Question

World's and India's Largest Producer of Thorium
1. Which country is the largest producer of thorium in the world? 2. Which Indian State is the largest producer of thorium?

Answer 1

India is the largest producer of thorium and Kerala is the state

Answer 2

Answer:

World's largest supply of thorium, about 18.7% is obtained from the island continent of Australia, followed by the United States of America on 15.3% and Turkey on third. India is the "fourth largest producer" of thorium contributing to 12.2% of the world's thorium bounty. All these four countries amount to more than fifty percent of the world's thorium share.

India's supply of thorium is concentrated along the eastern coastal belt. According to the 2016 "monazite reserve" estimates, a whopping 31% is contributed by Andhra Pradesh, followed by Tamil Nadu at 21%. Overall the mining report of thorium was around 3.72 million tones of Monazite in 2014.