See footnotes at end of table. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF INDIA 449 
 
the offshore output into third or even sec- the offshore area by 1983 will
be at a level ond ranking behind Bihar. According to the where its value
will put it first in geogracurrent expansion plans, production from phic
ranking and economic importance. 
 
 
Table 1.—India: Production of mineral commodities 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified( 
Commodity' 1976 1977 1978P 1979e 
METALS 
Aluminum: 
  Bauxite, gross weight thousand tons  1,448 1,311 1,653 1,600 
  Alumina,grossweight do_~. 442 e390 480 450 
  Metal,primary --  209,549 179,000 213,729 2211,759 
Antimonymetal,regulus  404 186 -- -- 
Cadmiummetal_~_..  34 44 113 180 
Chromium: Chromite, gross weight  402,118 352,500 265,900 272,000 
Copper: 
  Mine output, metal content  28,800 31,200 e23000 28,500 
  Metal: 
     Smelter  24,800 23,500 19,600 24,100 
     Refined  20,900 22,800 17,600 30,300 
Gold metal, smelter - troy ounces  100,696 96,902 87,579 284,749 
Iron and steel: 
  Iron ore and concentrate, gross weight thousand tons  43,868 42,598 38,155
45,7~0 
  Metal: 
     Pigiron do_~ 9,776 9,796 9,432 8,767 
     Ferroalloys: 
        Ferrochrome  17,059 18,068 21,474 19,000 
        Ferromanganese  175,506 193,908 219,517 205,000 
        Ferrosilicon  53,970 44,675 52,899 45,400 
        Ferrosilicochrome  5,002 4,155 3,970 3,600 
        Other  303 10,833 3,540 900 
 
Crude steel: 
 Steel ingots thousand tons — 9,194 9,852 9,917 9,400 
 Steelcastings do~~ 61 66 e70 65 
 Total do~ 9,255 9,918 e9,987 9,465 
 
Semimanufactures:' 
 Angles, shapes, sections do - - - 908 1,012 1,040 1,000 
 Barsandrods do~~ 2,534 2,312 2,300 2,200 
 Plates and sheets: 
    Uncoated do~ 970 1,019 1,062 1,100 
    Galvanized do..~ 178 192 194 200 
    Tinplate do~ 114 110 90 10(( 
 Hoop, strip, strapping, skelp do - — — 1,092 1,166 1,153
1,100

 Railsandaccessories do~~ 376 497 452 500 
 Wire do~ 321 326 351 300 
 Special steels, not further specified do - - - 322 352 422 400 
          Total                           do~~ 6,815 6,986 7,064 6,900 
Lead: 
  Mineoutput,metalcontent 12,120 12,720 e16,200 13,000 
  Metal, primary 5,435 7,588 9,177 10,000 
Magnesium 30 107 23 45 
Manganese ore and concentrate, gross weight thousand tons  1,835 1,865 1,568
1,630 
Rare'earth metals: Monazite concentrate, gross weighte 3,000 r ~2,734 3,272
2,800 
Selenium                               kilograms~ 723 4,078 5,151 5,000 
Silver, mine and smelter output — - - - thousand troy ounces. 
102
425 389 450 
Titanium concentrates, gross weight:e 
  Ilmenite 82,000 ~' l37,3SO ~149,000 143,000 
  Rutile 3,600 ~~S,49l ~5,OOO 9,000 
Tungsten,mineoutput,metalcontent 23 28 21 23 
Zinc: 
  Mineoutput,metalcontent 27,408 32,500 39,768 39,000 
  Metal 26,785 35,997 59,354 65,000 
Zirconium concentrate: Zircon, gross weighte 10,300 r10,677 10,322 10,000

                  NONMETALS 
Abrasives, natural, n.e.s.: 
  corundum,natural r528 1,306 1,076 1,100 
  Garnet 2,075 1,825 2,467 6,806