Estonian Mineral Resources in 2025: Reserves and Extraction | News

2026-08-31

Estonian Mineral Resources in 2025: Reserves and Extraction

Geological Survey of Estonia has published the summary balances of Estonia's mineral resources for 2025, available to everyone in a report in the Geological Archive:

Vohta, A. 2026. Eesti Vabariigi 2025. aasta maavaravarude koondbilansid [Summary balances of mineral resources of the Republic of Estonia for 2025]. Report EGF 47473. Geological Survey of Estonia, Tallinn, 77 pp. https://fond.egt.ee/fond/egf/47473

Up-to-date data on construction mineral reserves and extraction volumes by mining claim, deposit and county can also be viewed on this portal. In 2025, a total of nearly 9 million m³ of sand, gravel, limestone, dolostone and clay was extracted. Annual extraction volumes were similar in 2022–2024. The largest share was construction and filling sand, with 4.7 million m³ produced.

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