RATES OF ROYALTY IN RESPECT OF MINERALS AT ITEMS 1 TO 9, 11 TO 40 AND 42 TO 55
1. Apatite and Rock Phosphate:
(i) Apatite Five per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis.
(ii) Rock Phosphate
(a) Above 25% P2O5
(b) Upto 25% P2O5
Twelve and half per cent. of average sale price on ad
valorem basis.
Six per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis.
2. Asbestos:
(i) Chrysotile Eight Hundred and Eighty rupees per tonne.
(ii) Amphibole Fifteen per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem
basis.
3. Barytes: Six and half per cent. of average sale price on ad
valorem basis.
4. Bauxite and Laterite: (a) Metallurgical Grade:
Zero point six zero per cent. of London Metal Exchange
Aluminium metal price chargeable on the contained
aluminium metal in ore produced for those dispatched
for use in alumina and aluminium metal extraction.
(b) Non Metallurgical Grade:
Twenty five per cent. of average sale price on
ad valorem basis for those dispatched for use other than
alumina andaluminium metal extraction.
5. Brown Ilmenite
(Leucoxene), Ilmenite, Rutile
and Zircon:
6. Cadmium:
Two per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis.
Fifteen per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem
basis.
7. Calcite: Fifteen per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem
basis.
8. China clay or Kaolin:
(including ball clay and white
shale, white clay)
(i) Crude Eight per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis.
(ii) Processed(including
washed)
Twelve per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem
basis.
9. Clay others: Twenty rupees per tonne.
10. Coal (including Lignite): *
11. Chromite: Fifteen per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem
basis.
12. Columbite-tantalite: Ten per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis.
1. Subs. by notification No. G.S.R. 630(E), for the Second Schedule (w.e.f. 1-9-2014).
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13. Copper: Four point six two per cent. of London Metal Exchange
Copper metal price chargeable on the contained copper
metal in ore produced.
14. Diamond: Eleven point five per cent. of average sale price on
ad valorem basis.
15. Dolomite: Seventy-five rupees per tonne.
16. Dunite: Thirty rupees per tonne.
17. Felspar: Fifteen per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem
basis.
18. Fire Clay:
(including plastic, pipe,
lithomargic and natural
pozzolanic clay)
Twelve per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem
basis.
19. Fluorspar:
(also called fluorite)
Eight per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis.
20. Garnet:
(i) Abrasive Four per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis.
(ii) Gem Ten per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis.
21. Gold:
(i) Primary Four per cent. of London Bullion Market Association
Price (commonly referred to as London Price) chargeable
on the gold metal in ore produced.
(ii) By-product gold Three point three per cent. of London Bullion Market
Association Price (commonly referred to as London
Price) chargeable on the by-product gold metal actually
produced.
22. Graphite:
(i) With 80 per cent. or more
fixed carbon
Two hundred and twenty-five rupees per tonne.
(ii) With 40 per cent. or more
fixed carbon but less than 80
per cent. fixed carbon
One hundred and fifty rupees per tonne.
(iii) With 20 per cent. or more
fixed carbon but less than 40
per cent. fixed carbon
Sixty-five rupees per tonne.
(iv) With less than 20 per cent.
fixed carbon
Twenty-five rupees per tonne.
23. Gypsum: Twenty per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem
basis.
24. Iron Ore:
(CLO, Lumps, fines and
concentrates all grades)
Fifteen per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem
basis.
25. Lead: (a) Eight point five per cent. of London Metal Exchange
Lead metal price chargeable on the contained lead metal
in ore produced.
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(b) Fourteen point five per cent. of London Metal
Exchange Lead metal price chargeable on the contained
lead metal in the concentrate produced.
26. Limestone:
(i) L. D. Grade (less than 1.5
per cent. silica content)
Ninety rupees per tonne.
(ii) Others Eighty rupees per tonne.
27. Lime kankar: Eighty rupees per tonne.
28. Limeshell: Eighty rupees per tonne.
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[28A. Lithium: Three per cent. of London Metal Exchange price
chargeable on the Lithium metal in the ore produced.]
29. Magnesite: Three per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem
basis.
30. Manganese Ore:
(i) Ore of all grade Five per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis.
(ii) Concentrates One point seven per cent. of average sale price on
ad valorem basis.
31. Marl: Sixty rupees per tonne.
32. Crude Mica, waste mica
and scrap mica:
Four per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis.
33. 2
[Monazite occurring in
beach sand minerals]:
One hundred and twenty-five rupees per tonne.
34. Nickel: Zero point one two per cent. of London Metal Exchange
Nickel metal price chargeable on the contained nickel
metal in ore produced.
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[34A. Niobium:
(i) Primary (produced from ores
other than Columbite-tantalite)
Three per cent. of average sale price of Niobium metal
chargeable on the Niobium metal contained in the ore
produced.
(ii) By-product (produced from
ores other than Columbitetantalite)
Three per cent. of average sale price of Niobium metal
chargeable on the by-product Niobium metal contained
in the ore produced.]
35. Ochre: Twenty-four rupees per tonne.
36. Pyrites: Two per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis.
37. Pyrophyllite: Twenty per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis.
38. Quartz: Fifteen per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis.
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[38A. Rare Earth Elements
(produced from ores other than
Monazite occurring in beach
sand minerals)
One per cent. of average sale price of Rare Earth Oxide
(REO) chargeable on the Rare Earth Oxide contained in the
ore produced.]
1. Ins. by Notification No. G.S.R. 736(E) (w.e.f. 12-10-2023).
2. Subs. by ibid., for “Monazite” (w.e.f. 12-10-2023).
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39. Ruby: Ten per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis.
40. Sand (others): Twenty rupees per tonne.
41. Sand for stowing: **
42. Shale: Sixty rupees per tonne.
43. Silica sand and moulding
sand and Quartzite:
Ten per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis.
44. Sillimanite: Two point five per cent. of average sale price on
ad valorem basis.
45. Silver:
(i) By-product Seven per cent. of London Metal Exchange Price
chargeable on by-product silver metal actually produced.
(ii) Primary Silver Five per cent. of London Metal Exchange Silver Metal
Price chargeable on the contained silver metal in ore
produced.
46. Slate: Forty-five rupees per tonne.
47. Talc, Steatite and
Soapstone:
Eighteen per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem
basis.
48. Tin: Seven point five per cent. of London Metal Exchange
Tin metal price chargeable on the contained tin metal in
ore produced.
49. Tungsten: Twenty rupees per unit per cent. of contained WO3 per
tonne of ore and on pro rata basis.
50. Uranium: Two per cent. of annual compensation amount received
by M/s. Uranium Corporation of India Ltd., to be
apportioned among the States on the basis of data
provided by Department of Atomic Energy.
51. Vanadium: Twenty per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem
basis.
52. Vermiculite: Five per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis.
53. Wollastonite: Fifteen per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem
basis.
54. Zinc: (a) Nine point five per cent. of London Metal Exchange
Zinc metal price on ad valorem basis chargeable on
contained zinc metal in ore produced.
(b) Ten per cent. of London Metal Exchange Zinc metal
price on ad valorem basis chargeable on contained zinc
metal in concentrate produced.
55. All other minerals not
herein before specified (Agate,
Corundum, Diaspore, Felsite,
Fuschite-Quartzite, Jasper,
Kyanite, Perlite, Pyroxenite,
Rock Salt, Selenite, etc.)
Twelve per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem
basis.
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Notes:―
1. * Rates of royalty in respect of item No. 10 relating to Coal (including Lignite) as revised vide
notification number G.S.R. 349(E), dated the 10th May, 2012 read with corrigendum G.S.R. 525(E),
dated the 14th June, 2012 of the Government of India in the Ministry of Coal shall remain in force until
revised through a separate notification by the Ministry of Coal.
2. ** Rates of royalty in respect of item No. 41 relating to Sand for stowing revised vide notification
number G.S.R. 214(E), dated the 11th April, 1997, will remain in force until revised through a separate
notification by the Ministry of Coal.]