NMDC ltd has signed a Research Agreement with Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research organisation (CSIRO) Australia for research collaboration in the field of complex iron ore processing by energy efficient dry processing techniques, a company press release informed.
The agreement was signed by Dr Narendra Kumar Nanda, Director (Technical), on behalf of NMDC limited and Keith Vining, Group leader, on behalf of CSIRO in the presence of N Baijendra Kumar, IAS, CMD, NMDC limited on the May 28, 2018. On this occasion Dr T.R.K. Rao, Director (Commercial); P.K. Satpathy, Director (Production); Sandeep Tula, Director (Personnel) and other senior officials from NMDC and CSIRO were also present.
A day-long workshop on “Processing of Complex Goethitic Iron Ores” was organized jointly by NMDC and CSIRO Australia in the premises of NMDC R&D Centre, Hyderabad on May 29 2018.
The workshop covered various technical aspects ranging from Iron Ore Characterization, Geometallurgy, Beneficiation and Agglomeration processes.
The speakers from CSIRO Australia delivered technical talks on cutting edge technologies in iron ore exploration to processing including inputs on processing of hydrated iron ore like goethite. About sixty delegates from various organisations like NMDC, JSW, SAIl, MECON, BARC and IIT Hyderabad attended the workshop organised during the Diamond Jubilee year of NMDC.
