cuba is one of the world's leading producers of
Cuba Cuba's natural resources include sugar, tobacco, fish, citrus fruits, coffee, beans, rice, potatoes, and livestock.[212] The output of Cuba's nickel mines that year was 71,000 tons, approaching 4% of world production.[213] As of 2013[update] its reserves were estimated at 5.5 million tons, over 7% of the world total.[213] Sherritt International of Canada operates a large nickel mining facility in Moa. Cuba is also a major producer of refined cobalt, a by-product of nickel mining.[214]