Heavy minerals are found on the surface of the earth in many parts of the world. Particularly in countries like U.S., South Africa, Australia, India, Sri Lanka and Canada. They are called heavy minerals because their specific gravity is higher than other elements found on the surface of earth.

1. Heavy mineral mining around the world
Heavy minerals are found on the surface of the earth in many parts of
the world. Particularly in countries like U.S., South Africa, Australia, India,
Sri Lanka and Canada. They are called heavy minerals because their
specific gravity is higher than other elements found on the surface of
earth.
They are economically very beneficial as they are useful in many
industrial applications. Because of their higher specific gravity, they tend
to mount up at coastal belts
of rivers and beaches in the
form of placer deposits.
Major minerals that come in
the heavy minerals category
include Zircon, Garnet, Rutile,
Ilmenite, Leuocoxene, and Titanium. The wave actions deposits the
minerals on the surface of sand, and these can be extracted through the
process of mining.
Once the mining process is complete the minerals can be isolated from
the sand using various separation processes like dry gravity separation
or magnetic separation and others. The current heavy mineral industry
around the world has shown prosperity in places like Murray Basin,

2. Golden Grove and Kangaroo Island in South Australia. India is also well
known in the heavy mineral mining industry.
India has abundant reserves in places such as Gulf of Mannar,
Kanyakumari, Tuticorin and Kerala. In South Africa, places with great
deposits of heavy minerals include, Imperri Hills, Madagascar. Quebec in
Canada is also has plentiful of these mineral deposits.
One of the premier companies that indulge in heavy mineral mining is
V.V. Mineral. They are India’s biggest mining, manufacturers and
exporters of Garnet. They have been awarded as the ‘Number One
Garnet Exporters’ of our country. They also undertake Zircon mining,
Rutile mining and Ilmenite mining.
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