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The mineral production from mining and quarring sector in November 2004 remained almost at the same level as compared to that in the preceding month. The mineral production during the month recorded a growth of 2.8 per cent as compared to that of the corresponding month of previous year. The mineral sector has shown a growth of 4.9 per cent during the first eight months of the current financial year compared to that in the same period of previous year.
The total value of mineral production (excluding atomic & minor minerals) in the country during November 2004 was Rs.5,496 crore. The contribution of coal was the highest at Rs. 2,279 crore (41 per cent). Next in the order of importance were : petroleum (crude) Rs.1,562 crore, natural gas (utilised) Rs.750 crore, iron ore Rs.418 crore, lignite Rs. 110 crore and limestone Rs.119 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 in the month were : coal 328 lakh tonnes, lignite 17 lakh tonnes, natural gas (utilized) 2,591 million cu.m., petroleum (crude) 28 lakh tonnes, bauxite 879 thousand tonnes, chromite 348 thousand tonnes, copper conc. 11 thousand tonnes, gold 226 kg., iron ore 113 lakh tonnes, lead conc. 7 thousand tonnes, manganese ore 188 thousand tonnes, zinc conc. 57 thousand tonnes, apatite & phosphorite 99 thousand tonnes, dolomite 342 thousand tonnes, limestone 120 lakh tonnes and magnesite 32 thousand tonnes.
November output of chromite increased by 10.2 per cent, zinc conc. 8.0 per cent, coal 4.5 per cent, iron ore 1.3 per cent, lead conc. 1.2 per cent, natural gas (utilized) 1.0 per cent and bauxite 0.1 per cent as compared to the preceding month. However, the output of gold decreased by 22.9 per cent, lignite 21.9 per cent, magnesite 11.8 per cent, limestone 5.4 per cent, dolomite 4.6 per cent, manganese ore 3.9 per cent, petroleum (crude) 2.7 per cent, copper conc. 1.4 per cent and apatite & phosphorite 0.9 per cent.
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