Ministry of Mines Published Mineral Production Data | 03 Aug 2024
The Ministry of Mines published mineral production data in Quarter 1 of FY 2024-25.
- Iron ore (275 MMT) and limestone (450 MMT) accounted for about 80% of the total MCDR mineral production by value in FY 2023-24.
- India is the second largest aluminium producer, third largest limestone producer and fourth largest iron ore producer in the world.
- Globally, China is the largest producer of aluminium and limestone while Australia is the largest producer of iron ore.
- Odisha is the largest aluminium ore and iron ore producing state in India. Rajasthan has the highest share of limestone production in India.
- Continued growth in production of Aluminium ore, iron ore and limestone point towards continued strong economic activity in user sectors such as energy,
infrastructure, construction, automotive and machinery.
- Continued growth in production of Aluminium ore, iron ore and limestone point towards continued strong economic activity in user sectors such as energy,
- Mineral production was reported from 19 States of which the bulk of value of mineral production of about 97.04% was confined to 7 States only.
- Order of mineral production by share - Odisha (44.11%), Chhattisgarh (17.34%), Rajasthan (14.10%), Karnataka (13.24%), Jharkhand (4.36%), Madhya Pradesh (2.44%), and
Maharashtra (1.45%). - Remaining 12 States have cumulative share of less than 3% of total value
