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Copper Madhya Pradesh India is critically deficient in the reserve and Maharashtra...

Copper Madhya Pradesh India is critically deficient in the reserve and Maharashtra 3% Others 6% 1% production of copper. Being malleable, ductile and a good conductor, copper is mainly used Chhattisgarh 6% in electrical cables, electronics and chemical Gujarat 9% Odisha 65% Jharkhand 10% Fig. 5.5: Production of Bauxite showing state-wise Fig. 5.4: Copper mines at Malanjkhand share in per cent, 2018–19 industries. The Balaghat mines in Madhya Odisha was the largest bauxite producing Pradesh, Khetri mines in Rajasthan and state in India in 2016-17. Panchpatmali Singhbhum district of Jharkhand are leading deposits in Koraput district are the most producers of copper. important bauxite deposits in the state. Bauxite Though, several ores contain aluminium, it is from bauxite, a clay-like substance that alumina and later aluminium is obtained. Bauxite deposits are formed by the decomposition of a wide variety of rocks rich in aluminium silicates. Aluminium is an important metal because it combines the strength of metals such as iron, with extreme lightness and also with good conductivity and great malleability. India’s bauxite deposits are mainly Fig.5.6: Bauxite Mine found in the Amarkantak plateau, Maikal hills and the Dig a little deeper: Locate the mines of plateau region of Bilaspur-Katni. Bauxite on the physical map of India. MINERALS AND ENERGY RESOURCES 47 Reprint 2024-25