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EIL and CSIR-IMMT Sign MoU on Critical Minerals R&D
EIL and CSIR-IMMT Sign MoU on Critical Minerals R&D
Why in News?
Engineers India Limited (EIL) and CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (CSIR-IMMT), Bhubaneswar signed an MoU to collaborate on the critical and strategic minerals value chain.
Key Points
The partnership focuses on developing mineral processing and extractive metallurgy technologies.
It aims to strengthen research and development in the critical and strategic minerals sector.
Extractive metallurgy is the branch of metallurgy that extracts metals from their ores.
EIL is a Navratna PSU under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, established in 1965.