If You Were Going to Open a Mine to Produce

question 32

Multiple Choice

If you were going to open a mine to produce aluminum, gold, iron, lead, phosphate rock, tin, and zinc, which country would be the best choice for your mine since it is the leading producer of these resources?

• A) United States
• B) Russia
• C) South Africa
• D) China
• E) Japan

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