Compare Natural resources (2003) - Natural resources (2008)

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	Natural resources (2003)	Natural resources (2008)
Albania	petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, timber, nickel, hydropower	petroleum, natural gas, coal, bauxite, chromite, copper, iron ore, nickel, salt, timber, hydropower
Argentina	fertile plains of the Pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium	fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium
Armenia	small deposits of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, alumina	small deposits of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, bauxite
Austria	iron ore, oil, timber, magnesite, lead, coal, lignite, copper, hydropower	oil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt, hydropower
Azerbaijan	petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, alumina	petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, bauxite
Bassas da India	none	-
Belgium	coal, natural gas	construction materials, silica sand, carbonates
Bhutan	timber, hydropower, gypsum, calcium carbide	timber, hydropower, gypsum, calcium carbonate
Bosnia and Herzegovina	coal, iron, bauxite, manganese, forests, copper, chromium, lead, zinc, hydropower	coal, iron ore, bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, cobalt, manganese, nickel, clay, gypsum, salt, sand, forests, hydropower
Burkina Faso	manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, antimony, copper, nickel, bauxite, lead, phosphates, zinc, silver	manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, phosphates, pumice, salt
Burundi	nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum (not yet exploited), vanadium, arable land, hydropower	nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum, vanadium, arable land, hydropower, niobium, tantalum, gold, tin, tungsten, kaolin, limestone
Cambodia	timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential	oil and gas, timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential
Cape Verde	salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish	salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish, clay, gypsum
Chad	petroleum (unexploited but exploration under way), uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad)	petroleum, uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad), gold, limestone, sand and gravel, salt
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	cobalt, copper, cadmium, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, germanium, uranium, radium, bauxite, iron ore, coal, hydropower, timber	cobalt, copper, niobium, tantalum, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, uranium, coal, hydropower, timber
Congo, Republic of the	petroleum, timber, potash, lead, zinc, uranium, copper, phosphates, natural gas, hydropower	petroleum, timber, potash, lead, zinc, uranium, copper, phosphates, gold, magnesium, natural gas, hydropower
Cote d'Ivoire	petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, hydropower	petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, gold, nickel, tantalum, silica sand, clay, cocoa beans, coffee, palm oil, hydropower
Croatia	oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower	oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower
Cuba	cobalt, nickel, iron ore, copper, manganese, salt, timber, silica, petroleum, arable land	cobalt, nickel, iron ore, chromium, copper, salt, timber, silica, petroleum, arable land
Denmark	petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, stone, gravel and sand	petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand
Djibouti	geothermal areas	geothermal areas, gold, clay, granite, limestone, marble, salt, diatomite, gypsum, pumice, petroleum
East Timor	gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble	-
Equatorial Guinea	oil, petroleum, timber, small unexploited deposits of gold, manganese, uranium, titanium, iron ore	petroleum, natural gas, timber, gold, bauxite, diamonds, tantalum, sand and gravel, clay
Europa Island	NEGL	-
European Union	-	iron ore, natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, lead, zinc, bauxite, uranium, potash, salt, hydropower, arable land, timber, fish
Faroe Islands	fish, whales, hydropower	fish, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas
Finland	timber, copper, zinc, iron ore, silver	timber, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, limestone
France	coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, potash, timber, fish	metropolitan France: coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, uranium, antimony, arsenic, potash, feldspar, fluorspar, gypsum, timber, fish French Guiana: gold deposits, petroleum, kaolin, niobium, tantalum, clay
French Guiana	bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered), cinnabar, kaolin, fish	-
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	fish, crayfish	fish, crayfish note: Glorioso Islands and Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses) have guano, phosphates, and coconuts
Gabon	petroleum, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower	petroleum, natural gas, diamond, niobium, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower
Gambia, The	fish	fish, titanium (rutile and ilmenite), tin, zircon, silica sand, clay, petroleum
Germany	iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, nickel, arable land	coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, uranium, potash, salt, construction materials, timber, arable land
Ghana	gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydropower	gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydropower, petroleum, silver, salt, limestone
Gibraltar	NEGL	none
Glorioso Islands	guano, coconuts	-
Greece	bauxite, lignite, magnesite, petroleum, marble, hydropower potential	lignite, petroleum, iron ore, bauxite, lead, zinc, nickel, magnesite, marble, salt, hydropower potential
Greenland	zinc, lead, iron ore, coal, molybdenum, gold, platinum, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas	coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, diamonds, gold, platinum, niobium, tantalite, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas
Guadeloupe	cultivable land, beaches and climate that foster tourism	-
Guinea	bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish	bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish, salt
Guinea-Bissau	fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, unexploited deposits of petroleum	fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum
Ireland	zinc, lead, natural gas, barite, copper, gypsum, limestone, dolomite, peat, silver	natural gas, peat, copper, lead, zinc, silver, barite, gypsum, limestone, dolomite
Italy	mercury, potash, marble, sulfur, natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, coal, arable land	coal, mercury, zinc, potash, marble, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, arable land
Juan de Nova Island	guano deposits and other fertilizers	-
Kenya	gold, limestone, soda ash, salt, rubies, fluorspar, garnets, wildlife, hydropower	limestone, soda ash, salt, gemstones, fluorspar, zinc, diatomite, gypsum, wildlife, hydropower
Kosovo	-	nickel, lead, zinc, magnesium, lignite, kaolin, chrome, bauxite
Lesotho	water, agricultural and grazing land, some diamonds and other minerals	water, agricultural and grazing land, diamonds, sand, clay, building stone
Lithuania	peat, arable land	peat, arable land, amber
Macedonia	-	low-grade iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, manganese, nickel, tungsten, gold, silver, asbestos, gypsum, timber, arable land
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	chromium, lead, zinc, manganese, tungsten, nickel, low-grade iron ore, asbestos, sulfur, timber, 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, gypsum, granite, hydropower note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited
Martinique	coastal scenery and beaches, cultivable land	-
Micronesia, Federated States of	forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals	forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals, phosphate
Mongolia	oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, wolfram, fluorspar, gold, silver, iron, phosphate	oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, fluorspar, gold, silver, iron
Montenegro	-	bauxite, hydroelectricity
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, silver, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, tungsten, zinc, salt, hydropower, fish note: suspected deposits of oil, coal, and iron ore
Netherlands	natural gas, petroleum, arable land	natural gas, petroleum, peat, limestone, salt, sand and gravel, arable land
Niger	uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates, gold, petroleum	uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates, gold, molybdenum, gypsum, salt, petroleum
Nigeria	natural gas, petroleum, tin, columbite, iron ore, coal, limestone, lead, zinc, arable land	natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land
Norway	petroleum, copper, natural gas, pyrites, nickel, iron ore, zinc, lead, fish, timber, hydropower	petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, titanium, pyrites, nickel, fish, timber, hydropower
Portugal	fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore, marble, arable land, hydropower	fish, forests (cork), iron ore, copper, zinc, tin, tungsten, silver, gold, uranium, marble, clay, gypsum, salt, arable land, hydropower
Reunion	fish, arable land, hydropower	-
Saint Barthelemy	-	has few natural resouces, its beaches being the most important
Saint Helena	fish	fish, lobster
Saint Martin	-	salt
Serbia	-	oil, gas, coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, chromite, gold, silver, magnesium, pyrite, limestone, marble, salt, arable land
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, forests	lignite coal, lead, zinc, building stone, hydropower, forests
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, fish
Spain	coal, lignite, iron ore, uranium, mercury, pyrites, fluorspar, gypsum, zinc, lead, tungsten, copper, kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land	coal, lignite, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, uranium, tungsten, mercury, pyrites, magnesite, fluorspar, gypsum, sepiolite, kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land
Svalbard	coal, copper, iron ore, phosphate, zinc, wildlife, fish	coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, phosphate, wildlife, fish
Sweden	zinc, iron ore, lead, copper, silver, timber, uranium, hydropower	iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, arsenic, feldspar, timber, hydropower
Timor-Leste	-	gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble
Tromelin Island	fish	-
Turkey	antimony, coal, chromium, mercury, copper, borate, sulfur, iron ore, arable land, hydropower	coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower
Turkmenistan	petroleum, natural gas, coal, sulfur, salt	petroleum, natural gas, sulfur, salt
United Kingdom	coal, petroleum, natural gas, tin, limestone, iron ore, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, lead, silica, arable land	coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	-	terrestrial and aquatic wildlife
Yemen	petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble, small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper, fertile soil in west	petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble; small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper; fertile soil in west