en.Wedoany.com Reported - NLC India Limited (NLCIL) and the CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the beneficiation and extraction of critical and strategic minerals.

The agreement was signed on June 10, 2026, in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu, India, in support of the Indian government's National Critical Mineral Mission.

Under the agreement, the parties will study overburden materials and tailings from NLCIL's Neyveli mine to assess the potential for extracting and recovering rare earth elements and other trace minerals. They also plan to conduct similar studies at other NLCIL mining and exploration sites, focusing on developing sustainable and economically viable technologies for recovering valuable minerals from secondary resources.

The MoU was signed by I.S. Jasper Rose, Executive Director (Mining & Land) of NLCIL, and K. Ramesha, Director of CSIR-CECRI, in the presence of several senior officials, including Prasanna Kumar Motupalli, Chairman and Managing Director of NLCIL, and Suresh Chandra Suman, Director of Mining.

Motupalli stated that the collaboration with CSIR-CECRI aims to support research on recovering rare earth elements and other critical minerals from mining waste and secondary resources. This partnership is expected to help develop technologies aligned with the goals of the National Critical Mineral Mission and India's objective of achieving self-sufficiency in critical minerals.

K. Ramesha noted that both institutions have long-standing operations in Tamil Nadu and look forward to advancing research together to support India's critical mineral supply chain. NLCIL has been engaged in exploring and developing critical and strategic minerals from both primary and secondary resources. Motupalli is a member of a committee under NITI Aayog, the Indian government's think tank, which studies the recovery of such minerals from mine waste, overburden, and tailings.

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