arroo. It is quite obvious that the areas change very
much by each mile because of the unsteady amount of precipitation, and
South Africa's climate. Gold mining produces as by-product called uraninite.
This product is then converted into uranium oxide for local use and export.
Gem-quality and industrial diamonds are both mined in large quantities and
sold on world markets. Significant deposits of iron ore are mined for local use
and export. Immeasurable reserves of bituminous coal are exploited for
thermo-electric power and for worldwide export. There is a singular nuclear
power plant at Koeburg that supplies the west with electric power, because
this area is very far from the coalfields. South Africa does have a lack of
petroleum, however it has built the wold's only plants that create oil from
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