Lead and Zinc Distribution

• India has a combined zinc-lead production capacity of more than one million tonnes per annum.
• Rajasthan is endowed with the largest resources of lead-zinc ore in India.
• Resources are also established in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal.
• RampuraAgucha is a zinc and lead mine in the Bhilwara district of Rajasthan, India. It has the world’s largest deposits of zinc and lead.
• Refined lead is imported from South Korea, Australia, Malaysia, UAE, and Myanmar and exported to the US, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam & Thailand.