The Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation (CMDC) has started the tendering process for carrying out detailed exploration of different Bauxite and Iron Ore blocks in the State and for preparation of Exploration and Pre-feasibility Report of the blocks, officials informed.
The blocks are situated at Sukhjhar with area measuring 294.22 hectares (Ha), Rupakhar (186.201 Ha) and Pathrai Bauxite Block(99.350 Ha) and Aridongri Iron Ore Block (166.80 Ha) .
The exploration of bauxite mineral reserves had been going on in Kabirdham, Surguja, Balrampur, Jashpur, Kanker and Kondagaon districts of Chhattisgarh, the Central Government has informed.
The mining activities of major minerals including Bauxite, are regulated as per the provisions contained in Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Act, 1957 and the rules framed there under.
The MMDR Act and the Rules there under have been framed after wide consultation with all stakeholders, including State Governments, it informed.
Further, the measures for conservation of minerals, including bauxite are taken as per the provisions of MMDR Act, 1957 and National Mineral Policy-2008, which, inter alia, states that conservation of mineral shall be construed not in the restrictive sense of abstinence from consumption or preservation for use in the distant future but as a positive concept leading to augmentation of reserve base through improvement in mining methods, beneficiation and utilisation of low grade ore and rejects and recovery of associated minerals.