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Raipur, August 01, 2024: India is the 2nd largest Aluminium producer in the world.
“India is the 2nd largest Aluminium producer in the world, 3rd largest lime producer and 4th largest iron ore producer in the world,” Mines Ministry sources said.
Continued growth in production of iron ore and limestone in the current financial year reflects the robust demand conditions in the user industries like steel and cement.
Production of key minerals in the country, such as iron ore and limestone, has continued to show robust growth in first quarter of the financial year 2024-25, after reaching record production levels in FY 2023-24.
Iron ore and limestone account for about 80% of the total MCDR mineral production by value. Production of iron ore was 275 million metric ton (MMT) and limestone at 450 MMT in FY 2023-24.
As per provisional data, in the non-ferrous metal sector, primary aluminium production in FY 2024-25 (April-June) posted a growth of 1.2 per cent over the corresponding period last year, increasing to 10.43 lakh ton (LT) in FY 2024-25 (April-June) from 10.28 LT in FY 2023-24 (April-June).
Coupled with growth in Aluminium, these growth trends point towards continued strong economic activity in user sectors such as energy, infrastructure, construction, automotive and machinery, sources in the union Ministry of Mines said.
The production of iron ore has increased from 72 MMT in FY 2023-24 (April-June) to 79 MMT in FY 2024-25 (April-June), showing 9.7 per cent growth.
Limestone production rose from 114 MMT in FY 2023-24 (April-June) to 116 MMT in FY 2024-25 (April-June), with 1.8 per cent growth.
Production of manganese ore has jumped by 11 per cent to 1.0 MMT in FY 2024-25 (April-June) from 0.9 MMT over the corresponding period of the previous year.
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