Mineral production drops by 1.1% in October

20 Dec 2016 Evaluate

The index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for the month of October 2016 stood at 129.4, 1.1% lower as compared to October 2015. The cumulative growth for the period April-October 2016-17 over the corresponding period of previous year has been (-) 0.2 percent. The total value of mineral production (excluding atomic & minor minerals) in the country during October 2016 was Rs 19,359 crore. The contribution of Coal was the highest at Rs 7,536 crore (39%). Next in the order of importance were - Petroleum (crude) Rs 5,545 crore, Natural gas (utilized) Rs 2,206 crore, Iron ore Rs 2,047 crore, Lignite Rs527 crore and Limestone Rs 548 crore. These six minerals together contributed about 95% of the total value of mineral production in October 2016.

Production level of important minerals in October 2016 were - Coal 522 lakh tones (LT), Lignite 29 LT, Natural gas (utilized) 2668 million cu. m., Petroleum (crude) 31 lakh tonnes, Bauxite 1868 thousand tonnes, Chromite 211 thousand tonnes, Copper conc. 11 thousand tonnes, Gold 121 kg., Iron ore 159 lakh tonnes, Lead conc. 21 thousand tonnes, Manganese ore 188 thousand tonnes, Zinc conc. 135 thousand tonnes, Apatite & Phosphorite 48 thousand tonnes, Limestone 259 LT, Magnesite 20 thousand  tonnes  and Diamond  2506 carat.

Further, the production of important minerals showing  positive growth during October 2016 over October 2015 include Diamond (43.4%), Gold (30.1%), Manganese ore (14.1%), Iron ore (9.2%), Chromite (8.5%), Limestone (6.2%), Copper conc. (3.4%), and Zinc conc. (2.1%). The production of other important minerals showing negative growth are Apatite & Phosphorite (-) 33.9%, Lignite (-) 20.8%, Magnesite (-) 15.5%, Lead conc. (-) 13.2%, Petroleum (crude) (-) 3.2%, Natural gas (utilized) (-) 1.2%, Coal (-) 1.1% and Bauxite (-) 0.8%.



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