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Minerals yearbook: Mineral industries of Africa. Volume 3. 1992 international review

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7245587

The 53 countries that constituted Africa in 1992 accounted for a significant portion of total world output of a number of mineral commodities. Among the most significant mineral commodities 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. Chromite, cobalt, and manganese, were not mined in the Untied States.

Research Organization:
Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
7245587
Report Number(s):
PB-94-184009/XAB; ISBN: 0-16-043158-1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English