mineral resources and their location
The Black Continent of Africa is richly endowed with alot of natural resources. Some of the natural resources and their areas of location includes; gold (Ghana), petroleum (nigeria), diamond (sierra Leone), tin and columbite (nigeria), iron ore (Liberia), copper (mauritania), phosphates (senegal), manganese (cote d'ivoire), coal and limestone (nigeria).
Nigeria
Gabon is known for its mineral industry. Some of the mineral resources found in Gabon are manganese, gold, and iron ore. Manganese is the most prevalent of all these minerals in Gabon.
Ghana is one of the most important country in west Africa with good resources talking of gold, timbers, cocoa, mineral salt, good water bodies, manganese, diamond and a whole lot of unbelievable tourist site. less before i forget recently crude oil is refined in Ghana, isit not remarkable in the history of west Africa and Africa as a whole... indeed God Has A Nation Ahead...meaning of Ghana.
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Nigeria
V. Venkatesh has written: 'New directions in mineral development policies Bagauda, Nigeria' 'New directions in mineral development policies, Bagauda, Nigeria, 8 - 10 September, 1975' -- subject(s): Mines and mineral resources, Mineral resources conservation
natural gas, gold, iron ore, marble, tin, land, vegetation, columbite, lead, seas, rocks, etc are examples of natural resources in Nigeria.
it is because they knew that Nigeria was rich in mineral resources
Nigeria has numerous mineral resources, and most of which are of economic quantity, one of its mineral that's readily available for trade and with high market demand is petroleum (crude oil). The main minerals in Nigeria are; bauxite, coal, tin, iron ore, columbite, natural gas, limestone, gold, lead and zinc. Other minerals found in Nigeria includes gypsum, alluminium, lignite, salts, and asbestos.
Negligible mineral resources is describing an area where there are no or very little mineral resources available.
what is the inventory, state and convertibility of nigeria's natural resources
the role of natural resources in tourism development Nigeria
The resources refers to the source of supply for the mineral. Mineral resources could be the ore, or even a material which could be recycled to retrieve the mineral's desired properties.