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Cement raw materials: Production and mining sites
Cement is a fundamental component for the manufacturing of concrete, one of the most widely used construction materials in Switzerland and around the world. This dataset shows the production and mining sites in operation and decommissioned. A national overview of the limestone and marl occurrences, the most important raw materials for cement, are shown at a scale of 1:500’000. Not shown are the occurrences of occasionally used secondary raw materials such as sand and clay. Occurrences of lesser components such as sand and clay are not displayed. <a href=" https://map.geo.admin.ch/?topic=georessourcen&lang=en&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-grau&catalogNodes=15165&layers=ch.swisstopo.geologie-rohstoffe-gips_abbau_verarbeitung" target="_blank">Gypsum</a> is represented in a separate data set.
For detailed geological information at a scale of 1:25’000, please refer to the swissGEOCOVER2Ddataset.
In case it is desired to develop a mining site, it is essential to conduct a detailed geological investigation on the location of interest.
The perimeters of the active mining sites are to be considered as indications. They are based on the Topographic Landscape Model (TLM) and SWISSIMAGE aerial photographs. For detailed information on mining activities, please contact the relevant cantonal authorities.
This map is periodically updated and does not claim to be exhaustive.
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Cement raw materials
- Date (Creation)
- 2014-01-13
- Date (Revision)
- 2026-03-02
- Identifier
- ch.swisstopo.geologie-rohstoffe-zement_abbau_verarbeitung
- Status
- On going
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Owner
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Topic category
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- F Geoscientific information
- Q Utilities communication
- T Economy
- L Environment
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Extent
- Description
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Switzerland
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- Periodic
- GEMET
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geology
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extractive industry
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raw material securing
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building materials industry
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mineral resource
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mining
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resources
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land management and planning
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- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Mineral resources
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Production and industrial facilities
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Geology
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- geocat.ch
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structure plan
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FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
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confederation
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land use planning
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mine
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lithology
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opendata.swiss
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spatial development
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raw material extraction
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operation
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Resource constraints
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Opendata BY: Open use. Must provide the source.
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Français
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Italiano
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Subtopic Category
- F1 Geology
- Subtopic Category
- E1 Spatial Planning, Spatial Development
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GeoJSON (GEOJSON)
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ch.swisstopo.geologie-rohstoffe-zement_abbau_verarbeitung
WMS-FSDI service, layer "Cement raw materials"
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rawmaterials.swissgeol.ch
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Rohstoffinformationssystem (RIS)
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Download
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ch.swisstopo.geologie-rohstoffe-zement_abbau_verarbeitung
WMTS-FSDI service, layer "Cement raw materials"
Identifier
- Code
- EPSG:2056
- Description
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CH1903+ / LV95 (EPSG:2056)
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 9128ae2a-acdf-42cf-bb67-00755f0857fb
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Français
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Italiano
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Rumantsch
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Owner
Owner
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9128ae2a-acdf-42cf-bb67-00755f0857fb
- Date info (Creation)
- 2017-10-17T09:45:07Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2026-08-08T05:54:49.85015Z
Metadata standard
- Title
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eCH-0271
