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Most of the mines that actively endured at the beginning of the 20th
century have been closed (eniscuola.net, 2021). In contrast, Spain,
under its diverse geological land, has a wide range of mineral
resources. Spain has had the largest mercury deposit in the world
exploited since ancient times. In 2017 Spain was between the second
and the third producer of copper, the first producer of gypsum and
the exclusive producer of sepiolite in the European Union
(uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com, 2021). Nowadays,mining in
Europeis the most modern and innovative industrysector in the
continent.
Having introduced the background of each partnership country’s
mining industryas an interesting fact I would like to give a brief
overview of their current primary energy production resources. Only in
2020, Poland based 47% of primary energy production on hard coal
(trade.gov, 2021). In 2017 Italy’selectricity production in 67% comes
from fossilfuels and Spain generated almost40% of the country’s
electricity from fossil fuels,primarily natural gas and coal (eia.gov,
2017).
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