KATHMANDU: The government has forwarded activities related to iron ore exploration in the country to minimise iron import from India.
Iron extraction works have been pursued after the study carried out by the Department of Mines and Geology found iron ore deposits in the area from west Namjakot to east Dhaubadi in Hupsekot Rural Municipality-5 in Gandaki province.
Activities for the study of iron exploration were forwarded by establishing 'Dhaubadi Iron Company Ltd' from a decision of the cabinet meeting held on August 21, 2019.
The company was registered as 'Dhaubadi Iron Company Ltd' at the Office of the Company Registrar on September 26, 2019, and came into operation in February 2020.
Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Janak Bahadur Chand, said the Company studied the quality of iron ore and volume of deposits and completed a geological study, drilling act and chemical testing at the iron mines area.
The company has been carrying out financial and commercial feasibility despite limited resources and human resources, said Chand. It has forwarded a process for land acquisition at Kawasoti Municipality and Devchuli Municipality for the industry.
The government has already sent five tonnes of iron to the Sichuan Institute of Metallurgical Geology and Exploration, in Chengdu, China for the test. Meanwhile, the Chinese lab informed that the mine has the iron appropriate for industrial production.
