Pottangi Bauxite mines lease granted to NALCO
The Dollar Business Bureau National Aluminum Company Ltd, (NALCO) a Navratna Central Public Sector Enterprise, under Ministry of Mines, has been granted lease of Pottangi Bauxite mines, Odisha. The Bauxite mine, whose lease has been extended to NALCO, is situated in Koraput of Odisha, where NALCO’s 22,75,000 tonne capacity lumina refinery is based. NALCO, on Wednesday, stated that the lease of Pottangi which is spread across 1,738 hectares, has been granted for 50 years. The department of steel and mines, recently, issued an order announcing about the lease, said the Navratna PSU in a release. Tapan Kumar Chand, Chairman-and-Managing Director of Nalco, stated that the company now has to live up to the expectations of both state and the Centre, and also the people of ...
'PSUs in Steel & Mines Industry must act with a sense of urgency on skill development'
The Dollar Business Bureau The Union Minister of Steel & Mines, Narendra Singh Tomar, on Tuesday, urged the Public Sector Units (PSUs) of the Steel & Mines Industry to focus on the area of skill development. The Minister was speaking at an interface meeting held between the Ministries of Steel & Mines and Ministry of Skill development & Entrepreneurship in New Delhi, on Tuesday, which was focused on Government of India’s skill development initiative. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister asked the PSUs part of the Steel & Mines industry to act with a sense of urgency and purpose in the area of skill development and employment generation. In the meeting, the PSUs related to the industry were further suggested ...
