Write short notes on Production of bauxite in India.
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Orissa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Maharashtra,Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh,Chhattisgarh are the main bauxite producing states in India. Orissa: is the largest bauxite producing state accounting for more than half of the total production of India.It is a rock composed mainly of aluminum-bearing minerals. It forms when laterite soils are severely leached of silica and other soluble materials in a wet tropical or subtropical climate. Bauxite is the primary ore of aluminum. Almost all of the aluminum that has ever been produced has been extracted from bauxite.
The total in situ reserves are 3.076 million tonnes. About 84 per cent of the in situ reserve is of metallurgical grade. The conditional resources of bauxite are about 5, 99,780 tonnes. In addition, prospective resources are placed at 90 million tonnes.
Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Jharkhand are the principal states where bauxite deposits are located. Major reserves are concentrated in the East Coast Bauxite deposits of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.