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[[File:Shiva dancing Tandava.jpg|right|thumb|Use of copper in ancient India in making of idols such as dancing or [[Tandava]] [[Shiva]].]]
'''Copper production in India''' is only about 2 percent of world [[copper]] production in view of its potential reserve limited to 60,000 km<sup>2</sup> (2% of world reserve) of which 20,000 km<sup>2</sup> area has been subject to exploration, as of 2012.<ref name=Mine>{{Cite web|url=http://mines.nic.in/writereaddata/UploadFile/HCL_PDAC_13.pdf|title=Opportunities in Indian Copper Mining Industry|access-date=13 June 2016|publisher=National Informatics Center|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427224356/http://mines.nic.in/writereaddata/UploadFile/HCL_PDAC_13.pdf|archive-date=27 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> But in production it is still within the first 20 countries of the world and also one of its largest importers in line with China, Japan, South Korea and Germany.<ref name=Price>{{Cite web|url=http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/546310/analyzing_the_indian_copper_industry|title=Analyzing the Indian Copper Industry:ID: 546310|date=May 2013|publisher= Researchandmarkets.com}}</ref> As of April 2005 survey by the Indian Bureau of Mines the total reserve has been estimated as 1394.42 million tonnes out of which 369.49 million tonnes (26.5%) is categorized as “reserves” (under "proved and probable categories"). The balance 1024.93 million tonnes is termed under “remaining resources” (to be confirmed by studies and measurements).<ref name=Nag>{{Cite web|url=http://ibm.nic.in/writereaddata/files/07072014112340marketsurvey_copper.pdf|title=Copper: A Market Survey|access-date=13 June 2016|publisher=Controller General Indian Bureau of Mines, Nagpur}}</ref>

==History==
Mining of copper in India historically is more than 2000 years old. But its production to meet industrial demand is noted from the middle of the 1960s.<ref name=Info>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/infonug/infyr2001/infofeb2001/i070220011.html|title=Copper Mining In India|access-date=13 June 2016|publisher=Press Information Bureau:National Informatics Center}}</ref>

In India, copper ore has been identified in varying structural formations as "host rocks" in several geological formations of different geological time scale. The resource has been identified and explored to varying degree in 14 states of the country such as [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Gujarat]], [[Haryana]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Karnataka]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Meghalaya]], [[Orissa, India|Orissa]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Sikkim]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Uttarakhand]] and [[West Bengal]].<ref name=Nag/>

==Production==
[[File:Copper vase nm india.JPG|right|thumb|Copper Vase which contained the 1821 Gold Coins of the Gupta Period found at Bayana, District Bharatpur, Rajasthan]]
Mining is done by both opencast and underground methods. The major copper mines are the Khetri copper belt in Rajasthan, Singhbhum copper belt in Jharkhand and Malanjkhand copper belt in Madhya Pradesh which are mined by HCL; Singhbhum belt is mined by M/s Indian Copper Complex. While the Ingeldhal mine is operated by M/s Hutti Gold Mines Ltd, the Dikchu mine is in Sikkim under the Sikkim Mining Corporation (SMC).<ref name=Info/>

Mining production is just 0.2% of world's production, whereas refined copper production is about 4% of world's production.<ref name=Mine/>

In 2011, according to the Ministry of Mines, India exported refined copper, which was initially done excursively by the mines owned by [[Hindustan Copper|Hindustan Copper Ltd]] (HCL) (incorporated as Indian Copper Corporation Ltd. in 1972) since 1967, a [[Government of India]] undertaking. Now there are three more manufacturers in this field such as [[Hindalco Industries|Hindalco Industries Ltd]], [[Sterlite Industries|Sterlite Industries Ltd]] and [[Jagadia Copper Ltd]].<ref name=Nag/>{{Sfn|Survey|2012|p=10}} However, HCL is the dominant industry which has wide range of production capability in mining, beneficiation, smelting, refining and continuous cast rod manufacturing.<ref name=Nag/>

Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand are the only states involved in production of copper ore in the country. However, copper concentrates are imported by the Birla copper
of Hindalco Industries Limited and Sterlite Industries Limited to produce copper metal located in the States of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, respectively.<ref name=Nag/>

Global ranking is 4th in smelter production and 7th in refined copper consumption.<ref name=Mine/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last=Survey|first=Geological|title=Area Reports: International Review: 2010, International, Asia and the Pacific|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oVbf0Uyok8oC&pg=SA10-PA2|date=26 October 2012|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=978-1-4113-3173-0}}

[[Category:Copper mines in India|India]]
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Copper production in India - Revision history

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