Team News Riveting
Bhopal, August 24
Coal India Limited (CIL) has inked memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Madhya Pradesh to explore the critical minerals in the state.
The state-run coal miner signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Madhya Pradesh government’s Mineral Resources Development department and the Madhya Pradesh State Mining Corporation Limited on Saturday. The tripartite agreement, signed in Katni, aims to explore and exploit critical minerals and other minerals of mutual interest in Madhya Pradesh. The strategic move aligns with India’s push to secure a stable supply of critical minerals, which are essential for various high-tech and green technologies.
“Coal India limited (CIL), Mineral Resources Development, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh (through Directorate of Geology and Mining) and Madhya Pradesh State Mining Corporation Limited have executed a Non-Binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 23.08.2025 at Katni, Madhya Pradesh to cooperate and collaborate in the field of Exploration & Exploitation of Critical Minerals and other minerals of mutual interest in Madhya Pradesh,” CIL said in a regulatory filing today.
The move aligns with India’s efforts to secure critical minerals supply for high-tech and green technologies. The collaboration could diversify CIL’s portfolio beyond coal mining and potentially boost Madhya Pradesh’s mineral resource development and economic growth.
The primary objectives of the collaboration include exploration of critical minerals in Madhya Pradesh and exploitation of identified mineral resources cooperation in other minerals of mutual interest.
