Mineral Reserves Of Jammu And Kashmir- A Case Study Of Lithium Reserves In Salal-Himania Lithium Fields

Abstract

The mineral and power resources are the backbone of industrial and technological development of a country or region. Moreover, transportation and accessibility, costs, and supply and demand are the major determinants of industrial development. It is often said that the economic prosperity, industrial development, technological advancement and overall social well-being of a region/country are largely dependent on minerals, power and human resources. The mineral and power resources are however, high unevenly distributed and in many cases they are not easily accessible. They are mostly exhaustible. However, large the deposits of a given mineral, the continuous mining will exhaust the ores.