India’s mineral production index for mining and quarrying climbed 29.4pc from April 2020 to May 2021 and 23.3pc this May from the same month last year according to provisional data from the country’s Ministry of Mines.
Iron ore and copper concentrate production rose 1.3pc and 120.4pc respectively in May 2021 to settle at 23.4mn mt and 10,000mt.
Meanwhile, India’s zinc and lead concentrate output fell 0.5pc and 13.7pc, respectively, to 112,000mt and 26,000mt in the same timeframe.