Editing Economy of Finland (section)

=== Metals, engineering and manufacturing ===
Finland has an abundance of minerals, but many large mines have closed down, and most raw materials are now imported. For this reason, companies now tend to focus on high added-value processing of metals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geological Survey of Finland is allowing the country to reap the mining rewards |url=https://www.worldfinance.com/strategy/geological-survey-of-finland-is-allowing-the-country-to-reap-the-mining-rewards |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=www.worldfinance.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The exports include steel, copper, chromium, gold, zinc and nickel, and finished products such as steel roofing and cladding, welded steel pipes, copper pipe and coated sheets. [[Outokumpu]] is known for developing the flash smelting process for copper production and stainless steel.

In 2019, the country was the world's 5th largest producer of [[chromium]],<ref>{{cite web| url = https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-chromium.pdf| title = USGS Chromium Production Statistics}}</ref> the 17th largest world producer of [[sulfur]]<ref>{{cite web| url = https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-sulfur.pdf| title = USGS Sulfur Production Statistics}}</ref> and the 20th largest world producer of [[phosphate]]<ref>{{cite web| url = https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-phosphate.pdf| title = USGS Phosphate Production Statistics}}</ref>

With regard to vehicles, the Finnish motor industry consists mostly of manufacturers of tractors ([[Valtra]], formerly [[Valmet tractor]]), forest machines (f.ex. [[Ponsse]]), military vehicles (Sisu, [[Patria (company)|Patria]]), trucks ([[Sisu Auto]]), buses and [[Valmet Automotive]], a contract manufacturer, whose factory in [[Uusikaupunki]] produces [[Mercedes-Benz]] cars. [[Shipbuilding]] is an important industry: the world's largest cruise ships are built in Finland; also, the Finnish company [[Wärtsilä]] produces the world's largest diesel engines and has market share of 47%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wartsila.com/investors/markets/market-shares|title = Market shares}}</ref> In addition, Finland also produces train [[rolling stock]].

The manufacturing industry is a significant employer of about 400,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |author=Finland in Figures |url=http://www.tilastokeskus.fi/tup/suoluk/suoluk_tyoelama_en.html |title=Tilastokeskus - Labour Market |publisher=Tilastokeskus.fi |access-date=26 April 2015 |archive-date=18 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818043828/http://www.tilastokeskus.fi/tup/suoluk/suoluk_tyoelama_en.html }}</ref>