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Germany
Sulfur
In 2006, Germany produced 2.290 million tonnes of sulfur. Total world production was 65.7 million tonnes.
Potassium
Germany is one of the main sources of potash, the principal source of potassium.
Calcium
In 2006, Germany produced 53009 tonnes of fluorspar (CaF2). World production was around 5.5 million tonnes.
Germany's production of gypsum (CaSO4.2H2O) in 2006 was 1.771 million tonnes. World production of gypsum in 2006 was 142.5 millions tonnes.
Iron
Germany's production of iron ore in 2006 was 411973 tonnes. Total world production of iron ore in 2006 was 1.81 billion tonnes.
Production of pig iron in Germany in 2006 was 30.360 million tonnes. Total world production of pig iron in 2006 was 925.8 million tonnes.
Copper
In 2006, Germany produced 662300 tonnes of refined copper, total production of refined copper was 17.2 million tonnes.
Gallium
Data on world production of primary gallium are unavailable because data on the output of the few producers are considered to be proprietary.
In 2007, world primary production was estimated to be about 80 metric tons. China, Germany, Japan, and Ukraine were the leading producers.
Countries with smaller output were Hungary, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Slovakia. Refined gallium production was estimated to be about 103 metric tons; this figure includes some scrap refining.
Gallium was recycled from new scrap in Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Selenium
In 2006, Germany produced 12 tonnes of selenium.
Bromine
In 2002 and 2003, Germany produced around 500 tonnes of bromine, but nothing in 2004/5/6.
Cadmium
In 2006, Germany produced approx. 640 tonnes of cadmium, world production was around 21100 tonnes.
Barium
In 2006, Germany produced 85524 tonnes of barytes (BaSO4), the main source of barium. World production of barytes in 2006 was 8.8 million tonnes.
Lead
In 2006, Germany's production of refined lead was 321500 tonnes. Total world production of refined lead in 2006 was 8 million tonnes.