word | | Natural resources |
diamonds
map | Mauritania | iron ore, gypsum, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold, oil, fish |
diamonds
map | Namibia | diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, silver, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, tungsten, zinc, salt, hydropower, fish note: suspected deposits of oil, coal, and iron ore |
diamonds
map | Sierra Leone | diamonds, titanium ore, bauxite, iron ore, gold, chromite |
diamonds
map | Tanzania | hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel |
diamonds
map | Venezuela | petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds |
diatomite
map | Djibouti | geothermal areas, gold, clay, granite, limestone, marble, salt, diatomite, gypsum, pumice, petroleum |
diatomite
map | Iceland | fish, hydropower, geothermal power, diatomite |
diatomite
map | Kenya | limestone, soda ash, salt, gemstones, fluorspar, zinc, diatomite, gypsum, wildlife, hydropower |
| distance hinder exploitation of natural resources | Russia | wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, timber note: formidable obstacles of climate, terrain, and distance hinder exploitation of natural resources |
dolomite
map | Estonia | oil shale, peat, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud |
dolomite
map | Ireland | natural gas, peat, copper, lead, zinc, silver, barite, gypsum, limestone, dolomite |
dolomite
map | Latvia | peat, limestone, dolomite, amber, hydropower, wood, arable land |
| dolomitic limestone | Belarus | forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay |
emeralds
map | Colombia | petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds, hydropower |
emeralds
map | Zambia | copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium, hydropower |
emery
map | Turkey | coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower |
especially gold
map | Palau | forests, minerals (especially gold), marine products, deep-seabed minerals |
| especially in Eastern Europe | World | the rapid depletion of nonrenewable mineral resources, the depletion of forest areas and wetlands, the extinction of animal and plant species, and the deterioration in air and water quality (especially in Eastern Europe, the former USSR, and China) pose serious long-term problems that governments and peoples are only beginning to address |
| extensive natural gas reserves | Pakistan | land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone |
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This page was last updated on 17 November, 2008 |
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