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Phongsali
... provinces (khoueng, singular and plural) and 1 capital city* (nakhon luang, singular and plural); Attapu, Bokeo, Bolikhamxai, Champasak, Houaphan, Khammouan, Louangnamtha, Louangphrabang, Oudomxai, Phongsali, Salavan, Savannakhet, Viangchan (Vientiane)*, Viangchan, Xaignabouli, Xekong, Xiangkhoang
www.exxun.com/Laos/d_gv.html
Phosphate
... day of its discovery, the island was annexed and settlement began by the UK in 1888. Phosphate mining began in the 1890s. The UK transferred sovereignty to Australia in 1958. Almost two ...
www.exxun.com/ChristmasIsland/a_fg.html
phosphate
loss of rainforest; impact of phosphate mining
www.exxun.com/ChristmasIsland/b_mp.html
Phosphate
Phosphate mining had been the only significant economic activity, but in December 1987 the Australian Government closed the mine. In 1991, the mine was reopened. With the support of the government, a ...
www.exxun.com/ChristmasIsland/e_ec.html
phosphate
... five archipelagoes (four volcanic, one coral); Makatea in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and ...
www.exxun.com/FrenchPolynesia/b_mp.html
phosphate
... island has been a French possession since 1897. It has been exploited for its guano and phosphate. Presently a small military garrison oversees a meteorological station. Tromelin Island: First explored by the ...
www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/a_fg.html
phosphate
... sector had also begun to reinvigorate the economy. Because of high costs, the development of petroleum, phosphate, and other mineral resources is not a near-term prospect. Offshore oil prospecting is underway ...
www.exxun.com/Guinea_Bissau/e_ec.html
phosphate
timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand
www.exxun.com/Israel/b_mp.html
phosphate
clothing, phosphate mining, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, cement, potash, inorganic chemicals, light manufacturing, tourism
www.exxun.com/Jordan/e_ec.html
phosphate
... the 33 islands are inhabited; Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Makatea in French Polynesia, and Nauru
www.exxun.com/Kiribati/b_mp.html
phosphate
A remote country of 33 scattered coral atolls, Kiribati has few natural resources. Commercially viable phosphate deposits were exhausted at the time of independence from the UK in 1979. Copra and fish ...
www.exxun.com/Kiribati/e_ec.html
phosphate
food processing; construction; phosphate and gold mining
www.exxun.com/Mali/e_ec.html
phosphate
iron ore, gypsum, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold, oil, fish
www.exxun.com/Mauritania/b_mp.html
phosphate
forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals, phosphate
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/b_mp.html
phosphate
... subsistence farming and fishing. The islands have few mineral deposits worth exploiting, except for high-grade phosphate. The potential for a tourist industry exists, but the remote location, a lack of adequate ...
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/e_ec.html
phosphate
phosphate rock mining and processing, food processing, leather goods, textiles, construction, tourism
www.exxun.com/Morocco/e_ec.html
phosphate
... resemble any other in the Pacific. The island was annexed by Germany in 1888 and its phosphate deposits began to be mined early in the 20th century by a German-British consortium ...
www.exxun.com/Nauru/a_fg.html
phosphate
... resources, roof storage tanks collect rainwater, but mostly dependent on a single, aging desalination plant; intensive phosphate mining during the past 90 years - mainly by a UK, Australia, and NZ consortium - has ...
www.exxun.com/Nauru/b_mp.html
phosphate
... income from phosphates are serious long-term problems. In anticipation of the exhaustion of Nauru's phosphate deposits, substantial amounts of phosphate income were invested in trust funds to help cushion the ...
www.exxun.com/Nauru/e_ec.html
phosphate
copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas
www.exxun.com/Peru/b_mp.html
phosphate
... was also beset by an energy crisis that caused widespread blackouts in 2006 and 2007. The phosphate industry has struggled for two years to secure capital, and reduced output has directly impacted ...
www.exxun.com/Senegal/e_ec.html
phosphate
coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, phosphate, wildlife, fish
www.exxun.com/Svalbard/b_mp.html
phosphate
petroleum, textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco, phosphate rock mining, cement, oil seeds crushing, car assembly
www.exxun.com/Syria/e_ec.html
phosphate
... Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) that could eventually lead to a debt reduction plan. Economic growth remains marginal due to declining cotton production, underinvestment in phosphate mining, and strained relations with donors
www.exxun.com/Togo/e_ec.html
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