Tungsten mining | India – yearly data, chart and table
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The tungsten production of India in 1991 amounted to 15 tonnes, which is 150% more than in 1990, when it was 6 tonnes. This is the first year of growth after a decline. According to the British Geological Survey statistics, since 1970, the annual volume of tungsten production has decreased in 1.53 times. The minimum was recorded in 1990, with a value of 6 tonnes. The maximum mining volume of tungsten in India was in 1984, when it reached 30 tonnes.
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Tungsten, also known as wolfram, is a chemical element with the chemical symbol W and atomic number 74. The word tungsten comes from the Swedish language tung sten directly translatable to heavy stone,
