Kolkata, Oct. 30 -- Coal India is in talks with potential collaborators abroad who can give the Navratna company the required value processing technology in the aftermath of its acquiring critical minerals in overseas nations, union coal secretary Vikram Dev Dutt said here today.
Disclosing that Coal India Ltd is in the lookout for opportunities to acquire critical minerals abroad in alliance with the ministry of mines, Dutt pointed out that the question of refining the critical minerals post acquisition would come in a new course as the value chain of the critical minerals requires to be developed.
"We're working on that," Dutt told newsmen at Science City pavillion opposite the Mela Ground. In fact, apart from coal, CIL has undertaken a...