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The vast and largely unexplored mineral treasure of the State offers opportunities for mining and value addition. |
| Dimensional Stones The State has substantial reserves of different varieties of dimensional stones like marble, granite, sandstone and slate with tremendous export potential and forward linkages with the booming construction industry. Potential also lies in value addition by manufacturing various architectural elements and artifacts like grizzlies, pillars, columns, slabs and show pieces, etc. |
Base and Noble Metals
These prospects may be exploited by setting up of centralised small smelters at Udaipur, Bhilwara, Sirohi and Alwar. |
| Lignite Rajasthan has more than 4300 million tonnes of lignite reserves in Barmer, Bikaner and Nagaur districts. Lignite currently is being produced at Giral area in Barmer and Matasukh area in Nagaur district. In last few years, 10 lignite blocks in Barmer, Bikaner and Nagaur districts have been allotted for setting up Thermal Power Plants. |
| Mining & Mineral Processing At total of 79 kinds of minerals are available in the State whereas 58 minerals are produced on commercial scale. Rajasthan is the prime producer of zinc, wollastonite, garnet (gem), selenite and jasper, lead, silver, calcite, gypsum and amphibole variety of asbestos in the country. Besides, the State is India's leading producer of ochre's (94%), phosphate (93%), steatite (77%), ball clay (66%), and fire clay (23%). Rajasthan is also India's second largest producer of fluorite (23%), feldspar (20%), copper (44%) and silica sand (18%). Cairn Energy has discovered huge petroleum and gas reserves in Barmer district from where production will commence from 2009. |
