Peru and Mexico have been mining silver since 1546 and are still major world producers.

Ternate was a world producer of cloves and a major power in the region from the 15th to 17th centuries.

Today Brazil is the major world producer of sisal.

This in turn, contributed to linoleum in 1877 which became the town's most successful industry and a world producer until well into the mid-1960s.

In the 1960s, Chrysler sought to become a world producer of automobiles.

The two brothers developed their company into a world leading producer of aluminium based vehicles in the 1930s.

Norilsk is a major world producer of platinum and palladium.

Although China was the fourth-largest world producer of fuel in 1985, energy shortages remained a major obstacle to industrial growth.

The company set up its own machinery fleet with powerful machines manufactured by the leading world producers.

Canada is a leading world producer of aircraft and aviation equipment.