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	Natural resources (2008)	Natural resources (2001)
Albania	petroleum, natural gas, coal, bauxite, chromite, copper, iron ore, nickel, salt, timber, hydropower	petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, timber, nickel, 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, bauxite	small deposits of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, alumina
Australia	bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum	bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum
Austria	oil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt, hydropower	iron ore, oil, timber, magnesite, lead, coal, lignite, copper, hydropower
Azerbaijan	petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, bauxite	petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, alumina
Bassas da India	-	none
Belarus	forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay	forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas
Belgium	construction materials, silica sand, carbonates	coal, natural gas
Bhutan	timber, hydropower, gypsum, calcium carbonate	timber, hydropower, gypsum, calcium carbide
Bosnia and Herzegovina	coal, iron ore, bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, cobalt, manganese, nickel, clay, gypsum, salt, sand, forests, hydropower	coal, iron, bauxite, manganese, forests, copper, chromium, lead, zinc, hydropower
Burkina Faso	manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, phosphates, pumice, salt	manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, antimony, copper, nickel, bauxite, lead, phosphates, zinc, silver
Burundi	nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum, vanadium, arable land, hydropower, niobium, tantalum, gold, tin, tungsten, kaolin, limestone	nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum (not yet exploited), vanadium, arable land, hydropower
Cambodia	oil and gas, timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential	timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential
Canada	iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower	iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower
Cape Verde	salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish, clay, gypsum	salt, basalt rock, pozzuolana (a siliceous volcanic ash used to produce hydraulic cement), limestone, kaolin, fish
Chad	petroleum, uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad), gold, limestone, sand and gravel, salt	petroleum (unexploited but exploration under way), uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad)
Christmas Island	phosphate, beaches	phosphate
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	cobalt, copper, niobium, tantalum, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, uranium, coal, hydropower, timber	cobalt, copper, cadmium, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, germanium, uranium, radium, bauxite, iron ore, coal, hydropower, timber
Congo, Republic of the	petroleum, timber, potash, lead, zinc, uranium, copper, phosphates, gold, magnesium, natural gas, hydropower	petroleum, timber, potash, lead, zinc, uranium, copper, phosphates, natural gas, hydropower
Cote d'Ivoire	petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, gold, nickel, tantalum, silica sand, clay, cocoa beans, coffee, palm oil, hydropower	petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, hydropower
Croatia	oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower	oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower
Cuba	cobalt, nickel, iron ore, chromium, copper, salt, timber, silica, petroleum, arable land	cobalt, nickel, iron ore, copper, manganese, salt, timber, silica, petroleum, arable land
Denmark	petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand	petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, stone, gravel and sand
Djibouti	geothermal areas, gold, clay, granite, limestone, marble, salt, diatomite, gypsum, pumice, petroleum	geothermal areas
Equatorial Guinea	petroleum, natural gas, timber, gold, bauxite, diamonds, tantalum, sand and gravel, clay	oil, petroleum, timber, small unexploited deposits of gold, manganese, uranium
Estonia	oil shale, peat, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud	shale oil (kukersite), peat, phosphorite, amber, cambrian blue clay, limestone, dolomite, arable land
Europa Island	-	NEGL
European Union	iron ore, natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, lead, zinc, bauxite, uranium, potash, salt, hydropower, arable land, timber, fish	-
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	fish, squid, wildlife, calcified seaweed, sphagnum moss	fish, wildlife
Faroe Islands	fish, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas	fish, whales, hydropower
Finland	timber, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, limestone	timber, copper, zinc, iron ore, silver
France	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	coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, potash, timber, fish
French Guiana	-	bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered), cinnabar, kaolin, fish
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	fish, crayfish note: Glorioso Islands and Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses) have guano, phosphates, and coconuts	fish, crayfish
Gabon	petroleum, natural gas, diamond, niobium, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower	petroleum, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower
Gambia, The	fish, titanium (rutile and ilmenite), tin, zircon, silica sand, clay, petroleum	fish
Germany	coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, uranium, potash, salt, construction materials, timber, arable land	iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, nickel, arable land
Ghana	gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydropower, petroleum, silver, salt, limestone	gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydropower
Gibraltar	none	NEGL
Glorioso Islands	-	guano, coconuts
Greece	lignite, petroleum, iron ore, bauxite, lead, zinc, nickel, magnesite, marble, salt, hydropower potential	bauxite, lignite, magnesite, petroleum, marble, hydropower potential
Greenland	coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, diamonds, gold, platinum, niobium, tantalite, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas	zinc, lead, iron ore, coal, molybdenum, gold, platinum, 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, salt	bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish
Guinea-Bissau	fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum	fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, unexploited deposits of petroleum
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	fish	none
Ireland	natural gas, peat, copper, lead, zinc, silver, barite, gypsum, limestone, dolomite	zinc, lead, natural gas, barite, copper, gypsum, limestone, dolomite, peat, silver
Israel	timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand	timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand, oil
Italy	coal, mercury, zinc, potash, marble, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, arable land	mercury, potash, marble, sulfur, natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, coal, arable land
Juan de Nova Island	-	guano deposits and other fertilizers
Kenya	limestone, soda ash, salt, gemstones, fluorspar, zinc, diatomite, gypsum, wildlife, hydropower	gold, limestone, soda ash, salt barites, rubies, fluorspar, garnets, wildlife, hydropower
Kosovo	nickel, lead, zinc, magnesium, lignite, kaolin, chrome, bauxite	-
Latvia	peat, limestone, dolomite, amber, hydropower, wood, arable land	minimal; amber, peat, limestone, dolomite, hydropower, arable land
Lesotho	water, agricultural and grazing land, diamonds, sand, clay, building stone	water, agricultural and grazing land, some diamonds and other minerals
Lithuania	peat, arable land, amber	peat, arable land
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, gypsum, granite, 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
Marshall Islands	coconut products, marine products, deep seabed minerals	phosphate deposits, marine products, deep seabed minerals
Martinique	-	coastal scenery and beaches, cultivable land
Mauritania	iron ore, gypsum, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold, oil, fish	iron ore, gypsum, fish, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold
Micronesia, Federated States of	forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals, phosphate	forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals
Moldova	lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land, limestone	lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land
Mongolia	oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, fluorspar, gold, silver, iron	oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, wolfram, fluorspar, gold, silver, iron, phosphate
Montenegro	bauxite, hydroelectricity	-
Namibia	diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, silver, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, tungsten, zinc, salt, 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
Nauru	phosphates, fish	phosphates
Netherlands	natural gas, petroleum, peat, limestone, salt, sand and gravel, arable land	natural gas, petroleum, arable land
Niger	uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates, gold, molybdenum, gypsum, salt, petroleum	uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates, gold, petroleum
Nigeria	natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, arable land	natural gas, petroleum, tin, columbite, iron ore, coal, limestone, lead, zinc, arable land
Norway	petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, titanium, pyrites, nickel, fish, timber, hydropower	petroleum, copper, natural gas, pyrites, nickel, iron ore, zinc, lead, fish, timber, hydropower
Peru	copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas	copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower
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
Poland	coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt, amber, arable land	coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt, arable land
Portugal	fish, forests (cork), iron ore, copper, zinc, tin, tungsten, silver, gold, uranium, marble, clay, gypsum, salt, arable land, hydropower	fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore, marble, arable land, hydro power
Reunion	-	fish, 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
Saint Barthelemy	has few natural resouces, its beaches being the most important	-
Saint Helena	fish, lobster	fish
Saint Martin	salt	-
Serbia	oil, gas, coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, chromite, gold, silver, magnesium, pyrite, limestone, marble, salt, arable land	-
Slovenia	lignite coal, lead, zinc, building stone, hydropower, forests	lignite coal, lead, zinc, mercury, uranium, silver, hydropower
Somalia	uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt, natural gas, likely oil reserves	uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt
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, fish	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
Spain	coal, lignite, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, uranium, tungsten, mercury, pyrites, magnesite, fluorspar, gypsum, sepiolite, kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land	coal, lignite, iron ore, uranium, mercury, pyrites, fluorspar, gypsum, zinc, lead, tungsten, copper, kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land
Svalbard	coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, phosphate, wildlife, fish	coal, copper, iron ore, phosphate, zinc, wildlife, fish
Sweden	iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, arsenic, feldspar, timber, hydropower	zinc, iron ore, lead, copper, silver, timber, uranium, hydropower
Timor-Leste	gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble	-
Tromelin Island	-	fish
Turkey	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	antimony, coal, chromium, mercury, copper, borate, sulfur, iron ore, arable land, hydropower
Turkmenistan	petroleum, natural gas, sulfur, salt	petroleum, natural gas, coal, sulfur, salt
United Kingdom	coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land	coal, petroleum, natural gas, tin, limestone, iron ore, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, lead, silica, arable land
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	terrestrial and aquatic wildlife	-
World	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	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
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
Yugoslavia	-	oil, gas, coal, antimony, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, gold, pyrite, chrome, hydropower, arable land