India, July 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), a constituent unit of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), is carrying out exploration and augmentation of minerals of rare earth group elements along the coastal / inland / riverine placer sands as well as in hard rock terrains in several potential geological domains of the country.
As on date, the REE resources estimated by AMD are as follows:
* Approximately 7.23 million tonne (Mt) in-situ Rare Earth Elements Oxide (REO) contained in 13.15 Mt monazite [a mineral of Thorium (~10% ThO2) and Rare Earths (~55% REO)] occurring in the coastal beach, teri / red sand and inland alluvium in parts of Andhra ...