MSPL Ltd’s flagship open cast iron ore mine Vyasanakere Iron Ore Mine located near Hospet in Bellary district has resumed mining operations.
The company got permission from the Karnataka Government’s Director of Mines and Geology. The company’s mine had stopped operations since January 2009.
The mine is one of the largest iron ore mine in the private sector with an area of 347.22 hectare, near Hospet with an annual production sanction of 0.91 million tonnes per annum.
The resumption of mine with immediate effect follows several orders from the Supreme Court and after satisfactory completion of Reclamation and Rehabilitation works prescribed by the Supreme Court’s Monitoring Committee.