India, March 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), a constituent unit of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), has established resources of Beach Sand Minerals (BSM) in the red (teri) and coastal beach sands in parts of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, West Bengal and Jharkhand.
State
Deposits
Ilmenite
Rutile
Leucoxene
Monazite
Zircon
Garnet
Sillimanite
THM
Odisha
13
172.25
7.19
0.94
3.22
6.00
71.60
90.17
351.36
Andhra Pradesh
25
178.75
11.46
3.64
4.05
12.75
67.30
81.85
359.79
Tamil Nadu
54
191.29
8.35
6.56
2.55
10.75
71.15
39.99
330.64
Kerala
35
144.02
8.74
8.23
1.84
7.96
7.38
64.72
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