Pongpak Leangsiriwattanakul

P8

09/01/2558

Mineral

Country

Mineral is
extracted

Its uses

Used
internally or
externally

Economic
significance

Any
environmental
impact

Aluminum

India

Remove it from
the Earth in
mining

-Make rice
cooker

Externally

Third most
abundant mineral

Removes native
vegetation

Internally
-Industrial

Chromium

India

Ore

-Coat cars

Internally

High level in
ground water

Negative human
effect

Coal

Pakistan

Mines

-Steam boiler

Externally

Fourth highest coat

production

Air pollution
radioactivity

-Generator

Internally

-Wire

Internally

Infrastructure
renewal

-Cable

Externally

Toxic waste
negative changes in
environment

India
Bangladesh

Copper

India

Heating with
carbon

Gemstones

Sri Lanka

Mines

-Accessories

Externally

Expensive clothing

Environmental
natural degradation

Graphite

Sri Lanka

Open pit
underground
mines

-Uses in
industrial

Externally

Steel industries

Air pollution soil

contamination

Externally

Ninth production
rate

Pollution
distraction

-steel making

Iron Ore

India

Blast furnace

-Uses in
industrial
-Make buildings

Manganese

India

Mining

-steel making

Internally

13.9 million tons

Negative effects
human

Mica

India

Mined from ore

-Making floor

Externally

Over 150000
metric tons of scrap
and flake mica are
produced yearly

Pollution and
distraction

Natural Gas

Pakistan

Using technology
for extract

-fuel

Externally

Approximately 1
million

Reduce greenhouse
gases

Remove from the

earth

-Oil

Externally

Significant in deep
water

Air pollution oil

spill

Bangladesh

Petroleum

Pakistan
India
Bangladesh

-Give energy

Titanium

India

Extraction from
ore

-tools made from

steel

Externally

Fourth largest
significant reserves
in the world

Reduce corrosion

Uranium ore
under the ground

-nuclear energy

Internally

First resource in
making nuclear

Military power

Sri Lanka

Uranium

Pakistan
India

-military
weapons