Marginal fall in mineral production in October
Post Date: 20 Dec 2013 Viewed: 366
India's mineral production fell slightly to R16,412 crore in October, mainly due to a decline in coal and iron ore output.
The country had produced minerals worth R16,975 crore in the same month last year, an official statement said.
The contribution of crude oil was the highest at R5,804 crore, followed by coal at R5,310 crore, iron ore at R2,088 crore, natural gas at R1,837 crore, limestone at R386 crore and lignite at R358 crore.
"These six minerals together contributed about 95% of the total value of mineral production in October 2013, the statement said. The total value of minerals production during October 2012 was R16,975 crore, including R5,850 crore from petroleum crude, R5,067 crore from coal and R2,418 crore from iron ore.
India's coal production during the reporting month was 426 lakh tonne, lignite 29 lakh tonne, natural gas (utilised) at 2,870 million cu metre, petroleum (crude) 32 lakh tonne and iron ore at 100 lakh tonne, among others.
Among the precious metals, gold production was at 116 kg and diamond at 2,798 carat during October this year.
India had produced 445 lakh tonne coal in October 2012, 33 lakh tonne lignite, 3,328 million cubic metre natural gas and 32 lakh tonne petroleum (crude). It produced 134 kg gold and 2,501 carat diamond.