New Delhi: Union Minister for Mines Pralhad Joshi and Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik jointly inaugurated the production in two new iron ore mines of Odisha namely Jiling-Langlota Iron ore Block and Guali Iron ore Block on Thursday. Both the mines have a production capacity of 15 lakh tonnes per month and they possess approx. 275 million tonnes of consolidated iron ore reserves. Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha Ashwini Vaishnaw was also present at the function, which was organised through video conferencing.
These blocks were recently reserved for the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), a state PSU, within a short time of 25 days, after a request was made by State Government to the Central Government, in order to ease the shortage of iron ore in the state of Odisha.
"These Mines will help in stabilising the supplies for small industries and will generate huge employment opportunities in the state. The two mines will generate approx. Rs 4,000-5,000 crores of annual revenue for the state of Odisha." said Joshi. He also requested the Chief Minister of Odisha to bring more mines into auction and operationalization of all non-working mines, to increase the production and revenue generation in the state.
He also assured Odisha government of extending full support for realizing the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi of making the nation AatmaNirbhar in mineral production. Joshi also stressed that the operations by OMC will play a very important role in market stabilisation and availability of iron ore in the state. The commencement of iron ore production in these mines will help in reducing the iron ore shortage in the state to a large extent and also in the nation as a whole.
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