This document discusses India's mineral resources. It notes that India produces 89 minerals, including 4 fuel minerals, 11 metals, 52 non-metals, and 22 minor minerals. The main metallic minerals produced are iron ore, copper ore, chromite, zinc concentrates, gold, manganese ore, bauxite, and lead concentrates. The major non-metallic minerals are limestone, magnesite, dolomite, barytes, kaolin, gypsum, apatite, phosphorite, steatite and fluorite. The mineral industry in India includes 565 coal mines and 85 oil and gas projects employing over 1 million people daily on average.