Lok Sabha Question No. 4454 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-20
Subject: CoEs under the NCMM
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Shri Brijmohan Agrawal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. †4454

ANSWERED ON 20.08.2025

## COEs UNDER THE NCMM

†4454. SHRI BRIJMOHAN AGRAWAL:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) the list of all critical and strategic minerals Rare Earth Elements (REEs) and Energy Critical Elements  (ECEs)  classified by the Government  and  their respective operational and non operational mines with estimated reserves in tonnes, State and UT-wise including State of Chhattisgarh;
- (b) the objective of Centres of Excellence (CoE) for critical minerals;
- (c)  the  details  of  all  the  CoEs  functioning  under  National  Critical  Mineral  Mission (NCMM) in the country, State and UT-wise including Chhattisgarh;
- (d)  the  details  of  the  annual  production  of  such  minerals,  all  operational  units  and mines of Critical Minerals auctioned and proposed to be auctioned, State, value and type-wise of mines during the last five years; and
- (e)  the  preparations  made  by  the  Government  to  address  the  current  challenges arising in the global supply chain of rare earth magnets?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) A list of 24 critical and strategic minerals has been included in part-D of the First Schedule  of  the  Mines  and  Minerals  (Development  and  Regulation)  Act,  1957 (Annexure-I).   Data  regarding  working  and  non-working  critical  &  strategic  mineral mines including in Chhattisgarh is placed in Annexure-II. Resource/reserve position of critical and strategic minerals is placed in Annexure-III.
- (b) The objectives of Centres of Excellence (CoE) are research and development in critical materials, which may lead to technology development and frontier technology role in mining, extraction, recycling, and processing value chains.
- (c)  The  Ministry  of  Mines  has  recognized  following  seven  institutes/  labs  as  CoEs under NCMM are
- i. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Maharashtra
- ii. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, Telangana
- iii. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Uttarakhand
- iv. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, Jharkhand
- v. CSIR - Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology (IMMT), Bhubaneswar, Odisha
- vi. CSIR - National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
- vii. Non Ferrous Materials Technology Development Centre (NFTDC), Hyderabad, Telangana

(d) State wise annual production and value of critical and strategic minerals produced for  last  five  years  is  furnished  in  Annexure-IV.  Details  of  critical  mineral  blocks auctioned  since  along  with  status  of  operationalization  is  available  under  Mining Dashboard at Ministry of Mines website (https://mines.gov.in). The Ministry of Mines is steadily working towards identification and auction of critical and strategic mineral blocks.

(e) In order to secure the raw materials for rare earth magnets, Ministry of Mines has taken several initiatives, inter alia, as follows:

- i. Geological  Survey  of  India  (GSI)  has  carried  out  49  nos.  of   Rare  Earth Elements/Rare Metal (REE/RM) exploration projects in FS 2022-23, 59 nos. in 2023-24 and 78 nos. in 2024-25. GSI has taken up 94 exploration projects of REE/RM in FS 2025-26.
- ii. GSI has augmented 482.6 Million ton resources of REE ore at various cut-off grades in 34 exploration projects.
- iii. The Ministry of Mines has auctioned Nawatola-Laband REE Block located in Uttar Pradesh. Additionally, two blocks are also auctioned in which REE are associated  with  other  minerals-  Katghora  Lithium  Block  in  Chhattisgarh, Dombarahalli Phosphate Block.
- iv. The Ministry of Mines has funded Research and Development (R&D) projects related REE to various Institutions/Laboratories/Start-ups/ MSMEs etc.

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## Annexure-I

| Critical and Strategic Minerals specified in Part Dof First Schedule oftheMMDR Act [24 minerals]   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1. Beryl and other beryllium bearing minerals.                                                     |
| 2. Cadmium bearing minerals.                                                                       |
| 3. Cobalt bearing minerals.                                                                        |
| 4. Gallium bearing minerals.                                                                       |
| 5. Glauconite.                                                                                     |
| 6. Graphite.                                                                                       |
| 7. Indium bearing minerals.                                                                        |
| 8. Lithium bearing minerals.                                                                       |
| 9. Molybdenum bearing minerals.                                                                    |
| 10. Nickel bearing minerals.                                                                       |
| 11. Niobium bearing minerals.                                                                      |
| 12. Phosphate (without uranium).                                                                   |
| 13. Platinum group of elements bearing minerals.                                                   |
| 14. Potash.                                                                                        |
| 15. Minerals of the "rare earths" group not containing Uranium and Thorium.                        |
| 16. Rhenium bearing minerals.                                                                      |
| 17. Selenium bearing minerals.                                                                     |
| 18. Tantalum bearing minerals.                                                                     |
| 19. Tellurium bearing minerals.                                                                    |
| 20. Tin bearing minerals.                                                                          |
| 21. Titanium bearing minerals and ores (ilmenite, rutile and leucoxene).                           |
| 22. Tungsten bearing minerals.                                                                     |
| 23. Vanadium bearing minerals.                                                                     |
| 24. Zirconium-bearing minerals and ores including zircon.                                          |

## Annexure-II

Mineral wise and State wise summary of working and non-working mines of critical & strategic minerals including in Chhattisgarh state is furnished below-

| Mineral / State   | Working   | Non-Working   | Grand Total   |
|-------------------|-----------|---------------|---------------|
| Apatite           |           |               |               |
| West Bengal       | -         | 1             | 1             |
| Beryl             |           |               |               |
| Rajasthan         | -         | 2             | 2             |
| Graphite          |           |               |               |
| Chhattisgarh      | 1         | -             | 1             |
| Jharkhand         | 2         | 9             | 11            |
| Karnataka         | -         | 2             | 2             |
| Kerala            | -         | 1             | 1             |
| Odisha            | 6         |               | 6             |
| Tamil Nadu        | 1         | 5             | 6             |
| Rock Phosphate    |           |               |               |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 5         | 1             | 6             |
| Rajasthan         | 1         | -             | 1             |
| Tin               |           |               |               |
| Chhattisgarh      | 6         | 8             | 14            |
| Odisha            | -         | 3             | 3             |
| Grand Total       | 22        | 32            | 54            |

## Critical mineral reserves as per NMI as on 01.04.2020

|   Sr. No. | Mineral      | State             | Reserves   | Remaining Resources   | Total Resources   |
|-----------|--------------|-------------------|------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|         1 | COBALT       | Jharkhand         | 0          | 9                     | 9                 |
|         1 | COBALT       | Nagaland          | 0          | 5                     | 5                 |
|         1 | COBALT       | Odisha            | 0          | 31                    | 31                |
|         1 | COBALT       | ALL INIDA         | 0          | 45                    | 45                |
|         2 | GRAPHITE     | Andhra Pradesh    | 0          | 1138275               | 1138275           |
|         2 | GRAPHITE     | Arunachal Pradesh | 0          | 76318257              | 76318257          |
|         2 | GRAPHITE     | Chhattisgarh      | 5282       | 1330                  | 6612              |
|         2 | GRAPHITE     | Gujarat           | 0          | 3355805               | 3355805           |
|         2 | GRAPHITE     | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0          | 62740555              | 62740555          |
|         2 | GRAPHITE     | Jharkhand         | 2604079    | 17402288              | 20006367          |
|         2 | GRAPHITE     | Karnataka         | 0          | 992632                | 992632            |
|         2 | GRAPHITE     | Kerala            | 15443      | 1419532               | 1434975           |
|         2 | GRAPHITE     | Madhya Pradesh    | 0          | 12640000              | 12640000          |
|         2 | GRAPHITE     | Maharashtra       | 0          | 1160000               | 1160000           |
|         2 | GRAPHITE     | Odisha            | 2838414    | 17142707              | 19981121          |
|         2 | GRAPHITE     | Rajasthan         | 0          | 1913554               | 1913554           |
|         2 | GRAPHITE     | Tamil Nadu        | 3100193    | 6605086               | 9705279           |
|         2 | GRAPHITE     | Telangana         | 0          | 219455                | 219455            |
|         2 | GRAPHITE     | Uttarakhand       | 0          | 10700                 | 10700             |
|         2 | GRAPHITE     | ALL INIDA         | 8563411    | 203060176             | 211623587         |
|         3 | MOLYBD- ENUM | Karnataka         |            |                       |                   |
|         3 | MOLYBD- ENUM | Ore               | 0          | 1320900               | 1320900           |
|         3 | MOLYBD- ENUM | Contained MoS 2   | 0          | 1719                  | 1718.7            |
|         3 | MOLYBD- ENUM | Madhya Pradesh    |            |                       |                   |
|         3 | MOLYBD- ENUM | Ore               | 0          | 8000000               | 8000000           |
|         3 | MOLYBD- ENUM | Contained MoS 2   | 0          | 5020                  | 5020              |
|         3 | MOLYBD- ENUM | Tamil Nadu        |            |                       |                   |
|         3 | MOLYBD- ENUM | Ore               | 0          | 17882498              | 17882498          |

## Annexure-III

|    |           | Contained MoS 2   |         | 0        | 10152     | 10152     |
|----|-----------|-------------------|---------|----------|-----------|-----------|
|    |           | ALL INIDA         |         |          |           |           |
|    |           | Ore               |         | 0        | 27203398  | 27203398  |
|    |           | Contained MoS 2   |         | 0        | 16891     | 16891     |
| 4  | NICKEL    | Jharkhand         | Million | 0        | 9         | 9         |
|    |           | Karnataka         | tonnes  | 0        | **        | **        |
|    |           | Nagaland          |         | 0        | 5         | 5         |
|    |           | Odisha            |         | 0        | 175       | 175       |
|    |           | ALL INIDA         |         | 0        | 189       | 189       |
| 5  | ROCK      | Gujarat           | Tonnes  | 0        | 314820    | 314820    |
|    | PHOSPHATE | Jharkhand         |         | 0        | 107370000 | 107370000 |
|    |           | Madhya Pradesh    |         | 9031093  | 49425938  | 58457031  |
|    |           | Meghalaya         |         | 0        | 1311035   | 1311035   |
|    |           | Rajasthan         |         | 21845000 | 72003769  | 93848769  |
|    |           | Uttar Pradesh     |         | 0        | 25773444  | 25773444  |
|    |           | Uttarakhand       |         | 0        | 24178386  | 24178386  |
|    |           | ALL INIDA         |         | 30876093 | 280377392 | 311253485 |
| 6  | PLATINUM  | Karnataka         | Tonnes  | 0        | 1.50      | 1.50      |
|    | GROUP OF  | Kerala            | of      | 0        | 0.18      | 0.18      |
|    | METALS    | Odisha            | metal   | 0        | 14.2      | 14.2      |
|    | (PGMs)    | Tamilnadu         | content | 0        | 1.69      | 1.69      |
|    |           | Uttar Pradesh     |         | 0        | 3.35      | 3.35      |
|    |           | ALL INIDA         |         | 0        | 20.92     | 20.92     |
| 7  | POTASH*   | Bihar             | Million | 0        | 230       | 230       |
|    |           | Jharkhand         | tonnes  | 0        | 152       | 152       |
|    |           | Madhya Pradesh    |         | 0        | 1244      | 1244      |
|    |           | Rajasthan         |         | 0        | 20572     | 20572     |
|    |           | Uttar Pradesh     |         | 0        | 893       | 893       |
|    |           | ALL INIDA         |         | 0        | 23091     | 23091     |
| 8  | RARE      | Bihar             | Tonnes  | 0        | 1459      | 1459      |
|    | EARTH     | Gujarat           |         | 0        | 424000    | 424000    |
|    | ELEMENTS  | Jharkhand         |         | 0        | 4         | 4         |
|    | (REE)     | Karnataka         |         | 0        | 3734      | 3734      |

|    |          | Maharashtra           | 0        | 2090      | 2090      |
|----|----------|-----------------------|----------|-----------|-----------|
|    |          | Odisha                | 0        | 25493     | 25493     |
|    |          | Uttar Pradesh         | 0        | 2948      | 2948      |
|    |          | ALL INIDA             | 0        | 459727    | 459727    |
| 9  | TIN      | Chhattisgarh Tonnes   |          |           |           |
|    |          | Ore                   | 2101     | 29795176  | 29797277  |
|    |          | Metal                 | 974      | 15910     | 16884     |
|    |          | Haryana               |          |           |           |
|    |          | Ore                   | 0        | 53910000  | 53910000  |
|    |          | Metal                 | 0        | 86221     | 86221     |
|    |          | Odisha                |          |           |           |
|    |          | Ore                   | 0        | 15618     | 15618     |
|    |          | Metal                 | 0        | 653       | 653       |
|    |          | ALL INIDA             |          |           |           |
|    |          | Ore                   | 2101     | 83720794  | 83722895  |
|    |          | Metal                 | 974      | 102783    | 103757    |
| 10 | TITANIUM | Andhra Pradesh Tonnes | 0        | 76733874  | 76733874  |
|    |          | Jharkhand             | 0        | 26603767  | 26603767  |
|    |          | Karnataka             | 0        | 13862094  | 13862094  |
|    |          | Kerala                | 2370712  | 117607659 | 119978371 |
|    |          | Maharashtra           | 303551   | 3980786   | 4284337   |
|    |          | Meghalaya             | 0        | 3345000   | 3345000   |
|    |          | Odisha                | 12654141 | 53019062  | 65673202  |
|    |          | Tamil Nadu            | 670221   | 113677284 | 114347505 |
|    |          | West Bengal           | 0        | 2279000   | 2279000   |
|    |          | ALL INIDA             | 15998625 | 411108526 | 427107150 |
| 11 | TUNGSTEN | Andhra Pradesh Tonnes |          |           |           |
|    |          | Ore                   | 0        | 14802300  | 14802300  |
|    |          | Contained WO3         | 0        | 20263     | 20263     |
|    |          | Haryana               |          |           |           |
|    |          | Ore                   | 0        | 2230000   | 2230000   |
|    |          | Contained WO3         | 0        | 3568      | 3568      |
|    |          | Karnataka             |          |           |           |
|    |          | Ore                   | 0        | 36677818  | 36677818  |
|    |          | Contained WO3         | 0        | 6235      | 6235      |

|    |          | Maharashtra       |        |                | 10122250   |
|----|----------|-------------------|--------|----------------|------------|
|    |          | Contained WO3     |        | 0 18591        | 18591      |
|    |          | Rajasthan         |        |                |            |
|    |          | Ore               |        | 0 23928294     | 23928294   |
|    |          | Contained WO3     |        | 0 93708        | 93708      |
|    |          | Tamil Nadu        |        |                |            |
|    |          | Ore               |        | 0 250000       | 250000     |
|    |          | Contained WO3     |        | 0 50           | 50         |
|    |          | Uttarakhand       |        |                |            |
|    |          | Ore               |        | 0 658000       | 658000     |
|    |          | Contained WO3     |        | 0 705          | 705        |
|    |          | West Bengal       |        |                |            |
|    |          | Ore               |        | 0 763802       | 763802     |
|    |          | Contained WO3     |        | 0 1531         | 1531       |
|    |          | ALL INIDA         |        |                |            |
|    |          | Ore               |        | 0 89432464     | 89432464   |
|    |          | Contained WO3     |        | 0 144650       | 144650     |
|    | VANADIUM | Karnataka         | Tonnes |                |            |
| 12 |          | Ore               |        | 0 19384430     | 19384430   |
|    |          | Contained V 2 O 5 |        | 0 49498        | 49498      |
|    |          | Maharashtra       |        |                |            |
|    |          | Ore               |        | 0 384630       | 384630     |
|    |          | Contained V 2 O 5 |        | 0 1539         | 1539       |
|    |          | Odisha            |        |                |            |
|    |          | Ore               |        | 0 4864795      | 4864795    |
|    |          | Contained V 2 O 5 |        | 0 13558        | 13558      |
|    |          | ALL INIDA         |        |                |            |
|    |          | Ore               |        | 0 24633855     | 24633855   |
|    |          | Contained V 2 O 5 |        | 0 64594        | 64594      |
| 13 | ZIRCON   | Kerala            | Tonnes | 156509 1240355 | 1396864    |
|    |          | Odisha            |        | 476672 390247  | 866919     |

|                                               | Tamil Nadu ALL INIDA                          | 36285 669466                                  | 43833 1674435                                 |                                               |                                               |
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| ** negligible                                 | ** negligible                                 | ** negligible                                 | ** negligible                                 | ** negligible                                 | ** negligible                                 |
| * contains glauconite, polyhalite and sylvite | * contains glauconite, polyhalite and sylvite | * contains glauconite, polyhalite and sylvite | * contains glauconite, polyhalite and sylvite | * contains glauconite, polyhalite and sylvite | * contains glauconite, polyhalite and sylvite |
| figures rounded off                           | figures rounded off                           | figures rounded off                           | figures rounded off                           | figures rounded off                           | figures rounded off                           |

## Annexure-IV

State-wise Production of Critical & Strategic Minerals during the Last Five Years

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| State                | District             | 2020-21              | 2020-21              | 2021-22              | 2021-22              | 2022-23(P)           | 2022-23(P)           | 2023-24(P)           | 2023-24(P)           | 2024-25(P)           | 2024-25(P)           |
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| State                | District             | Quan tity            | Value                | Quan tity            | Value                | Quan tity            | Value s              | Quan tity            | Value s              | Quan tity            | Value s              |
| Graphite (Tonne)     | Graphite (Tonne)     | Graphite (Tonne)     | Graphite (Tonne)     | Graphite (Tonne)     | Graphite (Tonne)     | Graphite (Tonne)     | Graphite (Tonne)     | Graphite (Tonne)     | Graphite (Tonne)     | Graphite (Tonne)     | Graphite (Tonne)     |
| CHHATTISG ARH        | SURGUJ A             | 1701                 | 2041                 | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    | 1007                 | 421                  | 0                    | 0                    |
| JHARKHAN D           | LATEHAR              | 3259                 | 3178                 | 0                    | 0                    | 9356                 | 9122                 | 12734                | 12416                | 91                   | 89                   |
| JHARKHAN D           | PALAMU               | 2703                 | 2891                 | 54                   | 59                   | 2806                 | 1493                 | 8022                 | 7220                 | 212                  | 266                  |
| ODISHA               | BALANGI R            | 4920                 | 4822                 | 2610                 | 2545                 | 4005                 | 5018                 | 2589                 | 3244                 | 2940                 | 3351                 |
| ODISHA               | NUAPAD A             | 11464                | 1190 0               | 7726                 | 7723                 | 8865                 | 10470                | 10757                | 12848                | 3210                 | 1676                 |
| ODISHA               | RAYAGA DA            | 1313                 | 2991                 | 116284               | 5894 8               | 15542                | 87814                | 54709                | 12930                | 927666               | 99203                |
| TAMIL NADU           | SIVAGAN GA           | 10026                | 3240                 | 436214               | 5287 2               | 54216                | 66235                | 79263                | 52945                | 51210                | 24888                |
| Phosphorite (Tonne)  | Phosphorite (Tonne)  | Phosphorite (Tonne)  | Phosphorite (Tonne)  | Phosphorite (Tonne)  | Phosphorite (Tonne)  | Phosphorite (Tonne)  | Phosphorite (Tonne)  | Phosphorite (Tonne)  | Phosphorite (Tonne)  | Phosphorite (Tonne)  | Phosphorite (Tonne)  |
| MADHYA PR ADESH      | CHHATA RPUR          | 97880                | 9200                 | 799530               | 9355 8               | 25384 5              | 26325 0              | 97864                | 17743 9              | 22753 8              | 28522 6              |
| MADHYA PR ADESH      | JHABUA               | 0                    |                      | 014200               | 1783 5               | 15156 5              | 17647 2              | 13910 0              | 15024 1              | 13760 9              | 15918 9              |
| MADHYA PR ADESH      | SAGAR                | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    | 39575                | 43533                | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    | 0                    |
| RAJASTHAN            | UDAIPUR              | 13579 49             | 4602 518             | 12812 29             | 6536 677             | 15334 65             | 11871 363            | 13208 19             | 11108 422            | 14407 66             | 11808 229            |
| Tin Concentrate (Kg) | Tin Concentrate (Kg) | Tin Concentrate (Kg) | Tin Concentrate (Kg) | Tin Concentrate (Kg) | Tin Concentrate (Kg) | Tin Concentrate (Kg) | Tin Concentrate (Kg) | Tin Concentrate (Kg) | Tin Concentrate (Kg) | Tin Concentrate (Kg) | Tin Concentrate (Kg) |
| CHHATTISG ARH        | DANTEW ADA           | 16865                | 1041                 | 326251               | 3247 1               | 45448                | 51818                | 22307                | 17280                | 9215                 | 10278                |
| CHHATTISG ARH        | SUKMA                |                      |                      | 50                   | 148                  |                      |                      | 28                   | 61                   | 47                   | 116                  |

Source: MCDR Returns

(P): Data is Provisional

(Value in Rs'000)