Monday, August 8, 2011


Chiria Iron Ore Mine

The Minister of Steel, Shri Beni Prasad Verma has said that Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is in the process of developing Chiria iron ore mines as state-of-the-art mechanized mines with a run of mine capacity of 7 million tonnes per annum (mtpa). In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today he said, in this regard following development have taken place:

i) Preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) is under advance stage of completion.

ii) Stage-I forest clearance for 595.075 hectares covering Ajitaburu, Budhaburu, Sukri-Latur and Dhobil leases and environment clearance for Budhaburu and Ajitaburu leases of Chiria mines have been granted by Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF), Government of India in March 2011.

iii) Mining Plans of Ajitaburu, Budhaburu, Dhobil and Sukri-Latur leases of Chiria have already been approved by Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), Nagpur.

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