The country has substantial deposits of copper, strategic minerals, gas, and oil.

It's the major world producer of gold and uranium, chrome and a dozen other strategic minerals.

Small, landlocked and lacking strategic minerals, Burundi is little known to the outside world.

During World War I titanium was a component of poison gas, and therefore a strategic mineral.

The sanctions barred most trade with South Africa, except for strategic minerals, and banned new investment there.

As of 2005, strategic minerals and key producers were:

They trafficked in gold, strategic minerals, art and real estate.

Critical and strategic minerals are fundamental to our everyday lives.

Watch him discuss how critical and strategic minerals are fundamental to our everyday lives.

He said the legislation would also have hurt the ability of the Government to obtain strategic minerals needed for the military and industry.