{"id":114706,"date":"2026-07-23T13:35:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=114706"},"modified":"2026-07-23T13:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:05:19","slug":"karlapat-bauxite-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/karlapat-bauxite-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Karlapat Bauxite Block"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Karlapat Bauxite Block Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of India&#8217;s biggest industrial groups, including Adani, Reliance Industries, Hindalco, Vedanta Aluminium, Naveen Jindal-backed Powercem and Coal India, are eyeing Odisha&#8217;s Karlapat bauxite block.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Karlapat Bauxite Block<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a bauxite deposit in <\/span><b>Odisha&#8217;s Kalahandi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">district.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>greenfield mining block<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which means it has not previously been commercially mined.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has an estimated resource of about <\/span><b>207 million tonnes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, comprising 153 million tonnes of proved reserves and 54 million tonnes of possible reserves.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The block spans a plateau area of about 9.6 sq.km with an average ore thickness of nearly 12 metres.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The deposit is<\/span><b> classified under proved and possible resource <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">categories and records an alumina content of about 45.2 per cent with low silica content.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bauxite-distribution-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bauxite Deposits<\/a> in Odisha<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>India\u2019s major bauxite resources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are concentrated in the <\/span><b>East Coast deposits of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Odisha had about 2,057 million tonnes of bauxite resources.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Odisha <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">accounted for<\/span><b> 41 percent <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of<\/span><b> India\u2019s bauxite resources.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Odisha, bauxite occurs in<\/span><b> Balangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kendujhar, <\/span><b>Koraput<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Malkangiri, Rayagada and Sundargarh districts.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Why is Bauxite Important?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bauxite is the <\/span><b>only commercial ore used to produce aluminium.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Aluminium <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the <\/span><b>second most abundant metal used by industry<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after silica-based materials and finds applications across transport, construction, power, chemicals and manufacturing. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/industry\/news\/karlapat-bauxite-block-become-major-prize-aluminium-industry-126072000950_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>BS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karlapat Bauxite Block is a bauxite deposit in Odisha&#8217;s Kalahandi district. 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