WHAT ARE THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND RAW MATERIALS EXTRACTED?
MINING: The mining resources of Perú are enormous. Among the minerals exploited are petroleum, copper, gold, silver (Perú is in the top ten in the world), iron, lead, zinc (worlds’s 4th producer), antimony, coal, phosphate, molybdenum, tungsten, and bismuth (essential to the manufacture of X-ray machines and high technology instruments). AGRICULTURE: Only 3% of the available land is being utilized (arable land). The main crops are rice, potatoes, corn, barley, wheat, rye, oats, cotton, sugar cane, and lumber in the Amazon region. FISHING INDUSTRY: Anchovy fishing comprises three fifths of the total fishing, making Peru one of the world’s suppliers of anchovy meat and derivatives (oil, flour, etc.).
