-Iron Ore Iron ores are rocks from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. About 98% of world iron ore production is used to make iron in the form of steel. -Oil and Gas Oil and Gas are used in everyday life. Whether its petrol for our cars, electricity for our house or roads oils they are all sourced from basins which are normally found in the ocean. -Bauxite Bauxite, an aluminium ore, is the world's main source of aluminium. It is a clayey rock and is the third most abundant element of the Earth's Crust. -Uranium Uranium is a very heavy metal which can be used as an abundant source of concentrated energy. It is used to fuel nuclear reactors and is found in the ocean. -Gold Gold is a shiny yellow precious metal. It is extremely expensive and is used in jewellery and decorations to show wealth. Gold can conduct electricity and does not tarnish. Gold is also used in the medical industry. -Copper It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is soft and malleable; a freshly exposed surface has a reddish-orange colour. It is used in motor vehicle radiators, air-conditioners and home heating systems. -Coal Coal is a fossil fuel formed from plants that were buried millions of years ago. The high-temperature, high-pressure conditions underground transformed the plants physically and chemically, forming coal. Coal contains energy that the plants absorbed from the sun millions of years ago. -Wool Wool is the fine, soft curly or wavy hair forming the coat of a sheep, when shorn and prepared it is used to make cloth or yarn. -Diamonds A diamond is a precious stone consisting of a clear and colourless crystalline form of pure carbon, the hardest naturally occurring substance. They also are used in jewellery and be sold at extremely high prices. -Dairy Farming Dairy Farming is where a farmer raises a large amount of milking cows and milks them twice daily producing milk for large milk stations to pasteurise and homogenise the milk ready to be packaged and sold. -Cattle Cattle Farming is where a farmer raises a large amount of cattle, for eating. Once they get to a certain the farmer sells them to an abattoir for them to be slaughtered and then packaged and then sold in supermarkets |