Andhra Pradesh Government to call global tenders for sale of barytes

Andhra Pradesh Government plans to call global tenders for sale of barytes minerals and has also appointed Capital Fortunes Pvt Ltd as transaction advisor.
Reviewing the barytes issue at the secretariat today the chief secretary Sri I Y R Krishna Rao said the sale of barytes will be linked to international prices on a floating basis.
He said  the Government had  already cancelled the  G.O. 206  on grant of leases of barytesmines  and set up a Technical committee vide  G.O.RT 398 to process  the  tenders  for sale of barytes   in a transparent manner.
The Chief Secretary said the Department has also been asked to study feasibility of setting a solar fencing at the barytes mining area, and achieve greater automation in grading, loading and transportation of barytes minerals. The Mining department   has also been advised to set up  surveillance cameras in mining area, take up computerization of the records and also promote RFID tagging for the vehicles carrying the mineral. Sri  J.S.Venkateswara Prasad, IAS, Prl.Secretary and other concerned officials of  Industries department attended the meeting. by TS24x7.com Team

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