Production and Distribution of Iron Ore in India - A Critical Review on Potential Use of Iron Ore Tailings as …
India's iron ore production fell in 2020 in respect to 2019, mainly due to the decline in output from the country's largest-producing state of Odisha. The delay in the auctioning of mines in Odisha – which were to be held in March 2019 – due to the lack of clarity on the maximum lease area, impacted production in the state.General. The total cultivable area in India is 1,945,355 km 2 (56.78% of it total land area), which is shrinking due to population pressures, desertification and rapid urbanisation. India has a total water surface area of 360,400 km 2.. India's major mineral resources include coal (4th largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese ore (7th largest reserve in the …