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... it was the Dutch who occupied the island in 1631 and set about exploiting its salt deposits. The Spanish retook the island in 1633, but continued to be harassed by the Dutch ...
www.exxun.com/SaintMartin/a_fg.html
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... credits for Pakistan earthquake relief; pledged a total of $1.59 billion to Lebanon in assistance and deposits to the Central Bank of Lebanon in 2006 and pledged an additional $1.1 billion in ...
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... short-term variations and with large annual and interannual variations; deep continental shelf floored by glacial deposits varying widely over short distances; high winds and large waves much of the year; ship ...
www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/b_mp.html
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... islands or reefs. They are surrounded by rich fishing grounds and potentially by gas and oil deposits. They are claimed in their entirety by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, while portions are claimed ...
www.exxun.com/SpratlyIslands/a_fg.html
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... proximity to nearby oil- and gas-producing sedimentary basins suggests the potential for oil and gas deposits, but the region is largely unexplored. There are no reliable estimates of potential reserves. Commercial ...
www.exxun.com/SpratlyIslands/e_ec.html
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... Svalbard. The treaty of 9 February 1920 gave the 41 signatories equal rights to exploit mineral deposits, subject to Norwegian regulation. Although US, UK, Dutch, and Swedish coal companies have mined in ...
www.exxun.com/Svalbard/e_ec.html
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asbestos, coal, clay, cassiterite, hydropower, forests, small gold and diamond deposits, quarry stone, and talc
www.exxun.com/Swaziland/b_mp.html
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small deposits of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, and asbestos
www.exxun.com/Taiwan/b_mp.html
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Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, and sizable mineral deposits of copper, cobalt, gold, and other minerals. Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy, employing over ...
www.exxun.com/Uganda/e_ec.html
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... of Hawaii annexed Johnston Atoll in 1858, but it was the US that mined the guano deposits until the late 1880s. Johnston and Sand Islands were designated wildlife refuges in 1926. The ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/a_fg.html
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... Brazil. In 2001-02 Argentine citizens made massive withdrawals of dollars deposited in Uruguayan banks after bank deposits in Argentina were frozen, which led to a plunge in the Uruguayan peso, a banking ...
www.exxun.com/Uruguay/e_ec.html
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... and tourism, with more than 167,000 visitors in 2007, are other mainstays of the economy. Mineral deposits are negligible; the country has no known petroleum deposits. A small light industry sector caters ...
www.exxun.com/Vanuatu/e_ec.html
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phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydropower
www.exxun.com/Vietnam/b_mp.html
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petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble; small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper; fertile soil in west
www.exxun.com/Yemen/b_mp.html
