Ansuman Das, Chairman and Managing Director of National Aluminium Co (NALCO) said the firm would
apply for a temporary permit to resume bauxite mining
at Panchpatmali mine in the Koraput district of Odisha.
The mining lease expired recently and following this the firm suspended operations at the mine in eastern India, which is its only bauxite mine.
Das said the suspension of activity in the mine, which has a deposit of over 310 million tonne of bauxite, may have no immediate impact on its alumina refinery.
He also informed that the company has taken up the matter with the government and expects to resume operations by the month end. For the next three weeks Nalco will stick to its commitments both in terms of sending alumina to the smelter and to meet all its export commitments, Das added.
NALCO, India’s third largest aluminium producer, had applied nearly two years ago for the renewal of the lease which expired on Nov 16.
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