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Netherlands: natural resources

Minerals produced, mines and deposits, power capacity and how much the economy depends on resources. Netherlands is part of the Invest Global country data, so every figure carries its source.

Mines and deposits mapped
34
5 operating
Minerals above 1% of world
0
USGS MCS 2026
Power capacity
17 GW
71 plants
Clean share of electricity
54%
Ember, 2025

Mines and deposits

Coal17
Phosphate5
Vanadium2
Lead2
Tin2
Bauxite and aluminium2
Platinum-group metals2
Gold2
Iron ore1
Molybdenum1
Titanium1
Zinc1
SiteCommoditiesStatusOperatorSource
Name UnknownPhosphateOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
IjmuidenIron oreOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
RotterdamMolybdenumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Vanandium OperationVanadiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
(Facility) Arnhem Works RefineryLead, TinProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS
(Facility) Arnhem Works SmelterLead, TinProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS
Botlek Plant TiTitaniumProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS
BudelZinc, Cobalt, CopperProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS
DelfzijlBauxite and aluminiumProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS
Pernis Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphateProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS
Sas Van-Ghent Phos. Acid PlantPhosphateProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS
Vlaardingen W-H I & Ii Phos Acd.PhosphateProcessing plantNot statedUSGS MRDS

Showing operating and larger sites first. Open the map for every site.

Power capacity by fuel

Gas9.3 GW
Coal5.0 GW
Wind1.9 GW
Nuclear485 MW
Solar245 MW
Largest plantsFuelCapacityOwner
EemsGas2,465 MWElectrabel
EemshavenCoal1,600 MWEssent
MagnumGas1,311 MWVattenfall
Maasvlakte 3Coal1,100 MWE.ON
Maasvlakte (MV1 and MV2)Coal1,040 MWE.ON
FLEVOGas999 MWGDF Suez
MaximaGas880 MWElectrabel
SloeGas870 MWEDF/DELTA

Source: WRI Global Power Plant Database v1.3 (CC BY 4.0). Plants of about 1 MW and above, data mostly 2018 to 2021.

Resource dependence

Oil rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Natural gas rents
0.3%
% of GDP · 2021
Coal rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Mineral rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Fuel exports
10.8%
% of merchandise exports · 2025
Ores and metals exports
2.4%
% of merchandise exports · 2025

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Mine and deposit locations combine the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (public domain, last updated 2022, strongest for the United States and the Americas) and Wikidata (CC0, notable named mines). Coverage is uneven and partly historical, and status can be out of date: this is not a complete or current registry, and a point on the map is not an offer, a licence or evidence of a legal right. Production and reserve figures are from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries and are rounded estimates. Power plants are from the WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), mostly 2018 to 2021. Nothing here is investment, legal or technical advice.