India sees increment in iron ore, non-ferrous metal production in April-May FY26
Total iron ore production was 289 mmt in FY25.
Manganese ore production has risen by 1.4 per cent to 0.70 mmt in April-May from 0.69 mmt in the same period last fiscal. Bauxite production increased by 0.9 per cent to 4.73 mmt while zinc concentrate production rose by 3.7 per cent to 0.29 mmt and limestone production went up by 1.6 per cent to 81.40 mmt in April-May FY26 compared with year-ago period.
In non-ferrous metals, primary aluminium production registered 1.3 per cent growth in April-May this fiscal year to 7.07 lakh tonne (LT) from 6.98 LT in same period last fiscal. Copper production has also increased by 43.5 per cent to 0.99 LT.
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