Nalco’s overburden processing can add nearly 60 million tonnes of bauxite

National Aluminium Company (Nalco) can add nearly 60 million tonnes of bauxite to its resource base through the processing of overburden. NALCO CMD Tapan Kumar Chand said while speaking at the 17th Annual Geominetech Conference on Thursday at Bhubaneswar. Currently, the company is processing the overburden from their mines.

He said that company’s bauxite mining is a fine testimony to environmentally positive practices of mining while mentioning that the mining operations are adopting scientific methods and focusing on conservation.

Tapan Kumar Chand said: “In a once flat plateau where there was little or no plantation, we have planted 7.8 million trees and today have a lush forest in our mined out areas. Besides we also are processing the overburden from our mines and this will add nearly 60 million tonnes of bauxite to our resource base.”

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He also stated that mining activity is capable of contributing 1 per cent to 2 per cent more to the GDP and statistics show that minor minerals have immense scope in enhancing that contribution.

The tremendous changes have been brought in the mining activity in the recent past with respect to policy, transparency in allotment of mines through auction process, monitoring, District Mineral Fund, National Mineral Exploration Fund and surveillance on illegal mining activity

 “Transparency, inclusive growth and sustainable mining should be the factors that guide all mining activities so that the community in also on board.”