Minerals Yearbook: The Mineral Industries of Southern South America. 1988 International Review

摘要

Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay make up the southern part of South America and are commonly called 'southern cone' countries. As the second largest country in Latin America with a population of 32 million, Argentina's value of mineral fuels and other minerals production was at the approximate level of that of Chile, a country one-third the size of Argentina with a population of 13 million. However, Chile is a more diversified mineral producer where nonfuel mineral output is more important relative to petroleum-the mineral commodity that dominates Argentina's mineral economy. Topics discussed in the report include Government Policies and Programs, Production, Trade, and Commodity Review-(Metals, Industrial Minerals, and Minerals Fuels).