Pakistan's mineral economics

摘要

Investment, organisation and expertise are required if Pakistan is to realise the full economic potential mineral resources. THE MINERAL resources of a country are a valuable means and measure of its economic and industrial growth. They are particularly important for Pakistan because of its favourable geological environment and large number of mineral occurrences. Sedimentary rocks make up about 80 percent of Pakistan's geological sequence, therefore, molar mineral resources are non-metallic in nature. These include: rock salt, gypsum, limestone, bauxite, magnesite, dolomite, phosphates, clays, rare earths, chromite, antimony, manganese and silica sand.