Tag: distribution and conservation of mineral resources

Iron ore is the basic mineral and the backbone of industrial development. India is endowed with fairly abundant resources of iron ore. India is rich in good quality iron ores. Magnetite is the finest iron ore with a very high content of iron up to 70 per cent. 

Ferrous minerals are those minerals contain iron - metallic in nature e.g. iron ore, manganese. Non-Ferrous minerals are those minerals that do not iron .e.g. copper, gold, lead etc.

Mica

Odisha is the largest producer of manganese ores in India. It accounted for one-third of the country’s total production in 2000-01.

Increase in the use of petroleum products in automobiles and engines has led to many environment related problems. The world is now searching for alternative fuels and alternative fuel vehicles which include biodiesel, methanol, ethanol, butanol, hydrogen, non-fossil methane, natural gas, etc.

India is critically deficient in the reserve and production of copper. Being malleable, ductile and a good conductor, copper is mainly used in electrical cables, electronics and chemical industries. The Khetri mines in Rajasthan are leading producers of copper.

Kolar gold fields were the only large scale gold production mines in India. It was eventually closed down in 2001 due to low grade gold production. Bharat Gold Mines LImited (BGML) was responsible for gold mining in this area.

Koderma is the leading producer of Mica. It is located in Hazaribagh belt of Jharkhand. Jharkhand, as a whole, is quite rich in minerals.

India is critically deficient in the reserve and production of copper. The Balaghat mines in Madhya Pradesh, Khetri mines in Rajasthan and Singhbhum district of Jharkhand are leading producers of copper.