Indian state-run miner NMDC Limited has commenced construction of a 7 million mt per annum iron ore screening and beneficiation plant at its Donimalai mine in the southern state of Karnataka, a company statement said on Wednesday, January 12.
The construction of the beneficiation plant was inaugurated by Indian minister of steel Ram Chandra Prasad Singh.
At present, the Donimalai mine with a capacity of 7 million mt per annum processes its production at the facilities of NMDC’s Kumaraswami mine nearby. According to the company, construction of a screening unit with a capacity of 10 million mt per annum has also been finalized at the latter mine.