word | | Natural resources |
petroleum
 map | Yemen | petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble; small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper; fertile soil in west |
| petroleum note | Australia | bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum
note: Australia is the world's largest net exporter of coal accounting for 29% of global coal exports |
phosphate
map | Christmas Island | phosphate, beaches |
phosphate
map | Kiribati | phosphate (production discontinued in 1979) |
phosphate
map | Mauritania | iron ore, gypsum, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold, oil, fish |
phosphate
map | Micronesia, Federated States of | forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals, phosphate |
phosphate
map | Peru | copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas |
phosphate
map | Svalbard | coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, phosphate, wildlife, fish |
| phosphate rock | Israel | timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand |
phosphates
map | Algeria | petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc |
phosphates
map | Angola | petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium |
phosphates
map | Brazil | bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber |
phosphates
map | Burkina Faso | manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, phosphates, pumice, salt |
phosphates
map | Cambodia | oil and gas, timber, gemstones, iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential |
phosphates
map | Congo, Republic of the | petroleum, timber, potash, lead, zinc, uranium, copper, phosphates, gold, magnesium, natural gas, hydropower |
phosphates
map | Egypt | petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, zinc |
phosphates
map | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | fish, crayfish
note: Glorioso Islands and Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses) have guano, phosphates, and coconuts |
phosphates
map | Guinea-Bissau | fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum |
phosphates
map | Iraq | petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, sulfur |
phosphates
map | Jordan | phosphates, potash, shale oil |
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