Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation
Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Limited is a major Indian state-owned minerals and lignite mining company based in Ahmedabad. GMDC was founded in 1963.
Its product range includes essential energy minerals like lignite, base metals and industrial minerals like bauxite and fluorspar. Gujarat government has given its green signal to GMDC to form a joint venture with NALCO for a 1 mtpa refinery.
GMDC also owns and runs Akrimota Thermal Power Station, a 250 MW lignite-based thermal power plant located in village Nanichher in Lakhpat Taluka, Kutch District.
Product range
The company has grown in strength since its inception over the years. In 1963 the company commenced its operation with small silica sand quarry. In 1964 it started with bauxite mines in Kutch and now operates six bauxite mines. In 1971, a beneficiation plant was commissioned by GMDC to process 500 M.T of fluorspar ore and to produce calcium fluoride used for the manufacture of Hydro-fluoric acid and as flux in metallurgical industries. A captive mine at Ambadungar was established also to feed the plant. In 1976 lignite was discovered in Gujarat and GMDC started its first lignite mines at Panadhro. In 1980, a captive refining plant with copper mines was set up by GMDC near Ambaji. In 1983, another lignite mine was discovered & started by it at Rajpardi near Bharuch. In 1992, it established a calcination plant to add value to the bauxite mined by it at Gadhsisha in Kutch. In 1996, to use the lignite mined by it, GMDC also started thermal power plant at Nani-Chher in Kutch. In 2005 & 2009 more lignite mines were started by GMDC at Tadkeshwar near Surat and near Bhavnagar, respectively. Also in 2006 it developed manganese ore mines at Shivarajpur inPanchmahals. It is also setting up an Alumina plant with Raytheon Corporation of USA.
Akrimota Thermal Power Station
Akrimota Thermal Power Station is a lignite-based thermal power plant located in village Nanichher in Lakhpat Taluka, Kutch District, Gujarat. The power plant is run by the Corporation. The power plant has an installed capacity of 250 MW.| Stage | Unit number | Installed capacity | Date of commissioning | Status |
| Stage I | 1 | 125 | 2005 March | Running |
| Stage I | 2 | 125 | 2005 December | Running |