By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/BARBIL: The Thriveni Earth Movers Pvt Ltd and Kalinga Mining Corporation will mine the Guali and Jilling Langalakota Mines Block respectively after the Odisha Mining Corporation awarded them with work order. Both the mines have production capacity of 15 lakh tonnes per month and they possess approx. 275 million tonnes of consolidated iron ore reserves. The two mines will generate approx. Rs. 4000-5000 crores of annual revenue forthe state of Odisha.
B Prabhakaran’s Thriveni Earth Movers Pvt Ltd has been awarded the job work for the Guali iron mines while the Kalinga Mining Corporation (KMC) has won the tender for Jhilling block as the lowest bidder. Both Thriveni and KMC are already working as mining operators in several mines in the area.
Both these blocks were earlier won by Shyam Ore and JSPL but they surrendered it after auction citing technical reasons. Previous lease holders before auction for these blocks were RP Sao and Essel Mining Industries.
