Natural resources (2001) | Natural resources (2003) | ||
Australia | bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum | bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum | |
Belarus | forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas | forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay | |
Canada | iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower | iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower | |
Cape Verde | salt, basalt rock, pozzuolana (a siliceous volcanic ash used to produce hydraulic cement), limestone, kaolin, fish | salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish | |
Christmas Island | phosphate | phosphate, beaches | |
East Timor | - | gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble | |
Equatorial Guinea | oil, petroleum, timber, small unexploited deposits of gold, manganese, uranium | oil, petroleum, timber, small unexploited deposits of gold, manganese, uranium, titanium, iron ore | |
Estonia | shale oil (kukersite), peat, phosphorite, amber, cambrian blue clay, limestone, dolomite, arable land | oil shale, peat, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud | |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | fish, wildlife | fish, squid, wildlife, calcified seaweed, sphagnum moss | |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands | none | fish | |
Israel | timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand, oil | timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand | |
Kenya | gold, limestone, soda ash, salt barites, rubies, fluorspar, garnets, wildlife, hydropower | gold, limestone, soda ash, salt, rubies, fluorspar, garnets, wildlife, hydropower | |
Latvia | minimal; amber, peat, limestone, dolomite, hydropower, arable land | peat, limestone, dolomite, amber, hydropower, wood, arable land | |
Mali | gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, hydropower
note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited |
gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, hydropower
note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited |
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Marshall Islands | phosphate deposits, marine products, deep seabed minerals | coconut products, marine products, deep seabed minerals | |
Mauritania | iron ore, gypsum, fish, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold | iron ore, gypsum, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold, oil, fish | |
Moldova | lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land | lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land, limestone | |
Namibia | diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, zinc, salt, vanadium, natural gas, hydropower, fish
note: suspected deposits of oil, coal, and iron ore |
diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, zinc, salt, vanadium, natural gas, hydropower, fish
note: suspected deposits of oil, coal, and iron ore |
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Nauru | phosphates | phosphates, fish | |
Peru | copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower | copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas | |
Pitcairn Islands | miro trees (used for handicrafts), fish
note: manganese, iron, copper, gold, silver, and zinc have been discovered offshore |
miro trees (used for handicrafts), fish
note: manganese, iron, copper, gold, silver, and zinc have been discovered offshore |
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Poland | coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt, arable land | coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt, amber, arable land | |
Portugal | fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore, marble, arable land, hydro power | fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore, marble, arable land, hydropower | |
Russia | 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 |
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 |
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Serbia and Montenegro | - | oil, gas, coal, antimony, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, gold, pyrite, chrome, hydropower, arable land | |
Slovenia | lignite coal, lead, zinc, mercury, uranium, silver, hydropower | lignite coal, lead, zinc, mercury, uranium, silver, hydropower, forests | |
Somalia | uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt | uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt, natural gas, likely oil reserves | |
Southern Ocean | probable large and possible giant oil and gas fields on the continental margin, manganese nodules, possible placer deposits, sand and gravel, fresh water as icebergs, squid, whales, and seals - none exploited; krill, fishes | probable large and possible giant oil and gas fields on the continental margin, manganese nodules, possible placer deposits, sand and gravel, fresh water as icebergs; squid, whales, and seals - none exploited; krill, fishes | |
World | the rapid using up of nonrenewable mineral resources, the depletion of forest areas and wetlands, the extinction of animal and plant species, and the deterioration in air and water quality (especially in Eastern Europe, the former USSR, and China) pose serious long-term problems that governments and peoples are only beginning to address | the rapid depletion of nonrenewable mineral resources, the depletion of forest areas and wetlands, the extinction of animal and plant species, and the deterioration in air and water quality (especially in Eastern Europe, the former USSR, and China) pose serious long-term problems that governments and peoples are only beginning to address | |
Yugoslavia | oil, gas, coal, antimony, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, gold, pyrite, chrome, hydropower, arable land | - |