Andhra Pradesh announces JV opportunity for beach mineral sands development
By Liz Gyekye
Published: Tuesday, 05 May 2015
The coastal Indian state is preparing to diversify and dig into its heavy mineral beach sand reserves to foster the growth of mineral-based and value added industries. It has identified a treasure-trove of commercially-viable materials such as ilmenite, rutile, monazite and garnet in its Srikakulam district, based in the north east of Andhra Pradesh.
Government body Andhra Pradesh Mineral
Development Corp. (APDMC) is seeking joint venture (JV)
partners for an integrated project for the development of heavy
mineral beach sands in the coastal state of Andhra Pradesh in
India.
In a tender statement, APDMC said that the project will
cover exploration and mining, mineral separation...