MINES AND MINERALS
(DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION) ACT, 1957
(No. 67 of 1957)
(As ammended up to 20th December, 1999)
[THE FIRST SCHEDULE
[See sections 4(3), 5(1), 7(2) and 8(2)]
SPECIFIED MINERALS
PART A. Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals
- Coal and Lignite.
PART B. Atomic Minerals
- Beryl and other beryllium-bearing minerals.
- Lithium-bearing minerals.
- Minerals of the "rare earths" group containing Uranium and Thorium.
- Niobium-bearing minerals.
- Phosphorites and other phosphatic ores containing Uranium.
- Pitchblende and other Uranium ores.
- [Titanium bearing minerals and ores (ilmenite, rutile and leucoxene)].
- Tantallium-bearing minerals.
- Uraniferous allanite, monazite and other thorium minerals.
- Uranium bearing tailings left over from ores after extraction of copper and gold,
ilmenite and other titanium ores.
- [Zirconium bearing minerals and ores including Zircon].
PART C. Metallic and Non-Metallic Minerals
- Asbestos.
- Bauxite.
- Chrome ore.
- Copper ore.
- Gold.
- Iron ore.
- Lead.
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- Manganese ore.
- Precious stones.
- Zinc.]
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