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No information from Karnataka: NMDC on amendments to mining lease extension

The Central government-owned company's Donimalai mine in Karnataka remains non operational since 2018 after NMDC and the Karnataka Government got into a legal battle

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T E Narasimhan Chennai
Mining major NMDC on Tuesday said it has not received any communication from the Karnataka government on non applicability of recent amendments on extension of mining leases. 

The Central government-owned company's Donimalai mine in Karnataka remains non operational since 2018 after NMDC and the Karnataka Government got into a legal battle. While extending the mine's lease, the earlier Congress-JDS-led state government decided to levy a premium equivalent to 80 per cent on the iron ore extracted. NMDC did not agree with the condition and stopped mining operations in November 2018. 

The company moved to the court against the decision, and