India’s Sandur Manganese & Iron Ore Limited (SMIOL), has received environmental clearance from the government of Karnataka for its expansion project, a company statement said on Thursday, September 7.
The company said that environmental clearances have been received for the expansion of its iron ore mine to 4.5 million mt per year from 1.5 million mt per year at present, including the setting up of a 7 million mt per year capacity iron ore beneficiation plant and a downhill conveyor system for transportation of iron ore.
The company will now have to seek “consent of operation” from the Karnataka government and “maximum permissible annual production” as per ceilings imposed on iron ore production from all mines in the southern state.