>>21658109As a matter of fact, you can, and it's a pretty common thing to do actually.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_lime>>21672150/meat/ says hi! (it's listed as groundnut in the rentry)
>>21648378I tried looking up information about what /who/ likely has in terms of minerals. From what I can tell, the more hilly area of /who/ is likely some kind of foreland basin - the land folding because the area east of it (/rrat/ highland) is being lifted up due to continental collision. RL examples of this kind of terrain includes Junggar Basin, Po Basin, and Aquitaine Basin.
Because of the (somewhat) active volcanism and the fold structures, eastern /who/ will likely be relatively minerally rich, although maybe not as rich as those with a continental-oceanic subduction zone (which effectively melts the oceanic plate subducted under and cause its minerals to bubble up). Copper and iron can probably be expected as the main metal being mined there, although tin, gold, lead, zinc, and silver will likely be present in smaller quantities.
Another common resource in foreland basin is hydrocarbon, since the folds create traps that allow petroleum and gas to emerge in more accessible locations. That said, the accessibility is relative, so how exploitable the oil reserve is remains ambiguous, especially with our current tech level. Coal might also be present, although the pressure there is likely not enough to make them anthracite, so bituminous coal might be more likely as carboniferous rock was pushed up and exposed by weathering.
Speaking of weathering, precipitation brought by the westerlies likely cause a decent amount of it (although not to the same level as the constant rains of the tropics), so /who/ can probably find a decent amount of clay and mudstone, as well as some kaolinite. Bauxite might be present, but likely not enough to be economically viable (given that they would be more abundant in tropical wetland). Another effect of weathering is that minerals might be carried downstream making the coastal area somewhat richer in minerals (think panning for gold), and groundwater movement might also build up deposits in the coast (lead and zinc is the most common ones, but all metals mentioned above can be carried this way).
should /who/ has uranium deposit? the very idea makes me shudder... 