Life – a user's manual Part II - Boksidan

Cape Verde
Kazakhstan
Kenya
China
Kyrgyzstan
Kiribati
Comoros
Congo
Croatia
Cuba
Kuwait
Laos
Lesotho
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Lichtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Macedonia
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Cape Verde has no significant mineral resources. The country's main natural resources are
instead seafood.
Kazakhstan has huge resources of oil, natural gas and minerals, such as copper, iron and gold.
Kenya has very few deposits of minerals and no oil. Its main asset is fertile farmland and
countryside and the rich wildlife that attract tourists. Electricity demand is covered mainly by
hydropower.
China is favored by nature, and the deposits of coal and iron ore are among the world's richest.
China is the world's largest producer of coal and also the primary user.
Valuable minerals and ore assets, but with hard rock, poor infrastructure and distant markets, it
is difficult to make mining profitable. An exception is gold mining.
The most important asset is the ocean. The vast waters offer some of the planet's last really big
fish deposits. These include a lot of tuna, which attract fishing vessels from other parts of the
world.
No mineral resources of significance.
Large assets, in particular oil and natural gas but also other minerals. Oil exports are the
country's biggest source of income. Foreign interest has begun to mine the country's highgrade
iron ore. In recent years, the country's hydropower has also begun to expand.
The most important natural resources are oil, natural gas and bauxite. The oil is extracted
mainly in Slavonia in the east and, along with hydropower the most important energy source.
Despite significant assets Croatia is not self-sufficient in energy.
The nickel and cobalt assets are among the largest in the world, but also copper, gold,
manganese and iron ore are found.
Nearly one-tenth of the world's known oil reserves is in the country.
Laos is rich in timber, hydropower and minerals such as tin, gypsum, lead, zinc, iron ore, gold
and copper. Until the turn of the millennium the extraction of most natural resources, however,
was very limited.
Lesotho's most important natural resource is the large amounts of water in mountainous areas.
An expansion of hydropower going on a large scale.
Latvia has poor deposits of minerals but has rich reserves of wood, peat, limestone, sand and
clay. Oil has been discovered and some exports occur. Latvia also has gas reserves and
production are planned.
Here are a number of minerals, but few exist in the quantities that would be worthwhile to
extract.
Good assets of several minerals, including iron ore, diamonds, gold, bauxite, copper and
nickel.
Good supply of oil and gas.
No.
Lithuania is low on natural resources besides farmland, forest and peat.
No.
There are deposits of a variety of minerals, of which among others chrome, mica and graphite
are mined. In addition, there are significant amounts of ilmenite (iron titanium), nickel and
cobalt. But the sites often have inaccessible location.
The mining industry currently has little impact on the country's economy and foreign interests
in the sector are small. There are large reserves of coal, but the local coal industry must import
coal.
Malawi has never extracted minerals or rocks on a large scale, but the mining industry is
considered to have great potential. The assets include deposits of asbestos, bauxite, limestone,
lead, coal, uranium, graphite and titanium.
Tin has been mined on the Malay Peninsula for over a thousand years. 1980 Malaysia was the
world's largest tin producer, but since then, tin prices have fallen, many mines have closed
down and other countries have taken the lead in tin production. Other minerals are also mined,
but on a small scale.
Type any (apart from the beaches).
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