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===Mining and Refining===
[[File:Graphite-Grossular-Strontiumapatite-d06-195a.jpg|thumb|left|Mikunite, a gemstone found almost exclusively in Mikubana.]]
The mineral extraction industry in Bana is almost wholly limited to Mikubana, with very few commercially-viable deposits existing in Okunbana or New Rania. Mikubana’s mineral wealth was the historical reason that Okunbana sought to maintain economic and political ties with Mikubana, and even to the present day, despite having fewer people and fewer large cities than Okunbana, Mikubana is much wealthier per capita. Historically, copper and tin were Mikubana’s most important exports—as well as the societally crucial alloy of these metals, bronze. For approximately seven hundred years between its foundation and its closure of its borders to foreigners, [[the Danvreas]] bought and imported vast amounts of bronze from Mikubana, enough for Emperor Palchen I to call Mikubana “the forge of our Empire” in 1106. Mikubana remains one of the leading exporters of tin in the world. Copper is also still exported, though with deposits expected to be depleted within the next 50 years.
Contemporary Mikubana mines, refines, and exports several other minerals as well. Aluminum, graphite, iron, nickel, titanium, tellurium, and uranium are all major exports. Bana is a world leader in exports of tellurium, which is a major component in the manufacture of solar panels, and both its graphite and uranium deposits are important in the nuclear power industry. Precious metals and precious gems are also significant exports of Mikubana, including gold, silver, diamonds, garnets, rubies, sapphires, and turquoise among others. Mikubana is one of the only places on Urth that produces the gemstone [[wikipedia:tsavorite|mikunite]], also called mikulite, which is named after the state. Bana-based mining corporations are also active elsewhere in Gondwana and around the world, in places such as [[Serramal]], another major producer of precious gemstones.
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