Mineral industry of Africa Mineral industry of Africa The mineral industry of Africa is the largest mineral industries in the world. Africa is the second largest continent, with 30 million km² of land, which implies large quantities of resources. For many African countries, mineral exploration and production constitute significant parts of their economies and remain keys to economic growth. Africa is richly endowed with mineral reserves and ranks first or second in quantity of world reserves of bauxite, cobalt, industrial diamond, phosphate rock, platinum-group metals (PGM), vermiculite, and zirconium. Gold mining is Africa's main mining resource. The Central African Mining and Exploration Company (CAMEC),
S&C Subdivision S&C Subdivision The S&C Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The line runs from the Keystone Subdivision at Rockwood north to Johnstown along a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line, once the Somerset and Cambria Railroad. The Somerset and Mineral Point Railroad opened the line from Rockwood (then called Mineral Point) to Somerset in the early 1870s, and the rest of the way to Johnstown around 1880 after being reorganized as the Somerset and Cambria Railroad. Through leases and mergers, the line became part of the B&O and then