Lok Sabha Question No. 2462 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: Import of Minerals
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2462

ANSWERED ON 15.03.2023

## IMPORT OF MINERALS

## †2462. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the minerals imported into the country during the last five years;
- (b) whether the Government has taken initiative to expand new mining areas in the country to balance the import of minerals in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the mining areas expanded in Bundelkhand during the last five years?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINES, COAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

(a): The details of the mineral wise import into the country during 2017-18 to 2021-22 is at Annexure-I.

(b)& (c): Government has taken initiative to promote exploration activity and increase the  number  of  geological  reports  handed  over  to  States  for  auctioning  of  mineral blocks. Since 2015-16, 534 number of auctionable reports have been handed over to States so far (including 349 since 2021-22), and 241 number of mineral blocks have been  successfully  auctioned  by  the  States  so  far  (including  133  since  2021-22). Besides, amendment to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 in 2015 and in 2021 has been aimed at increasing the pace of exploration and auctioning  of  mineral  resources,  increasing  the  production  of  minerals  and  time bound  operationalization  of  mines  and  maintaining  continuity  in  mining  operations even  after  change  of  lessee.  The  above  measures  are,  inter-  alia,  intended  to expand new mining areas in the country to balance the import of minerals.

(d): The details of mining leases granted in Bundelkhand region during last five years is at Annexure-II.

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## Annexure-I

Annexure-I  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  LS  USQ  No.  2462  answered  on 15.03.2023regarding 'IMPORT OF MINERALS'

Details of import of minerals by India during 2017-18 to 2021-22

| Commodity                                    | Unit      | 2017-18             | 2017-18                | 2018-19            | 2018-19                 | 2019-20           | 2019-20                  | 2020-21           | 2020-21                  | 2021-22(P)          | 2021-22(P)             |
|----------------------------------------------|-----------|---------------------|------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|                                              |           | Quantity            | Value                  | Quantity           | Value                   | Quantity          | Value                    | Quantity          | Value                    | Quantity            | Value                  |
| Abrasive                                     | TON       | 5,386               | 68,021                 | 4,941              | 74,317                  | 4,234             | 59,872                   | 3,221             | 55,212                   | 3,718               | 78,311                 |
| (natural) Alabaster                          | TON       | 1,145               | 28,996                 | 1,378              | 39,474                  | 1,040             | 32,801                   | 826               | 27,872                   | 1,572               | 59,681                 |
| Alumina                                      | TON       | 2,224,197           | 60,483,412             | 2,856,524          | 102,946,453             | 1,844,483         | 49,829,384               | 2,334,786         | 57,491,719               | 2,549,567           | 82,447,635             |
| Andalusite                                   | TON       | 14,374              | 318,253                | 14,263             | 355,232                 | 17,618            | 425,962                  | 15,217            | 428,831                  | 10,419              | 344,730                |
| Antimony Ores                                | TON       | 5,257               | 1,093,067              | 7,496              | 1,609,649               | 7,656             | 1,265,983                | 5,977             | 1,072,406                | 4,555               | 1,499,919              |
| & Conc. Arsenic Sulphide                     | TON       | 20                  | 1,155                  | 7                  | 557                     | 7                 | 995                      | 4                 | 570                      | 18                  | 2,119                  |
| (natural) Asbestos                           | TON       | 357,182             | 11,603,678             | 364,107            | 12,253,121              | 361,163           | 12,432,333               | 308,506           | 11,851,124               | 437,511             | 16,631,390             |
| Ball Clay                                    | TON       | 197,847             | 1,514,693              | 175,253            | 1,579,468               | 126,794           | 1,115,239                | 65,828            | 765,439                  | 93,855              | 1,134,427              |
| Barytes                                      | TON       | 10,983              | 237,166                | 11,498             | 266,740                 | 15,436            | 427,967                  | 11,691            | 313,860                  | 16,577              | 523,859                |
| Bauxite                                      | TON       | 1,461,494           | 7,727,096              | 2,254,595          | 13,364,136              | 2,246,681         | 10,817,757               | 3,034,041         | 13,709,540               | 3,009,079           | 18,963,241             |
| Bentonite                                    | TON       | 48,964              | 657,246                | 57,232             | 868,080                 | 72,618            | 882,272                  | 90,933            | 1,019,395                | 142,010             | 2,131,123              |
| Borax                                        | TON       | 160,134             | 4,753,975              | 181,625            | 5,886,234               | 176,421           | 5,644,322                | 194,448           | 6,337,254                | 223,368             | 7,973,967              |
| Building Monumental                          | and TON   | 103,826             | 418,406                | 201,754            | 850,408                 | 47,971            | 523,956                  | 16,327            | 360,034                  | 44,482              | 422,105                |
| Stones Nes Calcite                           | TON       | 74,152              | 353,344                | 71,713             | 346,401                 | 63,458            | 302,799                  | 67,643            | 374,975                  | 41,688              | 290,721                |
| Chalk                                        | TON       | 6,988               | 36,764                 | 254                | 6,143                   | 105               | 4,131                    | 66                | 2,661                    | 64                  | 2,197                  |
| Chromite                                     | TON       | 160,504             | 2,981,860              | 162,663            | 3,154,448               | 124,693           | 2,065,047                | 156,211           | 2,257,733                | 245,710             | 4,232,459              |
| Clay (others)                                | TON       | 24,338              | 302,247                | 17,482             | 319,967                 | 20,961            | 317,309                  | 12,562            | 241,521                  | 14,245              | 279,441                |
| Coal                                         | (ex THT   | 208,254             | 1,384,845,577          | 235,355            | 1,709,323,90            | 248,545           | 1,527,478,15             | 215,260           | 1,160,506,4              | 208,636             | 2,288,189,16           |
| Lignite) Coal, gas Water Etc.(except Gaseous | TON       | 2                   | 30                     | --                 | 3 --                    | --                | 2 --                     | --                | 10 --                    | --                  | 0 --                   |
| Hydrocarbons) Coal: lignite                  | THT       | ++                  | 1,335                  | 1                  | 8,171                   | 1                 | 5,170                    | 1                 | 5,746                    | 1                   | 9,495                  |
| Cobolt Ores                                  | & TON     | --                  | --                     | 1                  | 4,476                   | 2                 | 9,253                    | ++                | 325                      | 1                   | 6,917                  |
| Conc. Coke Copper Ores                       | TON & TON | 4,589,015 1,488,163 | 91,542,188 278,344,776 | 4,933,340 823,938  | 120,756,969 121,462,018 | 2,912,775 821,555 | 61,067,396 86,675,247    | 2,463,036 415,136 | 44,821,773 59,071,579    | 2,501,153 1,018,934 | 81,047,701 223,814,328 |
| Conc. Corundum (natural)                     | TON       | 1                   |                        |                    | --                      | --                | --                       | 1                 | 79                       | ++                  | 10                     |
| Diamond Diatomite                            | TON TON   | **                  | 29 1,902,035,830       | -- **              | 1,779,709,89 7          | **                | 1,487,354,31 9 6,555,288 | ** 3,505,151      | 1,283,511,8 54 5,075,300 | ** 5,510,404        | 2,056,382,18 7         |
| Dolomite                                     |           | 2,426 5,360,752 42  | 88,318 5,636,083 1,844 | 3,647 5,869,534 18 | 139,462 6,743,265       | 4,950 5,539,814   | 152,229                  | 7,099             | 212,766 450              | 1,787               | 94,373 9,682,992       |
| Earth Clay                                   |           |                     |                        |                    |                         |                   | 343                      |                   |                          |                     | 247                    |
|                                              | TON       |                     |                        |                    | 4,254                   | 2                 |                          | 3                 |                          | 2                   |                        |
| Emerald (cut Uncut)                          | &         | **                  | 77,934,749             | **                 | 36,592,287              | **                | 24,403,510               | **                | 7,997,796                | **                  | 16,560,915             |
| Feldspar (cut & Uncut)                       |           | **                  | 48,136                 | **                 | 96,750                  | **                | 83,631                   | **                | 8,094                    | **                  | 22,005                 |
| Feldspar (natural)                           | TON       | 16,752              | 147,951                | 9,490              | 100,613                 | 8,198             | 101,216                  | 13,187            | 78,978                   | 2,795               | 54,485                 |
| Fire Clay                                    | TON       | 1,765               | 110,852                | 1,293              | 88,521                  | 1,896             | 100,241                  | 2,326             | 100,595                  | 898                 | 58,418                 |
| Flint                                        | TON       | 4,431               | 56,232                 | 6,886              | 76,018                  | 6,279             | 62,362                   | 9,209             | 85,170                   | 8,611               | 83,205                 |
| Fluorspar                                    | TON       | 221,816             | 3,958,979              | 265,443            | 7,281,833               | 239,589           | 7,225,937                | 220,573           | 6,090,596                | 286,224             | 7,792,038              |
| Garnet (Cut                                  |           | 3,714               | 335,897                | 6,169              | 169,836                 | 5,025             | 184,466                  | 1,448             | 97,335                   | 1,322               | 183,591                |
| And Uncut) Garnet                            | TON       | 2,256               | 21,243                 | 422                | 6,410                   | 391               | 6,189                    | 345               | 14,712                   | 140                 | 1,789                  |
| (abrasive) Granite                           |           | 60,340              | 1,760,531              | 61,960             |                         |                   | 1,846,960                | 37,304            | 1,320,021                | 35,032              | 1,279,464              |
| (natural)                                    | TON       | 39,861              | 1,487,949              | 47,057             | 1,940,629 2,328,880     | 56,169 41,405     | 1,863,220                | 40,153            | 1,808,218                | 54,047              | 2,651,642              |
| Graphite Gypsum                              | TON TON   | 5,740,955           | 8,254,201              | 6,186,253          | 9,473,416               | 5,460,746         | 8,415,195                | 4,762,012         | 7,372,934                | 5,632,758           | 11,823,817             |
| Iron Ore                                     | THT       | 8,706               | 42,293,972             | 12,807             | 59,136,708              | 1,245             | 9,409,772                | 766               | 8,445,221                | 6,683               | 35,389,345             |

(Value in Rs.'000)

| Commodity                               | Unit   | 2017-18    | 2017-18         | 2018-19    | 2018-19         | 2019-20     | 2019-20         | 2020-21     | 2020-21        | 2021-22(P)   | 2021-22(P)      |
|-----------------------------------------|--------|------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|                                         |        | Quantity   | Value           | Quantity   | Value           | Quantity    | Value           | Quantity    | Value          | Quantity     | Value           |
| Kieselguhr                              | TON    | ++         | 98              | 42         | 3,994           | 66          | 9,247           | 10          | 1,543          | ++           | 64              |
| Kyanite                                 | TON    | 620        | 17,806          | 997        | 27,590          | 1,112       | 33,476          | 1,238       | 42,080         | 1,668        | 53,418          |
| Lead Ores                               | & TON  | 2,220      | 149,369         | 1,499      | 85,468          | 3,283       | 166,725         | 5,473       | 325,104        | 5,325        | 255,224         |
| Conc. Limestone                         | TON    | 20,827,698 | 29,016,419      | 24,397,169 | 36,665,171      | 25,639,50   | 37,429,909      | 22,797,80   | 32,911,759     | 27,582,76    | 49,014,650      |
| Magnesite                               | TON    | 229,629    | 5,268,653       | 464,365    | 11,120,844      | 8 365,053   | 9,468,163       | 1 364,577   | 7,657,838      | 7 510,898    | 13,106,490      |
| Manganese                               | TON    | 3,627,741  | 50,633,965      | 2,784,473  | 48,484,512      | 4,316,572   | 41,282,100      | 4,058,590   | 55,242,138     | 6,500,149    | 96,424,799      |
| Ore Marble                              | TON    | 1,164,244  | 22,696,789      | 997,194    | 20,190,596      | 951,361     | 17,923,694      | 645,253     | 12,032,307     | 1,073,654    | 21,110,673      |
| Mica                                    | TON    | 4,311      | 1,079,666       | 3,684      | 1,172,720       | 3,645       | 1,280,925       | 2,987       | 1,252,020      | 3,338        | 1,319,896       |
| Molybdenum Ores & Conc.                 | TON    | 9,169      | 8,149,457       | 11,028     | 13,606,784      | 7,901       | 9,809,780       | 9,177       | 8,848,441      | 9,114        | 15,470,962      |
| Natural Gas                             | TON    | 20,176,813 | 523,664,504     | 21,544,664 | 738,878,610     | 24,416,60 7 | 684,667,281     | 25,054,87 2 | 583,289,424    | 23,417,02 9  | 1,005,206,96 8  |
| Nickel Ores                             | & TON  | --         | --              | ++         | 169             | ++          | 204             | 37          | 6,404          | 106          | 16,165          |
| Conc. Niobium Or Tantalum Ores          | TON    | 185        | 228,699         | 156        | 264,455         | 16          | 21,764          | 2           | 489            | 2            | 488             |
| & Conc. Ochre                           | TON    | 58         | 14,580          | 38         | 11,796          | 188         | 35,754          | 391         | 82,224         | 648          | 149,495         |
| Other Minerals                          | TON    | 536,327    | 2,082,743       | 683,347    | 2,821,858       | 641,544     | 2,995,670       | 544,580     | 2,325,905      | 678,649      | 4,316,773       |
| Nes Petroleum (crude)                   | THT    | 218,104    | 5,630,977,106   | 226,452    | 7,981,583,19    | 220,869     | 7,281,122,51    | 188,182     | 4,396,561,6    | 220,034      | 9,139,168,00    |
| Precious Semi-precious                  | & &    | 289,748    | 46,165,230      | 729,376    | 0 48,292,001    | 626,253     | 1 41,191,154    | 434,627     | 18 47,935,435  | 387,946      | 5 128,825,205   |
| Stones (cut Uncut):total Precious Metal | KG     | 15,298     | 3,363,976       | 201        | 159             | 273         | 736             | 10,743      | 48,509         | 799,178      | 2,376,644       |
| Ores & Concentrates Quartz And          | TON    | 976        | 22,059          | 1,662      | 54,632          | 1,155       | 40,682          | 1,098       | 50,333         | 7,792        | 211,384         |
| Quartzite Rock                          | TON    | 7,702,634  | 45,457,006      | 7,519,155  | 56,379,205      | 7,654,867   | 54,205,952      | 7,781,423   | 53,709,109     | 9,659,818    | 104,667,349     |
| Phosphate Salt ( Other Than Common      | TON    | 67,555     | 291,750         | 78,712     | 472,879         | 65,263      | 466,170         | 98,042      | 645,494        | 69,549       | 512,396         |
| Salt) Sand (excl. Metal Bearing)        | TON    | 361,956    | 530,106         | 390,328    | 843,983         | 198,862     | 502,131         | 57,812      | 400,291        | 5,121        | 348,319         |
| Sandstone                               | TON    | 203        | 4,161           | 48         | 973             | 28          | 693             | 16          | 480            | 130          | 2,691           |
| Silica Sand                             | TON    | 130,184    | 475,197         | 60,896     | 400,142         | 21,392      | 218,841         | 21,356      | 238,740        | 57,095       | 527,973         |
| Sillimanite                             | TON    | 17         | 1,028           | 99         | 2,403           | 609         | 10,781          | 606         | 11,571         | 801          | 13,972          |
| Slate                                   | TON    | 138        | 9,621           | 225        | 6,867           | 111         | 3,818           | 49          | 3,784          | 109          | 5,741           |
| Steatite                                | TON    | 4,546      | 249,142         | 7,028      | 324,573         | 5,809       | 325,939         | 5,332       | 344,649        | 9,978        | 407,255         |
| Sulphur (exc. Sublimed                  | TON    | 1,206,432  | 10,628,791      | 1,346,775  | 15,219,696      | 1,235,102   | 8,239,656       | 1,463,291   | 10,948,268     | 1,895,211    | 35,362,092      |
| Colloidal) Tin Ores Conc. Titanium      | & TON  | 57         | 56,979          | 6          | 1,259           | ++          | 206             | 2           | 899            | ++           | 299             |
| Ores & Conc.                            | TON    | 163,690    | 3,297,466       | 97,307     | 3,013,231       | 138,042     | 3,965,292       | 78,747      | 3,440,562      | 111,653      | 5,292,058       |
| Tripoli Earth Tungsten Ores & Conc.     | TON    | ++         | 8               | 8          | 238             | 19          | 1,116           | --          | --             | 19           | 1,174           |
|                                         | TON    | 350        | 23,609          | 461        | 64,520          | 447         | 69,234          | 121         | 9,104          | 151          | 14,800          |
| Vanadium Ores & Conc.                   | TON    | 491        | 89,745          | 2,658      | 451,825         | 7,006       | 349,104         | 999         | 77,967         | 5,869        | 436,744         |
| Vermiculite                             | TON    | 321        | 7,415           | 610        | 16,154          | 416         | 11,024          | 696         | 17,234         | 1,096        | 25,520          |
| Witherite                               | TON    | --         | --              | ++         | 96              | 7           | 263             | ++          | 10             | --           | --              |
| Wollastonite                            | TON    | 11,461     | 156,397         | 26,483     | 331,612         | 22,616      | 294,800         | 24,049      | 370,375        | 30,625       | 675,667         |
| Zinc Ores & Conc.                       | TON    | --         | --              | 1,422      | 38,776          | 101         | 2,667           | 804         | 9,530          | 720          | 24,772          |
| Zirconium Ores & Conc.                  | TON    | 83,781     | 6,202,746       | 76,077     | 8,084,381       | 56,166      | 6,073,420       | 68,675      | 6,993,378      | 94,839       | 11,260,337      |
| Grand Total                             |        | **         | 10,285,285,81 6 | **         | 12,991,864,2 06 | **          | 11,515,303,0 06 | **          | 7,913,202,9 18 | **           | 15,513,800,3 26 |

## Annexure-II  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (d)  of  LS  USQ  No.  2462  answered  on 15.03.2023regarding 'IMPORT OF MINERALS'

## Details of Mining Leases granted in Bundelkhand region during last five years

| State          | District   | Mineral            | Name of Mine                 | Name of Lessee             | Total Lease Area (in Ha)   | Date of Grant    | Date of Expiry   |
|----------------|------------|--------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Madhya Pradesh | Damoh      | Stibnite/ Antimony | Chauraiya Stibnite/ Antimony | Sharda Minerals Works      |                            | 40.4711-Jan-17   | 10-Jan-67        |
| Madhya Pradesh | Panna      | Limestone          | Amanganj Limestone Mine      | Eco Cements Limited        |                            | 1793.5917-Oct-19 | 16-Oct-69        |
| Madhya Pradesh | Panna      | Limestone          | Koni-Simariya Limestone Mine | Jay kay Cem (Central) Ltd. |                            | 3095.2302-Dec-20 | 01-Dec-70        |

Source: List of mines maintained by Indian Bureau Mines as on 01.04.2022.