India’s largest iron ore miner-National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) has recently signed an MoU on 06 May’16 to use satellite based geological mapping for mineral exploration. As per the latest news release, an MoU was signed between NMDC and ISRO’s National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) to facilitate setting up of Remote Sensing Laboratory at Hyderabad.
Terming the MoU a historic step for NMDC, Mr. P.K. Satpathy, Director Production at NMDC said that “this will herald a new era of mining and open up immense possibilities for NMDC besides exploration and this day will be milestone in the history of domestic mining”.
Signing of MoU is a step forward towards fulfilling the nation’s dream of a “Digital India” as space technology provides real-time data for generation of digital maps, he added.
Based on the MoU, NMDC will establish a Remote Sensing & GIS laboratory at its head office in Hyderabad. Besides, under NRSC’s expert guidance, NMDC will be able to assess the impact of its mining on environment to ensure sustainable mining by taking pre-emptive steps for better environmental management.
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