Countries and their Natural Resources: The Natural Wealth of Countries

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12455442.post-60979379967273086792008-04-19T10:08:00.000-04:002008-04-25T21:36:59.296-04:00Countries and their Natural Resources: The Natural Wealth of Countries<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_-RxFG9Q7LUY/SA_wGHKt8aI/AAAAAAAAAcs/wbXWVqjwi9c/s1600-h/nonrenewablenergy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_-RxFG9Q7LUY/SA_wGHKt8aI/AAAAAAAAAcs/wbXWVqjwi9c/s400/nonrenewablenergy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192632883175354786" border="0" /></a>Natural resources are naturally occurring (<a href="http://universalfacts.blogspot.com/2007/11/types-of-renewable-resources-and-their.html">renewable</a> and nonrenewable) substances of the environment that are considered valuable in their natural form. Nonrenewable includes for example fossil fuel (coal and oil) and renewable can be unconditionally renewable (e.g. solar, geothermal, tidal or wind energy) and conditionally renewable (e.g. fish, cattle, forest goods, vines). These are naturally occurring materials from the environment that have value in serving human needs and therefore have economic value. These material source of wealth are primary factors of production and the availability of particular natural resources gives that country a comparative advantage in trade. Some of these natural resources (material source of wealth) are: timber (forest),<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_-RxFG9Q7LUY/SA_wm3Kt8bI/AAAAAAAAAc0/olzHA_zufqk/s1600-h/semi_precious_gems.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_-RxFG9Q7LUY/SA_wm3Kt8bI/AAAAAAAAAc0/olzHA_zufqk/s400/semi_precious_gems.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192633445816070578" border="0" /></a> natural gas, petroleum (oil), coal, barites, copper, chromite, sulfur, talc, lead, zinc, iron ore, precious and semi-precious stones, salt, fresh water, seeds, grains, fruits, animals (e.g fish, shrimp and cattle), sand and gravel all occurs in a natural state and has economic value. It is important to note also that natural resources can have "noneconomic" value such as being; ecological, recreational (scenic beauty), educational or aesthetic value in nature, apart from those that could be classified under economic value.Thus, most countries have a particular natural resource(s) (biological and geological sources) that meet human needs and as such, have an economic value whereby it can be exploited and used by that country or in trade with other countries. The list below shows each country’s nature resources or its natural wealth. <o:p></o:p> <hr /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Countries and their Natural Resource - The Natural Wealth of Countries around the World </div><hr /> <table style="" align="center" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr> <td style="font-weight: bold;" width="25%"><div align="center">Country </div></td><td width="75%"> <div align="center">Natural resources </div></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Afghanistan </td><td> natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Albania </td><td> petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, timber, nickel, hydro-power </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Algeria </td><td> petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> American Samoa </td><td> pumice, pumicite </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Andorra </td><td> hydro-power, mineral water, timber, iron ore, lead </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Angola </td><td> petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Anguilla </td><td> salt, fish, lobster </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Antarctica </td><td> iron ore, chromium, copper, gold, nickel, platinum and other minerals, and coal and hydrocarbons have been found in small noncommercial quantities; not presently exploited; krill, finfish, and crab have been taken by commercial fisheries </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Antigua and Barbuda </td><td> Has a pleasant climate and fosters tourism </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"> Arctic Ocean </td><td> sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales) </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Argentina </td><td> fertile plains of the Pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Armenia </td><td> small deposits of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, alumina </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Aruba </td><td> Negligible; white sandy beaches </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Ashmore and Cartier Islands </td><td> fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Atlantic Ocean </td><td> oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales), sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, precious stones </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Australia </td><td> bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Austria </td><td> iron ore, oil, timber, magnesite, lead, coal, lignite, copper, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Azerbaijan </td><td> petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, alumina </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Bahamas, The </td><td> salt, aragonite, timber, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Bahrain </td><td> oil, associated and non-associated natural gas, fish, pearls </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Baker Island </td><td> guano (deposits worked until 1891), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Bangladesh </td><td> natural gas, arable land, timber, coal </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Barbados </td><td> petroleum, fish, natural gas </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Bassas da India </td><td> none </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Belarus </td><td> forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Belgium </td><td> coal, natural gas </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Belize </td><td> arable land potential, timber, fish, hydro-power </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Benin </td><td> small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"> Bermuda </td><td> limestone, pleasant climate fostering tourism </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Bhutan </td><td> timber, hydro-power, gypsum, calcium carbide </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Bolivia </td><td> tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydro-power </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Bosnia and Herzegovina </td><td> coal, iron, bauxite, manganese, forests, copper, chromium, lead, zinc, hydro-power </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Botswana </td><td> diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Bouvet Island </td><td> none </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Brazil </td><td> bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydro-power, timber </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> British Indian Ocean Territory </td><td> coconuts, fish, sugarcane </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"> British Virgin Islands </td><td> Negligible </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Brunei </td><td> petroleum, natural gas, timber </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Bulgaria </td><td> bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, arable land </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"> Burkina Faso </td><td> manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, antimony, copper, nickel, bauxite, lead, phosphates, zinc, silver </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Burma </td><td> petroleum, timber, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, some marble, limestone, precious stones, natural gas, hydro-power </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"> Burundi </td><td> nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum (not yet exploited), vanadium, arable land, hydro-power </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Cambodia </td><td> timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydro-power potential </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Cameroon </td><td> petroleum, bauxite, iron ore, timber, hydro-power </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Canada </td><td> iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydro-power </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Cape Verde </td><td> salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"> Cayman Islands </td><td> fish, climate and beaches that foster tourism </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Central African Republic </td><td> diamonds, uranium, timber, gold, oil, hydro-power </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Chad </td><td> petroleum (unexploited but exploration under way), uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad) </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Chile </td><td> copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum, hydro-power </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> China </td><td> coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydro-power potential (world's largest) </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Christmas Island </td><td> phosphate, beaches </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Clipperton Island </td><td> fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Cocos (Keeling) Islands </td><td> fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Colombia </td><td> petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds, hydro-power </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Comoros </td><td> Negligible </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Congo, Democratic Republic of the </td><td> cobalt, copper, cadmium, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, germanium, uranium, radium, bauxite, iron ore, coal, hydro-power, timber </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Congo, Republic of the </td><td> petroleum, timber, potash, lead, zinc, uranium, copper, phosphates, natural gas, hydro-power </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Cook Islands </td><td> Negligible </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Coral Sea Islands </td><td> Negligible </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Costa Rica </td><td> hydro-power </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Cote d'Ivoire </td><td> petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, hydro-power </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Croatia </td><td> oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydro-power </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Cuba </td><td> cobalt, nickel, iron ore, copper, manganese, salt, timber, silica, petroleum, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Cyprus</td><td> copper, pyrites, asbestos, gypsum, timber, salt, marble, clay earth pigment </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Czech Republic </td><td> hard coal, soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite, timber </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Denmark </td><td> petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, stone, gravel and sand </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Djibouti </td><td> geothermal areas </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Dominica </td><td> timber, hydro-power, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Dominican Republic </td><td> nickel, bauxite, gold, silver </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> East Timor </td><td> gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Ecuador </td><td> petroleum, fish, timber, hydro-power </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Egypt </td><td> petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, zinc </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> El Salvador </td><td> hydro-power, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Equatorial Guinea </td><td> oil, petroleum, timber, small unexploited deposits of gold, manganese, uranium, titanium, iron ore </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Eritrea </td><td> gold, potash, zinc, copper, salt, possibly oil and natural gas, fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Estonia </td><td> oil shale, peat, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Ethiopia </td><td> small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, hydro-power </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Europa Island </td><td> Negligible </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) </td><td> fish, squid, wildlife, calcified seaweed, sphagnum moss </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Faroe Islands </td><td> fish, whales, hydro-power </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Fiji </td><td> timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil potential, hydro-power </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Finland </td><td> timber, copper, zinc, iron ore, silver </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">France </td><td> coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, potash, timber, fish </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"> French Guiana </td><td> bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered), cinnabar, kaolin, fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> French Polynesia </td><td> timber, fish, cobalt, hydro-power </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">French Southern and Antarctic Lands </td><td> fish, crayfish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Gabon </td><td> petroleum, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydro-power </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Gambia, The </td><td> fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Gaza Strip </td><td> arable land, natural gas </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Georgia </td><td> forests, hydro-power, manganese deposits, iron ore, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Germany </td><td> iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, nickel, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Ghana </td><td> gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydro-power </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Gibraltar </td><td> Negligible </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Glorioso Islands </td><td> guano, coconuts </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Greece </td><td> bauxite, lignite, magnesite, petroleum, marble, hydro-power potential </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Greenland </td><td> zinc, lead, iron ore, coal, molybdenum, gold, platinum, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydro-power, possible oil and gas </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Grenada </td><td> timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Guadeloupe </td><td> cultivable land, beaches and climate that foster tourism </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Guam </td><td> fishing (largely undeveloped), tourism (especially from Japan) </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Guatemala </td><td> petroleum, nickel, rare woods, fish, chicle, hydropower </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"> Guernsey </td><td> cropland </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Guinea </td><td> bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Guinea-Bissau </td><td> fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, unexploited deposits of petroleum </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Guyana </td><td> bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp, fish </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"> Haiti </td><td> bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Heard Island and McDonald Islands </td><td> fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Holy See (Vatican City) </td><td> none </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Honduras </td><td> timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Hong Kong </td><td> outstanding deepwater harbor, feldspar </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Howland Island </td><td> guano (deposits worked until late 1800s), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Hungary </td><td> bauxite, coal, natural gas, fertile soils, arable land </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"> Iceland </td><td> fish, hydropower, geothermal power, diatomite </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> India </td><td> coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Indian Ocean </td><td> oil and gas fields, fish, shrimp, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Indonesia </td><td> petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Iran </td><td> petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Iraq </td><td> petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, sulfur </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Ireland </td><td> zinc, lead, natural gas, barite, copper, gypsum, limestone, dolomite, peat, silver </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Israel </td><td> timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Italy </td><td> mercury, potash, marble, sulfur, natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, coal, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Jamaica </td><td> bauxite, gypsum, limestone </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Jan Mayen </td><td> none </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Japan </td><td> negligible mineral resources, fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Jarvis Island </td><td> guano (deposits worked until late 1800s), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Jersey </td><td> arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Johnston Atoll </td><td> guano deposits worked until depletion about 1890, terrestrial and aquatic wildlife </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Jordan </td><td> phosphates, potash, shale oil </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Juan de Nova Island </td><td> guano deposits and other fertilizers </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"> Kazakhstan </td><td> major deposits of petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome ore, nickel, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, uranium </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Kenya </td><td> gold, limestone, soda ash, salt, rubies, fluorspar, garnets, wildlife, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Kingman Reef </td><td> terrestrial and aquatic wildlife </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Kiribati </td><td> phosphate (production discontinued in 1979) </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Korea, North </td><td> coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Korea, South </td><td> coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower potential </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Kuwait </td><td> petroleum, fish, shrimp, natural gas </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Kyrgyzstan </td><td> 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 </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Laos </td><td> timber, hydropower, gypsum, tin, gold, gemstones </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Latvia </td><td> peat, limestone, dolomite, amber, hydropower, wood, arable land </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Lebanon </td><td> limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a water-deficit region, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Lesotho</td><td> water, agricultural and grazing land, some diamonds and other minerals </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Liberia </td><td> iron ore, timber, diamonds, gold, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Libya </td><td> petroleum, natural gas, gypsum </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Liechtenstein </td><td> hydroelectric potential, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Lithuania </td><td> peat, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Luxembourg </td><td>arable land, iron ore (no longer exploited), </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Macau </td><td> Negligible </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of </td><td> chromium, lead, zinc, manganese, tungsten, nickel, low-grade iron ore, asbestos, sulfur, timber, arable land </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Madagascar </td><td> graphite, chromite, coal, bauxite, salt, quartz, tar sands, semiprecious stones, mica, fish, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Malawi </td><td> limestone, arable land, hydropower, unexploited deposits of uranium, coal, and bauxite </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Malaysia </td><td> tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Maldives </td><td> fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Mali </td><td> gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, hydropower mineral deposits unexploited: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Malta </td><td> limestone, salt, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Man, Isle of </td><td> none </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Marshall Islands </td><td> coconut products, marine products, deep seabed minerals </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Martinique </td><td> coastal scenery and beaches, cultivable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Mauritania </td><td> iron ore, gypsum, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold, oil, fish </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Mauritius </td><td> arable land, fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Mayotte </td><td> Negligible </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Mexico </td><td> petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Micronesia Federated States of, </td><td> forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Midway Islands </td><td> wildlife, terrestrial and aquatic </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Moldova </td><td> lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land, limestone </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"> Monaco </td><td> none </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Mongolia</td><td> oil, coal, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, phosphates, tin, nickel, zinc, wolfram, fluorspar, gold, silver, iron, phosphate </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Montserrat </td><td> Neglible </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Morocco </td><td> phosphates, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc, fish, salt </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"> Mozambique </td><td> coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Namibia </td><td> diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, zinc, salt, vanadium, natural gas, hydropower, fish (with the possiblity exist for: oil, coal, and iron ore) </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Nauru </td><td> phosphates, fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Navassa Island </td><td> guano </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Nepal </td><td> quartz, water, timber, hydropower, scenic beauty, small deposits of lignite, copper, cobalt, iron ore </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Netherlands </td><td> natural gas, petroleum, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Netherlands Antilles </td><td> phosphates (Curacao only), salt (Bonaire only) </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> New Caledonia </td><td> nickel, chrome, iron, cobalt, manganese, silver, gold, lead, copper </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> New Zealand </td><td> natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Nicaragua </td><td> gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, fish </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Niger </td><td> uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates, gold, petroleum </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Nigeria </td><td> natural gas, petroleum, tin, columbite, iron ore, coal, limestone, lead, zinc, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Niue </td><td> fish, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Norfolk Island </td><td> fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Northern Mariana Islands </td><td> arable land, fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Norway </td><td> petroleum, copper, natural gas, pyrites, nickel, iron ore, zinc, lead, fish, timber, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Oman </td><td> petroleum, copper, asbestos, some marble, limestone, chromium, gypsum, natural gas </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Pacific Ocean </td><td> oil and gas fields, polymetallic nodules, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Pakistan </td><td> land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Palau </td><td> forests, minerals (especially gold), marine products, deep-seabed minerals </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Palmyra Atoll </td><td> terrestrial and aquatic wildlife </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Panama </td><td> copper, mahogany forests, shrimp, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Papua New Guinea </td><td> gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil, fisheries </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Paracel Islands </td><td> none </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Paraguay </td><td> hydropower, timber, iron ore, manganese, limestone </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Peru </td><td> copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Philippines </td><td> timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Pitcairn Islands </td><td> miro trees (used for handicrafts), fish offshore: manganese, iron, copper, gold, silver, and zinc have been discovered </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Poland </td><td> coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt, amber, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Portugal </td><td> fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore, marble, arable land, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Puerto Rico </td><td> some copper and nickel; potential for onshore and offshore oil </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Qatar </td><td> petroleum, natural gas, fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Reunion </td><td> fish, arable land, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Romania </td><td> petroleum (reserves declining), timber, natural gas, coal, iron ore, salt, arable land, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Russia </td><td>Timber, oil, natural gas, coal, and many other minerals that are not exploited due mainly to the country's climate and terrain. </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Rwanda </td><td> gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), methane, hydropower, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Saint Helena </td><td> fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Saint Kitts and Nevis </td><td> arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Saint Lucia </td><td> forests, sandy beaches, minerals (pumice), mineral springs, geothermal potential </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Saint Pierre and Miquelon </td><td> fish, deepwater ports </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines </td><td> hydropower, cropland </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"> Samoa </td><td> hardwood forests, fish, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> San Marino </td><td> building stone </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Sao Tome and Principe </td><td> fish, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Saudi Arabia </td><td> petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, copper </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Senegal </td><td> fish, phosphates, iron ore </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Serbia and Montenegro </td><td> oil, gas, coal, antimony, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, gold, pyrite, chrome, hydropower, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Seychelles </td><td> fish, copra, cinnamon trees </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Sierra Leone </td><td> diamonds, titanium ore, bauxite, iron ore, gold, chromite </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Singapore </td><td> fish, deepwater ports </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Slovakia </td><td> brown coal and lignite; small amounts of iron ore, copper and manganese ore; salt; arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Slovenia </td><td> lignite coal, lead, zinc, mercury, uranium, silver, hydropower, forests</td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Solomon Islands </td><td> fish, forests, gold, bauxite, phosphates, lead, zinc, nickel </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Somalia </td><td> uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt, natural gas, likely oil reserves </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> South Africa </td><td> gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands </td><td> fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Southern Ocean </td><td> manganese nodules, sand and gravel, fresh water as icebergs; squid, whales, and seals - not exploited; krill, fishes; possibility of oil and natural gas </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Spain </td><td> coal, lignite, iron ore, uranium, mercury, pyrites, fluorspar, gypsum, zinc, lead, tungsten, copper, kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Spratly Islands </td><td> fish, guano, undetermined oil and natural gas potential </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Sri Lanka </td><td> limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems, phosphates, clay, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Sudan </td><td> petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Suriname </td><td> timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, iron ore </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Svalbard </td><td> coal, copper, iron ore, phosphate, zinc, wildlife, fish </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"> Swaziland </td><td> asbestos, coal, clay, cassiterite, hydropower, forests, small gold and diamond deposits, quarry stone, and talc </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Sweden </td><td> zinc, iron ore, lead, copper, silver, timber, uranium, hydropower </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Switzerland </td><td> hydropower potential, timber, salt </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Syria </td><td> petroleum, phosphates, chrome and manganese ores, asphalt, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Taiwan </td><td> small deposits of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, and asbestos </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Tajikistan </td><td> hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Tanzania </td><td> hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Thailand </td><td> tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Togo </td><td> phosphates, limestone, marble, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Tokelau </td><td> Negligible </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Tonga </td><td> fish, fertile soil </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Trinidad and Tobago </td><td> petroleum, natural gas, asphalt </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Tromelin Island </td><td> fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Tunisia </td><td> petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Turkey </td><td> antimony, coal, chromium, mercury, copper, borate, sulfur, iron ore, arable land, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Turkmenistan </td><td> petroleum, natural gas, coal, sulfur, salt </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Turks and Caicos Islands </td><td> spiny lobster, conch </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Tuvalu </td><td> fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Uganda </td><td> copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land </td></tr><tr> <td valign="top"> Ukraine </td><td> iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"> United Arab Emirates </td><td> petroleum, natural gas </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">United Kingdom </td><td> coal, petroleum, natural gas, tin, limestone, iron ore, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, lead, silica, arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">United States </td><td> coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Uruguay </td><td> arable land, hydropower, minor minerals, fisheries </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Uzbekistan </td><td> natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Vanuatu </td><td> manganese, hardwood forests, fish </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Venezuela </td><td> petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Vietnam </td><td> phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Virgin Islands </td><td> sun, sand, sea, surf </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Wake Island </td><td> none </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Wallis and Futuna </td><td> Negligible </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> West Bank </td><td> arable land </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Western Sahara </td><td> phosphates, iron ore </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Yemen </td><td> petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble, small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper, fertile soil in west </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Zambia </td><td> copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium, hydropower </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> Zimbabwe </td><td> coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals </td></tr></tbody></table> 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