Minerals Yearbook: Mineral Industries of Africa. Volume 3. 1989 International Review.

摘要

The 53 countries that constituted Africa in 1989 accounted for a significant portion of total world output of a number of mineral commodities. Among the most significant minerals to be produced in Africa were andalusite, antimony, asbestos, bauxite, chromite, coal, cobalt, copper, diamond, fluorspar, gold, lithium minerals, manganese, phosphate, platinum-group metals, and the titanium minerals--ilmenite and rutile, vanadium, vermiculite, and zircon. Despite the underdevelopment of much of Africa, mineral raw materials played a very important part of the national economies of many of its countries. The Republic of South Africa had the highest value of nonfuel mineral production in Africa and ranked among the top five world producers in value of nonfuel minerals.