Beach Sand Minerals In India

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jul 21, 2012 policy on exploitation of beach sand minerals? kerala and orissa, the sands contain monazite, ilmenite, zircon, rutile, garnet and sillimanite. mining and production of these minerals was reserved for the public sector; but in 1998 policy changed to allow selective entry of the private sector.dec 01, 2013 beach sand minerals are primarily of types ilmenite, rutile, zircon, garnet. monazite and sillimanite. Of these, private sector is not allowed to mine monazite, which is the primary source of radio-active thorium, a strategic metal and integral part of indias three-stage nuclear power programme. according to the mining engineers feb 26, 2019 not only minerals but others such as transworld garnet india pvt ltd, beach minerals sand company and indian ocean garnet sands group had illegally transported minerals By the end of 2016 reliable press sources had reported that official probes acknowledged that v.v. minerals had illegally transported 9.65 lakh tonnes of heavy minerals during and well after the ban on beach sand mining and issuances of transport permits for raw sand and minerals had come into force in