That's Life, Get Over It

Some countries are born lucky. They have "money" oozing out of the ground.

Australia produced 40% of the western world's mining production output and has emerged as the world's major alumina producer.

Botswana is the world's leading producer of diamonds. The diamond industry accounts for 70% of export earnings and 30% of Botswana's GDP.

Indonesia is the world’s largest tin producer, followed by Peru and Brazil.

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South Africa used to be the world's largest gold producer, but China has surpassed it to become the largest gold producer since 2007.

South Africa is the largest producer of platinum in the world.

Mexico is the largest silver producer in the world.

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Saudi Arabia is the world's biggest oil producer with a daily output of 10 millions barrels. Russia and the USA trail with output of 9 million bpd and 8 million bpd respectively.

And what do Singapore got? The country, a land area of 660 sq km, can only mine the pockets of the population of 4 million. Well, life is never fair and nothing is created equal.