By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, February 16, 2017 : Aluminium major, National Aluminium Company Ltd [NALCO] on Wednesday signed an MoU with New Delhi based The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), for various scientific, technological and educational activities in the area of mining rehabilitation especially bauxite mining and sustainable development in the presence of union minister of power, coal, new & renewable energy, Piyush Goyal, top officials.

“The MoU will further strengthen Nalco’s initiatives being undertaken under Sustainable Development Framework (SDF) and has the potential for being a benchmark for best practices in bauxite mining”, said Nalco chairman and managing director, Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand.

He informed that the activities under the MoU will cover mining rehabilitation methods and technologies, sustainable rehabilitation on red mud areas, capacity building, workshops & preparation knowledge documents on mining rehabilitation.