deposits
gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited
www.exxun.com/Mali/b_mp.html
deposits
... were forced into the cities by recurrent droughts in the 1970s and 1980s. Mauritania has extensive deposits of iron ore, which account for nearly 40% of total exports. The nation's coastal ...
www.exxun.com/Mauritania/e_ec.html
deposits
Economic activity consists primarily of 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 ...
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/e_ec.html
deposits
... small economic base. It enjoys a favorable climate and good farmland but has no major mineral deposits. As a result, the economy depends heavily on agriculture, featuring fruits, vegetables, wine, and tobacco ...
www.exxun.com/Moldova/e_ec.html
deposits
... Economic activity in Mongolia has traditionally been based on herding and agriculture. Mongolia has extensive mineral deposits. Copper, coal, gold, molybdenum, fluorspar, uranium, tin, and tungsten account for a large part of ...
www.exxun.com/Mongolia/e_ec.html
deposits
diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, silver, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, tungsten, zinc, salt, hydropower, fish note: suspected deposits of oil, coal, and iron ore
www.exxun.com/Namibia/b_mp.html
deposits
... for 8% of GDP, but provides more than 50% of foreign exchange earnings. Rich alluvial diamond deposits make Namibia a primary source for gem-quality diamonds. Namibia is the fourth-largest exporter ...
www.exxun.com/Namibia/e_ec.html
deposits
... 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. Nauru ...
www.exxun.com/Nauru/a_fg.html
deposits
... last until 2010 at current mining rates. In anticipation of the exhaustion of Nauru's phosphate deposits, substantial amounts of phosphate income were invested in trust funds to help cushion the transition ...
www.exxun.com/Nauru/e_ec.html
deposits
quartz, water, timber, hydropower, scenic beauty, small deposits of lignite, copper, cobalt, iron ore
www.exxun.com/Nepal/b_mp.html
deposits
... nation, whose economy centers on subsistence crops, livestock, and some of the world's largest uranium deposits. Drought cycles, desertification, and strong population growth have undercut the economy. Niger shares a common ...
www.exxun.com/Niger/e_ec.html
deposits
oil and gas fields, polymetallic nodules, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, fish
www.exxun.com/PacificOcean/b_mp.html
deposits
... high cost of developing infrastructure. Agriculture provides a subsistence livelihood for 75% of the population. Mineral deposits, including copper, gold, and oil, account for nearly two-thirds of export earnings. The government ...
www.exxun.com/PapuaNewGuinea/e_ec.html
deposits
strategic location in central Persian Gulf near major petroleum deposits
www.exxun.com/Qatar/b_mp.html
deposits
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
www.exxun.com/Russia/b_mp.html
