Can you name the countries that produce the most of each substance per year?

created by PumpkinBomb

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Source: British Geological Survey
Statistics are as of 2007.
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Aluminum (Bauxite)
62.4 MT
25.5 MT
23.0 MT
21.6 MT
18.5 MT

Copper
5.56 MT
1.19 MT
1.19 MT
0.95 MT
0.87 MT

Crude Petroleum
493 MT
491 MT
317 MT
212 MT
187 MT

Diamond
38.3 MCD
33.6 MCD
28.5 MCD
19.2 MCD
17.0 MCD

Gold
270 T
252 T
245 T
244 T
170 T

Iron Ore
707 MT
355 MT
299 MT
204 MT
105 MT

Lead
1.36 MT
0.64 MT
0.43 MT
0.33 MT
0.14 MT

Natural Gas
651 TL
546 TL
174 TL
111 TL
84.8 TL

Nickel
0.30 MT
0.25 MT
0.19 MT
0.18 MT
0.10 MT

Platinum
166 T
23.0 T
8.10 T
5.00 T
3.86 T

Salt
59.8 MT
41.9 MT
18.0 MT
13.4 MT
11.8 MT

Silver
3.49 kT
3.14 kT
2.70 kT
1.94 kT
1.88 kT

Tin
136 kT
66.1 kT
39.0 kT
16.0 kT
12.6 kT

Titanium (Ilmenite)
2.50 MT
2.34 MT
2.25 MT
1.30 MT
0.88 MT

Uranium
9.50 kT
8.60 kT
6.64 kT
3.41 kT
3.15 kT

Zinc
2.95 MT
1.51 MT
1.44 MT
0.80 MT
0.62 MT

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Mine Mine Mine! Quiz

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Created by: PumpkinBomb -
Contributed: February 9th, 2010
Published: March 4th, 2010
Category: Geography
Plays: 80,365

Tags: Country Quizzes, produce, amount, mine, substance

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	TheRegno:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 04:29 GMT	60 points
	Who else put kazakhstan first only to be disappointed that potassium wasn't on here.

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	annebelle337:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 04:54 GMT	1 point
	I think the stats are messed up for this quiz. . . it says 100% of quiz takers got all but 10 of the countries.

	Shanamah:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 05:00 GMT	3 points
	I forgot all about Australia. I feel so smart.

	johnnyd:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 05:32 GMT	15 points
	How could i forget the great salt producing country of germany??

	billybob88476:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 05:59 GMT	12 points
	Kazakhstan was my third guess. These quizzes always have at least one out-there answer. I also tried Kyrgyzstan and was saddened...

	goofymuffin:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 06:12 GMT	0 points
	It wouldn't take Niger when I tried it???

	Golden:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 08:41 GMT	21 points
	What about the top 5 countries for undermining?

	dje:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 08:43 GMT	4 points
	@theregno- darn i thought i was gonna be the first to comment on kazakhstan being "best in world" and "#1 exporter of potassium" ("all other countries have inferior potassium!"). well done............ on a side note: a geography quiz where "kyrgyztsan" is finally not an answer!

	DSNorth:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 09:37 GMT	3 points
	Can't you accept DR Congo? I hate typing it out every time!

	Father_Time:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 09:48 GMT	22 points
	China is the world's number one producer of lead? That's not surprising in the very least.

	WCRoentgen:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 10:44 GMT	3 points
	It didn't accept "democratic republic congo" but does accept "dem rep congo"? What's with that?

	icing:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 11:37 GMT	22 points
	I always like these "countries of production" ones, they're very informative. I was surprised to see that Peru is the provider of so many of these items ... also surprised that South Africa was not present on the "diamond" list.

	ivyagogo:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 12:48 GMT	1 point
	I need to spell Colombia correctly. I always seem to put a U in there.

	tigerschick:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 13:02 GMT	6 points
	@DSNorth and WCRoentgen - it takes drc so there's no need to type anything more :o) I swear I tried every country in South America ... except Bolivia apparently! Ah well.

	nomuny12:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 13:30 GMT	25 points
	In Soviet Russia, Diamonds mine you!

	JezuzFingerz:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 13:36 GMT	4 points
	Niger is one of the leading producers of Uranium? That's surprising

	kypzethdurron:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 13:54 GMT	0 points
	What, no Kyrgyzstan?

	riegs05:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 13:59 GMT	7 points
	I didn't realize that peru was pumping out so many elements

	89Hen:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 14:03 GMT	5 points
	Great quiz. Shocked South Africa wasn't a top 5 diamond producer and didn't know Australia more than doubled Brazil's output of bauxite.

	DonnyB:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 14:09 GMT	11 points
	On a bad day I produce way more natural gas than any of the top 5, if you know what I'm sayin'.

	Bob91351:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 14:42 GMT	3 points
	@JezuzFingerz: Wasn't Niger where Saddam was trying to get his yellow-cake for WMDs?

Zinc
2.95 MT
1.51 MT
1.44 MT
0.80 MT
0.62 MT

	AxeCop:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 14:53 GMT	2 points
	Peru! The silver mines of Potosí~

	Khazar49:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 15:04 GMT	1 point
	YES! Bolivia 4 seconds from the end. Whoa.

	Burtleton:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 16:20 GMT	2 points
	@TheRegno @dje - Thinking the same thing. Thought I had a 10 point comment in the bag. In other news, us Sporclers are getting good at this country thing, about half getting Niger is pretty impressive.

	JohnnyBarman:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 17:03 GMT	3 points
	A bunch of the tour guides in Mexico said that Mexico was the world's largest silver producer. Guess not.

	truthless_czar:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 17:08 GMT	2 points
	i never would have guessed Guinea, and of every other country i guess, neither norway nor zimbabwe were one for some reason! good quiz though, i like these