Civil Services Prepby Garima Malik & Nitin Sangwan Account

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World economic geography

World distribution of minerals and energy

Practise 2 PYQs

Concepts to cover

  1. Iron ore (Australia, Brazil, China, India), manganese, chromium, nickel (Indonesia, Philippines), tungsten
  2. Copper (Chile, Peru, DR Congo), bauxite (Australia, Guinea), zinc, lead, tin, gold (China, Australia, Russia), platinum
  3. Cobalt (DR Congo about three-quarters), lithium (Australia, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia), rare earths (China), graphite
  4. Diamonds (Botswana, Russia, Angola) and precious stones
  5. Coal (China, India, USA, Australia), petroleum (Persian Gulf, Russia, USA; OPEC), natural gas (Russia, Qatar, Iran)
  6. Uranium (Kazakhstan, Canada, Australia) and hydro-power potential by region
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