BIZ-MINES-AUCTION

Odisha issues fresh notification for auction of 20 mines
    Bhubaneswar, Dec 6 (PTI) The Odisha government on
Friday issued a fresh notification for auction of 20 mines as
the existing mining leases of these blocks will get expired by
end of the current fiscal, official sources said.
    A notification was earlier issued for the auction of
these blocks but was annulled due to technical mistakes, they
said.
    The fresh notification was issued for auction of 12
mineral blocks of iron ore, two of manganese and six having
reserves of both minerals, an official said.
    Financial bids are invited in digital format only and
technical bids are requested both in digital and physical
formats from eligible bidders, according to the notification.
    The state government also said in the notification
that the mineral blocks like Thakurani, Jaribahal, Roida II
and Gannua iron ore blocks and Narayanposhi iron ore and
manganese blocks will be reserved for the specified end users
for production of sponge and pig iron, and steel.
    The steel and mines department had received bids from
177 companies for the auction of 20 mining blocks against the
earlier tender. PTI AAM
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