals Yearbook of Poland.