The
Central government has granted prospecting license (PL) to Tata Metaliks for
iron ore mines in Maharashtra on 4 February 2009.
The PL
has been given for iron ore over an area of 154.80 ha in village Dongarpal,
Sindhudurg in
Maharashtra
for a period of two years. Post-prospecting, the company can apply for mining
lease of the prospected area from the Central government. Apart from this, Tata
Metaliks is setting up a 60 lakh tonne sinter plant at Kharagpur. The proposed
sinter plant is scheduled to be commissioned by March 2010.