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Magnesium nodules cover around 30%(on an average) of the seabed. Therefore they are most important deposits of minerals in the sea. India got the rights to mine them from International Seabed Authority (ISA) as it guards the Indian Ocean.

Zawar (Rajasthan) is famous for zinc mines. Zawar is a township created by mining company Hindustan Zinc Limited, for extraction of zinc and lead. An 80MW power plant provides electricity for mining zinc and lead from three major mines.

• Copper, Brass, and Bronze, otherwise known as the “Red Metals” 
• Brass is mainly an alloy that consists of copper with zinc added.
• Bronze is an alloy that consists primarily of copper with the addition of other ingredients. In most cases, the ingredient added is typically tin, but arsenic, phosphorus, aluminum, manganese, and silicon.
• Steel is different from others.

The nuclear power plant in Rajasthan is situated at Rawatbhata in Chittorgarh district.

• China ranks first in world in generation of wind energy. 
  
• Denmark is called 'country of winds'. More than 25% of country’s energy needs are met through a large networks of windmills. 
  
• India ranks fifth in wind energy generation.
  

Magnetite is a rock mineral and one of the main ores of iron. It is one of the oxides of iron, and is ferromagnetic; it is attracted to a magnet and can be magnetized to become a permanent magnet itself. It is the most magnetic of all the naturally-occurring minerals on Earth.

Energy minerals are used to produce electricity, fuel for transportation, heating for homes and offices and in the manufacture of plastics. Energy minerals include Coal, Oil, Natural gas, Petroleum, and Uranium.