word | | Natural resources |
iron ore
map | Venezuela | petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds |
iron ore
map | Western Sahara | phosphates, iron ore |
iron ore
map | Zimbabwe | coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals |
| its beaches being the most important | Saint Barthelemy | has few natural resouces, its beaches being the most important |
| Japan is the world's largest importer of coal | Japan | negligible mineral resources, fish note: with virtually no energy natural resources, Japan is the world's largest importer of coal and liquefied natural gas as well as the second largest importer of oil |
kaolin
map | Burundi | nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum, vanadium, arable land, hydropower, niobium, tantalum, gold, tin, tungsten, kaolin, limestone |
kaolin
map | Cape Verde | salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish, clay, gypsum |
kaolin
map | Chad | petroleum, uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad), gold, limestone, sand and gravel, salt |
kaolin
map | Czech Republic | hard coal, soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite, timber |
kaolin
map | France | metropolitan France: coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, uranium, antimony, arsenic, potash, feldspar, fluorspar, gypsum, timber, fish French Guiana: gold deposits, petroleum, kaolin, niobium, tantalum, clay |
kaolin
map | Kosovo | nickel, lead, zinc, magnesium, lignite, kaolin, chrome, bauxite |
kaolin
map | Mali | gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited |
kaolin
map | Spain | coal, lignite, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, uranium, tungsten, mercury, pyrites, magnesite, fluorspar, gypsum, sepiolite, kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land |
kaolin
map | Suriname | timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, iron ore |
kaolin
map | Ukraine | iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land |
| krill | Antarctica | iron ore, chromium, copper, gold, nickel, platinum and other minerals, and coal and hydrocarbons have been found in small uncommercial quantities; none presently exploited; krill, finfish, and crab have been taken by commercial fisheries |
| krill | Southern Ocean | probable large and possible giant oil and gas fields on the continental margin; manganese nodules, possible placer deposits, sand and gravel, fresh water as icebergs; squid, whales, and seals - none exploited; krill, fish |
| Lake Chad | Chad | petroleum, uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad), gold, limestone, sand and gravel, salt |
| land | Pakistan | land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone |
| largely undeveloped | Guam | aquatic wildlife (supporting tourism), fishing (largely undeveloped) |
| largely unexploited reserves of iron ore | Somalia | uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt, natural gas, likely oil reserves |
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This page was last updated on 30 November, 2008 |
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