Minerals & Ores: Production, Import, Export, Reserve (2016-17)

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Minerals & Ores: Production, Import, Export, Reserve (2016-17)

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Tabular Representation

Production of Selected Minerals, 2013-14 to 2017-18

(Value in Crore)
		2013-14		2014-15		2015-16		2016-17(p)		2017-18(e)
	Unit	Qty	Value	Qty	Value	Qty	Value	Qty	Value	Qty	Value
All Minerals			90882.36		97215.41		94003.81		100241.89		113541.03
Metallic			42389.95		37909.11		33621.71		40017.29		53028.83
Bauxite	th. tonnes	22319.15	999.69	22493.67	1192.24	28123.79	1543.77	24664.63	1417.04	20630.33	1292.55
Chromite	th. tonnes	2878.32	2375.95	2164.16	1880.03	2915.58	2121.45	3727.78	3643.83	3461.80	4017.53
Copper Conc.	th. tonnes	139.31	668.10	107.60	528.94	151.84	654.83	134.79	640.35	149.97	766.52
Gold	kg	1564.00	422.53	1441.00	360.27	1323.00	321.46	1594.00	436.24	1609.00	433.07
Iron Ore	M. tonnes	152.18	31649.18	129.32	27663.68	158.11	22320.66	192.08	25138.87	210.47	32751.55
Lead Conc.	th. tonnes	194.43	437.25	197.67	564.00	261.86	788.51	268.05	966.92	349.33	1267.05
Manganese Ore	th. tonnes	2626.29	1518.18	2369.48	1366.18	2166.95	854.55	2393.18	1602.66	3100.21	2148.09
Zinc Conc.	th. tonnes	1490.66	2738.93	1489.37	3157.22	1473.81	3494.31	1484.25	4338.56	2662.43	8519.11
Other Met. Minerals			1580.15		1196.56		1522.16		1832.82		1833.36
non Metalic Minerals			7516.05		6496.23		7572.03		7414.53		7702.13
Diamond	crt	37517.00	61.41	36107.00	61.35	36044.00	62.14	36516.00	63.96	43936.00	76.58
Garnet (abrasive)	th. tonnes	483.56	111.32	91.39	80.10	82.00	64.81	85.41	75.83	88.82	86.85
Limeshell	th. tonnes	18.75	3.52	16.35	3.71	10.35	2.86	12.34	3.36	29.58	7.12
Limestone	M. tonnes	280.86	5133.20	293.27	5800.04	307.00	6867.40	313.20	6688.38	325.34	7129.93
Magnesite	th. tonnes	196.94	44.56	285.01	74.88	327.66	82.71	299.17	73.57	172.48	43.64
Phosphorite	th. tonnes	1453.58	475.48	1607.22	375.91	1571.86	376.38	1181.31	389.47	914.86	216.83
Sillimanite	th. tonnes	67.27	40.82	66.27	45.61	69.94	50.93	68.14	53.41	87.75	71.73
Wollastonite	th. tonnes	192.71	15.71	186.52	16.21	175.35	15.03	166.19	15.89	136.58	10.67
Other Non-Met. Min.			#1630.03		39.41		49.77		50.66		58.78
Minor Minerals			40976.35		52810.07		52810.07		52810.07		52810.07

M.Tonnes - Million tonnes; th.tonnes - Thousand tonnes; Kg - Kilogram
(P) Provisional.
(E) Estimated figures
Note: ^# Includes 31 minerals declared as minor minerals vide notification dated 10.02.2015. The data for these minerals for 2014-15 onwards is included in minor minerals.
Source:
a. MCDR Minerals: MCDR returns
b. Minor Minerals: State Governments (data repeated in case of non-availability).

Exports of ores & Minerals during 2012-13 to 2016-17

(Value in Thousand)
ores & Minerals	unit	2012-13		2013-14		2014-15		2015-16		2016-17(p)
ores & Minerals	unit	Qty	Value	Qty	Value	Qty	Value	Qty	Value	Qty	Value
All Minerals		**	1601012597	**	1947835200	**	1780194116	**	1709463270	**	2009568961
Diamond		**	1266553169	**	1581348137	**	1481021701	**	1427340191	**	1638607380
Iron Ore	Tht	18122	89852116	16302	94811058	7297	31436684	5441	12639631	30486	101771693
Granite	Ton	6061302	79415582	6802309	98685772	6563271	98322398	5674568	92720985	6114463	93654908
Alumina	Ton	927800	18834156	1294651	25423465	1583590	32974205	1368526	25895763	1540102	30614865
Emerald (Cut & Uncut)		**	26787394	**	21570148	**	15945392	**	17879969	**	20370512
Building And Monumental Stones Nes	Ton	1540625	5806657	1686357	6268602	6127052	7786183	5133276	8489454	8002034	12007329
Precious&Semi-PreciousStones(Cut&Uncut):Total		**	11554162	**	16965361	**	12993424	**	12590265	**	10895033
Sandstone	Ton	443010	5157627	540874	7579286	627008	8523123	744657	10161784	716315	9119620
Coal(Ex Ligbite)	Tht	2511	8987175	2188	10843195	1237	7202914	1576	9006273	1451	8213959
Barytes	Ton	1740203	11920378	1067755	8699416	651571	4525674	743407	6517077	1068169	7676712
Salt ( Other Than Common Salt)	Ton	4597507	5282193	4956931	6562929	4776491	6390687	5926639	6701178	7488961	7136265
Marble	Ton	371222	5434999	337937	5703435	325707	5990617	289853	5998401	393757	7069736
Titanium Ores & Conc.	Ton	800730	14571902	687923	10412481	779598	7179648	790489	6644934	532293	5720802
Limestone	Ton	2991810	2699327	2779074	3432311	3812759	4671971	3236010	4694273	4417639	4936331
Bentonite	Ton	1114907	3160993	1225568	3860451	1300083	3999734	1572469	4814345	1604461	4804585
Garnet(Abrasive)	Ton	505281	5108666	480774	6060269	448559	5673827	480408	5950865	387357	4693011
Mica	Ton	127610	3460060	127882	3759755	141100	4263736	135805	4229711	136101	4573481
Bauxite	Ton	4197804	6752047	3492546	6736456	6808588	14050662	8914624	19527405	2118648	4032515
Zinc Ores & Conc.	Ton	75870	2957887	45660	1620063	41	744	558	11345	53912	3990176
Chromite	Ton	196435	3107577	195125	3468440	25361	659259	71839	1314084	230531	3657700
Remaining Minerals		**	23608530	**	24024170	**	26581533	**	26335337	**	26022348

Source: DGCIS, Kolkata
P: Provisional ** Quantity in different units
Note: Top 20 minerals by value during 2016-17

Import of ores & Minerals during 2012-13 to 2016-17

(Value in Thousand)
Ores & Minerals	Unit	2012-13		2013-14		2014-15		2015-16		2016-17(p)
Ores & Minerals	Unit	Qty	Value	Qty	Value	Qty	Value	Qty	Value	Qty	Value
All Minerals		**	11008001478	**	12158267979	**	10717327996	**	7387889416	**	8094435689
Petroleum (Crude)	Tht	185534	7856017148	189176	8696574352	187913	7093793565	202314	4293999334	214914	4742961031
Diamond		**	1176986143	**	1349155094	**	1252140913	**	1105651211	**	1296740694
Coal(Ex Ligbite)	Tht	145790	868505454	166861	923353960	212106	1045300819	204000	861073457	190958	1002403564
Natural Gas	Ton	13135869	411417374	13020689	516992878	13289155	563400559	14376924	437824475	7717827	402490252
Copper Ores & Conc.	Ton	2296421	309704411	2048240	332267404	1702247	285028249	1886199	262965392	1143216	182986972
Emerald (Cut & Uncut)		**	37464291	**	22328772	**	63062394	**	87263267	**	113432135
Coke	Ton	3077258	56872490	4167206	67948149	3290324	43751479	3019502	31956111	4358716	54356105
Rock Phosphate	Ton	8160950	73098249	7160798	55177899	8273261	61888711	8037745	65290421	7536826	49721464
Alumina	Ton	1113927	24589496	1169523	27542194	790305	21244790	998446	22924844	1371630	33417504
Marble	Ton	757793	20313010	757948	22107203	778503	23839858	858061	27392156	882144	26142985
Precious & Semi-Precious Stones (Cut & Uncut): Total		**	8276623	**	12574990	**	14675049	**	21000375	**	24657499
Limestone	Ton	11139331	16672231	13214179	21580366	13943781	22138585	17187164	23772767	18045675	24168944
Manganese Ore	Ton	2326729	25622446	2179334	28306272	3172858	34669120	2216864	17413687	1908258	24028136
Iron Ore	Tht	3056	25778633	369	3423552	12093	65947375	7099	31971445	4607	21615220
Preciuos Metal Ores & Concentrates	Kg	840	240260	179	106977	101602	22252599	78654	13658294	83322	19423078
Asbestos	Ton	460445	19004033	285870	13298986	396493	17168105	355686	14865511	310592	11279370
Sulphur (Exc. Sublimed Precipited & Colloidal)	Ton	1547267	17358957	1289979	11002926	1626407	17445433	1432632	14172608	1345520	8751425
Bauxite	Ton	66742	1494744	421612	3662474	1800689	8560886	1116010	5982901	1894830	7785093
Gypsum	Ton	3218900	5009977	3231930	5252011	4421048	6747745	4068412	5713627	4373330	6029622
Molybdenum Ores & Conc.	Ton	6863	7522354	5572	5558080	8093	8646302	7511	4903722	7139	5442499
Remaining Minerals		**	46053154	**	40053440	**	45625460	**	38093811	**	36602097

Source: DGCIS, Kolkata
P: Provisional ** Quantity in different units
Note: Top 20 minerals by value during 2016-17

Scenario of mineral rich States (excluding Atomic & Fuel Minerals)

Sl. No.	Name of the State	Value of mineral production in 2016-17 (Rs. In Crore)	% Change in value as compared to previous year	leading minerals produced in the State *	Value of minor minerals production 2016- 17 (Rs. In crore)#	no. of reporting mines during 2016-17	Share of the State in country’s production of certain minerals
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Rajasthan	23001	25.61	Lead & Zinc Ore, Zinc Conc., Copper Ore, Phosphorite, Silver, Lead Conc., Wollastonite, Siliceous Earth, Limestone, Copper Conc., Selenite, Manganese Ore, Garnet (abrasive), Iron Ore	8711	85	Lead & Zinc Ore 100% Lead Conc. 100%, Zinc Conc. 100%, Siliceous Earth 100%, Selenite 100%, Wollastonite 100%, Silver 99.9%, Phosphorite 94%, Copper Conc. 42%, Copper Ore 29%, Limestone 21%, Vermiculite 2%, Garnet (abrasive) 2%, Iron Ore 1%,
2	Odisha	20171	21.98	Bauxite, Chromite, Manganese Ore, Iron Ore, Sulphur, Garnet (abrasive), Graphite (r.o.m.), Sillimanite, Limestone	113	132	Chromite 99.9% Iron Ore 52%, Bauxite 49%, Garnet (abrasive) 26%, Manganese Ore 25%, Sillimanite 23%, Sulphur 16%, Graphite (r.o.m.) 13%, Limestone 2%,
3	Andhra Pradesh	10735	0.84	Manganese Ore, Garnet (abrasive), Sillimanite, Limestone, Vermiculite, Iron Ore	9750	129	Vermiculite 72% Garnet (abrasive) 60%, Sillimanite 54%, Limestone 11%, Manganese Ore 10%,
4	Chhattisgarh	9995	29.98	Bauxite, Limestone, Iron Ore, Moulding Sand, Tin Conc.	719	112	Tin Conc. 100% Moulding Sand 100%, Iron Ore 16%, Limestone 10%, Bauxite 8%,
5	Karnataka	8895	30.66	Gold Ore, Manganese Ore, Limestone, Iron Ore, Magnesite, Limeshell, Gold	1361	142	Gold 99% Gold Ore 99%, Limeshell 32%, Iron Ore 14%, Manganese Ore 11%, Limestone 10%, Magnesite 3%,
6	Telangana	6877	0.86	Limestone, Manganese Ore	6364	34	Limestone 8% Manganese Ore 1%,
7	Gujarat	6429	-3.01	Bauxite, Marl, Sulphur, Manganese Ore, Limestone	5876	191	Marl 100% Bauxite 24%, Sulphur 19%, Limestone 8%, Manganese Ore 2%,
8	Uttar Pradesh	5654	-0.06	Sulphur, Limestone	5617	2	Sulphur 9% Limestone 1%,
9	Maharashtra	5302	2.07	Bauxite, Manganese Ore, Sulphur, Limestone, Sillimanite, Kyanite, Iron Ore, Iron Ore	4194	75	Fluorite(graded) 100% Kyanite 100%, Manganese Ore 25%, Sulphur 9%, Sillimanite 9%, Bauxite 8%, Limestone 4%, Iron Ore 1%,
10	Bihar	4279	0.01	Sulphur	4272	1	Sulphur 2%

* Except minor minerals. #Figures repeated due to non availability of data from State Governments.

Reserves/Resources of Important Minerals as on 1.4.2015

Mineral	unit	Reserves				Remaining Resources								total
		proved	probable		total	Feasibility	pre-feasibility		Measured	Indicated	Inferred	Reconnaissance	total	Resources
		St D111	St D121	St D122	(A)	St D211	St D221	St D222	St D331	St D332	St D333	St D334	(B)	(A+B)
Apatite	tonnes	27715	0	1680	29395	1385734	491818	1225345	2281521	11481250	6132768	1017646	24016082	24045477
Asbestos	tonnes	20016	0	4617	24633	2488167	3114728	4064178	100687	2527959	10569233	57800	22922751	22947384
BallClay	tonnes	33526297	11182801	4784522	49493621	11045214	4286560	13437994	624977	2497880	53357091	0	85249716	134743337
Barytes	tonnes	50449000	49358	848467	51346825	410466	323345	1258521	205834	1284390	31735548	105721	35323825	86670650
Bauxite	000'tonnes	434043	18599	203780	656422	254378	132633	382369	710878	430890	1209706	119588	3240442	3896864
Bentonite	tonnes	13926227	50000	609406	14585633	6838864	2721697	68632472	26519818	225744237	212115692	25730000	568302781	582888414
Calcite	tonnes	928119	798170	1722578	3448867	1332076	217790	3339239	9122696	1241494	4204311	97476	19555082	23003949
Chalk	000'tonnes	4215	529	319	5064	741	331	151	196	0	269	0	1687	6751
China Clay	000'tonnes	140456	36144	52869	229469	107176	42220	98627	289723	415703	1685730	72599	2711777	2941247
Chromite	000'tonnes	64465	12815	24930	102210	67618	15780	33506	26914	33076	44458	20452	241806	344016
Copper ore
Ore	000'tonnes	162972	0	44796	207767	44925	31090	59209	158300	232654	772912	4640	1303730	1511498
Metal	000'tonnes	2127.9	0	606.72	2734.62	382.18	324.55	585.42	1950.87	2050.98	4100.36	29.17	9423.53	12158.15
Corundum	tonnes	200	0	0	200	70844	1073	63060	13	38	105794	52675	293497	293697
Diamond	Carats	959500	0	159	959659	0	0	0	304601	1524317	29047514	0	30876432	31836091
Diaspore	tonnes	3242363	884525	3755546	7882434	114789	498756	480663	14241	110358	1045944	46068	2310817	10193251
Dolomite	000'tonnes	431750	107364	138770	677884	372515	323183	537932	307103	757005	5215075	224194	7737007	8414891
Dunite	000'tonnes	10848	18	1901	12768	436	1925	108887	25202	1087	23832	13680	175049	187818
Feldspar	tonnes	173383004	103054634	43403974	319841612	45903221	42467697	40160373	13882441	17928113	150012330	3371567	313725742	633567354
Fireclay	000'tonnes	13295	5035	8707	27037	13878	30155	18260	49290	54093	524011	6104	695791	722829
Fluorite	tonnes	224824	63860	0	288684	4976749	745390	571311	1713833	6218421	3522537	145183	17893423	18182107
Fuller's Earth	tonnes	3941000	0	0	3941000	0	0	58200	0	912340	256467419	0	257437959	261378959
Garnet	tonnes	9917936	278493	2587427	12783856	84320	1643412	3287667	121099	10247428	27992906	333	43377166	56161022
Gold
Ore(Primary)	tonnes	10404349	6401725	422100	17228174	1925669	1303000	1968176	30333248	70136727	233608305	145336333	484611458	501839632
Metal (Primary)	tonnes	53.41	16.26	0.42	70.09	7.69	3.85	12.1	128.65	143.8	227.44	61.12	584.65	654.74
Ore (Placer)	tonnes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2552000	23569000	0	26121000	26121000
Metal (Placer)	tonnes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	3.57	0	5.86	5.86
Granite (Dimension Stone)	th.cu.m	35741	201377	26574	263692	38462	51990	8234	837325	2063964	42543908	512216	46056098	46319790
Graphite	tonnes	4229675	1204423	2526694	7960793	9571933	3825575	3593404	741377	7368340	22361229	139464128	186925987	194886779
Gypsum	000'tonnes	35141	311	1169	36621	10826	93127	33419	9071	713834	428097	4518	1292892	1329513
Iron Ore (Heamatite)	000'tonnes	4053032	449917	918801	5421751	3444103	1573822	1496674	1762741	1798557	4498142	2491176	17065214	22486965
Iron Ore (Magnetite)	000'tonnes	30352	2311	20037	52699	223388	15494	64091	1513195	1984566	6351286	584436	10736455	10789155
Kyanite	tonnes	639121	0	48958	688079	1505114	568205	2193427	579619	3577402	95869713	0	104293480	104981559
Laterite	000'tonnes	98598	12527	13608	124733	49655	8960	22724	3532	2626	243535	250787	581819	706552
lead & Zinc ore
Ore	000'tonnes	31662	68687	5767	106116	5564	17411	31297	37055	192083	355403	4530	643343	749459
Lead Metal	000'tonnes	624.56	1666.02	191.76	2482.34	119.31	521.74	780.56	690.65	2171.43	6237.67	0	10521.36	13003.7
Zinc Metal	000'tonnes	2871.75	6728.14	399.63	9999.52	364.08	940.26	1362.05	1941.94	7931.06	13722.2	101.65	26363.24	36362.76
Limestone	000'tonnes	9438939	3015917	3880897	16335753	4870440	4852713	8623172	7111337	22629060	130787772	8014504	186888998	203224752
Magnesite	000'tonnes	77867	165	4244	82276	6210	9345	45574	59010	59652	131707	213	311711	393988
Manganese Ore	000'tonnes	62982	19715	10778	93475	70742	44606	73823	18189	42803	135722	16513	402399	495874
Marble	000'tonnes	0	0	4551	4551	104236	202003	72387	0	107129	1453386	2200	1941341	1945891
Marl	tonnes	117115856	4650000	2090000	123855856	11704870	0	0	0	0	0	0	11704870	135560726
Mica	Kgs	82187635	20035595	12209547	114432777	38252500	10605400	124089303	143353477	56528016	144446953	3593715	520869364	635302141
Molybdenum
Ore	tonnes	0	0	0	0	0	1500000	0	36000	569304	17098594	167800	19371698	19371698
Cotained MoS2	tonnes	0	0	0	0	0	1050	0	83	287	11198.03	50.34	12668.37	12668.37
Nickel Ore	mill.tonnes	0	0	0	0	0	21	21	31	53	63	0	189	189
Ochre	tonnes	21959552	4448341	10525912	36933805	44924890	13936202	31896176	2559245	3560819	32369262	1612607	130859201	167793006
Perlite	000'tonnes	0	0	0	0	140	683	595	0	0	0	988	2406	2406
Platinum Group of Metals	In tonnes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.71	6.5	1.5	15.71	15.71
(PGM) of Metal content
Potash	mill.tonnes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18142	3660	707	22508	22508
Pyrite	000'tonnes	0	0	0	0	27129	0	32597	9590	77729	1527356	0	1674401	1674401
Pyrophyllite	tonnes	16575493	4322386	4035079	24932958	9539407	8301411	4240016	1118943	3589624	7533340	360006	34682745	59615703
Quartz & SilicaSand	000'tonnes	433014	93339	121176	647528	354625	368216	362128	36872	219180	1897962	21436	3260420	3907948
Quartzite	000'tonnes	47758	2016	33698	83472	120723	141437	160355	119953	152715	868850	11293	1575325	1658798
Rare Earth Elements	tonnes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6353	19140	0	25493	25493
Rock Phosphate	tonnes	43832936	5179	1969370	45807485	10679080	36271671	25008353	2912633	3549750	185771368	2678275	266871130	312678615
Rock Salt	000'tonnes	0	0	0	0	10035	0	5990	0	0	0	0	16025	16025
Ruby	Kg	0	0	0	0	0	429	3296	0	0	1623	0	5349	5349
Shale	000'tonnes	15027	171	274	15472	495	0	2022	0	0	1175	90	3781	19253
Sillimanite	tonnes	323231	5728868	450016	6502115	1020187	135278	20257525	4580083	17790664	16068690	3849600	63702027	70204142
Silver
Ore	tonnes	69277075	8413000	72753828	150443903	0	1484543	46726460	29632000	64946000	218721729	0	361510732	511954635
Metal	tonnes	4309.78	220.77	2641.39	7171.94	0	42.85	259.62	2037.99	3236.39	17233.03	0	22809.88	29981.82
Slate	000'tonnes	19619	667	0	20286	0	0	1075	0	0	1511	0	2586	22872
Talc / Steatite / Soapstone	000'tonnes	72172	8067	26251	106490	18178	13020	32221	2994	8126	128620	6275	209434	315924
tin
Ore	tonnes	2067	897	1455	4419	22594200	2653	31330072	168457	561080	29064288	0	83720749	83725168
Metal	tonnes	44.56	94.02	15.62	154.2	33139.45	842.8	54049.65	813.29	231.63	13182.34	0	102259.16	102413.36
Titanium Minerals	tonnes	13552280	0	868436	14420716	19311670	31365	117416	2198668	52373956	325171754	0	399204829	413625545
Ilmenite	tonnes	12980540	0	832970	13813510	17294168	0	0	1242214	41973121	280193087	0	340702590	354516100
Rutile	tonnes	558825	0	35466	594291	1099060	0	0	4460	3425835	9007516	0	13536871	14131162
Leucoxene	tonnes	0	0	0	0	624903	0	0	1994	0	341949	0	968846	968846
Anatase	tonnes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3345000	0	0	3345000	3345000
Titaniferous Magnetite	tonnes	0	0	0	0	293539	0	117416	950000	3630000	35629202	0	40620157	40620157
Not known	tonnes	12915	0	0	12915	0	31365	0	0	0	0	0	31365	44280
tungsten
Ore	tonnes	0	0	0	0	2230000	0	173063	19611152	23435954	25356049	16581246	87387464	87387464
Cotained WO3	tonnes	0	0	0	0	3568.00	0.00	450.00	9914.00	20180.92	103415.15	4566.28	142094.35	142094.35
Vanadium
Ore	tonnes	0	0	0	0	276530	1720000	4108100	0	232000	18297225	0	24633855	24633855
Contained V2O5	tonnes	0	0	0	0	1106.12	2835	6032.4	0	487.2	54133.29	0	64594.01	64594.01
Vermiculite	tonnes	1582906	19413	30566	1632885	36411	26196	39794	58396	20179	538607	0	719582	2352467
Wollastonite	tonnes	1953384	48075	240003	2241462	3750118	12000	3748191	76088	3325042	3316385	0	14227824	16469286
Zircon	tonnes	1012205	146085	0	1158290	655020	0	105773	81741	377825	1044554	0	2264913	3423203

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