Module 1 :
Lecture 4 : Material Resource in Indian Context
 


Material reserve in India

According to the Indian Bureau of mines, we can summarize the current status of mineral availability in India as follows:

Grouping
Abundant
Adequate
Deficient
Scare
Metallic Minerals
(Ferrous)
Iron Ore
Chromite
(metallic),
Manganese
Chromite
(refractory
grade)
Nickel,
Tungsten,
Cobalt,
Molybdenum,
Vanadium
Metallic
Minerals
(nonferrous)
Bauxite
Bauxite
Copper, Lead
Antimony, Platinum group of materials, Tin
Industrial Materials
Dolomite, Gypsum, Limestone, Mica
Graphite
Apatite, Kyanite
Sulphur, Potash