CMDC to mine bauxite in Narmadapur and Barima block in the State

01 November 2016

The Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation (CMDC) will soon take up mining of Bauxite in Narmadapur and Barima blocks in Surguja division of the State.

The mining block at Narmadapur is spread over in an area of 47.81 hectares and at Barima it is spread over an area of 54.26 hectares, officials informed.

In July this year, Chief Minister Raman Singh had informed the Chhattisgarh Assembly during the monsoon session that Bauxite deposits have also been found in Jashpur district of the State.

In a written reply to BJP member Yudhhaveer Singh Judev, the Chief Minister informed that there is no indication of limestone deposits existing in the district.

Notably, Chhattisgarh accounted for 6.07 per cent of the total bauxite production in the country in 2013-14, as per the annual report of the Union Ministry of Mines.

Gujarat had the maximum 32.41 per cent share in bauxite production while Jharkhand had 10.53 percent share and Maharashtra had 9.51 per cent share.The remaining bauxite production was reported from Goa, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, it stated.

Incidentally, the total value of mineral production (excluding atomic and minor minerals) in the country during June 2015 was Rs. 18194  crore. The contribution of coal was the highest at Rs 6662  crore (37%).

Next in the order of importance were– petroleum (crude) . 5636  crore, iron ore Rs 1847  crore, natural gas (utilized)  2164 crore, lignite. 516  crore  and limestone 490  crore. These six minerals together contributed about 95% of the total value of mineral production in June 2015.

Moreover, Chhattisgarh had 7.48 per cent share in total value of mineral production in the country during 2014-15, according to the annual report of the Union Ministry of Mines .

As per the report, Rajasthan had share of 11.49 per cent, Gujarat ( 8.85 per cent), Andhra Pradesh ( 8.25 per cent), Chhattisgarh ( 7.48 per cent) followed by Jharkhand ( 7.37 per cent), Odisha ( 6.38 per cent), Maharashtra ( 5.35 per cent), Madhya Pradesh ( 4.70 per cent), West Bengal ( 4.32 per cent), Assam  (4.04 per cent), Karnataka (2.96 per cent) and Uttar Pradesh ( 2.72 per cent).

The remaining States and Union Territories having individual share of less than 2.5 per cent all together accounted for remaining of total value of mineral production during the year under review, the report stated.

State-wise analysis revealed that during 2014-15, the value of mineral production have shown a mixed trend as compared to the previous year.

The states which have indicated an increase in the value of mineral production are — Tripura (14.3 per cent), Karnataka ( 1.6 per cent),  Bihar (6.6 per cent),  Himachal Pradesh ( 16.5 per cent), Mehgalaya ( 61.6 per cent), Uttar Pradesh ( 0.8 per cent) and Chhattisgarh ( 0.7 per cent).

During 2014-15, mineral production was reported from 33 states and union territories which is actual reporting from Mineral Conservation and Development Rules ( MCDR) and fuel minerals from 23 states and estimation of minor minerals for all the 32 states and union territories of which the bulk of value of mineral production of about 94.18 per cent was confined to 13 states ( including off shore areas) only, it stated.

Source – Daily Pioneer