Friday, January 28, 2011

Mineral Production during October 2010

The index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector in October 2010 was higher by 10.89% compared to that of the preceding month. However the mineral sector has shown a positive growth of 6.50% during October 2010 as compared to that of the corresponding month of previous year.

The total value of mineral production (excluding atomic & minor minerals) in the country during October 2010 was Rs. 14572 crore. The contribution of petroleum (crude) was the highest at Rs. 5427 crore (37%). Next in the order of importance were: coal Rs.4015 crore, iron ore Rs. 2602 crore, natural gas (utilized) Rs. 1336 crore, lignite Rs. 273 crore and limestone Rs. 260 crore. These six minerals together contributed about 95% of the total value of mineral production in October 2010.

Production level of important minerals in October 2010 were: coal 439 lakh tonnes, lignite 24 lakh tonnes, natural gas (utilized) 4285 million cu. m., petroleum (crude) 32 lakh tonnes, bauxite 890 thousand tonnes, chromite 366 thousand tonnes, copper conc. 6 thousand tonnes, gold 197 kg., iron ore 152 lakh tonnes, lead conc. 12 thousand tonnes, manganese ore 207 thousand tonnes, zinc conc. 126 thousand tonnes, apatite & phosphorite 154 thousand tonnes, dolomite 392 thousand tonnes, limestone 196 lakh tones, magnesite 9 thousand tones and diamond 35 carats.

In October 2010 the output of chromite increased by 67.24%, iron ore 23.73%, coal 20.8%, bauxite 20.43%, limestone 11.65%, lead conc. 10.69%, zinc con. 10.11%, manganese ore 4.31%, petroleum (crude) 4.21%, dolomite 3.93%, natural gas (utilized) 3.23%, gold 3.14 percent. However the production of lignite decreased by 0.37%, apatite & phosphorite 4.63%, copper conc. 37.0%, magnesite 42.46% and diamond 99.51 percent.

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