Statewise Iron Ore Reserve (in descending order)
Karnataka (largest)
Orissa
Jharkhand
Chattisgarh
Statewise Iron ore Production (in descending order)
Orissa (largest)
Karnataka
Chhattisgarh
Goa
95 % haematite resource of India is distributed mainly in Orissa, Jharkhand,
Karnataka and Goa.
Magnetite resource is 10 , 619 million ton of which 59 million ton is reserve
which is located mainly in Goa, Rajasthan and Jharkhand. The rest 10 , 560 million
ton ( 99 %) magnetite resource is in ‘Remaining Resources’ category which is found
mainly in Karnataka ( 74 %) and Andhra Pradesh ( 14 %)