The Impact Assessment Division of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEF&CC) granted the proposal for Environmental Clearance (EC) of state-run KIOCL’s Devadari iron ore mine with run of mine (ROM) capacity of 2 mn t/year of iron ore and 500 t/year of manganese ore on 18 Aug’21. The EC includes a 2 mn t/year wet beneficiation plant spread over 401.5761 ha out of the total project area of 485.7725 ha. The state-run company operates a 3.5 mn t/year pellet plant in Mangalore, Karnataka.
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