the mineral industry of spain 2002 21 1 by harold r newman which has an area 506 000 square kilometers some most mineralized territory in western europe and was a significant european producer nonferrous precious metals main polymetallic deposits from west to east include tharsis scotiel rio tinto aznalcollar terms value mine output metallic nonmetallic minerals quarry products one leading union eu countries consequently it had highest levels self sufficiency with respect raw materials among members long history base metal mining although numbers active operations have significantly decreased recent years country remained important table s economy 10th largest world higher gross domestic product gdp growth rate than any major industrialized continued perform well purchasing power parity 870 billion per capita 592 unemployment 11 4 international monetary fund 2004
