(in metric tonnes)

S.NO.

MINERAL

1996-97

1997-98

1998-99

1999-2000

2000-2001

1

Agglomerate

-

-

-

416

315

2

Antimony

-

-

5

5

95

3

Aragonite/Marble

436,482

333,268

538,193

590,965

587,678

4

Asbestos

60

60

-

-

-

6

Ball clay

1,120

905

1,100

1,280

2,450

7

Barite

30,464

29,923

16,135

25,958

27,529

8

Basalt

30

-

-

403

 

9

Bauxite

15,074

20,455

37,031

35,513

3,728

10

Bentonite

15,342

15,156

17,722

34,271

17,425

11

Brine

49,232

60,123

61,064

62,819

46,279

12

Building stone

18,625

17,249

12,161

-

-

13

Calcite

15

-

-

-

-

14

Celestite

812

961

734

894

791

15

Chalk

8,140

6,758

7,009

8,094

9,722

16

China clay

64,429

67,910

65,726

62,484

46,466

17

Chromite

35,282

37,472

18,602

32,179

13,754

18

Coal

3,646,603

3,168,444

3,501,842

3,272,760

3,105,715

19

Conglomerate

-

-

132

388

307

20

Dolomite

202,660

105,836

301,263

386,656

386,926

21

Ebry stone

-

-

193

225

-

22

Feldspar

28,397

26,365

-

-

41,275

23

Fire clay

108,983

94,595

119,654

139,081

157,701

24

Flint stone

-

-

80

120

20

25

Fluorite

869

135

315

675

901

26

Fuller's earth

15,941

15,963

18,533

24,214

17,579

27

Gas (Natural) million CFT

697,763

699,709

744,942

818,342

875,433

28

Granite

6,859

6,013

2,699

4,709

8,100

29

Gravel

31,350

8,017

-

-

-

30

Gypsum

520,563

386,645

285,435

365,472

364,449

31

Iron ore

4,575

5,500

39,257

47,215

25,065

32

Lake salt

20,777

15,304

16,715

12,677

14,700

33

Laterite

25,177

9,555

144,10

15,071

17,865

34

Limestone

9,633,915

10,353,538

1,121,934

10,594,664

11,783,813

35

Magnesite

6,679

3,427

3,883

3,990

4,695

36

Manganese

424

-

-

15

1,527

37

Millstone

1,508

1,174

1,415

1,130

1,057

38

Nepheline syenite

100

40

-

-

-

39

Ochres / Red oxide

24,511

16,548

4,580

5,333

12,926

40

Oil (Crude) US barrels

21,270,472

20,543,174

19,985,677

20,394,604

21,083,621

41

Onyx

25,826

19,129

26,632

34,878

37,432

42

Ordinary stone

-

-

500

2,161

3,000

43

Orpiment (kg)

2

3

-

-

81

44

Phosphate

-

55

-

-

2,093

45

Pumice

1,839

2,011

1,857

1,322

855

46

Quartz

232

216

-

-

1,006

47

Quartzite

-

-

-

-

1,457

48

Rock salt

1,066,429

960,518

1,183,874

1,457,524

1,393,487

49

Sand/Bajri

11,700

15,150

145,320

74,002

217,179

50

Sandstone

4,401

2,581

1,953

2,212

130

51

Serpentine

2,475

4,549

4,086

5,543

4,367

52

Shale/shale clay

2,803,409

2,881,448

2,745,981

2,957,617

3,282,633

53

Silica sand

157,041

135,180

153,106

177,793

163,369

54

Slate stone

91,214

100,005

-

-

133,327

55

Soapstone

45,425

49,097

47,869

47,900

42,139

56

Sulphur

640

450

490

-

-

57

Talc

-

260

-

-

-

58

Trona

3,673

3,184

3,806

3,054

3,513

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