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Union Home Minister lays foundation of

MCL’s Eco-park ‘Utkal Upvan’ in Jharsuguda

r. Amit Shah, Hon'ble of Coal. Besides Utkal Upvan, be-
Home Minister laid the ing developed with a vision to
Mfou-ndation stone of transform an excavated coal mine
Utkal Upvan, being developed into eco-park, MCL celebrated
by Mahanadi Coalfields Limited Vanmohotsav - 2020, conduct-
(MCL) as a site of tourist attrac- ing a special plantation drive at
tion in Jharsuguda district of all its Project areas and offices
Odisha. The foundation stone of spread over in Angul, Sambalpur,
Utkal Upvan was laid remotely Jharsuguda and Sundergarh
through video conferencing (VC) districts.
from New Delhi by the Hon’ble Mr. B. N. Shukla, CMD, also par- Mr. B. N. Shukla, CMD, MCL and
Union Home Minister in the ticipated over VC in the launch other senior officials attending the
presence of Mr. Prahlad Joshi, of Vriksharopan Abhiyan by the foundation stone laying by Mr. Amit
Shah, Home Minister through video
Union Minister of Parliamentary Home Minister and foundation conferencing.
Affairs, Coal and Mines and Mr. stone laying ceremony along with
Anil Kumar Jain, IAS, Secretary Mr. K. R. Vasudevan, Director (Personnel) and Mr. Baban Singh,
to Government of India, Ministry (Finance), Mr. Keshav Rao, Director Director (Technical /P&P).

NMDC registers Record Jump in Production

and Sales of Iron Ore in July 2020

production improves by 35% & sales by 20% in Chhattisgarh

he mining major, NMDC Iron ore in July 2020 against 1.60
recorded a sharp rise in million tonnes in July 2019, which
Toverall production and is 20 percent higher than the pre-
sales in July 2020 as compared to vious year.
the corresponding period in July Mr. Sumit Deb, CMD, NMDC,
2019. During this period, despite commented that, "The last few
the current uncertain situation months has been quite challeng-
due to COVID-19, NMDC has ing for the entire industry due to
been able to achieve excellent the pandemic situation impacting
physical performance through its Mr. Sumit Deb the performance of all major pro-
continual push towards higher CMD, NMDC ducers. However this challenge
volumes which saw production was treated as an opportunity
of 2.19 MT and sales 2.57 MT that compared to the total produc- by us to accelerate our efforts to-
grew by 13 percent and 7 percent tion of 1.16 million tonnes in the wards stabilizing the production
over the corresponding period corresponding month of July last and continuously improving our
last year, respectively. year, an increase of 35 percent production processes. Going for-
In July 2020, the Chhattisgarh in production. NMDC also achi- ward NMDC will strive to maxi-
Projects registered a produc- eved record sales in July 2020 mize cost efficiencies to improve
tion of 1.56 million tonnes as by selling 1.90 million tonnes of its bottom-line."

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