Mumbai, April 26 -- Union Minister G Kishan Reddy has called on the mining community to focus on the recovery of critical minerals from dumps and tailings to support advanced alloys and green technologies.

Testing and recovery from existing dumps must be taken up as a national priority, said the Minister in his address to the 6th edition of 'Steel India 2025' here,

He added that the journey towards a secure, resilient, and sustainable raw material strategy is a collective one.

Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is progressing on a bold and ambitious path for the steel sector, he said.

The National Steel Policy envisions achieving 300 MT of production capacity by 2030-31 and 500 MT by 2047.

The Minis...