§1What this business is

Minerals are crushed, ground and screened into powders from 40 to 325 mesh. These powders go to glass, ceramics, refractories, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, pigments, pesticides, paints and poultry feed. The KVIC profile costs a jaw crusher, attrition mill, edge runner mill, rotary and vibrating screens, magnetic separator, tools and pollution control.

Capacity: 3,600 tonnes a year.

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

Someone near a mineral source (dolomite, calcite, talc, quartz and similar) with industrial buyers nearby.

Who it is not for

Someone far from mines or buyers — freight will eat the margin.

Advantages

  • Many industries buy mineral powders
  • Simple, robust machines
  • Works near mines and quarries with cheap raw material
  • Low investment for a manufacturing unit

Drawbacks

  • Low margin per tonne in the profile
  • Dust needs pollution control
  • Heavy transport cost for raw ore and powder
  • Buyers want exact mesh size and purity

Skills you need

  • Mineral grading
  • Crusher and mill maintenance
  • Mesh and quality testing
  • Industrial sales

Why difficulty 2/5: Simple machines, but dust control and freight economics decide profit.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Glass, ceramic and refractory makers
  • Paint, pigment and chemical makers
  • Pesticide, agro-chemical and poultry feed makers

How it sells

  • Direct industrial supply
  • Mineral traders

Good to know

  • KVIC lists glass, ceramics, refractories, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, pigments, pesticides, paints and poultry feed as the user industries.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
Jaw crusher, attrition mill, edge runner mill, rotary screen, vibrating screen, magnetic separator, wheel barrows, shovels, tools and fixtures, pollution control, electrification and installationset₹6,00,000

From: KVIC Project Profile — Mineral Grinding (PMEGP)

  • Mineral ore or lumps (as per the product)raw material ₹27.90 lakh a year at full capacity
  • Labels and packing material₹25,000 a year

From: KVIC Project Profile — Mineral Grinding (PMEGP)

Suppliers in Building Business Bazaar

MINERALS LAB SERVICES Private Limited · Vasco →GO GREEN MECHANISMS PRIVATE LIMITED (TESTING LABORATORY) · Ahmedabad →MSV ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES · Bellary →B.S.S. LAB PRIVATE LIMITED · Jabalpur →ALEX STEWART INTERNATIONAL (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED · Chennai →

In our raw material database

Limestone →Dolomite →Quartz and silica sand →Mica →Bentonite →Talc, soapstone and steatite →Barytes (barite) →

§5Licences & registration

  1. State pollution control board consent (dust)
  2. Udyam registration
  3. GST registration
  4. Mineral dealer/storage licence where the state requires it

We can do this registration for you

§6Schemes & subsidies

PMEGP (KVIC profile), MUDRA (cost under ₹20 lakh) and CGTMSE.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: KVIC profile: equipment ₹6,00,000 + working capital ₹6,00,000 = ₹12,00,000. Land own; workshed not costed.

Working capital: Working capital ₹6,00,000; raw material ₹27.90 lakh a year at full capacity.

Year not printed on the KVIC profile — check current machinery prices.

How to prepare a loan file

§8Export potential

Export council / board: CAPEXIL

  • The HS code depends on the mineral ground (most are in Chapter 25); confirm with DGFT.
  • You need an Import Export Code (IEC) from DGFT before the first shipment.

§9Risks — where people fail

  • Mining lease or supply disruption
  • Dust complaints and pollution action
  • Freight cost rises
  • Machine wear and breakdowns

§1030 / 60 / 90-day plan

A general plan that applies to any business. A plan for this business will be added after research.

  1. Days 1–30: Visit a working mineral grinding unit unit, ask 10 buyers about price and quantity, and get quotations from 3 suppliers.
  2. Days 31–60: Udyam and the licences you need (State pollution control board consent (dust), Udyam registration), a project report (DPR), and the scheme or loan file.
  3. Days 61–90: Space and machines, trial production, and first deliveries to 10 customers.

§11Who to connect with

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§12Watch

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Sources

  1. KVIC Project Profile — Mineral Grinding (PMEGP)

Data review: 6 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Report it. For information only — not legal or financial advice.