DISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMPTION OF

MINERALS

DISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMPTION OF

MINERALS

• Minerals are inorganic substances with certain properties and characteristics.

•DISTRIBUTION OF MINERALS

DISTRIBUTION OF MINERALS

• Distribution of Minerals shows how much mineral deposits are present in a certain area.

•MINERALS ARE NOT VERY EVENLY DISTRIBUTED.

• Most minerals are found aggregating in places where the conditions are just right for them to form. Some areas have far more minerals while the others just have a high concentration fossil fuels.

CONTOUR STRIP MINING

• Contour strip mining is a method of surface mining in which bulldozers, power shovels, stripping wheels and other Earth-moving equipments to remove large chunks of soil in order to extract coal from its seam or a series of seams.

•CONSUMPTION OF MINERALS

Consumption of Minerals

• Consumption of Minerals shows how much mineral per capita consumption is consumed by each person in a certain area.

• Consumption of minerals depends on the. . .

•WEALTH

•DEVELOPMENT

• Developing countries consume fewer minerals because they tend to be poorer than the developed countries. Developing nations cannot afford their share of the minerals on Earth, but are often the suppliers of minerals that are being exported to richer nations.

• Developed nations consume more minerals because the people in this areas sustain their lives with technological advances.