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Match the following:

1. Fuel Coal


Fuel is any material that can be used to produce energy. Coal is a fuel it is used in many activities like- cooking food, in an industrial process, etc.


2. Malaysia Tin


Tin is mined in Malaysia, Bolivia, Indonesia. China is the largest producer of tin in the world. Malaysia also has large reserves of tin mineral. It is an important mineral for development.


3. Alluvial mining Gold


Alluvial mining is used to extract minerals by panning or dredging minerals like tin and gold which are sometimes mixed with soil in the river bed.


4. Limestone Quarrying


Quarrying is mining if construction materials like limestone or red sandstone from the earth's surface. It is a hard sedimentary rock, compose mainly of calcium carbonate dolomite used in building materials or in cement production.


5. Copper Chile


Chile is a South American country. Chile is the largest copper producer of the world in present time second id Peru. Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu and atomic number 29.


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