Editing Economy of Spain (section)

=== Mining ===
[[File:Vista de la Mina cobre Las Cruces. Gerena.jpg|thumb|Las Cruces copper mine in [[Gerena]]]]
In 2019, the country was the 7th largest producer of [[gypsum]]<ref>{{cite web| url = https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-gypsum.pdf| title = USGS Gypsum Production Statistics}}</ref> and the 10th world's largest producer of [[potash]],<ref>{{cite web| url = https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-potash.pdf| title = USGS Potash Production Statistics}}</ref> in addition to being the 15th largest world producer of [[table salt|salt]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-salt.pdf| title = USGS Salt Production Statistics}}</ref>

[[Copper]] (of which the country is the second producer in Europe) is primarily extracted in the [[Iberian Pyrite Belt]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20210315/auge-mineria-espana-metales-futuro/2082319.shtml|website=[[rtve.es]]|date=15 March 2021|title= La fiebre de la minería en España: el auge de los nuevos metales}}</ref>

The [[province of Granada]] features two mines of [[Celestine (mineral)|Celestine]], making the country a major producer of [[strontium]] concentrates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.igme.es/PanoramaMinero/Historico/2011/ESTRONCIO11.pdf|publisher=[[IGME]]|access-date=28 December 2022|title=Estroncio 2011|archive-date=26 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926192843/https://www.igme.es/PanoramaMinero/Historico/2011/ESTRONCIO11.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>