Public sector KIOCL has entered into pact with NMDC for operation and maintenance of the Donimalai plant in Karnataka.
NMDC, a central public sector and a merchant miner that has iron ore mines at Donimalai, has set up a beneficiation plant of 1.89 million tonnes a year and a pellet plant of 1.2 mtpa for commercial pellet manufacturing. KIOCL, with the requisite expertise in the operation and maintenance of beneficiation plant and pellet plant, has offered its services for operation and maintenance.
According to the agreement, it will facilitate KIOCL to gainfully utilise its experienced manpower for operating the NMDC plants for mutual benefit of both companies.
NMDC is a state-controlled mineral producer of the Government of India. It is fully owned by the Government of India and is under administrative control of the Ministry of Steel.
