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MINING GROWTH

of growth rate total production of minerals and value of newer uses of aluminium are wide ranging – from food
production which have shown a upward trend. Since it is packaging to aircrafts and defense equipment. Odisha is the
increased from 2000 but in 2020, there is a negative growth preferred location for aluminium production because of the
due to covid-19 pandemic. The production has declined 3109 State’s position as the largest producer in India of Bauxite, the
lakh tons in 2019-20 to 2927 lakh tons in 2020-21.however, main raw material, as also comfortable power availability. Key
there is a increasing trend from 2000 to 2019-20. players in Aluminium production are operating in the State.
Private sector players are taking the leading role.
year Dispatched (in million tonnes) Value of export(INR Lakh)
2000-01 61.77 453.82 The export of minerals from Odisha has been increased
over the period of time. Demands for minerals have been
2001-02 69.6 538.79 increasing all over the world which fuel to the export trends
2002-03 77.957 642.20 up in mineral rich state Odisha. In 2000-01, there was only
2003-04 97.64 1186.53 253 INR lakhs of export which increased to 14627 INR lakhs
2004-05 109.83 1171.8 in 2019-20. In these 20 years of gap mining sector export has
2005-06 124.22 9161.2 remarkably upward trend. The economic reform of LPG policy
2006-07 145.15 6085.42 is playing a vital role for the increased export line.
2007-08 160,08 7088.06
Name of company Up to 2020 Up to 2021
2008-09 168.6 6900.06
NALCO 3.06 3.43
2009-10 175.5 5740.14
BALCO 4.26 4.37
2010-11 180.27 9836.84
Hindalco 9.13 9.68
2011-12 171.95 9259.48
Vedanta 10.13 12.52
2012-13 173.55 2427.57
total 26.58 30
2013-14 226.35 3546.78
TTable 6: Aluminium Production in Odisha
2014-15 193.19 705.79
2015-16 241.6 539.44
2016-17 264.85 1261.40
2017-18 287.8 8,117.91 To promote downstream and ancillary industries, NALCO has
committed 50,000 tonnes of hot metal to the Aluminium Park
2018-19 310.81 9483.26 at Angul, which has been established in Joint Venture (JV)
2019-20 313.16 14627.10 mode with IDCO. More recently, the Vedanta group has also
2020-21 320.43 - partnered with IDCO in 2021 to set up another Aluminium
CAGR 8.15 18.96 Park at Jharsuguda to which it has committed to supply 3
Table 5: Value of exports and dispatched in Odisha lakh mt. of aluminium. The major facilitation measure in
the mining subsector, which also incorporates improved
As an intermediate good, the traditional and ever-expanding governance, is the i3MS. Steel & Mines Department has
implemented the IT based mineral administration through a
software application named Integrated Mines and Mineral
Management System (i3MS) to bring in more transparency
in the mineral transactions in the State and to ensure proper
monitoring and supervision of the same. This technology
intervention caters to the ‘Ease of Doing Business’ in mining
sector and helps monitoring various activities for extraction
to consumption of the minerals at the end-use industries.
The system also facilitates online vehicle tracking, issues of
e-permit and regular surveillance. Steps are also being taken
to adopt Drone Technology, Webcasting methodology for
further improving the system of i3MS.

MINING LED DESTRUCTION

According to a research, Odisha is the fourth most polluted
country in the world. Due to the extensive extraction of mineral
resources from a dozen open cast mines in the region over a

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