Country profile
Spain
For Spain, Rare Context holds 106 assets and rights in 3 classes, farmland prices for 17 regions and figures on mine production and reserves. It is the number 2 producer of strontium among the 5 countries the USGS lists.
Assets and rights
Each class links to its page for Spain.
- Mines7
- CO2 emitters97 · 61,826,534 tCO2e
- Processing plants2
Farmland prices
Spain: €12,778/ha for arable and €4,360/ha for permanent grassland in 2024.
- Arable
- Permanent grassland
- Irrigable arable
- Non-irrigable arable
| Year | Arable | Permanent grassland | Irrigable arable | Non-irrigable arable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12,778 | 4,360 | 26,895 | 8,629 |
| 2023 | 12,421 | 4,256 | 26,429 | 8,302 |
| 2022 | 11,905 | 4,199 | 25,330 | 7,957 |
| 2021 | 11,462 | 4,131 | 24,242 | 7,704 |
| 2020 | 11,158 | 4,003 | 23,638 | 7,489 |
Values in EUR/ha.
Mine production and reserves
16 commodities in the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, the ones where Spain ranks highest first.
| Commodity | Mine production, 2025 | World rank | Reserves, 2025 | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strontium, strontium content | 100,000 t/year 0% | #2 of 5 | — | — |
| Clays, fuller’s earth | 690,000 t/year 0% | #3 of 7 | — | — |
| Gypsum | 11,000,000 t/year 0% | #5 of 19 | — | — |
| Fluorspar | 140,000 t/year +1% | #6 of 12 | 15,000,000 t | #6 of 9 |
| Magnesium compounds, magnesium oxide (MgO) content | 640,000 t/year −2% | #6 of 12 | 35,000,000 t | #10 of 12 |
| Clays, bentonite | 120,000 t/year 0% | #8 of 11 | — | — |
| Diatomite | 50,000 t/year 0% | #9 of 13 | 57,000,000 t | #3 of 5 |
| Clays, kaolin | 400,000 t/year −1% | #9 of 10 | — | — |
| Tungsten, tungsten content | 800 t/year +14% | #10 of 11 | 66,000 t | #5 of 8 |
| Mica (natural), scrap and flake | 8,000 t/year 0% | #10 of 10 | — | — |
6 more commodities
| Commodity | Mine production, 2025 | World rank | Reserves, 2025 | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potash, K2O equivalent | 450,000 t/year −8% | #11 of 12 | 100,000,000 t | #8 of 10 |
| Sand and gravel (industrial) | 6,300,000 t/year 0% | #11 of 20 | — | — |
| Pumice and pumicite | 300,000 t/year 0% | #14 of 16 | — | — |
| Salt | 4,000,000 t/year 0% | #16 of 23 | — | — |
| Feldspar and nepheline syenite, includes pegmatites | 620,000 t/year 0% | only one listed | — | — |
| Iron oxide pigments, ocher and red iron oxide | 19,000 t/year +6% | only one listed | — | — |
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 Spain
By number of assets and rights they own, operate or hold here. Grid operators and users are not counted.
- Naturgy Ciclos Combinados, S.L.U.9
- Cementos Portland Valderrivas, S.A.5
- Unión Eléctrica de Canarias Generación, S.A.U.5
- Cemex España Operaciones, S.L.U.4
- Endesa Generación, S.A.4
- Gas y Electricidad Generacion SAU4
- Iberdrola Generación Térmica, S.L.4
- LafargeHolcim España, S.A.U.4
- Repsol Petróleo, S.A.4
- S.A.I.C.A.4
- Votorantim Cementos España, S.A.4
- Cementos Tudela Veguín SA3
Data on this page
- EU Union Registry public data. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0, verified 2026-10-24.
- Eurostat apri_lprc. Eurostat apri_lprc, Commercial reuse allowed with attribution.
- USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026. USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, CC0 1.0.