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| Keywords: Simplified world mining map 1.png en A schematic showing the locations of certain ores in the world A specific focus has been put on metals and construction materials Natural resources that are used for energy fossil oil gas can be found on another map Aldough metals can still be won from regular mining most metals can now be much more economically won from landfills This as landfills require much less labour less soil needs to be dug off and sieved In addition the use of a cradle-to-cradle material recovery can also save allot of labour and is therefore also more economically attractive For some materials however regular mining will still need to continue In this case it is best to choose ore sites that are located in biodiversity-poor regions eg mountainous regions regions outside of the tropical-subtropical zone As the map is simplified we can herefore study the maps from the USGS at http //mrdata usgs gov/ ; the database is also usable with Google Earth see http //www gelib com/world-mineral-resources htm Finally note that on the map the markers may vary in size however this doesn't relate to the size of the mineral/materials stores this is simply an incorrection due to the resizing The map was made using data from the book Future Energy and Resources by Robin Kerrod and Working with the oceans by Lawrence Williams and Alan Collinson own KVDP 2009-01-18 Mining maps Natural resources | ||||
