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Mexico is ranked in the top 5 producers of silver (13% of world production), bismuth (20% of the world's total), celestite (7% of world output) and fluorspar (18% of world output); sixth in molybdenum; among the top 10 in barite, bentonite, arsenic, diatomite, graphite, cadmium, gypsum, mine lead, manganese ore, salt, sulfur, and mine zinc; and in the top 15 in mine copper, cement, gold, and crude steel (second largest producer in Latin America).
Most of these minerals or refined metals are sold to the United States and Canada, with lesser quantities going to the Japanese and European markets.
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What is Mexico mosts valuable natural resources and where is it found?
The most valuable resource in volume terms is crude petroleum, which when exported, provides US$ 37 billion (2013) in foreign currency; it is located in south central Mexico, along the lowlands and shallow waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico. However, the most valuable resource in terms of cost/weight would be gold, which provides US$ 4.29 billion. Gold is located along the western Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range.
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