Drawn from a very wide range of sources the statistics in this handbook cover 46 minerals. The data provided covers world reserves, world mine production, reserve/production ratios, end use patterns, substitutes, technical possibilities, prices and marketing arrangements.

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Production and reserves by main geo-political grouping; the "adequacy" of reserves; the value of annual production; the growth of world reserves of selected products; import dependence - European community, Japan, UK and US; the historic growth of total mine production; comparative growth rates of consumption for EC, Japan and US; South Africa's share of world reserves and production.