Oil and Other Resources
• Other minerals are also present.
• Kazakhstan has many mineral mines.
• Gold, silver, copper, zinc, uranium, and lead
• Also large amounts of coal
Oil
Other Resources
• Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan have huge reserves of
oil and natural gas.
• Reserves must be exported to benefit the countries.
• With no ocean port, oil and gas must be transported through
pipelines.
• Building and maintaining pipelines is difficult through the rugged
terrain.