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 ...