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MINERAL OCCURRENCE
AND MINING EDUCATION
Mineral occurrence in countries with more mining schools
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Mining schools are mostly clustered around mineral
occurrence. Here is a list from the CIA fact book which indicates the
mineral occurrence in various countries. It is seen that the following
countries have more number of mining schools.
South Africa:
Gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese,
nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper,
vanadium, salt, natural gas
China:
Coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin,
tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite,
aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest)
India:
Coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore,
manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromites, natural gas,
diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land
Japan:
Negligible mineral resources
Russia:
Wide natural resource base including major deposits of
oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals,
Australia:
Bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, silver, uranium,
nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas,
petroleum, gold
South Korea:
Coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower
potential
Thailand:
Tin, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, , lead, , gypsum,
lignite, fluorite,
Belgium:
Coal, natural gas
France:
Coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, potash
Germany:
Iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper,
natural gas, salt, nickel,
Among the world's largest and most technologically advanced producers of
iron, steel, coal, cement,
Great Britain:
Coal, petroleum, natural gas, tin, limestone, iron ore,
salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, lead, silica,
Italy:
Mercury, potash, marble, sulfur, natural gas and crude
oil reserves, coal,
Poland:
Coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt,
Portugal:
Tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore, marble
Spain:
Coal, lignite, iron ore, uranium, mercury, pyrites,
fluorspar, gypsum, zinc, lead, tungsten, copper, kaolin, potash
Turkey:
Antimony, coal, chromium, mercury, copper, borate,
sulfur, iron ore,
Canada:
Iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum,
potash, silver, coal, petroleum, natural gas,
United States of America:
Coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium,
bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc,
petroleum, natural gas
Argentina:
Lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum,
uranium
Brazil:
Bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates,
platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum
Chile:
Copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals,
molybdenum,
Peru:
Copper, silver, gold, petroleum, iron ore, coal,
phosphate, potash.
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