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Africa and the Middle East

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Reports on countries' mineral industries, including statistics on mineral production and trade, government policies, industry structure, and commodity sector developments.

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Mineral Facilities of Africa and the Middle East
 

 

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Africa

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Middle East (+North Africa, 2014 onward)

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Tables: 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017-18 | 2019 | 2020-21 Tables-only release 

 

 

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Image shows a sample of augelite and quartz on a black background.
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Augelite and quartz. Augelite is an aluminum phosphate mineral, primarily prized for collecting rather than as a source for its industrial mineral components.

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High-resolution image of a copper ingot from the USGS mineral collection.
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Copper ingot.

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Image shows a sample of gold against a black background
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A sample of native gold. Most of the gold that is fabricated today goes into the manufacture of jewelry, but it also performs critical functions in computers, communications equipment, spacecraft, jet aircraft engines, and a host of other products. 
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Close up of Silicon Carbide
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Silicon carbide, an abrasive.

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Image shows a sample of torbernite against a black background
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Torbernite is a copper phosphate mineral that contains uranium, making it somewhat radioactive. Although it can be used as a uranium ore, it's more valued as a collectors mineral. It can be used as a good indicator of uranium deposits, however.

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These rare-earth oxides are used as tracers to determine which parts of a watershed are eroding. Clockwise from top center: praseodymium, cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, samarium, and gadolinium.
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Image shows a sample of epidote and quartz against a black background
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Epidote and quartz. Epidote is a silicate mineral used mostly as a semiprecious gemstone. Sample originated from Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, and is 6.0cm in length.

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