Atomic Minerals Directorate (AMD), a constituent unit of Department of
Atomic Energy (DAE), has surveyed and identified resources of the mineral
monazite (an ore mineral of thorium rare earth elements and phosphate) in beach
and inland sand areas of the country. The State-wise distribution of
availability of monazite sand resources with magnitude of Thorium richness is
as follows:
|
S.No.
|
State
|
Monazite
resources (in million tonnes)
|
|
1
|
ODISHA
|
2.41
|
|
2
|
ANDHRA
PRADESH
|
3.72
|
|
3
|
TAMIL
NADU
|
2.46
|
|
4
|
KERALA
|
1.90
|
|
5
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
0.002
|
|
6
|
GUJARAT
|
0.003
|
|
7
|
WEST
BENGAL
|
1.22
|
|
8
|
BIHAR
|
0.22
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
11.93
|
This information was
provided by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of
North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question
in Rajya Sabha today.
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