Minerals yearbook: The mineral industry of Mexico. 1988 international review

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:7090202

Machamer, J F

Mexico is one of the major mineral-producing countries in the world, continuing in 1988 a role that the nation had assumed since the first European settlement of the Western Hemisphere. With respect to nonfuel minerals, Mexico was the world's leading producer of bismuth and silver; was among the top 5 producers of barite, fluorspar, graphite, molybdenum, and strontium; and was among the top 10 producers of antimony, white arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, manganese, mercury, salt, selenium, sulfur, and zinc. In the mineral fuels sector, Mexico was the sixth largest producer of crude oil and ranked eighth in terms of proven oil reserves. In addition, Mexico was the largest foreign supplier of crude oil and cement to the United States. Topics discussed in the report include: Government policies and programs; Production; Trade; Commodity review--Metals, Industrial minerals, and Mineral fuels.

• Research Organization: Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7090202
• Report Number(s): PB-90-233644/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
ARSENIC
BARITE
BARIUM COMPOUNDS
BARIUM SULFATES
BISMUTH
BUILDING MATERIALS
CADMIUM
CARBON
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CEMENTS
COAL
COAL INDUSTRY
COPPER
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ECONOMICS
ELEMENTAL MINERALS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY POLICY
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPORTS
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GRAPHITE
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRY
LATIN AMERICA
LEAD
MANGANESE
MATERIALS
MERCURY
METALS
MEXICO
MINERAL INDUSTRY
MINERAL RESOURCES
MINERALS
NONMETALS
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
PRODUCTION
RESERVES
RESOURCES
SALT DEPOSITS
SELENIUM
SEMIMETALS
SILVER
SULFATE MINERALS
SULFATES
SULFUR
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TRADE
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
ZINC