Indian Reserves
Giving an overview of the country’s reserves position, the study points out th at out of the 10,420 lt of recoverable china clay reserves in the country, some 71 per cent was located in West Bengal, Rajasthan, Orissa and Kerala and the remaining reserves are spread over in 15 different States. Most of the reserves are in “possible and probable” categories with a meager four per cent in the proved category. Quality-wise, the reserves are classified into different grades as per the end-use consumption, of which six, namely, paper/textile, insecticide, chemical, ceramic/pottery, paper filler and rubber are well defined. Eighty-two per cent of the reserves are in the not known, mixed, unclassified and other grades which need to be further classified as per end-use consumption through further exploration studies.
