India’s Sandur Manganese & Iron Ore Limited (SMIOL) has secured environmental clearance for expansion of its Ramghad iron ore mine, which would enable it to extract an additional 216,000 mt per year, according to a company statement on Monday, December 30.
The company has also secured Consent for Establishment-Expansion (CFE-EXP) under The Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, and The Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, from Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), it said.
SMIOL will now proceed to obtain Consent for Operation (CFO) from KSPCB and other regulatory approvals, it added.
SMIOL currently operates with a manganese ore capacity of 582,000 mt per year and an iron ore capacity of 3.81 million mt per year.