BAUXITE
- Odisha is the largest producer of Bauxite in India
- Bauxite is a non-ferrous metallic mineral
- Found mainly in tertiary deposits and is associated with laterite rocks
- Major Bauxite reserves are in Jharkhand, Maharashtra, MP, Chhatisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka,
- Tamil Nadu, Goa and UP. Huge deposits of bauxite have been discovered in the Eastern
- Ghats in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu (Salem, Nilgiri and Madurai district), and
- UP (Banda district) also have workable deposits of bauxite
- India’s reserves of bauxite are sufficient to keep the country self-reliant
- India also exports bauxite to a number of countries. The leading importer of Indian bauxite is Italy
- Uses: Bauxite is used in manufacturing of aluminium. It is also used for manufacturing of white colour cement and certain chemicals.