The first consignment of Quartz Lump from the KQM received at VSP    01-Jul-2018     View PDF


The Kintada Quartz Mine located in K Kotapadu Mandal, Visakhapatnam District is a captive mine of RINL. Quartz is used in the form of lumps and fines in the iron making process.  Mines Department of VSP started the mining operations at KQM on 31.05.2018 after obtaining all statutory clearances and permissions. The first consignment of products from the KQM i.e, Quartz Lump was delivered to the steel plant in Visakhapatnam on 30.06.2018. Sri P K Rath, Director (Operations) RINL graced the occasion and formally received the consignment at the plant stockyard in the RMHP zone by breaking the seal of the packing and giving clearance for stacking the quartz lump in the stockyard. With the receipt of quartz from KQM a captive mine of VSP, the security for this raw material is now ensured for the plant. Sri OR Ramani , ED (Works) I/c, was handed over the documents of consignment by   Sri N Gummalla GM (Mines). Other senior officers of the plant, leaders of trade unions and SEA attended the function.