San Francisco / Surabaya / Surrey / Tulsa / New York / Washington / DC / Kingston / London / Chicago / /
Company
Hindalco Industries Ltd. / Industrial Corp. / Government’s Asset Privatization Trust / Chiyoda Corp. / British Sulphur Corp. Ltd. / Furukawa Co. Ltd. / Freeport-McMoRan / Intertec Publishing Corp. / Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold / Placer Dome Inc. / Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. / Petroleum Press Bureau Ltd. / Republic / Strathcona Mineral Services Ltd. / Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. / Fairchild / IBJ Associates / Fluor Daniel Asia Inc. / Pacific Nickel Holdings Ltd. / Barrick Gold Corp. / Sumitomo Corp. / Marcopper Mining Corp. / Mining Journal Ltd. / PennWell Publishing Co. / Metal Bulletin Journals Ltd. / Mitsubishi Materials Corp. / British Broadcasting Corp. / Bre-X Minerals Ltd. / Nittetsu Mining Co. Ltd. / Philippine National Bank / /
Continent
Asia / /
Country
Nepal / Myanmar / Mongolia / Cambodia / Thailand / Japan / Republic of Laos / Pakistan / Afghanistan / Canada / Australia / North Korea / Korea / United Kingdom / China / Philippines / New Caledonia / India / Taiwan / Bangladesh / Laos / New Zealand / Chile / Brunei / Fiji / Sri Lanka / Indonesia / Malaysia / United States / Vietnam / Singapore / Jamaica / Papua New Guinea / South Korea / Bhutan / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
M&A / Business Partnership / /
Facility
La Candelaria Mine / Renukoot Smelter / W Manganese mine / Naoshima Smelter / Nickel Mine / Grasberg Mine / Mercury mine / Saganoseki Smelter / e/ Copper Mine / Huckleberry Mine / Lead Mine / Gold mine / Toyo Smelter / W Zinc Mine / Northparkes Mine / W Tungsten mine / Chile’s Collahuasi Mine / Los Bronces Mine / Tin 1/ Mine / /
IndustryTerm
by-product / end-products / natural gas / oil and gas / energy / metal / steel / cheaper products / mineral products / mine site / intermediate products / electronics / mining / cement / manufacturing plants / /
NaturalFeature
Marinduque / Nonoc Island / Boac River / /
Organization
World Bureau of Metal Statistics / Government of Indonesia / Bureau of the Census / International Monetary Fund / Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation / U.S. Department of Commerce / Mine-Geological Regulation Agency / Australian Government / Ministry of Infrastructure / Chinese Standing Committee / Democratic Union Coalition / Revolutionary Party / Foreign Investment Promotion Board / Indian Government / State Council / United Nations Economic and Social Council / International Tin Council / Philippine Government / European Union / International Bauxite Association / Ministry of Agriculture / United Nations Statistical Office / Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation / Association of Tin Producing Countries / Association of Southeast Asian Nations / Mongolian National Democratic Party / National Parliament / Institution of Mining and Metallurgy / Congress / Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific / World Bank / United Nations / Ministry of Coal Industry / Ministry of Energy / Chinese Government / /
Person
John C. Wu / Travis Q. Lyday / P.T. Askatindo Karya / P.T. Amsya Lyna / /
PoliticalEvent
general election / /
Position
producer / Minister / leader / legal representative / senior official in the nonferrous metals division / /
Product
Nonoc / /
ProvinceOrState
New York / Marinduque / Irian Jaya / East Kalimantan / Oklahoma / California / Illinois / Oregon / /
PublishedMedium
Petroleum News / Far Eastern Economic Review / /
Region
Southeast Asia / southern Philippines / Asia-Pacific / /
THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC By Chin S. Kuo, Travis Q. Lyday, Pui-Kwan Tse, and John C. Wu The countries of the Asia and Pacific region possess a large mineral-resource base and are significant supplie