The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEF&CC) has granted environment clearance to KIOCL for Devadari Iron Ore Mine.
The green nod is for Devadari Iron Ore Mine with a mine capacity of two million tpa iron ore (ROM) and 500 tpa manganese ore with two million tpa wet beneficiation plant for 401.5761 ha (388.00 ha for mining and 13,5761 ha for conveyor, approach road, etc) out of 485.7725 ha project area (470.40 ha mine lease area and 15.3725 ha conveyor, approach road, etc) located in Devadari hill range in Ballari district of Karnataka.
The clearance is subject to certain specific and standard conditions.