lic nodules
Indonesia:
petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite,
copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver
Iran:
petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore,
lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur
Iraq:
petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, sulfur
Ireland:
zinc, lead, natural gas, barite, copper, gypsum, limestone,
dolomite, peat, silver
Israel:
timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock,
magnesium bromide, clays, sand, oil
Italy:
mercury, potash, marble, sulfur, natural gas and crude oil
reserves, fish, coal, arable land
Jamaica:
bauxite, gypsum, limestone
Jan Mayen:
none
Japan:
negligible mineral resources, fish
Jarvis Island:
guano (deposits worked until late 1800s), terrestrial
and aquatic wildlife
Jersey:
arable land
Johnston Atoll:
guano deposits worked until depletion about 1890,
terrestrial and aquatic wildlife
Jordan:
phosphates, potash, shale oil
Juan de Nova Island:
guano deposits and other fertilizers
Kazakhstan:
major deposits of petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron
ore, manganese, chrome ore, nickel, cobalt, copper, molybdenum,
lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, uranium
Kenya:
gold, limestone, soda ash, salt barites, rubies, fluorspar,
garnets, wildlife, hydropower
Kingman Reef:
terrestrial and aquatic wildlife
Kiribati:
phosphate (production discontinued in 1979)
Korea, North:
coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron
ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower
Korea, South:
coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower
potential
Kuwait:
petroleum, fish, shrimp, natural gas
Kyrgyzstan:
abundant hydropower; significant deposits of gold and
rare earth metals; locally exploitable coal, oil, and natural gas;
other deposits of nepheline, mercury, bismuth, lead, and zinc
Laos:
timber, hydropower, gypsum, tin, gold, gemstones
Latvia:
minimal; amber, peat, limestone, dolomite, hydropower,
arable land
Lebanon:
limestone, iron ore, salt, water-surplus state in a
water-deficit region, arable land
Lesotho:
water, agricultural and grazing land, some diamonds and
other minerals
Liberia:
iron ore, timber, diamonds, gold, hydropower
Libya:
petroleum, natural gas, gypsum
Liechtenstein:
hydroelectric potential, arable land
Lithuania:
peat, arable land
Luxembourg:
iron ore (no l
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