Country profile
India
For India, Rare Context holds 29 assets and rights in 1 class and figures on mine production and reserves. It is the largest producer of feldspar and nepheline syenite, barite, clays and 2 more commodities among the countries the USGS lists.
Assets and rights
Each class links to its page for India.
- Carbon projects29 · 21,798,847 tCO2e
Mine production and reserves
34 commodities in the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, the ones where India ranks highest first.
| Commodity | Mine production, 2025 | World rank | Reserves, 2025 | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feldspar and nepheline syenite | 6,000,000 t/year 0% | #1 of 11 | 320,000,000 t | #3 of 6 |
| Barite | 3,000,000 t/year +15% | #1 of 10 | 51,000,000 t | #4 of 6 |
| Clays, kaolin | 8,400,000 t/year 0% | #1 of 10 | — | — |
| Iron oxide pigments, ocher | 3,400,000 t/year +3% | #1 of 2 | 37,000,000 t | only one listed |
| Talc and pyrophyllite, steatite | 1,500,000 t/year −3% | #1 of 2 | 110,000,000 t | only one listed |
| Clays, bentonite | 3,700,000 t/year 0% | #2 of 11 | — | — |
| Clays, fuller’s earth | 730,000 t/year 0% | #2 of 7 | — | — |
| Wollastonite | 120,000 t/year +4% | #2 of 4 | — | — |
| Iron ore, iron content | 190,000,000 t/year +9% | #3 of 17 | 3,400,000,000 t | #5 of 17 |
| Iron ore, usable ore | 310,000,000 t/year +10% | #3 of 17 | — | — |
24 more commodities
| Commodity | Mine production, 2025 | World rank | Reserves, 2025 | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt | 30,000,000 t/year −12% | #3 of 23 | — | — |
| Garnet (industrial) | 15,000 t/year 0% | #4 of 6 | 8,600,000 t | #2 of 4 |
| Titanium mineral concentrates, rutile | 13,000 t/year +8% | #4 of 6 | 670,000 t | #6 of 6 |
| Zinc, zinc content | 870,000 t/year 0% | #4 of 10 | 10,000,000 t | #6 of 9 |
| Chromium, chromium content | 3,000,000 t/year −11% | #4 of 7 | — | — |
| Bauxite, dry weight | 25,000,000 t/year 0% | #5 of 13 | 650,000,000 t | #8 of 13 |
| Manganese, gross weight | 790,000 t/year +8% | #6 of 8 | 34,000,000 t | #6 of 7 |
| Lead, lead content | 220,000 t/year −3% | #6 of 12 | 1,900,000 t | #8 of 11 |
| Rare earths, rare-earth-oxide (REO) equivalent | 2,900 t/year 0% | #6 of 12 | — | — |
| Graphite (natural) | 17,000 t/year −3% | #7 of 18 | 8,600,000 t | #8 of 15 |
| Sand and gravel (industrial) | 12,000,000 t/year +1% | #7 of 20 | — | — |
| Mica (natural), scrap and flake | 13,000 t/year −7% | #8 of 10 | — | — |
| Titanium mineral concentrates, ilmenite | 240,000 t/year +4% | #9 of 11 | 15,000,000 t | #7 of 9 |
| Vermiculite | 2,000 t/year 0% | #10 of 11 | 1,600,000 t | #6 of 6 |
| Silver, silver content | 800 t/year +14% | #10 of 14 | 8,000 t | #10 of 12 |
| Gypsum | 4,300,000 t/year 0% | #11 of 19 | 37,000,000 t | #9 of 9 |
| Magnesium compounds, magnesium oxide (MgO) content | 85,000 t/year −27% | #12 of 12 | 66,000,000 t | #8 of 12 |
| Copper, copper content | 23,000 t/year −15% | #14 of 14 | 2,200,000 t | #14 of 14 |
| Phosphate rock, marketable phosphate rock | 1,500,000 t/year −12% | #19 of 24 | 31,000,000 t | #21 of 24 |
| Mica (natural), sheet | 1,000 t/year 0% | only one listed | 110,000 t | #1 of 2 |
| Chromium, Cr2O3 content | — | — | 27,000,000 t | #4 of 8 |
| Chromium, ore | — | — | 79,000,000 t 2024 | #4 of 8 |
| Iron ore, crude ore | — | — | 5,500,000,000 t | #8 of 17 |
| Kyanite and related minerals, kyanite and sillimanite | 2,500 t/year −8% | only one listed | 9,100,000 t | only one listed |
World rank among the countries the USGS lists for each commodity, largest first. A percentage is the change on the year before.
Largest owners in India
By number of assets and rights they own, operate or hold here. Grid operators and users are not counted.
Data on this page
- Berkeley Offsets Database. Berkeley Offsets Database, CC BY 4.0.
- USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026. USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, CC0 1.0.