Jobs in Mining & Minerals

India has a vast and rich mineral and mining industrial sector. The mines and mineral sector constitute the backbone of India's development and industrialization. The land of India is rich with vast deposits of metallic and non metallic minerals, which make it a growing hub of development and trading of minerals and metals. Being the vital raw material for basic industries, India's abundant minerals sector constitutes a major industrial sector that makes the Indian economy progress in many decades to come.

Among the minerals that India's mining sector produces are iron ore, chromite, lead, zinc, coal, petroleum, manganese ore, copper, bauxite, gold, silver, tin, limestone, etc. constitute the major part of the industry. The leading companies in the mines and mineral productions sector are Steel Authority of India Ltd., Coal India Ltd, Metals & Minerals Trading corporation (MMTC) Neyveli Lignite Corporation, IISCO, National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO), Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd., Bharat Gold Mines Ltd., Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, Hindustan Zinc Ltd., Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL), National Mineral Development Corporation, Kudremukh Iron Ore Company, Orissa Mining corporation, Rajasthan State Mines & Minerals Ltd., Andhra Pradesh mining & Minerals Development Corporation, and Kerala Minerals & Metals Limited.

With a vast and rich mining and mineral industry, India generates tens of thousands of employment opportunities in this sector. Companies in the public and private sectors offer many new job and career options for aspiring job seekers every year. This section of the site offers information on minerals and mining sector of India.