NMDC opens new R&D facility in Hyd
The Navratna company has made strategic investments of over Rs 150 cr for research and development in the past 5 years and Rs 50 cr towards building the new R&D Centre
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Hyderabad: India’s largest iron ore producer, NMDC, has unveiled its new state-of-the-art Research and Development (R&D) Center in Patancheru, here to advance innovation in mineral processing and sustainable steel technology. The Navratna company has made strategic investments of over Rs 150 crore for research and development in the past 5 years and Rs 50 crore towards building the new R&D Centre.
Spanning across eight acres in Patancheru, this leading-edge facility was inaugurated by Amitava Mukherjee, company CMD (Additional Charge), accompanied by Dilip Kumar Mohanty, Director (Production); Vinay Kumar, Director (Technical); B Vishwanath, CVO and senior officers from the organisation.
Contributing to the field of mineral processing since 1970, NMDC R&D has been recognised as a Centre of Excellence by both UNIDO and DSIR for its knowledge and technology transfer to the domestic and global industry. The R&D Centre houses cutting-edge laboratories that foster innovation in sustainable mineral technology and ore beneficiation, manned by a team of experts.
The newly inaugurated NMDC R&D Centre boasts an array of sophisticated instruments, including an automated mineral analyser and automated fusion bead-based X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyser, ensuring precise and efficient characterisation of various minerals. The Centre features a dedicated facility for pelletisation studies, which will generate crucial data for the installation of commercial pellet plants.
