Minerals Yearbook 2006 V 2 Area Reports Domestic

Volume II contains the latest available domestic mineral industry data, and highlights the importance of minerals to the economy. Chapters examine mining, refining, processing, and use of minerals.

Providing the latest available mineral data on the countries of Africa and the Middle East, this yearbook discusses the importance of minerals to these nations economies. It also includes production tables and industry structure tables.

Volume II contains the latest available domestic mineral industry data, and highlights the importance of minerals to the economy. Chapters examine mining, refining, processing, and use of minerals.

The region of Europe and Central Eurasia defined in this volume encompasses territory that extends from the Atlantic Coast of Europe to the Pacific Coast of the Russian Federation. It includes the British Isles, Iceland, and Greenland (a self- governing part of the Kingdom of Denmark). Included are mineral commodity outlook tables, plus global overview research for particularly commodities within a specific regions/countries are presented throughout the text. Manufacturers of these metals and commodities, along with trade brokers that may specialize in imports and exports, political scientists, and economists may also be interested in this volume. Students pursuing research on specific metals and mineral commodities for world economy courses may be interested in this volume.