<P> Abiotic resources are obtained from the non-living and non-organic material . Some of the resources, like water and air, are renewable . Other resources like minerals are non-renewable and exhaustible because they cannot be regenerated . Minerals have many categories like metallic, non-metallic and minor minerals . </P> <P> Metallic minerals are the minerals which contain one or more metallic elements . They occur in rare, naturally formed concentrations known as mineral deposits . Metallic minerals available from India are zinc, iron ore, manganese ore, gold, bauxite, silver, lead, tin, copper and chromite . </P> <P> Copper has been used since ancient times . Details of copper mining and metallurgy are available in ancient works like Arthashastra . Copper is mainly used in industrial applications, electrical / electronic equipment and Consumer products such as utensils . Major resources of copper are available at Rajasthan, Madhya pradesh and Jharkhand . As of 2010, India had 1.56 billion tonnes of copper ore . India is one of the 20 major copper producers . In 2008, India produced 7, 10,000 tonnes of copper . Hindustan Copper Limited, a public sector company, is the only producer of primary refined copper . Post-pillar method and blast hole stoping method are used for mining . Some of the domestic demand is met through scrap recycling . In India, copper scrap is recycled through direct melting, which is a hazardous process . </P> <P> Zinc is a bluish - white, lustrous, diamagnetic metal . It is also a fair conductor of electricity . References to medicinal uses of zinc are present in the Charaka Samhita . Ancient zinc smelting technique was found at a zinc production site in Zawar, Rajasthan . Zinc is recovered from a number of different zinc ores . The types of zinc ores include sulfide, carbonate, silicate and oxide . It is used in corrosive resistant coatings for iron and steel, and in the automotive, electrical and machinery industries . India is the World's fourth largest zinc reserve as in 2013 . Hindustan Zinc Limited is the main producer of zinc in India . Most of the resources are available in Rajasthan . A minor amount of resources are available in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra states . </P>

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