National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (NMDC) signed a MoU with IIT ____________ for ‘Drone-Based Mineral Exploration’.

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National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (NMDC), country’s largest Iron Ore producer, a CPSE under Ministry of Steel signed a MoU with IIT Kharagpur for ‘Drone-Based Mineral Exploration’. NMDC and IIT Kharagpur would develop spectral products, methods and algorithms for exploration using the Drone (UAV) for mining. The collaboration between NMDC and IIT Kharagpur would further lead to the development of software spectral tools for mineral excavation and capacity building programs on mining technology.