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Banking service chronicle
Banking service chronicle published this article page no 7 most of the metallic minerals in india occur in the peninsular plateau region in the old crystalline rocks. over 97 per cent of coal reserves occur in the valleys of damodar sone mahanadi and godavari. petroleum reserves are located in the sedimentary basins of assam gujarat and mumbai high i.e. off-shore region in the arabian sea. new reserves have been located in the krishna-godavari and kaveri basins. most of the major mineral resources occur to the east of a line linking mangaluru and kanpur. minerals are generally concentrated in three broad belts in india. there may be some sporadic occurrences here and there in isolated pockets. these belts are the north-eastern plateau region this belt covers chhotanagpur jharkhand odisha plateau west bengal and parts of chhattisgarh. have you ever thought about the reason of major iron and steel industry being located in this region it has variety of minerals viz. iron ore coal manganese bauxite mica banking services chronicle monthly magazine.