Europe
France
What comes out of the ground here, what is still in it, and who operates the assets.
9 materials produced
0 mines in the atlas
1 plants in the atlas
What it produces
Maps →USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · 2025 (estimated) · each row keeps the unit the source uses for that commodity · source ↗
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| Material | Series | Production | Unit | Share of world |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Sand & Gravel | Mine production | 13,000 | thousand metric tons | 3.0% |
| Iron Oxide Pigments | Mine production | 13,000 | metric tons | — |
| Salt | Mine production | 4,500 | thousand metric tons | 1.7% |
| Lime | Production | 3,500 | thousand metric tons | 0.8% |
| Gypsum | Mine production | 2,400 | thousand metric tons | 1.5% |
| Pumice & Pumicite | Mine production | 280.0 | thousand metric tons | 1.4% |
| Diatomite | Mine production | 250.0 | thousand metric tons | 10.0% |
| Indium | Refinery production | 21.00 | metric tons | 1.9% |
| Silicon | Ferrosilicon | 21.00 | thousand metric tons | 0.4% |
What it holds in reserve
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · reserves as most recently published
| Material | Series | Reserves | Unit | Share of world |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gypsum | Reserves | 300,000 | thousand metric tons | — |
| Diatomite | Reserves | Not applicable | thousand metric tons | — |
| Iron Oxide Pigments | Reserves | Not applicable | metric tons | — |
Processing and manufacturing sites
Georges Besse II Enrichment Plant · Enrichment plantJourneys that pass through France
All journeys →Material that is dug up here, refined here, or simply crosses the border on its way somewhere else.
Kazakh uranium to a fuel assembly in a reactor The most tightly watched journey in this atlas: every kilogram is accounted for, at every border.