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Mineral production up 3.3 per cent September 2004 The mineral production from
mining and quarrying sector registered a positive growth of 3.3 per cent in
July 2004 against the preceding month owing to increase in production of
coal, lignite, petroleum (crude), natural gas (utilized), bauxite, copper
concentrate, lead concentrate, manganese ore, zinc conc., limestone and
magnesite. The mineral production in the month recorded a positive growth of
3.7 per cent as compared to that of the corresponding month of previous year.
The mineral sector has shown a positive growth of 5.2 per cent during the
first four months of the current financial year as compared to the same
period of previous year. The total value of mineral
production (excluding atomic & minor minerals) in the country during July
2004 was Rs.5,235 crore. The contribution of coal was the highest at Rs.
1,997 crore (38 per cent). Next in the order of importance were : petroleum
(crude) Rs.1,597 crore, natural gas (utilised) Rs.750 crore, iron ore Rs.329
crore, lignite Rs. 184 crore and limestone Rs.132 crore. These six minerals
together contributed about 95 per cent of the total value of mineral
production in the month. Production levels of
important minerals during the month were : coal 288 lakh tonnes, lignite 27
lakh tonnes, natural gas (utilized) 2,584 million cu.m., petroleum (crude) 29
lakh tonnes, bauxite 848 thousand tonnes, chromite 239 thousand tonnes,
copper conc. 13 thousand tonnes, gold 325 kg., iron ore 93 lakh tonnes, lead
conc. 7 thousand tonnes, manganese ore 172 thousand tonnes, zinc conc. 57
thousand tonnes, apatite & phosphorite 96 thousand tonnes, dolomite 351
thousand tonnes, limestone 135 lakh tonnes and magnesite 34 thousand tonnes. During July 2004, the output of bauxite
increased by 38 per cent, lignite 24 per cent, zinc conc. 11 per cent,
natural gas (utilized), lead conc. and magnesite 6 per cent each, coal,
petroleum (crude) and limestone 3 per cent each, copper conc. 2 per cent and
manganese ore 1 per cent as compared to the preceding month. However, the
output of gold decreased by 17 per cent, chromite 12 per cent, apatite &
phosphorite 5 per cent, dolomite 3 per cent and iron ore 1 per cent. |
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