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

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 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
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290400* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Energy Resources
58 GEOSCIENCES
580000 -- Geosciences
ACTINIDES
AFRICA
ALKALI METALS
ALUMINIUM ORES
ANTIMONY
ASBESTOS
BAUXITE
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
COBALT
COMMODITIES
COPPER
ECONOMICS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPORTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GOLD
ILMENITE
INDUSTRY
INORGANIC ION EXCHANGERS
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS
LITHIUM
MANGANESE
MATERIALS
METALS
MICA
MINERAL INDUSTRY
MINERAL RESOURCES
MINERALS
ORES
OXIDE MINERALS
PLATINUM
PLATINUM METALS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE MINERALS
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
RESOURCES
RUTILE
SILICATE MINERALS
TITANIUM
TRADE
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
URANIUM
VANADIUM
VERMICULITE
ZIRCON