In a blow to independent steel mills in India, the Goa government has restricted sale and of dumps from mine sites and public places.
The Directorate of Mines & Geology has asked miners not to work, handle or sell the dumps till a system is put in place to supervise, monitor and move any such quantity removed, handled or transported.
The notice further said, “It has been brought to the notice of the government by various agencies that there is handling of mining dumps by the lease holders/traders on a large scale.
Meanwhile, 400 traders across the state have been trading in dumps. Generally, they buy it at an average $9 a tonne to beneficate and sale it at 12-15 times higher.
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