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As per the provisional statistics of the Indian Bureau of Mines, the cumulative growth for the period April to February 2021-22 over the corresponding period of the previous year has increased by 13.2 per cent
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The Ministry of Mines on Thursday said that the index of mineral production of the mining and quarrying sector for the month of February 2022 at 123.2 which was 4.5 per cent higher compared to February 2021.
As per the provisional statistics of the Indian Bureau of Mines, the cumulative growth for the period April to February 2021-22 over the corresponding period of the previous year has increased by 13.2 per cent.
The production level of important minerals in February 2022 was coal 795 lakh tonnes, natural gas (utilised) 2515 million cu. m., petroleum (crude) 23 lakh tonnes, gold 125 kg, iron ore 227 lakh tonnes and diamond 48 carat, according to the ministry.
Talking about the production of important minerals, the ministry said that it is showing positive growth during February 2022 over February 2021 which includes diamond (43.4 per cent), natural gas (U) (12.5 per cent) etc.
The production of other important minerals showing negative growth include limestone (-0.5 per cent), gold (-2.1 per cent), petroleum (crude) (-2.2 per cent), lead conc (-14.0 per cent), manganese ore (-17.3 per cent), copper conc (-19.8 per cent) and chromite (-33.1 per cent).