Question
With reference to Critical Minerals for India, consider
the following statement: 1.   These are the elements that are the building blocks of essential modern-day technologies. 2.   Iron, Copper, lithium and nickel are examples of critical minerals. 3.   Uranium is not in the list of critical minerals suggested by GOI. Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?Solution
These minerals are Antimony, Beryllium, Bismuth, Cobalt, Copper, Gallium, Germanium, Graphite, Hafnium, Indium, Lithium, Molybdenum, Niobium, Nickel, PGE, Phosphorous, Potash, REE, Rhenium, Silicon, Strontium, Tantalum, Tellurium, Tin, Titanium, Tungsten, Vanadium, Zirconium, Selenium and Cadmium. Uranium was removed as it is classified as a fuel mineral. Platinum group metals (Iridium, Palladium, Platinum, Rhodium, Ruthenium and Osmium) were previously listed together as one group. They have been separated and Iridium and Osmium have been removed from the list.
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