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===Minerals and petroleum=== Malaysia produces petroleum and is a net exporter.<ref name=iht>{{cite news|work=International Herald Tribune|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/03/bloomberg/sxringgit.php|access-date=30 July 2008|date=4 January 2005|title=Malaysia export growth slows to 16.9%}}</ref> Malaysia also produces [[liquefied natural gas]] as well as various other related products, most of which are found off the coasts of [[Terengganu]], [[Sabah]], and [[Sarawak]]. Other notable natural resources includes tin, timber, copper, iron, ore, and bauxite.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} Malaysia was the largest exporter of [[tin]] until the industry-wide collapse in the 1980s. Tin deposits are found in areas in [[Selangor]], [[Kinta District|Kinta]] valley in [[Perak]], [[Pahang]] and [[Johor]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tin Mine Operators in Malaysia |url=http://www.jmg.gov.my/files/MALAYSIA&ASEAN/Tin.htm |publisher=Geoscience and Minerals Department of Malaysia |access-date=4 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081110222153/http://www.jmg.gov.my/files/MALAYSIA%26ASEAN/Tin.htm |archive-date=10 November 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref> There are significant deposit of gold in the [[Pahang]] towns of [[Raub, Pahang|Raub]] and [[Kuala Lipis]] and also [[Kelantan]]'s district of [[Gua Musang District|Gua Musang]].<ref>{{cite news| title= Gold Mine Operator in Malaysia| publisher=Minerals and Geoscience Department of Malaysia}}</ref> [[Coal]] is mostly concentrated in the [[Sarawak]] towns of [[Kapit]], [[Mukah]] and [[Silantek]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}
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