India’s mineral production increased 16 percent year on year during the April-December period of the fiscal year 2021-22, government data released on Thursday, February 17, showed.
According to the data of the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), minerals showing positive output growth during the period were magnesite, up 73.2 percent, gold, up 71 percent, bauxite, up 27.1 percent, lignite, up 21.4 percent, coal, up 5.3 percent, and chromite, up 53 percent.
Declines in mineral growth were reported for zinc concentrates, 4.3 percent, iron ore, 6.2 percent, manganese, 7.3 percent, limestone, 7.5 percent, copper concentrates, 10.3 percent, and lead concentrates, 17.4 percent.