NLC India Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute at Neyveli, Tamil Nadu

NLC India Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute at Neyveli, Tamil Nadu

¨     NLC India Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute at Neyveli, Tamil Nadu.

¨     The MoU covers studies related to the beneficiation of critical and strategic minerals, extraction technologies, and the utilization of overburden and tailings generated from NLC India’s Neyveli mines.

¨     A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a formal agreement between two organizations to cooperate in a defined area of mutual interest.

¨     The agreement brings together a public sector enterprise and a laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research for mineral resource research and technology development.

¨     Critical minerals are minerals that are essential for industrial, economic, and strategic applications and are vulnerable to supply-chain disruptions.

¨     Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are a group of 17 chemically similar elements comprising the lanthanides along with scandium and yttrium.

¨     Rare earth elements are widely used in electronics, renewable energy technologies, electric vehicles, defence systems, and other high-tech industries.

¨     Overburden refers to the material removed during mining to access the ore deposit beneath the surface.

¨     Tailings are the fine waste materials left behind after mineral processing and extraction.

¨     Both overburden and tailings may contain recoverable trace minerals and rare earth elements that can be extracted using advanced technologies.

¨     The collaboration aims to develop innovative methods for recovering valuable minerals from mining waste and strengthen India’s self-reliance in critical and strategic mineral resources.