The cumulative growth of the mining and quarrying sector for April-December was 5.4% over the same period last year
New Delhi: The index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector grew by 9.8% year-on-year in December, pointing to a positive recovery in the mining sector.
The country's mineral production grew by 9.7% in November. According to the provisional data of the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), the cumulative growth for the mining and quarrying sector for April-December was 5.4% over the same period last year.
The production level of all the important minerals registered an increase in December. Coal production was 833 lakh tonnes, lignite 35 lakh tonnes, natural gas (utilised) 2888 million cubic metres. m., petroleum (crude) 25 lakh tonnes, bauxite 2272 thousand tonnes, chromite 340 thousand tonnes, copper concentrate 10 thousand tonnes.
The production of gold was 174 kg, iron ore 251 lakh tonnes, lead concentrate 30,000 tonnes, manganese ore 307,000 tonnes, zinc concentrate 137,000 tonnes, limestone 355 lakh tonnes, phosphorite 170,000 tonnes, magnesite 9,000 tonnes and diamond 43 carats.
As per the data, the vital minerals are showing positive growth during December, 2022 as compared to December, 2021. These include: gold (64.2%), phosphorite (53.9%), iron ore (19.5%), limestone (14.5%), manganese ore (12.8%), Ccoal (11.4%), zinc concentrate (9.4%), lead concentrate (4.5%), copper concentrate (3.9%), and natural gas (2.6%).
Other important minerals showing negative growth include: petroleum (-1.2%), bauxite (-9%), lignite (-10.7%), chromite (-11.5%), magnesite (-22.5%) and diamond (-38.6%). ).
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