Mining companies in India: Profiling nine of the country''s
#0183;#32;The country is one of the worlds top producers of iron ore and bauxite, the harvesting of which accounts for roughly % of its towering GDP, which stood at (#163;2tn) as recently as 2017. The sector as a whole accounts for 700,000 jobs, while only China has larger coal reserves and 12% of the worlds thorium and 60% of its mica minerals lie within Indian borders .