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Karlapat Bauxite Block

Kumari Sonali

Karlapat Bauxite Block:

Some of India’s biggest industrial groups, including Adani, Reliance Industries, Hindalco, Vedanta Aluminium, Naveen Jindal-backed Powercem and Coal India, are eyeing Odisha’s Karlapat bauxite block.

  • Karlapat Bauxite Block is a bauxite deposit in Odisha’s Kalahandi
  • It is a greenfield mining block, which means it has not previously been commercially mined.
  • The deposit is classified under proved and possible resource categories and records an alumina content of about 45.2 per cent with low silica content.
  • India’s major bauxite resources are concentrated in the East Coast deposits of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
  • Odisha accounted for 41 percent of India’s bauxite resources.
  • In Odisha, bauxite occurs in Balangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Kendujhar, Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada and Sundargarh districts.
  • Bauxite is the only commercial ore used to produce aluminium.
  • Aluminium is the second most abundant metal used by industry after silica-based materials and finds applications across transport, construction, power, chemicals and manufacturing.