UNION Minister of Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy, recently visited the Modern Mineral Processing Laboratory of IndianBureau ofMines (IBM), Nagpur. The Union Minister was welcomed by Sanjay Lohiya, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Controller General, IBM. On the occasion, the Union Ministerinaugurated thestateof-the-art facilities including Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESM), DigitalX-RayDiffraction (XRD) machine, Pot Grate Sintering Equipment, Fire Assay facility, Proximate Analyser, and Air Pulsated Immersion Control Jig.Pankaj Kulshrestha,CCO Mwas also present.

 

Lohiya explained to theUnion Minister about the roleofmineralprocessingindeveloping different process routesfor various minerals which inturn is crucial for the development of different mineral resources for the nation. Dr DR Kanungo, Director (OD)-inCharge briefed the UnionMinisterabout the facilites andthe service rendering to themineral industry. TheUnionMinister took theoverview of the facilities available and the ongoing projectsandappreciated theworkdonebyMMPL andPP, IBM,Nagpur.