🇩🇪DEU
Germany
Europe
Resource estimates and comparisons are evidence layers. For Nigeria, the primary experience is what the resources mean for people, communities, work, and accountability.
Loading country data…
Europe
Resource estimates and comparisons are evidence layers. For Nigeria, the primary experience is what the resources mean for people, communities, work, and accountability.
Loading country data…
Export Germany's resource data as JSON
Country
Germany
Resources
9
Schema Version
v1.0.0
Exported
11/4/2026
{
"schema_version": "v1.0.0",
"exported_at": "2026-11-04T00:08:00.553Z",
"country": {
"name": "Germany",
"iso2": "DE",
"iso3": "DEU",
"region": "Europe",
"as_of": "2025-12-30",
"base_currency": "EUR",
"defaults": {
"recovery_factor": 0.75,
"government_take": 0.35,
"discount_rate": 0.06,
"time_horizon_years": 20
}
},
"resources": [
{
"id": "de-lignite",
"name": "Lignite (Brown Coal)",
"category": "energy",
"type": "lignite",
"strategic": false,
"notes": "Germany is world's largest lignite producer. Rhineland, Lusatia, Central German coalfields. Phase-out by 2038 committed.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "de-rhineland-lignite",
"name": "Rhineland Lignite District",
"admin_areas": [
"North Rhine-Westphalia"
],
"location": {
"lat": 50.9,
"lon": 6.5
},
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": false,
"infrastructure_notes": "RWE operations. Open-pit mines. Power stations nearby.",
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 5,
"environmental": 5,
"notes": "Coal phase-out by 2038. Hambach Forest protests. Social transition challenges."
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "proved",
"quantity": {
"value": 35000000000,
"unit": "tonne",
"basis": "recoverable"
},
"as_of": "2025-01-01",
"confidence": 0.85,
"notes": "Germany has world's largest lignite reserves. Economic viability declining.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "German Mineral Resources",
"publisher": "BGR",
"year": 2025,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": [
{
"scenario_id": "base",
"price": {
"value": 20,
"unit": "USD/tonne",
"currency": "USD"
},
"recovery_factor": 0.9,
"government_take": 0.2,
"computed": {
"gross_value": 700000000000,
"state_value": 140000000000
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "de-potash",
"name": "Potash",
"category": "industrial_mineral",
"type": "potash",
"strategic": true,
"notes": "Germany has significant potash reserves. K+S AG major producer. Thuringia and Lower Saxony deposits.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "de-german-potash",
"name": "German Potash Deposits",
"admin_areas": [
"Thuringia",
"Saxony-Anhalt",
"Lower Saxony"
],
"location": {
"lat": 51,
"lon": 10.5
},
"grade": {
"value": 12,
"unit": "K2O_percent",
"notes": null
},
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": true,
"infrastructure_notes": "K+S AG operations. Underground mining.",
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 2,
"environmental": 3,
"notes": "Mine water disposal challenges. Environmental regulations."
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "proved",
"quantity": {
"value": 1000000000,
"unit": "tonne",
"basis": "recoverable"
},
"as_of": "2025-01-01",
"confidence": 0.8,
"notes": "Germany among top 5 global potash producers.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "German Mineral Resources",
"publisher": "BGR",
"year": 2025,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": [
{
"scenario_id": "base",
"price": {
"value": 350,
"unit": "USD/tonne",
"currency": "USD"
},
"recovery_factor": 0.8,
"government_take": 0.25,
"computed": {
"gross_value": 350000000000,
"state_value": 87500000000
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "de-salt",
"name": "Salt (Rock Salt)",
"category": "industrial_mineral",
"type": "salt",
"strategic": false,
"notes": "Large salt deposits. Road salt, industrial and chemical uses. Solution mining and rock salt mining.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "de-german-salt",
"name": "German Salt Deposits",
"admin_areas": [
"Lower Saxony",
"Saxony-Anhalt",
"Bavaria"
],
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": true,
"infrastructure_notes": null,
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 1,
"environmental": 1,
"notes": null
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "proved",
"quantity": {
"value": 10000000000,
"unit": "tonne",
"basis": "in-place"
},
"as_of": "2025-01-01",
"confidence": 0.9,
"notes": null,
"sources": [
{
"title": "Industrial Minerals Report",
"publisher": "BGR",
"year": 2025,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": [
{
"scenario_id": "base",
"price": {
"value": 50,
"unit": "USD/tonne",
"currency": "USD"
},
"recovery_factor": 0.9,
"government_take": 0.1,
"computed": {
"gross_value": 450000000000,
"state_value": 45000000000
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "de-aggregates",
"name": "Sand & Gravel",
"category": "construction_material",
"type": "aggregate",
"strategic": false,
"notes": "Major construction materials producer. Gravel, sand for concrete and construction.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "de-german-aggregates",
"name": "German Aggregate Resources",
"admin_areas": [
"Bavaria",
"Baden-Württemberg",
"North Rhine-Westphalia"
],
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": true,
"infrastructure_notes": null,
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 1,
"environmental": 2,
"notes": null
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "proved",
"quantity": {
"value": 20000000000,
"unit": "tonne",
"basis": "in-place"
},
"as_of": "2025-01-01",
"confidence": 0.85,
"notes": "Germany produces ~250Mt aggregates annually.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "Construction Minerals",
"publisher": "BGR",
"year": 2025,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": [
{
"scenario_id": "base",
"price": {
"value": 10,
"unit": "USD/tonne",
"currency": "USD"
},
"recovery_factor": 0.95,
"government_take": 0.05,
"computed": {
"gross_value": 190000000000,
"state_value": 9500000000
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "de-natural-gas",
"name": "Natural Gas",
"category": "energy",
"type": "natural_gas",
"strategic": true,
"notes": "Limited domestic production. Heavy import dependence. Post-Nord Stream transition to LNG and alternatives.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "de-german-gas",
"name": "German Gas Fields",
"admin_areas": [
"Lower Saxony",
"Schleswig-Holstein"
],
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": false,
"infrastructure_notes": "Declining production. New LNG terminals for imports.",
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 3,
"environmental": 2,
"notes": "Energy security concern after Russia gas cutoff. Fracking banned."
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "proved",
"quantity": {
"value": 1500,
"unit": "bcf",
"basis": "recoverable"
},
"as_of": "2025-01-01",
"confidence": 0.75,
"notes": "Declining reserves. Domestic production meets ~5% of demand.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "German Energy Resources",
"publisher": "BGR",
"year": 2025,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": [
{
"scenario_id": "base",
"price": {
"value": 4000000,
"unit": "USD/bcf",
"currency": "USD"
},
"recovery_factor": 0.85,
"government_take": 0.35,
"computed": {
"gross_value": 6000000000,
"state_value": 2100000000
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "de-offshore-wind",
"name": "Offshore Wind Resource",
"category": "energy",
"type": "renewable",
"strategic": true,
"notes": "Major offshore wind development in North Sea and Baltic. Key to Energiewende. 30GW target by 2030.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "de-german-offshore-wind",
"name": "German Offshore Wind Zones",
"admin_areas": [
"North Sea",
"Baltic Sea"
],
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": true,
"infrastructure_notes": "Multiple operational wind farms. Grid connections. 30GW target by 2030.",
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 2,
"environmental": 2,
"notes": null
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "measured",
"quantity": {
"value": 70,
"unit": "GW",
"basis": "technical_potential"
},
"as_of": "2025-01-01",
"confidence": 0.8,
"notes": "Technical potential. 8GW installed. 30GW target by 2030.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "Offshore Wind Strategy",
"publisher": "BMWK",
"year": 2024,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": []
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "de-arable-land",
"name": "Arable Land",
"category": "agriculture",
"type": "farmland",
"strategic": true,
"notes": "Productive agricultural sector. Wheat, barley, sugar beets, potatoes. Strong organic sector.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "de-german-farmland",
"name": "German Agricultural Land",
"admin_areas": [
"Bavaria",
"Lower Saxony",
"North Rhine-Westphalia",
"Baden-Württemberg"
],
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": true,
"infrastructure_notes": null,
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 2,
"environmental": 2,
"notes": null
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "measured",
"quantity": {
"value": 16700000,
"unit": "hectare",
"basis": "total_farmland"
},
"as_of": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": 0.95,
"notes": "16.7M ha agricultural land. ~11.8M ha arable. Major EU agricultural producer.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "Agricultural Statistics",
"publisher": "Federal Statistical Office",
"year": 2024,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": []
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "de-timber",
"name": "Timber/Forestry",
"category": "forestry",
"type": "timber",
"strategic": false,
"notes": "Significant forestry sector. 11.4M ha forest (32% of land). Major wood producer. Climate stress increasing.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "de-german-forests",
"name": "German Managed Forests",
"admin_areas": [
"Bavaria",
"Baden-Württemberg",
"Hesse",
"Lower Saxony"
],
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": true,
"infrastructure_notes": null,
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 1,
"environmental": 3,
"notes": "Bark beetle infestations. Drought stress. Climate adaptation needed."
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "measured",
"quantity": {
"value": 3900000000,
"unit": "cubic_metre",
"basis": "standing_volume"
},
"as_of": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": 0.85,
"notes": "11.4M ha forest. Standing volume 3.9B m³. Major sawlog producer.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "National Forest Inventory",
"publisher": "Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture",
"year": 2024,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": []
}
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "de-freshwater",
"name": "Freshwater Resources",
"category": "water",
"type": "freshwater",
"strategic": true,
"notes": "Abundant freshwater. Rhine, Elbe, Danube river systems. Groundwater important for drinking water.",
"occurrences": [
{
"id": "de-german-freshwater",
"name": "German Freshwater Systems",
"admin_areas": [
"Bavaria",
"Baden-Württemberg",
"North Rhine-Westphalia",
"Lower Saxony"
],
"dev_status": "producing",
"export_ready": false,
"infrastructure_notes": null,
"risk": {
"security": 1,
"regulatory": 1,
"environmental": 2,
"notes": "Climate change affecting availability. Summer droughts increasing."
},
"reserve_estimates": [
{
"quality": "measured",
"quantity": {
"value": 188,
"unit": "km3",
"basis": "renewable"
},
"as_of": "2024-12-31",
"confidence": 0.85,
"notes": "Annual renewable freshwater. Well-developed water infrastructure.",
"sources": [
{
"title": "Water Resources Report",
"publisher": "German Environment Agency",
"year": 2024,
"type": "gov_report"
}
],
"valuation_scenarios": []
}
]
}
]
}
]
}