General Information on Austria
The Republic of Austria is situated in Central Europe, sharing borders with eight other countries. It is a member of the European Union and the Euro Zone. In 2015, GDP amounted to approximately 339,896 million €, i.e., 38,390 € per capita, growing by 1.0% as compared to the previous year. The official language is German with Croatian, Slovenian, and Hungarian being accepted local languages in some regions. The majority of the approximately 8.773 million Austrians are registered as Roman Catholics. As of 2014, 16.8% of people aged 25–64 held a university degree, up from 7.5% in 2001. Local customs and traditions are an important part of Austrian culture. Austria is well known for a number of composers especially of classical music, artists, scientists, and economists. Compared to other countries in the EU, Austria uses resources with an average efficiency. A total of 1,454 € worth of goods and services were produced for every tonne of raw material used...
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
References
Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft (BMLFUW) (2012) Ressourceneffizienz Aktionsplan (REAP). Wegweiser zur Schonung natürlicher Ressourcen, Wien
Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft (BMLFUW) und Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft (BMWFW) (2015) Ressourcennutzung in Österreich, Bericht 2015, Wien
Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft (BMWFW) (2016) Österreichisches Montanhandbuch, vol 90, Wien
European Commission (2008) The raw materials initiative – meeting our critical needs for growth and jobs in Europe, COM (2008) 699, Brussels
European Commission (2011) Tackling the challenges in commodity markets and on raw materials, COM (2011) 25, Brussels
Mineralrohstoffgesetz – MinroG: BGBl. I Nr. 38/1999, modified as BGBl. I Nr. 95/2016
OECD (2014) Export restrictions in raw materials trade: facts, fallacies and better practices. OECD, Paris
Reichl C, Schatz M, Zsak G (2017) World mining data, vol 32. Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft (BMWFW), Wien. https://www.en.bmwfw.gv.at/Energy/WorldMiningData. Accessed 28 June 2017
Schönbauer C, Holnsteiner R, Reichl C (2014) Die Versorgung mit mineralischen Rohstoffen – Entwicklungen auf internationaler und nationaler Ebene. In: BHM, vol 159/10. Springer, Wien, pp 399–405
Statistik Austria (2017) Statistisches Jahrbuch Österreichs. Wien
Thalmann F, Schermann O, Schroll E, Hausberger G (1989) Geochemischer Atlas der Republik Österreich 1:1,000.000. Geol. Bundesanstalt, Wien
Weber L (ed) (2012) Der Österreichische Rohstoffplan. Archiv für Lagerstättenforschung der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, vol 26. Geologische Bundesanstalt, Wien
Weber L (2015) Interpretation von Reserven- und Ressourcenangaben aus wirtschaftsgeologischer Sicht. In: BHM, vol 160/2. Springer, Wien, pp 71–78
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Section Editor information
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany
About this entry
Cite this entry
Holnsteiner, R., Reichl, C., Strobl, S., Wagner, S. (2018). Austria: Minerals Policy. In: Tiess, G., Majumder, T., Cameron, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mineral and Energy Policy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40871-7_42-1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40871-7_42-1
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-40871-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-40871-7
eBook Packages: Springer Reference EnergyReference Module Computer Science and Engineering