Heavily armed Naxalites stormed into an under-construction mine of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) in Chhattisgarh’s restive Dantewada district on Thursday morning.
The state-run miner has been allotted two mechanised mines in Deposit-13 which is spread over 413.74 hectares of land in the Bailadilla hills. NMDC would be jointly developing the mine with Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation (CMDC). The green-field iron ore mines would have a capacity of 10 million tonnes per annum (mtpa).
Two of NMDC’s three mechanised mines are located in Dantewada. The two projects constitute a major proportion of NMDC’s total output. The company
The state-run miner has been allotted two mechanised mines in Deposit-13 which is spread over 413.74 hectares of land in the Bailadilla hills. NMDC would be jointly developing the mine with Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation (CMDC). The green-field iron ore mines would have a capacity of 10 million tonnes per annum (mtpa).
Two of NMDC’s three mechanised mines are located in Dantewada. The two projects constitute a major proportion of NMDC’s total output. The company

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