Iron Ore

The Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) have been fast tracked with Chief Secretary Sri Aditya Prasad Padhi reviewing its activities in a high level meeting in the Secretariat conference hall on Saturday wherein Chairman OMC Sri Sanjeeb Chopra…

Odisha has all set for an ambitious target to complete the survey of an incredible 129 mines in the next seven months. The State government had said, it will conduct Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) survey in 148 iron ore and…

Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Mallick said on Tuesday that the Odisha government would auction of 7 mines in the State by August. Among the mines, a bauxite mine in Koraput district would also be auctioned. Vedanta is likely to…

Essar Steel has emerged as the successful bidder in the first iron ore block auctioned by the Odisha government, an official statement said on Friday. The company has bagged the Ghorhaburhani-Sagasahi iron ore block upstaging several…

Bhubaneswar, Dec 23: The Odisha government on Wednesday issued notification for e-auction of an iron ore mine under the amended Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2015. In the first phase, only one block…

Iron ore was the only blip on Vedanta Ltd's performance as far as metals are concerned but company chairman Naveen Agarwal expressed confidence in future prospects of copper, zinc, lead and aluminium production. Speaking during Vedanta's…

Bhubaneswar, May 2 (IANS): The Odisha government has ordered reopening of three more closed iron ore mines under the amended Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 2015, Steel and Mines minister Prafulla Mallick said on…

With many small and large mineral-based industries facing a shortage of iron ore, the Odisha cabinet on Tuesday approved the supply of 70 percent of the ore mined in the state to local industries. Modifying the long-term ore linkage policy…

NMDC, India's largest iron ore producer and exporter in public sector, on Sunday commissioned its new iron ore mine in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, worst hit by insurgency. The mine - Bailadila Iron Ore Deposit 11B - is located in…