Odisha’s steel & mines department is mulling to resume its stalled auctions process, offering eight blocks for the bidders. The blocks endowed with deposits of chromite, limestone, dolomite and graphite are a mixture of virgin blocks as well as the ones currently

Production in FY15 was estimated at 125 MnT. Of this, Odisha was the major contributor with 48 MnT, followed by Chhattisgarh with 31 MnT. Other states like Jharkhand and Karnataka had produced about 17 MnT and 21 MnT respectively in the same

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is likely to be the first state to put mining blocks on auction after the enforcement of the new MMDR act. The government of India has indicated that Odisha is preparing to auction about 16 mining blocks by

According to sources, Odisha may start auction of mining concessions by Dec’15. India’s eastern based state, Odisha is likely to start auctions of mining concessions by Dec’15 as per amended Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation (MMDR) Act.In this context, a committee