HARKHAND is endowed with vast natural resources specially the vast variety of minerals ranging from Iron ore, Coal, Copper ore, Mica, Bauxite, Fire clay, Graphite, Kyanite, Sillimanite, Lime stone, Uranium & other minerals. Jharkhand is the leading producer of mineral wealth in the country. The total value of mineral production is amounted to over Rs. 3000 crores.
Sl. No.	Mineral	No. of Mines	Production	Unit	Rank in the Country
1.	Coal	183	59919	Thousand Tonnes	3
2.	Iron ore	28	8659	Thousand Tonnes	1
3.	Boxite	6	1029	Thousand Tonnes	3
4.	Lime Stone	33	1242	Thousand Tonnes	-
5.	Copper Ores	5	1189	Thousand Tonnes	1
6.	Manganese	-	18718	Tonnes	-
7.	Micca	84	1082	Tonnes	1
8.	Kainite	3	4922	Tonnes	1
9.	China Clay	25	23256	Tonnes	-
10.	Fire Clay	-	49970	Tonnes	-
11.	Graphite	-	7276	Tonnes	8
12.	Silver	-	13648	K.G.	-
13.	Gold	-	254	K.G.	6
14.	Uranium	-	-	-	1
15.	Cromite	-	-	-	2
16.	Asbestus	-	-	-	1
17.	Thorium	-	-	-	3
18.	Isemenite	-	-	-	2