Commodities
PrimaryZirconium, Titanium
Commodity typeM
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1961
Discovery year1920
Identification
Deposit ID60000809
MRDS IDISM0663
RegionAS
Data scoreD
Coordinates8.95069, 80.9503
References
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