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The Lithuania Tribune, BNS

Lithuania's mineral resources, mostly used for construction of roads and buildings, are nearing exhaustion, while environmental rules and property rights make it difficult to prospect for new deposits. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

In 2014, Lithuania's resource productivity accounted for only 0.65 EUR/kg, down by 1.1 percent since 2012. The country's domestic material consumption stood at 50.4 million tons, up by 59.8 percent from 2012, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), reports.