State run Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) has received all environmental related clearance from Ministry of Environment and Forest for its Umarsar lignite mines in Kutch. Further, the company has estimated lignite reserves of 21 million tones from Umarsar mines.
About Umarsar mines, it is around 10 km away from Panandhro group of mines, spread across 5,402 acres, have an estimated production capacity of 1 mt per annum.
GMDC is engaged in business of mining and mineral processing. The company manufactures two grades of fluorspar namely acid and metallurgical. It owns two bauxite reserve located at Kutch and Jamnagar.
