Karlapat Bauxite Block

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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.

About Karlapat Bauxite Block

• It is a bauxite deposit in Odisha’s Kalahandi district.  
• It is a greenfield mining block, which means it has not previously been commercially mined.
• It has an estimated resource of about 207 million tonnes, comprising 153 million tonnes of proved reserves and 54 million tonnes of possible reserves. 
• The block spans a plateau area of about 9.6 sq.km with an average ore thickness of nearly 12 metres. 
• 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.

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 Bauxite Deposits in Odisha

• India’s major bauxite resources are concentrated in the East Coast deposits of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.  
• Odisha had about 2,057 million tonnes of bauxite resources.
• 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. 

Why is Bauxite Important?

• 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.

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