Life – a user's manual Part II - Boksidan

Burkina Fasso
Burma
Burundi
Central African
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Chile
Colombia
Costa rica
Cyprus
Denmark
Dem Rep of
Congo
Djibuti
There are good mineral resources in Burkina Faso, but only a small part of themare extracted.
Most importantly for the economy is gold.
Fertile soils and extensive forest and mineral resources. Half the land area is covered by forest
with teak as the main timber. The mineral resources include copper, tin, silver, tungsten, lead
and zinc and precious stones such as sapphires, rubies and jade.
Fairly good natural deposits, but the recovery of them is limited.
Major raw material deposits, mainly diamonds but also gold and other metals.
Rich in natural resources. Primarily a third of the world's copper deposits as well as copious
amounts of molybdenum, as well as gold, silver, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc and coal as
well as almost all the world's known reserves of nitrate.
Immense natural wealth, which is only partially utilized. Those that are utilized include iron,
copper, gold, nickel, emeralds, oil, natural gas and coal.
Costa Rica has mineral deposits including bauxite, gold, silver, iron, copper, lead and
limestone. Gold and silver has been mined since long, but the mining sector is small.
Cyprus have had substantial assets of asbestos and copper, but they have been exhausted. The
last asbestos mine closed in 1988 and even copper is running out. Now small quantities of
marble, chromium, gypsum, salt, and zinc are extracted.
There are oil and natural gas off the coast.
Mining has since colonial times been the cornerstone of the countrys economy.
Djibouti has almost no resources.
Dominica Water, forest and pumice is the country's most important natural resources. More than 40
percent of the island is covered with forests but is nevertheless not highly developed. On
Dominica are also large reserves of limestone and clay.
Dominican rep. Significant nickel assets. There are also gold and silver, but ithey have not been exploited in
recent years.
Ecuador
Egypt
Equatorial
Guinea
El Salvador
Ivory Coast
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fidji
Philippines
Finland
France
UAE
Ecuador has substantial oil and natural gas resources. Mineral extraction is relatively small,
despite the presence of gold, silver, copper, iron and other metals.
Nile and its water is the dryland Egypt's main natural resource. The country also has
significant reserves of oil and natural gas. Oil production decreases, however, and instead gas
exports is growing rapidly.
Oil.
No major mineral resources.
Plenty of oil, natural gas, gold, diamonds, iron ore, copper, bauxite, nickel and manganese.
Much of the natural resources are unexploited
Rich in gold and other valuable minerals, but the extraction is limited.
In northeastern Estonia is the world's largest exploitable oil shale layers (which accounts for
about 65 percent of the country's energy needs). Estonia also has the largest deposits of
phosphorite.
Hydropower is one of Ethiopia's most important natural resources, aws well as oil and natural
gas, although it is unclear how much. Of the mineral resources available, only gold is mined in
larger quantities.
Good natural resources. The land is fertile and there is including gold, timber and fish to
extract.
Rich in minerals, but mining accounts for only a few percent of GDP. The principal ores are:
copper, gold, silver, nickel, chromium, iron and lead, but there are also deposits of zinc, cobalt
and manganese. Cement and salt are produced in large quantities. There are also large deposits
that have not yet been exploited.
Forests are Finland far most important raw material. Other commodities include iron ore, but
also copper, nickel, lead, zinc and precious metals such as gold, silver and rare alloys.
Good resources of minerals, including bauxite, uranium and potash.
Oil is the most important natural asset. Although natural gas is also extracted to a large extent.
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