1 the mineral industry of malaysia by john c wu s tin production once world largest ranked bbl d heavy crude petroleum from middle east to seventh in 1995 however its reserves were still meet requirement for domestic refineries other third was second important imports iron ore producer refined and concentrate reexport after smelting cement clinker exporter liquefied natural gas lng gypsum phosphate rock potash sodium carbonate minerals produced barite bauxite coal sulfur consumption copper dolomite gold ilmenite kaolin limestone structure remained manganese mica monazite unchanged that 1994 a mine silver silica sand zirconium see table came on stream state kalantan 2 mining which contributed about 8 according malaysian department mines gross product gdp continued grow number workers employed major nonfuel
