PROJECT OVERVIEW:
The Board of the local NATIONAL MINERAL DEVELOPMENT CORP. (NMDC) recently approved the setting up of a commercial pig iron plant at Geedam adjacent Bailadila in Dhantewala district of new Chhatisgarh State. Construction plans under consideration call for building a complex with an installed production capacity of 300,000 tons per year (t/y).
However, longer-term development plans would reportedly involve expanding output up to 1.5 million t/y. The project is reportedly aimed at enabling the utilization of the iron ore slimes from the Bai