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Mining, Metals & Critical Minerals

Mining, metals, and critical minerals form the backbone of India's industrial and energy transition economy, supplying inputs for steel, electronics, defence, and clean energy sectors. The Ministry of Mines and Ministry of Steel jointly oversee policy, supported by GSI, IBM, and MECL for exploration and resource assessment. Current policy direction focuses on auction-led transparency, critical mineral security through domestic exploration and overseas acquisitions, and reducing import dependence for battery and semiconductor supply chains.

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Bharat Pulse · Projects & opportunities

Major projects. Defined commercial opportunities.

Ordered by disclosed project investment or works-package estimate. Scope, stage and purchasing route remain distinct.

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OdishaCapital project

₹35,000crore

NLC Odisha: proposed 3,200-MW thermal power plant

₹35,000 crore · potential investment stated in the 22 October MoU announcement

4 × 800 MW · proposed ultra-supercritical coal-based plant

Industry, model and participation detailsPower, Energy & RenewablesMining, Metals & Critical MineralsManufacturing, MSME & Industrial PolicyInfrastructure & Urban DevelopmentNLC India Limited · Project proponentIndustrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Odisha Limited · State investment-promotion counterpart

NLC India’s IPICOL agreements identify a proposed 3,200-MW thermal plant, a beach-sand processing facility and gasification-linked fertiliser exploration. Each has a different development basis; the announced investment intentions do not constitute one sanctioned project or an open EPC procurement.

MoU-stage proposal · project-specific decisions pending

NLC India Limited / IPICOL

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IndiaCapital project

₹25,015.89crore

Bharat Coal Gasification & Chemicals: ammonium-nitrate project

₹25,015.89 crore · project estimate

0.66 MMTPA · ammonium nitrate

Industry, model and participation detailsMining, Metals & Critical MineralsPower, Energy & RenewablesOil, Gas & PetrochemicalsManufacturing, MSME & Industrial PolicyInfrastructure & Urban DevelopmentBharat Coal Gasification & Chemicals Ltd. · Authority named in project record

A separately identified capital project within CIL’s coal-to-chemicals portfolio. Assess process integration, utilities, commercial partnerships and package-level procurement through the project entity.

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Bharat Coal Gasification & Chemicals Ltd.

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IndiaCapital project

₹19,062.22crore

Talcher Fertilizers: coal-to-urea project

₹19,062.22 crore · project estimate

1.27 MMTPA · urea

Industry, model and participation detailsMining, Metals & Critical MineralsPower, Energy & RenewablesOil, Gas & PetrochemicalsManufacturing, MSME & Industrial PolicyInfrastructure & Urban DevelopmentTalcher Fertilizers Ltd. · Authority named in project record

A separately identified capital project within CIL’s coal-to-chemicals portfolio. Assess process integration, utilities, commercial partnerships and package-level procurement through the project entity.

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Talcher Fertilizers Ltd.

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IndiaCapital project

₹13,052.81crore

Coal Gas India: synthetic-natural-gas project

₹13,052.81 crore · project estimate

633.6 million Nm³/year · SNG

Industry, model and participation detailsMining, Metals & Critical MineralsPower, Energy & RenewablesOil, Gas & PetrochemicalsManufacturing, MSME & Industrial PolicyInfrastructure & Urban DevelopmentCoal Gas India Ltd. · Authority named in project record

A separately identified capital project within CIL’s coal-to-chemicals portfolio. Assess process integration, utilities, commercial partnerships and package-level procurement through the project entity.

Project development · individual project estimate

Coal Gas India Ltd.

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IndiaCapital project

₹12,214.86crore

CIL–BPCL Chandrapur: coal-to-SNG project

₹12,214.86 crore · project estimate

633.6 million Nm³/year · SNG

Industry, model and participation detailsMining, Metals & Critical MineralsPower, Energy & RenewablesOil, Gas & PetrochemicalsManufacturing, MSME & Industrial PolicyInfrastructure & Urban DevelopmentCIL / BPCL · Authority named in project record

A separately identified capital project within CIL’s coal-to-chemicals portfolio. Assess process integration, utilities, commercial partnerships and package-level procurement through the project entity.

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CIL / BPCL

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ChhattisgarhCapital project

₹5,427crore

NMDC’s ₹5,427-crore Bastar chain: commissioning shifts the opportunity towards operations and value addition

₹5,427 crore · integrated commissioned asset chain, not new tender value

2-MTPA pellet plant · 15-MTPA, 135-km slurry pipeline · processing facilities

Industry, model and participation detailsMining, Metals & Critical MineralsManufacturing, MSME & Industrial PolicyTransport, Logistics & MobilityInfrastructure & Urban DevelopmentNMDC · Institution named in source recordMinistry of Steel · Institution named in source record

The Bacheli processing facilities, 135-km slurry pipeline and Nagarnar pellet plant form an integrated mining-to-steel feedstock system. Commissioning makes operating performance, industrial services and downstream customer relationships the relevant commercial focus.

Commissioning milestone · operating and downstream ecosystem

NMDC and the relevant operating or contracting entities

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OdishaCapital project

₹2,000crore

NLC Odisha: proposed beach-sand mineral-processing facility

₹2,000 crore · tentative investment stated in the 22 October MoU announcement

Mineral-processing facility · site and throughput not specified

Industry, model and participation detailsPower, Energy & RenewablesMining, Metals & Critical MineralsManufacturing, MSME & Industrial PolicyInfrastructure & Urban DevelopmentNLC India Limited · Project proponentIndustrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Odisha Limited · State investment-promotion counterpart

NLC India’s IPICOL agreements identify a proposed 3,200-MW thermal plant, a beach-sand processing facility and gasification-linked fertiliser exploration. Each has a different development basis; the announced investment intentions do not constitute one sanctioned project or an open EPC procurement.

MoU-stage proposal · project-specific decisions pending

NLC India Limited / IPICOL

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OdishaDevelopment pipeline

Technical-feasibility exploration · synthesis-gas applications

NLC Odisha: gasification and fertiliser-linkage exploration

Industry, model and participation detailsPower, Energy & RenewablesMining, Metals & Critical MineralsManufacturing, MSME & Industrial PolicyInfrastructure & Urban DevelopmentNLC India Limited · Project proponentIndustrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Odisha Limited · State investment-promotion counterpart

NLC India’s IPICOL agreements identify a proposed 3,200-MW thermal plant, a beach-sand processing facility and gasification-linked fertiliser exploration. Each has a different development basis; the announced investment intentions do not constitute one sanctioned project or an open EPC procurement.

MoU-stage proposal · project-specific decisions pending

NLC India Limited / IPICOL

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Andhra PradeshDevelopment pipeline

216 parcels · rescheduled second phase of the existing portfolio

RINL Visakhapatnam: first-phase results and the rescheduled 216-parcel auction

Industry, model and participation detailsReal Estate, Housing & LandMining, Metals & Critical MineralsFinancial Services, Capital Markets & InsuranceInfrastructure & Urban DevelopmentRashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited · Asset ownerNational Land Monetization Corporation · Monetisation facilitatorQuikr India Pvt. Ltd. · Appointed transaction consultant

RINL-2026-phase1-registration · Phase-one investor registration and EMD: Recorded Deadline Passed · recorded closing 8/10/2026, 5:00:00 pm IST · checked 11 October 2026

RINL-2026-phase2-auction · Investor e-auction · NLMC’s revised timetable; registration date specified separately: Recorded Deadline Passed · recorded closing 30/10/2026, 5:00:00 pm IST · checked 20 October 2026

NLMC reports successful bids for 150 plots and reschedules the remaining 216-parcel phase to 30 October, with registration by 27 October. The opportunity remains parcel-specific and investor-side; the transaction consultant is already appointed.

What changed? Added the 13 October first-phase bid results and revised 27 October registration / 30 October second-phase auction timetable. The earlier phase-two dates are superseded; original portfolio identity and publication history remain.

Investor-side auction timetable revised · registration by 27 October; auction 30 October

NLMC / Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited

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Bharat Pulse · TLGS Research

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Asset development, implementation milestones and policy context for industry.

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Procurement conditions are governed by the issuing authority’s notice and amendments.

Project development

Freight-linked railway capacity: Odisha and Jharkhand watch

Government-announced · package status unverifiedAbout ₹3,907 crore · two-project programme

The same government publication identifies Paradip–Haridaspur doubling and a fourth line between Rajkharsawan and Dangoaposi. Their combined announced cost is approximately ₹3,907 crore.

Transport, Logistics & Mobility · Mining, Metals & Critical Minerals · Power, Energy & Renewables

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