Mineral production went up in August 2021 compared to matching period of last yearMineral production in August 2021 rose by 23 per cent compared to the corresponding period of in 2015.
The cumulative development in mineral sector for the April-August 2020-21 duration was 25 percent over the corresponding duration of previous year.According to information launched by the Ministry of Mines, the index of mineral production of mining sector was 103.8 for August 2021.
Minerals which showed positive growth in production throughout August 2021 were chromite (189 per cent), lignite (74.2 percent), magnesite (57.9 percent), iron ore (52.2 per cent) and coal (20.8 per cent).
Production of minerals which showed unfavorable development included diamond, gold and petroleum (crude).
A few of the minerals which taped high production levels in August 2021 were coal at 539 lakh tonnes, lignite at 37 lakh tonnes, natural gas (made use of) at 2,851 million cubic metres, petroleum (crude) at 25 lakh tonnes, bauxite at 1,737 thousand tonnes, chromite at 175 thousand tonnes, iron ore at 197 lakh tonnes and manganese ore at 180 thousand tonnes.