Mining In Armenia
The mineral industry is one of the main sectors of the Economy of Armenia, Armenian economy and in 2017 accounted for 30.1% of its exports. Armenia is a major producer of molybdenum, which is used in some high-quality forms of steel, and other alloys. The Zangezur Mountains, Zangezur copper-molybdenum complex possesses large molybdenum reserves that are concentrated in the Kajaran deposit. Besides molybdenum, Armenia has significant deposits of copper and gold; smaller deposits of lead, silver, and zinc; and deposits of industrial minerals, including basalt, diatomite, granite, gypsum, limestone, and perlite.Richard M. Levine and Glenn J. Wallace"The Mineral Industries of the Commonwealth of Independent States" ''2005 Minerals Yearbook''. U.S. Geological Survey (December 2007). ''This article incorporates text from this U.S. government source, which is in the public domain. Mines According to the Armenian Development Agency, Armenia has more than 670 mines of construction and a ...
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