Odisha to offer five more mines for auction

BHUBANESWAR: With 11 mineral blocks under hammer, the State government is all set to offer five more new mines for auction in the next two months. Minister of Steel and Mines Prafulla Mallick informed this to Union Minister of Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi during a function organised by the Ministry of Mines in New Delhi through virtual mode on Wednesday.

Addressing the function organised for handing over 100 G-4 mineral blocks reports of Geological Survey of India (GSI) to different state governments, Mallick said, “We have created a separate organisation called Odisha Mineral Exploration Corporation (OMEC) to expedite the process of the exploration in the State.”