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This article presents an overview of statistics for other mining and quarrying in the European Union (EU), covering NACE Rev. 2 Division 08.

Table 1: Key indicators, other mining and quarrying (NACE Division 08), EU-27, 2009
- Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Figure 1: Sectoral breakdown of other mining and quarrying (NACE Division 08), EU-27, 2009 (1)
(% share of sectoral total) - Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Table 2a: Sectoral breakdown of key indicators, other mining and quarrying (NACE Division 08), EU-27, 2009
- Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Table 2b: Sectoral breakdown of key indicators, other mining and quarrying (NACE Division 08), EU-27, 2009
- Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Table 3: Largest and most specialised Member States in other mining and quarrying (NACE Division 08), 2009 (1)
- Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Table 4a: Key indicators, other mining and quarrying (NACE Division 08), 2009
- Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Table 4b: Key indicators, other mining and quarrying (NACE Division 08), 2009
- Source: Eurostat (sbs_na_ind_r2)

Main statistical findings

Structural profile

The EU-27’s other mining and quarrying sector (Division 08) comprised 18 thousand enterprises in 2009, employed 221 thousand persons, and generated EUR 11 719 million of value added. As such, this sector contributed 0.2 % of the EU-27’s non-financial business economy (Sections B to J and L to N and Division 95) employment and value added, while its contribution to mining and quarrying (Section B) was 34.6 % of the workforce and 16.3 % of value added.

Apparent labour productivity in the EU-27's other mining and quarrying sector was EUR 53 thousand per person employed in 2009, somewhat above the non-financial business economy average of EUR 41.6 thousand per person employed but equivalent to less than half the mining and quarrying average of EUR 112 thousand per person employed. The average personnel costs within the EU-27’s other mining and quarrying sector were EUR 31.0 thousand per employee in 2009, which was between the average for the non-financial business economy (EUR 30.0 thousand per employee) and the average for mining and quarrying (EUR 34.0 thousand per employee).

The wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio combines the two previous indicators and shows that value added per person employed was equivalent to 170.8 % of average personnel costs per employee in the EU-27's other mining and quarrying sector in 2009. As such, the value for this sector was again closer to the non-financial business economy average (138.8 %) than to the mining and quarrying average (321.4 %). A broadly similar situation was observed for the gross operating rate, which was 15.5 % for other mining and quarrying, between the non-financial business economy average (9.7 %) and the mining and quarrying average (26.6 %).

Sectoral analysis

Around six out of every seven enterprises within the EU-27’s other mining and quarrying sector were classified under the quarrying of stone, sand and clay (Group 08.1), while the remainder were classified to mining and quarrying not elsewhere classified (Group 08.2). In output and employment terms the relative importance of quarrying of stone, sand and clay was slightly less, with 81.1 % of sectoral value added and 83.6 % of sectoral employment – see Figure 1.

Through its size, the relatively large subsector for quarrying of stone, sand and clay dominates the other mining and quarrying sector and therefore the values for many derived indicators for this subsector are generally close to the sectoral average. Apparent labour productivity for the quarrying of stone, sand and clay was EUR 51 thousand per person employed, whereas for mining and quarrying not elsewhere classified it reached EUR 60 thousand per employee. In a similar manner, the gross operating rate for mining and quarrying not elsewhere classified (17.5 %) was somewhat higher than that for the quarrying of stone, sand and clay (15.1 %); both of these rates were above the non-financial business economy average (9.7 %) in 2009, but below the mining and quarrying average (26.6 %).

Country analysis

Germany recorded the highest share (18.3 %) of EU-27 value added within the other mining and quarrying sector in 2009, followed by France (17.6 %) and Spain (12.1 %). Germany’s position as the largest Member State in the sector was reinforced by having the largest value added terms in the mining and quarrying not elsewhere classified subsector (21.5 % of EU-27 value added), whereas France had the largest share (20.2 %) for the quarrying of stone, sand and clay subsector.

The same three Member States (Germany, France and Spain) had the largest workforces in the other mining and quarrying sector, although their shares of the EU-27 total were all smaller in employment terms – ranging from 14.0 % in Germany to 10.5 % in Spain – than they were in value added terms; note that the French data relate to the number of employees, rather than persons employed. The difference between shares of value added and employment can be explained to some extent by the large Polish share of the EU-27 workforce, which reached 10.2 % in 2009, which was approximately double the Polish share of EU-27 value added in this sector.

In value added terms the most specialised Member State in this sector in 2009 was Latvia, as 0.8 % of Latvian non-financial business economy value added was generated in the other mining and quarrying sector, more than three and a half times the EU-27 average (0.2 %). The only other Member States where this sector accounted for 0.5 % of non-financial business economy value added in 2009 was Cyprus.

The highest wage-adjusted labour productivity ratios recorded within the other mining and quarrying sector in 2009 were in the Netherlands, Cyprus, Hungary and Latvia, all in excess of 220 %. Ireland was the only Member State where the wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio was below 100 %, as the apparent labour productivity in Ireland was just 91.5 % of the average personnel costs – see Table 4b.

Data sources and availability

The analysis presented in this article is based on the main dataset for structural business statistics (SBS) which are disseminated annually. The series provides information for each Member State as well as a number of non-member countries at a detailed level according to the activity classification NACE. Data are available for a wide range of variables.

Context

This article presents an overview of statistics for the other mining and quarrying sector in the EU, covering NACE Rev. 2 Division 08. This division includes extraction from mines or quarries as well as dredging of alluvial deposits, rock crushing and the use of salt marshes. These products are used most notably in construction (for example, sands and stones), chemicals and materials manufacturing (for example, clay, gypsum and calcium).

Other mining and quarrying not elsewhere classified includes, for example, the mining and quarrying of abrasive materials, asbestos, natural graphite, steatite (talc), feldspar, natural asphalt, gemstones, quartz and mica.

This NACE division is composed of two groups:

  • the quarrying of stone, sand and clay (Group 08.1);
  • mining and quarrying not elsewhere classified (Group 08.9).

This division does not include processing (except crushing, grinding, cutting, cleaning, drying, sorting and mixing) of the minerals extracted.

Further Eurostat information

Publications

Main tables

Database

SBS - industry and construction (sbs_ind_co)
Annual detailed enterprise statistics - industry and construction (sbs_na_ind)
Annual detailed enterprise statistics for industry (NACE Rev.2 B-E) (sbs_na_ind_r2)
Preliminary results on industry and construction, main indicators (NACE Rev.2) (sbs_na_r2preli)
SMEs - Annual enterprise statistics broken down by size classes - industry and construction (sbs_sc_ind)
Industry broken down by employment size classes (NACE Rev.2 B-E) (sbs_sc_ind_r2)
SBS - regional data - all activities (sbs_r)
SBS data by NUTS 2 regions and NACE Rev.2, from 2008 onwards (sbs_r_nuts06_r2)

Dedicated section

Source data for tables, figures and maps (MS Excel)

Other information

External links

See also

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