Sulfur |
| In 2006, Germany produced 2.290 million tonnes of sulfur. Total world production was 65.7 million tonnes. |
Potassium |
| Germany is one of the main sources of potash, the principal source of potassium. |
Calcium |
| In 2006, Germany produced 53009 tonnes of fluorspar (CaF2). World production was around 5.5 million tonnes.
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| Germany's production of gypsum (CaSO4.2H2O) in 2006 was 1.771 million tonnes. World production of gypsum in 2006 was 142.5 millions tonnes.
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Iron |
| Germany's production of iron ore in 2006 was 411973 tonnes. Total world production of iron ore in 2006 was 1.81 billion tonnes. |
| Production of pig iron in Germany in 2006 was 30.360 million tonnes. Total world production of pig iron in 2006 was 925.8
million tonnes.
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Copper |
| In 2006, Germany produced 662300 tonnes of refined copper, total production of refined copper was 17.2 million tonnes. |
Gallium |
| Data on world production of primary gallium are unavailable because data on the output of the few producers are considered
to be proprietary.
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| In 2007, world primary production was estimated to be about 80 metric tons. China, Germany, Japan, and Ukraine were the leading producers.
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| Countries with smaller output were Hungary, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Slovakia. Refined gallium production was estimated to be about 103 metric tons; this figure includes some scrap refining.
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| Gallium was recycled from new scrap in Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Selenium |
| In 2006, Germany produced 12 tonnes of selenium. |
Bromine |
| In 2002 and 2003, Germany produced around 500 tonnes of bromine, but nothing in 2004/5/6. |
Cadmium |
| In 2006, Germany produced approx. 640 tonnes of cadmium, world production was around 21100 tonnes. |
Barium |
| In 2006, Germany produced 85524 tonnes of barytes (BaSO4), the main source of barium. World production of barytes in 2006 was 8.8 million tonnes.
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Lead |
| In 2006, Germany's production of refined lead was 321500 tonnes. Total world production of refined lead in 2006 was 8 million
tonnes.
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