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Revision note: Mineral and Energy Resources and the Location of Industries in India
- Mineral heartland: Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh
- Iron ore: Odisha top; Bailadila, Keonjhar, Kudremukh; magnetite richest
- Bauxite: Odisha (Panchpatmali); copper: Khetri, Malanjkhand; mica: Koderma
- Coal: ~70% of power; Gondwana ~98% (Damodar valley); lignite at Neyveli; >1 bn t in 2024–25
- Oil: Digboi oldest; Mumbai High largest; ~85–88% imported
- Non-fossil capacity >50% (June 2025); three-stage nuclear plan; thorium in monazite
- Weber: weight-losing materials → near source; sugar shifted to Maharashtra
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