India's total mineral production valued at INR 18194 crore; Gujarat- largest bauxite producer

As per the annual report of the Union Ministry of Mines, Gujarat has the largest 32.41 per cent share in bauxite production followed by Jharkhand which has 10.53 percent share and Maharashtra standing at 9.51 per cent. Chhattisgarh is accounted for 6.07 per cent of the total Bauxite production in the country in 2013-14. The remaining Bauxite production was reported from Goa, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Incidentally, the total value of mineral production (excluding atomic & minor minerals) in the country during June 2015 was INR 18194 crore. The contribution of coal was the highest at INR 6662 crore (37%).

Next in the order of importance were-- petroleum (crude) INR 5636 crore, iron ore INR 1847 crore, natural gas (utilized) INR 2164 crore, lignite INR 516 crore and limestone INR 490 crore. These six minerals together contributed about 95% of the total value of mineral production in June 2015.

Production level of important minerals in June 2015 were: coal 465 lakh tonnes, lignite 39 lakh tonnes, natural gas (utilised) 2617 million cu.m., petroleum (crude) 31 lakh tonnes, Bauxite 1524 thousand tonnes, Chromite 220,00 tonnes, Copper conc. 10,000 tonnes, Gold 100 kg., Iron ore 106 lakh tonnes, Lead conc. 21,000 tonnes, Manganese ore 173,000 tonnes, Zinc conc. 130,000 tonnes, Apatite & Phosphorite 171,000 tonnes, Limestone 249 lakh tonnes, Magnesite 18,000 tonnes and Diamond 2678 carat The production of important minerals showing positive growth during June 2015 over June 2014 include ‘Apatite & Phosphorite’ (205.6%), ‘Chromite’ (43.6%), ‘Lead conc.’ (41.3%), ‘Zinc conc.’ (27.5%), ‘Copper conc.’ (13.7%), ‘Limestone’ (3.4%) and ‘Coal’ (2.2%). The production of other important minerals showing negative growth are: ‘Petroleum (crude)’ [(-) 0.8%], ‘Iron ore’ [(-) 5.9%], ‘Natural Gas (utilised)’ [(-) 7.4%], ‘lignite’ [(-) 8.7%], ‘Bauxite’ [(-) 10.0%], ‘Manganese ore’ [(-) 13.8%], ‘Magnesite’ [(-) 24.7%], ‘gold’ [(-) 27.5%] and ‘Diamond’ [(-) 31.9%], officials stated.