Re: Principal payment vs. Extra payment? When you get any loan, most of your extra payments will be applied to the principal. Certainly read your loan docs to be sure. But making extra payments will certainly cut your interest expense and you'd pay it off much sooner too. Using your example, I'll assume that your monthly payment is approx.
Italy has a variety of natural resources such as coal, zinc, potash, marble, barite, pumice, asbestos, fluorspar, mercury, feldspar, pyrite, natural gas and crude oil reserves. The Italian government has complete control of its mineral industry.
Fossil Fuels. Most of Italyâs fuel needs are met by imports. Almost 26% of its crude petroleum is imported from the African countries and 25% comes exclusively from Libya. In 2010, natural gas production increased by more than 2% compared to production levels of 2009.