Uruguay's mineral commodities include clays, semiprecious gemstones, gold, iron and steel, sand and gravel, and stone.
according to the Uruguayan Dirección Nacional de Minería y Geología, the country produced 15,525 t of iron ore in 2006 compared with 12,436 t in 2005, which was an increase of almost 25%.
[1] In June 2006, the administración nacional de Combustibles, alcohol y Portland (anCaP) announced the completion of an appraisal of natural gas reserves in Uruguay's offshore Punta del Este basin.
This pipeline extends 210 kilometres (130 mi) from Argentina's natural gas grid to Montevideo and has a capacity of 5,100,000 cubic metres (180×10^6 cu ft) per day.
The gCdS-Bg group project also held a concession for a possible pipeline extension of 870 kilometres (540 mi) to Porto alegre, Brazil.