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Essar Steel gets consent to establish Odisha iron ore block

The pollution board has given the 'Consent to Establish' under Section 25 of Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act

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Jayajit Dash Bhubaneswar
Essar Steel has got the 'Consent to Establish' from the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) here for its Ghoraburhani-Sagasahi iron ore block. It was the first iron ore mine to be auctioned in the country. Essar Steel won the block with about 100 million tonnes deposits, outbidding strong contenders like Tata Steel and Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL).
The pollution board has given the 'Consent to Establish' under Section 25 of Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Section 21 of Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
The approval is for production of run of the mine

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