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THE ECONOMIC RESOURCES OF RUSSIA 121
dities from abroad, in spite of the fact that not only could she
be independent of all foreign supply, but she could provide the
whole world with a share of her enormous mineral wealth.
Here, undoubtedly, lie industrial and commercial
opportunities which will be appreciated in Great Britain.
The present position of the home production of minerals
in Russia, their exportation, importation, and the percentage
of their consumption provided for by the home production
in the years 1911 and 1912, is shown in the following table
taken from the Russian Statistical Annual, 1915 :
Importation, Exportation, and Consumption of the Products of
the Mining Industry in 1911 and 1912 in tons
1911
Mineral products Production in Russia Importation from abroad [-Exportation-] {+Exporta- tion+} from Russia Consumption in Russia Percentage of
consumption provided for by home production
Lead 1,220 43,000 44,000 2-8
Zinc 12,000 20,000 — 34,000 38-0
Copper . 26,000 8,000 — 34,000 73-8
Pig-iron 3,534,000 55.°°° 1,000 3,589,000 97’9
Iron | 2,843,000 f 27,000 20,000 | 2,816,000 100-9
Steel I 18,000 52,000
Coal 28,060,000 5,128,000 94,000 33,012,000 847
Salt 1,983,000 12,000 2,000 1,993.000 99"5
Naphtha 9,012,000 16 — 9,012,000 ioo-o
Manganese ore 696,000 — 565,000 131,000^ —
1912
Lead 2,000 (x "0 0 0 46,000 3"7
Zinc 12,000 )P : 0 0 0 — 30,000 38-0
Copper . 33,000 "0 0 0 — 37,000 81-4
Pig-iron 4,133,000 M O ■vl O O O 74 4,240,000 97-5
Iron Steel | 3,670,000 4*. O O O 20,000 3,697,000 99’3
Coal 30,435,000 4,940,000 161,000 35,215,000 85-8
Salt 1,877,000 73,000 9,000 2,941,000 95-8
Naphtha 9,118,000 50 500 9,117,000 1000
Manganese ore 955.000 955.000 — • —
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