Submitted by- Baishali Garg

PG Second Semester, Roll No. 24

Department of Geography
Cotton University
 WHAT ARE MINERAL-BASED INDUSTRY?
• Manufacturing industries that use minerals as
raw materials are called mineral based
industries.
• It can be categorized into three types. They
are –
• Metallic industry.
• Non-metallic industry.
• Chemical industry.
Important Mineral-based Industries in
Assam are-

• Coal
• Petroleum(crude)
• Natural Gas (utilized)
 COAL INDUSTRY IN
ASSAM
• Existence of coal deposits in Upper Assam had
been known long back since the days of British
occupation.
• Quality of coal found here is not of superior
quality.
• Deposits from both Gondwana and Tertiary
ages can be traced here.
COAL INDUSTRY OF ASSAM

• The coalfields of Assam include

• Makum coal fields
• Jaipur coal fields
• Najira Coal Fields
• Jhanji and Disai Coal deposits
Coal Production of the coalfield regions

Coalfields Production ( in million tonnes)

Makum 191
Jaipur 28
Naginimora 10
Karbi Anglong 15.7

Source: Geography of Assam,Majid Hussein

YEAR/MONTH TOTAL MINNIG (IN MILLION TONNES)
Apr-15 92.61
May-15 95.92
Jun-15 91.13
Jul-15 106.28
Aug-15 103.16
Sep-15 103.85
Oct-15 98.19
Nov-15 101.87
Dec-15 104.54
Jan-16 102.6
Feb-16 96.65
Mar-16 101.25

Source: Statistical Handbook of Assam 2015-2016

States Coal Resources (in million tonnes)
jharkhand 81172
Odisha 75896
Chhattisgarh 56036
West Bengal 31529
Madhya Pradesh 26907
Telangana 21415
Maharastra 11436
Andhra Pradesh 1581
Uttarpradesh 1062
Meghalaya 576
Assam 525
Nagaland 315
Bihar 160
Sikkim 101
Arunachal Pradesh 90
Petroleum Industry In Assam
• Up to 1960s, Assam was the only oil producing
state in the country.
• Assam Railway and Trading Company drilled
14 oil well .
• Assam Oil Company was constituted in 1899.
• Burma Oil company took over the Assam oil
company.
• Set up a new refinery at Digboi.
Petroleum Industry In Assam

• Also found in Barak valley in Badarpur and

Pothoria.
• Presently Oil is found in Naharkatiya, Geleki,
Torajan, Lakhua, Rudrasagar etc.
• Geleki Oil fields are the largest in Assam.
• ONGC and Oil India Ltd are presently involved
in exploration of oil.
Petroleum Production(in million tonnes) during
1974-1993

Year Assam
1974 3.74
1975 4.19
1976 4.29
1977 4.47
1978 4.08
1979 4.07
1980 1.06
1981 4.39
1987 5.14
1989 5.77
1990 5
1993 4.74
Source: Statistical Handbook of Assam, 1994
 Natural Gas Industry in Assam
• Assam accounts for 50% of India's onshore
production of natural gas.
• Almost all the petroleum producing areas of
the upper Brahmaputra contain ‘associated
natural gas'.
• Barak Valley, on the other hand, contains ‘free
natural gas' in the Adamtila structure.
Natural Gas Industry in Assam

• Some important industry built up on the basis

of Natural gas are-
– Namrup Thermal Fertilizer Company
– Namrup Thermal Power Project
– Assam Gas company
Year Total Production (in million cubic meter)
1982-83 834.97
1983-84 731.43
1984-85 796.23
1985-86 770.41
1986-87 890.23
1987-88 1031.4
1988-89 975.83
1989-90 1007.73
1990-91 991.01
1991-92 959.12
1992-93 998.52
1993-94 871.79
1994-95 924.08

Source: DGM, Assam

 BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Regional Geography of Assam
• Abani K. Bhagabati, Ashok k. Bora ,Bimal k. Kar

• Regional Geography of Assam

• Majid Hussein

• Statistical Handbook Of Assam (1994,2013)