Lok Sabha Question No. 442 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-24
Subject: Critical Mineral Reserves
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne, Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 442 ANSWERED ON 24.07.2024

## CRITICAL MINERAL RESERVES

442. SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE:

SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- a.  the details of the critical mineral reserves in India;
- b.  whether India is depending on other countries for the supply of critical minerals;
- c. if so, the facts thereof;
- d.  whether the NITI Aayog has recommended to designing a Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme to incentivise the recycling of critical minerals; and
- e.  if so, the response of the Union Government thereon and the action taken by the Union Government to introduce the PLI scheme for the recycling of the critical minerals?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF COAL AND MINES (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) to (c)  The  Central  Government  has  amended  the  Mines  and  Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Act, 1957 through the MMDR Amendment Act,  2023,  whereby  Central  Government  has  been  empowered  to  auction  the  24 critical and strategic minerals in part D to the Schedule-I of the MMDR Act, 1957. The details of the total reserves /resources of these critical minerals and their import as available in the Ministry is given at Annexure-I .
- (d) No.
- (e) Question does not arise.

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## Annexure-I

|   Sl. No. | Mineral                                    | Total Resources (Million Tonnes)           | Import Quantity 2023-24 (Ton)      | Import Value 2023-24 Rs. Cr.       |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|         1 | Beryl and other beryllium bearing minerals | -                                          | 2542.8                             | 127.9                              |
|         2 | Cadmium bearing minerals                   | -                                          | 14,943.9                           | 382.5                              |
|         3 | Cobalt (Ore)                               | 45                                         | 893.7                              | 185.3                              |
|         4 | Gallium bearing minerals                   | -                                          | 0.01                               | 0.01                               |
|         5 | Glauconite                                 | Included in Potash below at No. 14         | Included in Potash below at No. 14 | Included in Potash below at No. 14 |
|         6 | Graphite                                   | 211.62                                     | 1,56,669.8                         | 1,600.0                            |
|         7 | Indium bearing minerals                    | -                                          | 0.01                               | 0.01                               |
|         8 | Lithium bearing minerals                   | 12.23 MTs with Avg. grade of about 580 PPM | 16,29,366.6                        | 863.8                              |
|         9 | Molybdenum                                 | Molybdenum                                 | Molybdenum                         | Molybdenum                         |
|         9 | Ore                                        | 27.20                                      | 21,719.6                           | 3,770.9                            |
|         9 | Contained MoS2                             | 0.016                                      | 21,719.6                           | 3,770.9                            |
|        10 | Nickel Ore                                 | 189                                        | 1,31,433.5                         | 6557.3                             |
|        11 | Niobium bearing minerals                   | -                                          | 325.3                              | 7.7                                |
|        12 | Rock Phosphate                             | 311.25                                     | 88,02,077                          | 12,648.6                           |
|        13 | Platinum group of metals (PGM)             | 20.92 (Tonnes)                             | 10.4                               | 2433.0                             |
|        14 | Potash                                     | 23,091*                                    | 30,656.8                           | 268.0                              |
|        15 | Rare Earth Elements (REE)                  | 0.45                                       | 2,270.3                            | 156.9                              |
|        16 | Rhenium bearing minerals                   | -                                          | 2,542.8                            | 127.8                              |
|        17 | Selenium bearing minerals                  | -                                          | 506.9                              | 88.8                               |
|        18 | Tantalum bearing minerals                  | -                                          | 0.4                                | 0.7                                |
|        19 | Tellurium bearing minerals                 | -                                          | 6.6                                | 4.5                                |
|        20 | Tin                                        |                                            |                                    |                                    |
|        20 | Ore                                        | 83.72                                      | 11,967.1                           | 2,664.4                            |
|        20 | Metal                                      | 0.10                                       | 11,967.1                           | 2,664.4                            |
|        21 | Titanium                                   | 427.10@                                    | 1,15,424.3                         | 1,413.1                            |
|        22 | Tungsten                                   |                                            |                                    |                                    |

|    | Ore            | 89.43    | 293.9    | 82.7    |
|----|----------------|----------|----------|---------|
|    | Metal          | 0.14     |          |         |
| 23 | Vanadium       | Vanadium |          |         |
|    | Ore            | 24.63    | 3,427.1  | 161.6   |
|    | Contained V2O5 | 0.064    |          |         |
| 24 | Zirconium      | 2.34     | 82,260.1 | 1,396.6 |

* contains glauconite, polyhalite, sylvite.

@ contains ilmenite, rutile, leucoxene and anastase