The government will invite bids for 20 critical mineral blocks in next two weeks, a top official said on Tuesday.
The 20 critical blocks include lithium and graphite mines, Mines Secretary V L Kantha Rao told reporters here.
“After making the policy on critical minerals, the next step is the auctioning of critical mineral blocks…
“Now we are almost ready to issue the auction notice and in two weeks time we will be issuing an auction notice for auctioning about 20 blocks that are related to critical minerals like lithium and graphite,” the secretary said. He was speaking after the inauguration of the Mining Pavilion at India International Trade Fair (IITF).
