Susanta Nayak

Essel Mining and Industries Limited

Essel Mining & Industries Limited (EMIL) is a part of US $60 billion global conglomerate Aditya Birla Group. Incorporated in 1950 EMIL is a diversified natural resource company operating in the sectors of coal mining, iron pellets, Noble Ferro Alloys (NFA) and contract coal mining through the mine developer-and-operator (MDO) model. EMIL is one of the largest private coal miners in India with mining operations in the states of Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. EMIL operated Bhubaneswari Open Cast Project (OCP) in Odisha is currently the largest coal mine of the state. With Bhubaneswari OCP EMIL became India's first MDO. EMIL has recently bagged 3 new coal MDOs in Amelia, Subhadra and Madan Nagar respectively located in states of Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh. These projects have propelled EMIL to become the country's largest MDO. EMIL is developing greenfield commercial coal mining project in Bandha area of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh. We have recently made our footprints in the diamond mining space through the acquisition of Bunder Diamond project in Madhya Pradesh. EMIL acquired mining lease of the Bunder Diamond project in Chhatarpur district in 2019. Further we are a pioneer in manufacturing of world class Noble Ferro Alloys (NFA) and Iron pellets. The Iron Ore Beneficiation & Pelletization Plant (IoBP) is a subsidiary of EMIL acquired in 2019. The unit is located in Basantpur, Keonjhar district of Odisha. The IoBP plant comprises of a 1 MTPA Iron Ore Beneficiation plant and a 1 MTPA Iron Ore Pelletization plant based on first of its kind Circular Pelletization Technology (CPT). EMIL envisions a future powered by green and clean energy. At present, we have a combined portfolio of 155 MW of solar and wind power. Our motive is to offset our carbon footprint and to harness natural resources to produce green energy. At EMIL, our endeavour is to consistently create value for all our stakeholders.