Country profile
Germany
For Germany, Rare Context holds 6,413 assets and rights in 4 classes and figures on mine production and reserves. It is the largest producer of iron oxide pigments among the countries the USGS lists.
Assets and rights
Each class links to its page for Germany.
- Power plants6,185 · 271,820 MW
- Mines3
- CO2 emitters217 · 226,034,207 tCO2e
- Processing plants8
Mine production and reserves
9 commodities in the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, the ones where Germany ranks highest first.
| Commodity | Mine production, 2025 | World rank | Reserves, 2025 | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron oxide pigments | 280,000 t/year +1% | #1 of 4 | — | — |
| Salt | 15,000,000 t/year 0% | #4 of 23 | — | — |
| Potash, K2O equivalent | 3,000,000 t/year +20% | #5 of 12 | 150,000,000 t | #7 of 10 |
| Sand and gravel (industrial) | 9,200,000 t/year 0% | #8 of 20 | — | — |
| Diatomite | 50,000 t/year 0% | #9 of 13 | — | — |
| Peat | 830,000 t/year −16% | #9 of 12 | — | — |
| Gypsum | 4,700,000 t/year 0% | #10 of 19 | — | — |
| Fluorspar | 35,000 t/year 0% | #11 of 12 | — | — |
| Graphite (natural) | 140 t/year 0% | #18 of 18 | — | — |
World rank among the countries the USGS lists for each commodity, largest first. A percentage is the change on the year before.
Largest owners in Germany
By number of assets and rights they own, operate or hold here. Grid operators and users are not counted.
- Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH54
- RWE Wind Onshore & PV Deutschland GmbH52
- RWE Generation SE47
- EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG42
- JUWI GmbH35
- EnBW Windkraftprojekte GmbH33
- Boreas Energie GmbH28
- Alterric Deutschland GmbH27
- Enertrag SE25
- Prokon Regenerative Energien eG25
- BEW Berliner Energie und Wärme GmbH24
- UKA Umweltgerechte Kraftanlagen GmbH & Co. KG21
Data on this page
- EU Union Registry public data. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0, verified 2026-10-24.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026. USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, CC0 1.0.