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MINERAL PRODUCTION & INDUSTRIES IN INDIA & CENTRES

classification of minerals 1. Ferrous ---- Iron , chromite , nickel , magnesium

2. Non ferrous ---Aluminium ,Copper , Brass , Silver ,Lead , Zinc, Tungusten 3. Precious minerals -- Platnium , gold , silver 4. Non mettalic minerals-- Mica , asbestos

5. Fertilizer minerals --- Gypsum , phosphate 6. Fuel minerals ---- Coal , petroleum , natural gas

7. Nuclear minerals -- Thorium , uranium , zirconium

**NOTE __INDIA in -- exports -- Iron , Mica , Thorium Imports -- Petroleum , Silver , Zinc, Tin , Copper

Self sufficent -- Coal , Chromite , Slate , Dolomite

COAL -- BLACK GOLD • Production as per states top order -- Jharkahand , Odisha , Chattisgarh , Andhra

pradesh , West bengal , Maharastra

• Rani gung ( wbengal) first coal mine in india -- 1774 • jharia largest coal mine -- jharkahand

• talcher -- odisha • singareni -- warangal ( telangana) • Korba -- chattisgarh

• Terrestrial coal -- NEVYALI --tamilnadu , MACCOM-- Assam , BIKANER -- rajasthan • COAL india limited -- 1974 Est

• Types of coal and form in pure -- pit coal -- 20% , lignite coal --40%, BITMIUS COAL -- 75% , ANTHRCITE COAL -- 90%

• Prodcution -- TOP-3 -- CHINA , INDIA , USA

• IN INDIA -- TOP-3 -- JHARKHAND , CHATTISGARH , ODIHSA

CRUDE OIL or petroleum or ROCK OIL • Crude oil top -3 Producers -- SAUDI ARBIA , IRAN , USA • Petroleum -- top -3 -- SAUDI ARBIA , Russia , USA

• CRUDE oil exports -- top-3 -- SAUDI ARBIA , russia , norway • imports OR usage -- USA , china , japan , india

• world largest refinary -- Abudan , IRAN • Higest oil refienary -- azarbyzan

INDIA OIL WELLS

• India first natural gas identified -- jwalamukhi -- himachal pradesh • india first oil wells -- maccom -1866 ( Assam)

• 2nd oil well --digboui --1890( Assam) • Oil wells in india ASSAM -- maccom , digboui , sharkhatia , shivsagar, rudrasagar • Gujrat oil wells -- khambat , ankaleswar , aliabet , jawhar oil well

• Arunchal pradesh -- cherali , karsang • Tripura -- bharamura , hampi bazar

• Rajasthan -- mangalam , saraswathi , rajeswari • Maharastra -- bombay high (Arbian sea)-- india largest oil well , mukta , neelima ,

bassung . • Tamil nadu -- Narmin oilfield • Andhrapradesh --Gaddi mogga , ravva , mori , lingala.

• Total refianries -- 20 , public sector --17 , 2 -- private sector , 1 -- manglore ( karnataka ).

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NATURAL GAS • CNG -- Ethane , methane

• LPG-- propane , butane • COAL GAS -- hydrgoen , methane , carbon monoxide

• WATER GAS -- CO, H2 • India longest oil pipe line -- mundra --newdelhi --1054 km • Asia longest gas pipe line --TAPI -- turminsthan , afganistan , pakistan , india --

1735km • India longest natural gas pipe line -- HBJ -- 1150 km , hazria , bijapur , jagadeshpur

IRON RESERVES • Iron reserves -- 20% available in the world

• Iron production -- 1st place -- russia , next china , india --6th position • Types of iron -- Hematite --72% , magnetite -- 60% , lemonite -- 40% , cedanite --

20% as per purity

• Iron reserves in india -- TOP -3 -- jharkhand, odissa , karnataka • Iron production -- top-3 , karnataka , odisha , chattisgarh

• Iron ore mines -- "BAILDILLA " -- Chattisgarh • Siri goa , -- goa , exports to -- iran • Kenvangundi -- karnataka , exports to -- manglore

• Mayurbung -- odisha -- exports to -- japan • Obalupuram mines -- Andhra pradesh -- exports -- china

• Ratnagiri -- maharastra -- singubum exports -- to asia countires

1. MANGANESE -- World prduction -- top -3 , RUSSIA , INDIA , canada

2. ALUMINIUM -- world top -3 - australia , jamaica , tanzania ,in india -- odisha ,gujrat 3. COPPER --RED GOLD -- WORLD TOP-3 -- CONGO , USA , CHILE , IN INDIA -- M.P,

Rajasthan --> copper mines -- K3- Rajasthan , singbum -- jharkhand , agnigundalu--Andhrapradesh

4. CHROMITE -- World top south africa , russia , in india -- odisha , bihar

5. GOLD -- Production top -3 -- china , s africa , russia IN india -- karnataka , andhra pradesh

6. DIAMONDS -- Prodcution -- 1st -SAfrica , congo , In india -- madhyapradesh 7. SILVER -- Argentina , canada , in india -- rajasthan 8. BARYTES --india 1st place in the world followed by china

9. MICA-- top-3 -- india , china , russia 10. THORIUM-- top-3 , india , USA , canada

11. URANIUM-- yellow cake -- production-- canada , reserves -- australia in india -- jaharakahand -- jaduguda , AP -- nalagonda INDIA MINERAL ZONES

1. Chota nagpur plateau -- ganagpur division 2. Chota nagpur plateau -- damodara division

3. Bundelkahnad division -- madhyapradesh 4. Deccan plateau -- dharvar range 5. Deccan plateau -- kurnool & kadapa range ( andhra pradesh )

6. Konda lite range -- easern ghats 7. Vindhya range -- Gujrat region

8. Arvalli range -- Gujrat region Industrial regions of india

1. Hoogly industrial region -- famous -- jute textile 2. Mumbai -- pune industrial corridor -- cotton textiles 3. Ahmdebad -- vadodora region -- cotton textiles

4. Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor 5. Madurai -coimbatore -- cotton textiles

6. Banglore -chennai -- cotton textiles 7. Chota nagpur industrial region -- iron & steel industry

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Mineral research centres

• Central mining research instutite -- dhanabad (status for IIT recent budget --(2015-16)--jharkhand

• Indian school of mine -- dhanbad • Indian bureau of mines -- nagpur • Coal india limited -- kolkatta

• Geographical survey of india -- kolkatt • Nevylite lignite corporation -- tamilnadu

First in industries in india

1. first cotton industry -- rishra -- kolkatta -- 1818 2. first iron industry -- port nova -- chennai -- 1830 3. first paper industry -- srirampur -- kolkatta -- 1832

4. first modern cotton textile industry -- mumbai -- 1854 5. first jute textile industry -- rishra - kolkatta -- 1855

6. first cermic industry -- patraghat -- bihar -- 1860 7. modern paper industry -- ballgang -- kolkatta -- 1870 8. bengal iron works limited -- kutti -- wbengal -- 1875

9. woollen textil industry -- kanpur -- 1876 10.first sugar industry -- PUSA -- bihar -- 1903

11.first phosphate fertilizer industry -- ranipet-- tamilnadu-- 1906 12.TISCO -- tata steel company -- sakshi -- jamshedpur -- 1907 13.IISCO -- Baranpur -- wbengal -- 1919

14.vishweryyya tron & steel -- badravathi -- karnartaka-- 1923 15.first silk industry -- howrah -- 1932

16.first glass industry -- ferozabad -- uttarpradesh-- 1932 17.first fertilizer industry -- sindri -- bihar -- 1951 18.first shipyard limited -- hindustan shipyard limited -- vizag -- 1952

19.HMT -- hindustan machines & tools -- banglore -- 1953 20.BEL --Bharat electronics limited -- banglore -- 1954

21.synthetic rubber plant -- baralie -- UP --1955 22.BEML -- Banglore -- 1964 23.HAL -- BANGLORE -- 1964

24.BDL -- hyderabad -- 1970 25.MIDANI -- hyderabad -- 1973

IRON & STEEL INDUSTRIES

1. TISCO - jharkhand -- 1907--Est by J.R.D.TATA 2. IISCO -- baran pur - westbengal -- 1919

3. Visveswarya iron & steel limited-- karnataka -- 1923 4. bhilai steel plant -- chattisgarh -- support USSR -- 1959 5. durgapur steel plant -- wbengal -- support BRITAIN -- 1962

6. rourkela steel plant -- odisha -- germany -- 1969 7. bokaro steel plant -- jharkhand -- USSR -- 1972

8. vizag steel plant --Vishapatnam -- USSR -- 1971 9. SALEEM steel plant --TAMILNADU

10.vijayanagar steel plant --KARNATKA LEATHER INDUSTRY --India top in the world folowed by china

PAPER INDUSTRY -- Tp -3 -- USA , CANADA , india-- wbengal , gujarat , maharastra CEMENT INDUSTRY -- TOP3 , china , india , USA , in india -- MP , AP, rajasthan

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AGRO BASED INDUSTRY COTTON -- top -3 -- china , USA , India ,, in india -- maharastra , gujrat , tamil nadu

WOOLLEN -- TOP -- Australia , in india -- punjab , maharastra , UP SILK -- TOP -3 , CHINA , INDIA , JAPAN ,, in india -- karnataka , Assam , wbengal

JUTE -- top -- india , bangladesh , in india -- wbengal , andhrapradesh SUGAR -- top -- cuba , india , in india --maharastra , UP , tnadu

Maharatna CPSEs 1. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

2. Coal India Limited 3. GAIL (India) Limited

4. Indian Oil Corporation Limited 5. NTPC Limited 6. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited

7. Steel Authority of India Limited Navratna CPSEs

1. Bharat Electronics Limited 2. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited 3. Container Corporation of India Limited

4. Engineers India Limited 5. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

6. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited 7. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited 8. National Aluminium Company Limited

9. National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited 10.NMDC Limited

11.Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited 12.Oil India Limited 13.Power Finance Corporation Limited

14.Power Grid Corporation of India Limited 15.Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited

16.Rural Electrification Corporation Limited 17.Shipping Corporation of India Limited

Miniratna Category - I CPSEs

1. Airports Authority of India 2. Antrix Corporation Limited

3. Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited 4. Bharat Coking Coal Limited 5. Bharat Dynamics Limited

6. BEML Limited 7. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

8. Bridge & Roof Company (India) Limited 9. Central Warehousing Corporation 10.Central Coalfields Limited

11.Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited 12.Cochin Shipyard Limited

13.Dredging Corporation of India Limited 14.Kamarajar Port Limited

15.Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited 16.Goa Shipyard Limited 17.Hindustan Copper Limited

18.HLL Lifecare Limited 19.Hindustan Newsprint Limited

20.Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited 21.Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited

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22.India Tourism Development Corporation Limited 23.Indian Rare Earths Limited

24.Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited 25.Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited

26.India Trade Promotion Organisation 27.IRCON International Limited 28.KIOCL Limited

29.Mazagaon Dock Limited 30.Mahanadi Coalfields Limited

31.Manganese Ore (India) Limited 32.Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemical Limited

33.Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited 34.MMTC Limited 35.MSTC Limited

36.National Fertilizers Limited 37.National Seeds Corporation Limited

38.NHPC Limited 39.Northern Coalfields Limited 40.North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited

41.Numaligarh Refinery Limited 42.ONGC Videsh Limited

43.Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited 44.Projects & Development India Limited 45.Railtel Corporation of India Limited

46.Rail Vikas Nigam Limited 47.Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited

48.RITES Limited 49.SJVN Limited 50.Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited

51.South Eastern Coalfields Limited 52.State Trading Corporation of India Limited

53.Telecommunications Consultants India Limited 54.THDC India Limited 55.Western Coalfields Limited

56. WAPCOS Limited Miniratna Category-II CPSEs

57.Bharat Pumps & Compressors Limited 58.Broadcast Engineering Consultants (I) Limited 59.Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited

60.Central Railside Warehouse Company Limited 61.Ed.CIL (India) Limited

62.Engineering Projects (India) Limited 63.FCI Aravali Gypsum & Minerals India Limited 64.Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited

65.HMT (International) Limited 66.HSCC (India) Limited

67.Indian Medicines & Pharmaceuticals Corporation Limited 68.M E C O N Limited

69.Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited 70.National Film Development Corporation Limited 71.National Small Industries Corporation Limited

72.P E C Limited 73.Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited

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