What resources are important to the economies of Africa, and in what areas are they commonly found?

Africa’s known mineral wealth places it among the world’s richest continents. Its very large share of the world’s mineral resources includes coal, petroleum, natural gas, uranium, radium, low-cost thorium, iron ores, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, zinc, tin, bauxite, titanium, antimony, gold, platinum, tantalum, germanium, lithium, phosphates, and diamonds. Major deposits of coal are confined to four groups of coal basins-in Southern Africa, North Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nigeria. North Africa has been a traditional exporter of phosphates, and western Africa has large reserves. Morocco and Western Sahara together have vast reserves.

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