印度正在稳步地成为世界主要采矿国,其矿物总产值目前在美国、苏联、中国、南非、澳大利亚及波兰之后居世界第7位。1985年,包括煤在内的印度采矿总产值为38亿美元。考虑到其众多的人口,印度已计划到2000年将要提高所有矿物的产量、达到125亿美元的产值水平。按露天与地下开采分类的主要矿物的储量和产量如下表所示。 India is steadily becoming the world’s leading mining country, with its mineral output currently the seventh largest in the world after the United States, the Soviet Union, China, South Africa, Australia and Poland. In 1985, total mining output in India, including coal, was 3.8 billion U.S. dollars. Given its large population, India has plans to raise the output of all its minerals by the year 2000 to 12.5 billion U.S. dollars. The reserves and yields of the major minerals classified by open pit and underground mining are shown in the table below.