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Mining and Industry
Portugal depends heavily on the importation of petroleum and petroleum based products.

Coal, the production of which has increased since the mid-1980s, accounts for about 5 percent of the country's energy use.

One-third of Portugal's electricity is provided by hydropower.

Tungsten, tin, chromium and other alloy metals are mined in commercial quantities and most of the tungsten is exported.
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