https://www.engineeringnews.co.za

India’s NMDC project attacked by extremists

19th September 2013

By: Ajoy K Das

Creamer Media Correspondent

  

Font size: - +

KOLKATA (miningweekly.com) – Indian iron-ore major NMDC Limited’s Dantewada operations, in Chhattisgarh, were attacked by ultra left-wing extremists in the early hours of Wednesday.

The attackers set on fire the conveyor belt transportation system, which moves nearly 20 000 t/d of ore.

Company officials indicated that it would take several days to restore ore transportation from the mines.

NMDC’s Dantewada sites, a hotbed of ultra left-wing extremism, account for over 25-million tonnes a year of production from its operations at Bailadila Hills, Bacheli and Kirandul, while its Bellary mines, in Karnataka province, account for five-million tonnes a year.

NMDC has recently seen an upturn in violence directed at its mining assets. Two years ago, the miner’s 230 km slurry pipeline used for evacuation of ore from Bailadila mines was damaged beyond repair, in an explosion. In May 2012, extremists attacked the Kirandul mines, killing six security personnel and a driver and carrying out looting.

Edited by Esmarie Iannucci
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Australasia

Article Enquiry

Email Article

Save Article

Feedback

To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here

Showroom

Trotech
Trotech

Design, Construction and Maintenance of Site Erected, Welded Bulk Storage Tanks for the Petrochemical, LNG, Ammonia and Sustainable fuel Sectors.

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Sika South Africa
Sika South Africa

Sika South Africa is a trusted partner for the nation’s infrastructure, commercial, residential, and industrial sectors.

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







301

sq:0.06 1.236s - 140pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now