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India mineral production during February 2017 Published on Mon, 24 Apr 2017:-


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The index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for the month of February (new Series 2004-05=100) 2017 at 140.6, was 3.3% higher as compared to February 2016. The cumulative growth for the period April- February 2016-17 over the corresponding period of previous year has been (+) 1.6 percent.

The total value of mineral production (excluding atomic & minor minerals) in the country during February 2017 was INR 22395 crore. The contribution of Coal was the highest at INR 9519 crore (43%). Next in the order of importance were: Petroleum (crude) INR 5084 crore, Iron ore INR 2763 crore, Natural gas (utilized) INR 2025 crore, Lignite INR 811 crore and Limestone INR 560 crore. These six minerals together contributed about 93% of the total value of mineral production in February 2017.

Production level of important minerals in February 2017 were: Coal 640 lakh tonnes, Lignite 46 lakh tonnes, Natural gas (utilized) 2449 million cu. m., Petroleum (crude) 28 lakh tonnes, Bauxite 2234 thousand tonnes, Chromite 436 thousand tonnes, Copper conc. 12 thousand tonnes, Gold 97 kg., Iron ore 185 lakh tonnes, Lead conc. 26 thousand tonnes, Manganese ore 204 thousand tonnes, Zinc conc. 166 thousand tonnes, Apatite & Phosphorite 112 thousand tonnes, Limestone 263 lakh tonnes, Magnesite 21 thousand tonnes and Diamond 4929 carat.

The production of important minerals showing positive growth during February 2017 over February 2016 include: ‘Apatite & Phosphorite’ (94.4%), ‘Zinc conc.’ (83.9%), ‘Lead conc.’ (25.5%), ‘Chromite’ (24.6%), ‘Bauxite’ (20.4%), ‘Diamond’ (18.7%), ‘Iron ore’ (13.3%), ‘Manganese ore’ (8.6%) and ‘Coal’ (6.7%). The production of other important minerals showing negative growth are: ‘Magnesite’ [(-) 11.9%], ‘Lignite’ [(-) 8.9%], ‘Gold’ [(-) 4.0%], ‘Petroleum (crude)’ [(-) 3.5%], ‘Copper conc.’ [(-) 3.3%], ‘Natural gas (utilized)’ [(-) 1.8%] and ‘Limestone’ [(-) 1.5%].