As India targets to replace a substantial number of its vehicles run on petrol and diesel with electric by 2030, a consultative committee of Parliament for Ministry of Steel suggested research and development to work out the possibility of usage of manganese in electric vehicle batteries.
“…members of the (consultative) committee suggested for exploration and survey of minerals in Jharkhand, Odisha and Karnataka and that a Research & Development team be constituted to work out the possibility of usage of manganese in E-vehicles batteries,” the steel ministry said in a statement today.
The consultative committee meeting was chaired by Steel Minister RCP Singh today and deliberated on the issue of “Development of manganese ore industry in India”.
“Singh directed public sector undertakings under the Steel ministry to take up the issue of manganese ore exploration with state Governments and to explore possibilities of new manganese bearing areas in India to boost the domestic production of manganese ore as per National Steel Policy, 2017 which will help in achieving the objective of “Atma Nirbhar Bharat”,” the statement added.
During the meeting a wide gamut of issues were discussed, including usage of Manganese ore, Global scenario of manganese ore, Manganese production in India and Contribution of MOIL in country’s manganese Production.
“…future Road map as per steel demand in the country by 2030. MOIL is contributing around 45% of domestic production and has drawn up a...
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