NMDC Ltd will be installing a “Bio Medical Waste Incinerator System” for its  Project Hospital at Bacheli Complex in Dantewada district of Bastar, officials informed.

The company will also be constructing a total of two effluent treatment plants with capacity of processing 10 kilo litres of water per day at its Kirandul Complex in Bastar.

The company has recorded production of 9.64 million tonnes (provisional) of iron ore from its Chhattisgarh mines as on October 30, 2018, the company informed in a regulatory filing earlier. 

Compared to this, the company had recorded production of 7.50 million tonnes (provisional) of iron ore from its Chhattisgarh mines as on September 30, 2018.

The company had recorded iron ore production of 6.17 million tonnes (provisional) (MT) from its mines in Chhattisgarh as on August 31, 2018, the company had earlier informed in a regulatory filing.

It had reported iron ore production (provisional) of 5.50 million tonnes (MT) from its mines in Chhattisgarh as on July 31, 2018 and had recorded iron ore production of 4.78 million tonnes (MT) (provisional) from its mines in Chhattisgarh as on June 30, 2018.

It is targetting to achieve 10 million tonnes of iron ore production per annum from each of its mines in Chhattisgarh by 2024-25, official sources informed.

NMDC has also acquired environment clearance for its proposed Beneficiation plant at Bacheli in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, official sources informed.

Notably, NMDC's Ore Processing Plant at Bacheli will be interconnected by a Slurry Pipeline System between Bacheli and Nagarnar in Chhattisgarh, they informed.

The company which is also in the process of laying a 15 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) slurry pipeline is executing the project in two phases. The first phase is being executed from Bacheli to Nagarnar in Bastar region at an estimated outlay of Rs ,000 crore; and the second phase will be executed from Nagarnar to Vizag in Andhra Pradesh at an outlay of Rs 6,000 crore, officials informed.

Notably, to transport pellet feed concentrate from Bailadila to Vizag via Jagdalpur, the company will have the pipeline laid along the highways with a provision of partial off-take to feed its proposed 3 MTPA Steel plant coming up at Nagarnar.

NMDC is operating iron ore mines at Bailadila Complex in South Bastar Dantewada District Chhattisgarh.

It is having long term commitment for supply of iron ore to major steel plants across the country.