Minerals

Uses

Used

Electrolysis and
Heating

Door knob,
window,

Internally/exter
nally

India

Diethyldithiocarb
amat-e

Room and pillar

method

Copper

India
Banglad
esh
Pakistan
India

leather and
textile
manufactur
ing, electro
painting
Stream
coal, or
cooking
coal
Building
constructio
n and
electronic
product

Gemsto
nes

Sri
Lanka

Water and
vibratory motion

adornment

externally

Graphite Sri
Lanka

Mechanicalmining

automotive
, sports,
steel and
plastic
industries

externally

steel industries
are the largest
consumers of
graphite

Iron ore

India

Heating process
called blast
furness

For making
steel or pig
iron

external

Mangan
ese

India

Mining and
crushing

Use in alloy
or in steel

internal

9th highest
production rate
in
Subcontinents
13.9 million
tons

Mica

India

mining

externally

Over 150,000
metric tons of
scrap and flake
mica are
produced
yearly

Pakistan
India

Drill, thermal
injection, gas
injection,

Used in the
manufactur
ing of
paint, joint
compound,
plastics
rubber
Use for
powering
cars or for

Internally/exter
nally

Approximately
1 million barrel
per day; 4th

Aluminu
m
Chromiu
m

Coal

Natural
Gas

Countrie
s
India

Extraction

Electrolysis and
Heating

Significance

Impact

internal

eight most
abundance
mineral
High level in
ground water;
2nd largest in
the world

Removes
native
vegetation
Negative
effect on
human

Internally/exter
nally

4th highest coal

production

Internally/exter
nally

infrastructure
renewal,
telecommunica
tions
modifications,
medical,
technological
Expensive high
class looking

Air
pollution
Radioactivi
ty
Toxic
waste
Negative
changes in
environme
nt
Environme
ntal
Natural
degradatio
n
Air
pollution
Soil
contamina
tion
Pollution
Distraction
(loud
noises)
Negative
effects on
human
Pollution
and
distraction

Reduce
green
house

Petroleu
m

Pakistan
India
Banglad
esh
Titanium India

Uranium

India
Pakistan

chemical
injection
Drill; thermal,
gas, chemical
injection

heat
Used in
vehicles

Internally/exter
nally

Mining ores

Use to
connect
bone or in
sunscreen
Nuclear
power
plant;
atomic
bombs

externally

Mining ores

internal

largest in the
world
Significant in
deep water

gases

4th largest
significant
reserves in the
world
Nuclear energy

Reduce
corrosion

Air
pollution
Oil spill

Radioactivi
ty