Minerals yearbook: Mineral industries of Africa. Volume 3. 1990 international review

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6478271

The 53 countries that constituted Africa in 1990 accounted for a significant portion of total world output of a number of mineral commodities. Among the most significant to be produced in Africa were andalusite, antimony, asbestos, bauxite, chromite, coal, cobalt, copper, diamond, fluorspar, gold, lithium minerals, manganese, phosphate, platinum-group metals, the titanium minerals--ilmenite and rutile, vanadium, vermiculite, uranium, and zircon. Several of these, chromite, cobalt, diamond, and manganese, were not produced in the United States.

• Research Organization: Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6478271
• Report Number(s): PB-93-193464/XAB
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Also available from Supt. of Docs. See also PB--92-183466 and report for 1989, PB--92-176130
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
58 GEOSCIENCES
AFRICA
MINERAL RESOURCES
COMMODITIES
EXPORTS
ANTIMONY
ASBESTOS
BAUXITE
COAL
COBALT
COPPER
ECONOMICS
GOLD
ILMENITE
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
LITHIUM
MANGANESE
METALS
MINERAL INDUSTRY
PLATINUM
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
RUTILE
TITANIUM
TRADE
URANIUM
VANADIUM
VERMICULITE
ZIRCON
ACTINIDES
ALKALI METALS
ALUMINIUM ORES
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
INDUSTRY
INORGANIC ION EXCHANGERS
ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS
MATERIALS
MICA
MINERALS
ORES
OXIDE MINERALS
PLATINUM METALS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE MINERALS
RESOURCES
SILICATE MINERALS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
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