Copper
Copper is highly ductile, strong and good conductor of electricity. It is mainly used in electrical machinery, automobile, stainless steel. When alloyed with zinc, it is known as ‘brass’ and with tin as ‘bronze.
o Chilpi Series: It stretches over parts of Balaghat, and Chhindwara districts of Madhya Pradesh. The series consists of quartzite, copper-pyrite, mica schist, and marble. The copper obtained from this series is used in the Malanjkhand Copper Plant
o Ghatsila: Located in Jharkhand, it is a copper smelting plant. It is an electrolytic refinery. It manufactures brass sheets. It also obtains gold, silver, and nickel in the processing of copper.
o Khetri: It is an integrated copper miningcum- ore refining plant in the Jhunjhunu District of Rajasthan. It was established in 1967. It also obtains copper ore from the Malanjkhand copper mines of Madhya Pradesh. It also has a sulfuric acid plant, and a fertilizer plant.
o Korba: Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) has an aluminium plant located at Korba, Bilaspur District of Chhattisgarh. It obtains bauxite deposits from the Amar kantak region and electricity from the Korba Thermal Power Plant. The government has disinvested its share to a private company, Sterlite.
o Malanjkhand: It is an open cast copper mine in Balaghat District of Madhya Pradesh. A copper plant has been established at Malanjkhand. The copper ore is also sent to the Khetri Copper Plant of Rajasthan.
o Rakha Project: The Rakha Copper Plant is located in the Rakha District of Singh bhum of Jharkhand. It obtains copper ore from the mines of Rakha.
o Tajola: The Tajola Copper Plant is located in the Raigadh town in Maharashtra. The plant has imported copper cathodes. It manufactures copper rods