{"id":11318,"date":"2020-04-29T16:52:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/udaen.info\/?p=11318"},"modified":"2020-04-29T16:52:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:22:37","slug":"mineral-production-during-february-2020-provisional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/?p=11318","title":{"rendered":"Mineral Production during February 2020 (Provisional)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ministry of Mines<\/div>\n
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Mineral Production during February 2020 (Provisional)
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The index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for the month of February,<\/strong>\u00a02020<\/strong>\u00a0(Base: 2011-12=100) at 123.7, was 10.0% higher as compared to the level in the month of\u00a0February,<\/strong>\u00a02019<\/strong>. The cumulative growth for the period\u00a0April- February,<\/strong>\u00a02019-20<\/strong>\u00a0over the corresponding period of previous year has been (+<\/strong>) 1.9 percent. Mining & Mineral Statistics Division of Indian Bureau of Mines functions as the nodal agency for statistics on mineral sector and releases this information.<\/p>\n

Production level of important minerals in\u00a0February,<\/strong>\u00a02020\u00a0<\/strong>were: Coal 780 lakh tonnes, Lignite 47 lakh tonnes, Natural gas (utilized) 2257 million cu. m., Petroleum (crude) 24 lakh tonnes, Bauxite 2190 thousand tonnes, Chromite 395 thousand tonnes, Copper conc. 5 thousand tonnes, Gold 162 kg, Iron ore 239 lakh tonnes, Lead conc. 32 thousand tonnes, Manganese ore 276 thousand tonnes, Zinc conc. 142 thousand tonnes, Apatite & Phosphorite 136 thousand tonnes, Limestone 327 lakh tonnes, Magnesite 11 thousand \u00a0tonnes \u00a0and Diamond \u00a02720 carat.<\/p>\n

The production of important minerals showing positive growth during\u00a0February,<\/strong>\u00a02020<\/strong>\u00a0over\u00a0February,<\/strong>\u00a02019<\/strong>\u00a0include: \u2018Zinc conc.\u2019 (33.2%), \u2018Iron ore\u2019 (31.3%), \u2018Chromite\u2019 (18.2%), \u2018Lead conc.\u2019 (14.2%), \u2018Coal\u2019 (11.7%), \u2018Limestone\u2019 (4.5%), \u2018Manganese ore\u2019 (3.3%), \u2018Lignite\u2019 (2.6%) and \u2018Bauxite\u2019 (1.3%). The production of other important minerals showing negative growth is: \u2018Copper conc.\u2019 [(-) 60.7%], \u2018Gold\u2019 [(-) 29.6%], \u2018Natural gas (utilized)\u2019 [(-) 9.6%], \u2018Petroleum (crude)\u2019 [(-) 6.4%] and \u2018Phosphorite\u2019 [(-) 1.8%].<\/p>\n

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Ministry of Mines Mineral Production during February 2020 (Provisional) \u00a0PIB Delhi The index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for the month of February,\u00a02020\u00a0(Base: 2011-12=100) at 123.7, was 10.0% higher as compared to the level in the month of\u00a0February,\u00a02019. The cumulative growth for the period\u00a0April- February,\u00a02019-20\u00a0over the corresponding period of previous year has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t