Mining in Russia

Russia possesses a large amount of the world's mineral resources and in 2000 it said that Russia possed 14% of the worlds minerals.
The most significant regions for mining are Siberia, particularly East Siberia, for cobalt, columbium (niobium), copper ), gold, iron ore, lead, molybdenum, nickel, tin, tungsten, zinc, asbestos, diamond, fluorspar, mica, and talc. The Kola Peninsula, for cobalt, columbium, copper, nickel, rare-earth metals, phosphate, and tantalum. North Caucasus copper, lead, molybdenum, tungsten, and zinc. The Russian Far East gold, lead, silver, tin, tungsten, and zinc. The Urals, with bauxite, beryllium, cobalt, copper, iron ore, lead, magnesite, nickel, titanium, vanadium, zinc, asbestos, bismuth, potash, soda ash, talc, and vermiculite. The region near the Arctic Circle cobalt, gold, mercury, nickel, tin, phosphate, and uranium.