MINERALS IN THE PHILIPPINES

The Philippines is rich in minerals such as copper, chromite, and gold. Many of the equipment that we use were made of these minerals. Below are some minerals being mined in the country, and their uses.

1. Copper

- Conduction of electricity

- Cooking utensils, heat exchanges, heat sinks

2. Chromite

- Chrome plating

- Alloying

- Production of superalloys, nichrome, stainless steel

3. Cobalt

- Aircraft engine parts

- Batteries and electroplating

4. Gypsum

- Cement, plaster of Paris, hardening retarder, soil conditioning, wallboard

5. Iron

- Steel

6. Nickel

- Stainless steel

7. Silver

- Silver tableware

- Mirrors

- Batteries, brazing alloys, dental alloys, electrical contacts, solder

8. Sulfur

- Black gunpowder, fireworks, matches, 

- Vulcanization of rubber

- Fungicide, fumigant, insecticide

- Phosphate fertilizers


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References:
http://tagaloglang.com/minerals-and-the-mining-industry/
http://geology.com/minerals/copper.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromite
http://www.chemicool.com/elements/cobalt.html
http://geology.com/minerals/gypsum.shtml
http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/26/iron
http://periodic.lanl.gov/28.shtml
http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/47/silver
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/science/sulfur-uses.html