Page-2 of GS-I: Distribution of Key Natural Resources Across the World

Give an account of the major coal mining regions around the world.

Major coal mining reasons are as follows: China China has large reserves of coal and during the last decades it has emerged as the world leader in coal mining. The deposits of Fushun mines in Man­churia have the maximum thickness ..

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“In last few years, the Global oil prices have fallen sharply.” Examine the reasons and its implications for oil producers, consumers and environment.

The fall of oil prices globally can be cited by reasons: Low demand due to weak economic activities Growing switch away from oil to other fuels USA has become the world’s largest oil producer Saudis and their Gulf allies have ..

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What do you understand by Blood Diamonds? Critically examine the performance of Kimberley Process in limiting the number of conflict diamonds entering the market.

Some regions in Africa are rich in Diamonds. The Central African and West African countries are politically unstable where armed revolutionary group control diamond mines. They sell the rough diamonds and use the proceeds to finance their operations, purchasing arms ..

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Give an account of the major Iron Ore producing regions / countries of the world.

Commercial produc­tion comes from four types of ores viz. haematite, magnetite, limonite and siderite. The leading producers of iron ore in the world are China, Brazil, Australia, India and Russia. Besides these leading producers, Ukraine, Liberia, Sudan, Canada, France, and ..

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Account for the spatial pattern of the Manganese ore distribution in World and India.

Manganese is used as an alloy mineral to produce steel. Typical manganese steel contains 12 to 14 per cent of manganese and addi­tion of this mineral to steel makes it remarkably hard and tough. Thus manganese is an important input ..

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Account for the spatial pattern of the Copper ore in the World. 

In importance from an industrial point of view copper is next only to iron. However, it occurs in fewer locations than iron ore and the most important deposits are in North America, South America, Africa and Australia. Chile, US, Canada, ..

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