Orissa Minerals Development Company said it has suspended operations at its Kolha Roida and Dalki mines after not getting permission to lift ore from the mines.

OMDC a PSU under the administrative control of the Steel Ministry said that "Development and mining work in Kolha Roida Iron & Manganese Mines and Dalki Manganese Mines has been stopped as permission for lifting of iron and manganese ore has not been issued by DDM, Joda.”

The company, a part of the Bird Group of Companies, had resumed development and mining operations in both the mines in Keonjhar district of Odisha on December 29 last year.

OMDC, which had closed the mines about three years back after its mining leases in Odisha expired and approvals lapsed, had sought an expression of interest from players looking to purchase iron ore from the company shortly after reopening the same.
The reopening was designed to help the firm start operations once again as all six of its iron and manganese ores located at Keonjhar in Orissa are inoperative due to their closure on account of non availability of environment and forest clearances.

(Sourced from PTI)