As early as 1914 Tvonica Karbida I Ferolegura Dalmacija owned a ferrochromium smelter in Dugi Rat.
[1][2][3] The Boris Kidric aluminum smelter at Šibenik was completely destroyed as a result of the war for independence that erupted in 1991.
[4] The town of Rude in the Samoborska Gora Mountains was a source of copper as early as the 16th century.
[5] Trgovska Gora is "a mining area highly significant in Croatian history".
[5] Pyritised bauxites were mined in Istria's Mirna valley at Minjera from the 16th century, in order to obtain vitriol and alum.