1. Cleveland -Iron Ore (U. K.)
2. Ungava & Belle Island -Iron Ore (Canada)
3. Carajas -Iron Ore (Brazil)
4. Yampi Sound -Iron Ore (Australia)
5. Paraburdoo -Iron Ore (Australia)
6. Bilbao -Iron Ore (Spain)
7. Nikopol- Largest manganese mines of world (Ukraine)
8. Chuquicamata -copper (Chile)
9. Morenci- Copper (Arizona - largest in US)
10. El Chino- copper (New Mexico)
11. Katanga -copper, cobalt, uranium, cadmium, tin, gold, silver (DMC)
12. Mount Isa -Silver, lead, zinc & copper (Australia)
13. Broken Hill -Silver, Lead & Zinc
14. Witwatersrand- Gold (S. Africa)
15. Kalgoorlie- Gold (Australia)
16. Fushun -Manchuria (Coal)
17. Donetz- Coal (Ukraine)
18. Kuznetsk -Coal (Russia)
19. Karaganda- Coal (Kazakhstan)
20. Mesabi -range Iron ore (Northern Minnesota)
21. Pittsburg- iron & steel capital of the world (Pennsylvania)
22. Port Louis- Sugar industry (Mauritius)
23. Anshan- iron & Steel (China)
24. Lille- Textiles (France)
25. Yallourn -Coal (Australia)
26. Ipoh- Tin (Kinta Valley, Malaysia)
27. Tula -Iron ore (near Moscow)
28. Chiatura -Manganese (Georgia)
29. Chilean desert -Caliche (Chile Saltpeter-NaNO3)
30. Pilbara- Iron ore (Australia)
31. Bomi Hill- Liberia- (Iron Ore
32. Niger- Uranium accounts for 75 per cent mineral export
33. Montana- Copper ( USA)
34. Kra Peninsula -Tin (Narrowest point of Malaysia)
35. Iron Knob- Iron ore (Australia- Now almost exhausted)
36. Minas Gerais -Iron Ore (Brazil)
37. Jos Plateau -Tin (Nigeria)
38. Ozark- Lead-Zinc Ores (USA)
39. Bingham- Copper (United States largest mine)
40. Chihuahua -Important mining town of Mexico – Iron, Lead, copper, silver.
41. Rum Jungle- Uranium (Australia)
42. Krivoi Rog- Iron Ore (Ukraine)
43. Sudbury -Nickel (Canada)
44. Kinta Valley- Tin (Malaysia)
45. Weipa- Bauxite (Australia)
46. Gippsland -Lignite(Australia)
47. Flin Flon- Mining centre in Manitoba, Canada
48. Braden Chile (Copper)