Life – a user's manual Part II - Boksidan

Panama
Papua New
Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Rwanda
Russia
St. Kitts and
Nevis
St Lucia
St. Vincent &
the Grenadines
Solomon
Islands
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Switzerland
Senegal
Serbien
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Good resources of copper as gold, silver and coal, but mining has little scope. Additionally,
mahogany and other tropical woods and good fishing grounds are the most important natural
assets.
Rich in minerals, especially copper and gold as well as silver, nickel and lead. There are also
large deposits of natural gas and oil.
The most important natural resources are rivers, forests and fertile soil. Itaipú hydroelectric
plant, was the at inauguration in 1982 the world's largest hydropower plant. The country has
virtually no mineral resources that can be extracted. The mining industry employs only a few
thousand of the workforce and are mainly confined to limestone, marble and clay.
Very rich in minerals, and most of it has not yet been exploited. The country was in 2009 the
world's largest silver producer and the third largest producer of copper. Peru's main exports are
copper, gold and zinc.
Significant natural resources, including large deposits of coal, lignite, copper and sulfur.
Copper deposits are considered the fifth or sixth largest in the world and the presence of sulfur
is among the richest in Europe. Small quantities of oil, natural gas and iron ore are also
extracted.
The mining industry has a long history but now it account for only a modest share of GDP.
Copper, tungsten, iron and tin mined in a large scale, and the country is one of the world's
largest exporters of marble. Limestone, granite and uranium is extracted, as well as pyrite.
Coal is mined in small scale.
The oil contributes to about a third of gross domestic product (GDP) and the bulk of export
revenues.
The country has its own assets of several types of energy sources, including hydropower, and a
wide range of minerals, but the reserves are in most cases relatively small.
The commercial materials available in large quantities is tin and natural gas.
Plenty of assets in oil, gas, gold, diamonds, iron ore, nickel and other valuable minerals.
Exports of oil and gas, the country's main source of income.
None (except the pleasant climate and beaches).
None (except the pleasant climate and beaches).
No significant.
Large deposits of gold, silver and copper, but mining is limited. There are also some lead,
zinc, nickel, cobalt, bauxite, phosphates and asbestos.
Almost half of Samoa is covered by forests, but the trees are severely affected by hurricanes,
fires and logging. The government is now doing replanting and only small amounts of timber
is exported.
About one fifth of the earth's known oil reserves are in Saudi Arabia. The country accounted
in 2010 for about 15 percent of oil production in the world.
Switzerland has scarce natural resources. A principal one is hydropower, which is also the
only domestic energy source.
Large deposits of phosphates, which accounts for the only mineral extraction on a larger scale.
Fairly rich in minerals, such as copper, bauxite and iron ore. The country is self-sufficient in
coal (mostly lignite).
Small deposits of guano, bird droppings used as fertilizer.
Vast natural resources, including diamonds of high quality. There are also plenty of iron ore,
gold, bauxite and rutile. The diamonds are often easily accessible in river deposits. Oil and gas
have been found off the coast, but no recovery has started.
Completely lacks natural resources, apart from some granite and sand.
Slovakia has small assets of several minerals, including iron, aluminum, copper, mercury,
manganese, lead, zinc, salt, oil, natural gas, hard coal and lignite.
Slovenia has deposits of iron, lead, zinc and copper ore, and lignite, mercury, uranium and oil.
But not in any significant quantities.
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