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Natural resources
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This entry lists a country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
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Source: CIA-World Factbook
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Country |
Natural resources |
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Afghanistan |
natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones
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Egypt |
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, zinc
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Albania |
petroleum, natural gas, coal, bauxite, chromite, copper, iron ore, nickel, salt, timber, hydropower
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Algeria |
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc
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American Virgin Islands |
sun, sand, sea, surf
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American Samoa |
pumice, pumicite
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Andorra |
hydropower, mineral water, timber, iron ore, lead
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Angola |
petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium
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Anguilla |
salt, fish, lobster
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Antarctica |
iron ore, chromium, copper, gold, nickel, platinum and other minerals, and coal and hydrocarbons have been found in small uncommercial quantities; none presently exploited; krill, finfish, and crab have been taken by commercial fisheries
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Antigua and Barbuda |
NEGL; pleasant climate fosters tourism
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Equatorial Guinea |
petroleum, natural gas, timber, gold, bauxite, diamonds, tantalum, sand and gravel, clay
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Argentina |
fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium
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Arctic Ocean |
sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales)
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Armenia |
small deposits of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, bauxite
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Aruba |
NEGL; white sandy beaches
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Azerbaijan |
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, bauxite
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Ashmore and Cartier Islands |
fish
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Ethiopia |
small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, hydropower
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Atlantic Ocean |
oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales), sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, precious stones
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Australia |
bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum
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Bahamas, The |
salt, aragonite, timber, arable land
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Bahrain |
oil, associated and nonassociated natural gas, fish, pearls
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Baker Island |
guano (deposits worked until 1891), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife
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Bangladesh |
natural gas, arable land, timber, coal
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Barbados |
petroleum, fish, natural gas
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Bassas da India |
none
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Belarus |
forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay
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Belgium |
construction materials, silica sand, carbonates
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Belize |
arable land potential, timber, fish, hydropower
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Benin |
small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber
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Bermuda |
limestone, pleasant climate fostering tourism
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Bhutan |
timber, hydropower, gypsum, calcium carbonate
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Bolivia |
tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
coal, iron ore, bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, cobalt, manganese, nickel, clay, gypsum, salt, sand, forests, hydropower
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Botswana |
diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver
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Bouvet Island |
none
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Brazil |
bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber
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British Virgin Islands |
NEGL
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British Indian Ocean Territory |
coconuts, fish, sugarcane
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Brunei |
petroleum, natural gas, timber
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Bulgaria |
bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, arable land
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Burkina Faso |
manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, phosphates, pumice, salt
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Burundi |
nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum, vanadium, arable land, hydropower, niobium, tantalum, gold, tin, tungsten, kaolin, limestone
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Chile |
copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum, hydropower
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China |
coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest)
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Clipperton Island |
fish
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Cook Islands |
NEGL
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Costa Rica |
hydropower
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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
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Denmark |
petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand
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Germany |
coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, uranium, potash, salt, construction materials, timber, arable land
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Dominica |
timber, hydropower, arable land
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Dominican Republic |
nickel, bauxite, gold, silver
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Djibouti |
geothermal areas, gold, clay, granite, limestone, marble, salt, diatomite, gypsum, pumice, petroleum
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Ecuador |
petroleum, fish, timber, hydropower
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El Salvador |
hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land
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Eritrea |
gold, potash, zinc, copper, salt, possibly oil and natural gas, fish
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Estonia |
oil shale, peat, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud
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Europa Island |
NEGL
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European Union |
iron ore, natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, lead, zinc, bauxite, uranium, potash, salt, hydropower, arable land, timber, fish
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
fish, squid, wildlife, calcified seaweed, sphagnum moss
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Faroe Islands |
fish, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas
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Fiji |
timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil potential, hydropower
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Finland |
timber, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, limestone
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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
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French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
fish, crayfish; note: Glorioso Islands and Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses) have guano, phosphates, and coconuts
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French Guiana |
bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered), petroleum, kaolin, fish, niobium, tantalum, clay
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French Polynesia |
timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower
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Gabon |
petroleum, natural gas, diamond, niobium, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower
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Gambia, The |
fish, titanium (rutile and ilmenite), tin, zircon, silica sand, clay, petroleum
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Gaza Strip |
arable land, natural gas
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Georgia |
forests, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ore, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth
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Ghana |
gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydropower, petroleum, silver, salt, limestone
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Gibraltar |
none
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Glorioso Islands |
guano, coconuts
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Grenada |
timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors
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Greece |
lignite, petroleum, iron ore, bauxite, lead, zinc, nickel, magnesite, marble, salt, hydropower potential
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Greenland |
coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, diamonds, gold, platinum, niobium, tantalite, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas
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United Kingdom |
coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land
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Guadeloupe |
cultivable land, beaches and climate that foster tourism
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Guam |
fishing (largely undeveloped), tourism (especially from Japan)
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Guatemala |
petroleum, nickel, rare woods, fish, chicle, hydropower
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Guernsey |
cropland
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Guinea |
bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish, salt
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Guinea-Bissau |
fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum
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Guyana |
bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp, fish
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Haiti |
bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower
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Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
fish
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Honduras |
timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower
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Hong Kong |
outstanding deepwater harbor, feldspar
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Howland Island |
guano (deposits worked until late 1800s), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife
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India |
coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land
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Indian Ocean |
oil and gas fields, fish, shrimp, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules
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Indonesia |
petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver
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Isle of Man |
none
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Iraq |
petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, sulfur
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Iran |
petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur
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Ireland |
natural gas, peat, copper, lead, zinc, silver, barite, gypsum, limestone, dolomite
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Iceland |
fish, hydropower, geothermal power, diatomite
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Israel |
timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand
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Italy |
coal, mercury, zinc, potash, marble, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, arable land
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Jamaica |
bauxite, gypsum, limestone
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Jan Mayen |
none
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Japan |
negligible mineral resources, fish
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Jarvis Island |
guano (deposits worked until late 1800s), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife
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Yemen |
petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble; small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper; fertile soil in west
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Jersey |
arable land
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Johnston Atoll |
guano deposits worked until depletion about 1890, terrestrial and aquatic wildlife
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Jordan |
phosphates, potash, shale oil
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Juan de Nova Island |
guano deposits and other fertilizers
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Cayman Islands |
fish, climate and beaches that foster tourism
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Cambodia |
oil and gas, timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential
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Cameroon |
petroleum, bauxite, iron ore, timber, hydropower
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Canada |
iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower
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Cape Verde |
salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish, clay, gypsum
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Kazakhstan |
major deposits of petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome ore, nickel, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, uranium
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Qatar |
petroleum, natural gas, fish
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Kenya |
limestone, soda ash, salt, gemstones, fluorspar, zinc, diatomite, gypsum, wildlife, hydropower
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Kingman Reef |
terrestrial and aquatic wildlife
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Kyrgyzstan |
abundant hydropower; significant deposits of gold and rare earth metals; locally exploitable coal, oil, and natural gas; other deposits of nepheline, mercury, bismuth, lead, and zinc
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Kiribati |
phosphate (production discontinued in 1979)
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
fish
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Colombia |
petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds, hydropower
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Comoros |
NEGL
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Congo, Republic of the |
petroleum, timber, potash, lead, zinc, uranium, copper, phosphates, gold, magnesium, natural gas, hydropower
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
cobalt, copper, niobium, tantalum, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, uranium, coal, hydropower, timber
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Coral Sea Islands |
NEGL
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Korea, North |
coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower
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Korea, South |
coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower potential
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Croatia |
oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower
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Cuba |
cobalt, nickel, iron ore, chromium, copper, salt, timber, silica, petroleum, arable land
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Kuwait |
petroleum, fish, shrimp, natural gas
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Laos |
timber, hydropower, gypsum, tin, gold, gemstones
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Lesotho |
water, agricultural and grazing land, diamonds, sand, clay, building stone
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Latvia |
peat, limestone, dolomite, amber, hydropower, wood, arable land
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Lebanon |
limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land
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Liberia |
iron ore, timber, diamonds, gold, hydropower
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Libya |
petroleum, natural gas, gypsum
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Liechtenstein |
hydroelectric potential, arable land
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Lithuania |
peat, arable land, amber
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Luxembourg |
iron ore (no longer exploited), arable land
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Macau |
NEGL
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Madagascar |
graphite, chromite, coal, bauxite, salt, quartz, tar sands, semiprecious stones, mica, fish, hydropower
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Malawi |
limestone, arable land, hydropower, unexploited deposits of uranium, coal, and bauxite
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Malaysia |
tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite
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Maldives |
fish
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Mali |
gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower; note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited
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Malta |
limestone, salt, arable land
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Morocco |
phosphates, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc, fish, salt
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Marshall Islands |
coconut products, marine products, deep seabed minerals
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Martinique |
coastal scenery and beaches, cultivable land
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Mauritania |
iron ore, gypsum, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold, oil, fish
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Mauritius |
arable land, fish
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Mayotte |
NEGL
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Macedonia |
low-grade iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, manganese, nickel, tungsten, gold, silver, asbestos, gypsum, timber, arable land
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Mexico |
petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber
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Midway Islands |
wildlife, terrestrial and aquatic
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Micronesia, Federated States of |
forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals, phosphate
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Moldova |
lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land, limestone
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Monaco |
none
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Mongolia |
oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, fluorspar, gold, silver, iron
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Montenegro |
bauxite, hydroelectricity
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Montserrat |
NEGL
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Mozambique |
coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite
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Burma |
petroleum, timber, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, some marble, limestone, precious stones, natural gas, hydropower
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Namibia |
diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, silver, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, tungsten, zinc, salt, hydropower, fish; note: suspected deposits of oil, coal, and iron ore
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