World Mineral Statistics 1994‐1998 22nd edition

I last reviewed this publication back in 1996, and much of what I said still applies. “Mineral” is widely defined and covers everything from diamonds to diatoms, including graphite, iodine, and natural gas, as well as the more obvious iron, copper and lead. The information gives production, export and import of the various minerals by different countries. The amount of detail given varies with the importance of the material or the amount produced. For example, the information on salt exports from France is split into various classes of salt, but such detail is not provided for countries exporting only small...