ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT - Department of Mines

Survey and Regulation and Mining and

Exploration Conservation Processing
Geological Survey of Indian Bureau of Mines Bharat Aluminium
India Company Limited

Mineral Exploration Hindustan Zinc Limited

Corporation Limited

Hindustan Copper
Limited

National Aluminium
Company Limited

Sikkim Mining
Corporation
Bharat Gold Mines
Limited
Development
 Ministry of Coal & Mines
•Department of Mines - Mines and Minerals in respect of all minerals other than
coal, lignite, natural gas and petroleum.
•Department of Coal - Coal and Lignite

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas - Oil and Natural Gas

Ministry of Science & Technology

• Department of Atomic Energy - The atomic minerals

Regulation: Indian Bureau of Mines

• Central Government - In respect of ten minerals approval is necessary before grant of

mineral concessions
• State Governments - Issue reconnaissance permits, prospecting licenses over these

minerals.
• Private sector mines - 2,287
Total working mines - 3,108
• Public sector mines - 821

CONTRIBUTION OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR

The public sector contributes over 88 percent of the total value of mineral production.
IRON ORE SECTOR: Public sector
enterprises ZINC-LEAD
National Mineral Development Hindustan Zinc Limited.
Corporation,
GOLD
Kudremukh Iron Ore company,
Bharat Gold Mines
Steel Authority of India Limited
Hutti Gold Mines Limited
Orissa Mining Corporation
ROCK PHOSPHATE
ALUMUNIUM (66 percent of aluminum
production in India). Rajasthan State Mines and Minerals
Limited
National Aluminum Company
BARYTES
Bharat Aluminum Company,
Andhra Pradesh Mining Development
COPPER
Hindustan Copper Limited,

Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM)

 Enforcement of Mines and Minerals (Regulation and
Development) Act,
Disseminates statistical information on mines, minerals,
metals and mineral based industries through its various
publications which are available for sale on commercial
basis.
Technical expertise & consultancy for mine planning and
feasibility studies.

Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL)

 Undertakes detailed exploration of various
minerals/ores by drilling, and exploratory mining.
 Engages in proving the existence of reserves for their
eventual exploitation.
Geological Survey of India (GSI)
Established in 1851, India’s oldest investigative agencies in the field of earth sciences
 Principal agency for assessment of geological and regional
mineral resources
 Six regional offices with 2900 geoscientists and technical professionals
 Specialized wings - marine, coal geophysics, airborne surveys and
training.
 Laboratories petrological, paleontological, chemical, mineralogical,
geochronological, geotechnical and geophysical
 Geological mapping, covering an area of approximately 3.146
million sq. km, or 94 percent of the area of India.
 Research and development of mapping and exploration
techniques.
 Scientific surveys and research, for locating mineral resources.
 Geological maps and data are available with GSI on a commercial
basis.