Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd Receives Consent for Operation Expansion from KSPCB
Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd has been granted Consent for Operation - Expansion (CFO-Expand) by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) for its manganese and iron ore mines. The Consent is for Mining Lease No. 2678, which includes a Downhill Pipe Conveyor System of 1.2 Km length from Kammathuru Iron Ore Mine to PMBR railway siding. The Consent also covers the enhancement of manganese ore mining capacity from 0.032 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) to 0.049 MTPA from FY 2025-26 to FY 2027-28, and an increase in iron ore mining capacity from 0.084 MTPA to 0.089 MTPA for the same fiscal years. The Company will present all the statutory approvals before the Monitoring Committee constituted by the Hon’ble Supreme Court and Department of Mines and Geology to operate at the specified levels.
Key Highlights
- Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd has been granted Consent for Operation - Expansion (CFO-Expand) by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) for its manganese and iron ore mines.
- The Consent covers the enhancement of manganese ore mining capacity from 0.032 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) to 0.049 MTPA from FY 2025-26 to FY 2027-28.
- The Consent also includes an increase in iron ore mining capacity from 0.084 MTPA to 0.089 MTPA for the same fiscal years.
- The Company will present all the statutory approvals before the Monitoring Committee constituted by the Hon’ble Supreme Court and Department of Mines and Geology to operate at the specified levels.
- The Consent is for Mining Lease No. 2678, which includes a Downhill Pipe Conveyor System of 1.2 Km length from Kammathuru Iron Ore Mine to PMBR railway siding.