By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The bid submission for the auction of 12 mineral blocks in Odisha closed on February 3, 2026, at 5 PM IST. As of on Wednesday, no public announcements have been made regarding the companies that submitted bids or the number of bids received per company or per block by the Steel, Mines and Geology Department.
The evaluation of technical and financial bids is likely in progress, and details on participants or outcomes will be released by the Directorate of Mines and Geology, Odisha, in due course.
Major players like Jindal Steel , Rungta Mines Ltd, Rungta Sons Pvt Ltd, Adani Group, JSW Steel, Tata Steel, ArcelorMittal, Essel Mining, Vedanta Group, Kashiv Group of Companies, KN Ram Group and several others have reportedly submitted bids for these blocks, besides other companies also.
The auction involved virgin mineral blocks in districts such as Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Koraput, and Nuapada, including types like iron ore, bauxite, manganese, limestone, and composite deposits. Examples of blocks include Alaghat West Iron Ore Block (Sundargarh), Rengalaberha North-East Extension and Nuagan West Iron Ore Block (Keonjhar), Thakurani-A1 Iron Ore Block (Keonjhar), and Kedesala West Iron Ore Block (Sundargarh).
1) Alaghat West Iron Ore Block- District- Sundergarh, Resource- 133.40 MT @ 59.04% Fe
2) Rengalaberha North-East Extension and Nuagan West Iron Ore Block- District- Kendujhar, Resource- 37.95 MT @ 57.87% Fe.
3) Thakurani-A1 Iron Ore block- District- Keonjhar, Resource- 50.532 MT at >35% Fe cutoff.
4) Kedesala West Iron Ore Block- District- Sundergarh, Resource- 84.56 MT Iron Ore @ 55.76% Fe and 1.23 MT Aluminous Laterite @ 37.32% Al2O3.
5) Tarhapani (West) Bauxite Block- District- Koraput, Resource- 15.901 MT Bauxite @ 35.92% Al2O3 and 6.666 MT Aluminous Laterite @ 27.56% Al2O3.
6) Karnapodikonda Bauxite Block- District- Koraput, Resource- 42.397 MT Bauxite @ 44.99% Al2O3 and 4.509 MT Aluminous Laterite @ 40.48% Al2O3.
7) Kutinga Manganese Block- District- Koraput, Resource- 2.55 MT @ 20.67% Mn.
8 ) Garramura Limestone Block- District- Nuapada, Resource- 2.98 MT @ 46.63% CaO and 1.44% MgO.
9) Telipadar-Lukapada – Pipalmunda Limestone block- District- Balangir, Resource- 8.5504 MT @ 47.43% CaO and 0.561% MgO.
10) Patamunda-A Manganese block- District- Sundergarh, Resource- 6.66 MT Manganese @11.91% Mn and 0.31 MT Iron Ore @ 46.47% Fe.
11) Jajang-A Iron and Manganese Block- District- Kendujhar, Resource- 2.19 MT Manganese @ 14.68% Mn and 16.05 MT Iron Ore @50.68% Fe.
12) Tunmura Limestone & Dolomite Block- District- Sumdergarh, Resource- 4.042 MT Limestone @ 42.849% CaO and 7.437 MT Dolomite @ 26.713% CaO.
