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                                                                                              Deependra Singh
                                                                                                 CMD, IREL




                                                    REL  (India)  Limited  is  a  Mini  Ratna,  Category-1  CPSE  under
                                                    the  administrative  control  of  Department  of  Atomic  Energy
                                                I(DAE) established on the 3rd year of Independent India with the
                                                mandate of producing Rare Earths and other strategic compounds for
                                                the National security. Gradually to ensure raw material security for
                                                its strategic operations, IREL entered into the business of harnessing
                                                Atomic Mineral (commonly known as beach sand mineral) deposits.
                                                IREL is now a Multi-Location-Multi Product Company with operations
                                                in the coastal areas of Chatrapur in Odisha; Manavalakurichi in Tamil
                                                Nadu and Chavara & Aluva in Kerala.

            The Company took a
                                                With profile spanning more than 35 products and continuous research
            calibrated approach to
                                                to develop new ones in the value chain, IREL is also actively pursuing
            inhibit spread of the
                                                other deposits locally and globally to widen its footprints.
            pandemic around its
            operating units. The local          Atomic Minerals find use in horde of niche sectors such as aerospace,
            self-help groups and                pigment,  plastics,  ceramics,  refractory  oil  &  gas  etc  while  Rare
            women welfare society of            Earths are performance enhancing material having number of niche

            the Housing Colony were             applications such as consumer gadgets, electronics, renewable
            activated to stitch masks           energy, defence, space, pollution control, petroleum refining, etc. The
                                                strategic compounds find direct use in the Nuclear Power Generation
            which were distributed not
                                                Programme, Space and Defence Sectors.
            only in the surrounding
            villages, but also in areas         Employees Strength
            where IREL does not have            •  Permanent (on roll): 1187
            its footprint.                      •  Contractual: 1650












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