Products of Mining in Canada: From Batteries to Vehicles

Did You Know? Mining products provide many of the essential items that we use every day.

The products of mining provide not only many of the essential consumer goods we use, but also much of the infrastructure that we rely on daily—highways, electrical and communications networks, and housing, to name a few. It's difficult to imagine a world without them! Check out the following examples of mining products in action:

	Batteries - cadmium, lithium, nickel and cobalt		Musical instruments - copper, silver, steel, nickel, brass, cobalt, copper, iron and aluminum
	Circuitry - gold, copper, aluminum, steel, silver, lead and zinc		Sports equipment - graphite, aluminum and titanium
	Computer and television screens - silicon, boron, lead, phosphorus and indium		Sun protection and medical ointments - zinc
	Cosmetics and jewellery -gold, diamonds, iron oxide, zinc and titanium dioxide		Surgical instruments - stainless steel
	Electricity - coal and uranium		Vehicles and tires - steel, copper, zinc, barium, graphite, sulphur and iodine
	Eyeglasses - limestone, feldspar and soda ash		Housing construction - gypsum, clay, limestone, sand and gravel
	Fertilizer - phosphate, nitrogen, sulphur and potash		Hybrid car components - rare earth elements such as dysprosium, lanthanum, neodymium and samarium