OREANDA-NEWS. Joda East Iron Mine (JEIM) of Tata Steel received the Mining Innovation Award 2012 for introduction and adoption of innovative systems with efficient techniques, and sustainable development for optimal iron ore mining.

Mr R R Satpathy, Chief,Joda, received the Mining Innovation award 2012 from Prof. Ajoy K Ghosh, Prof. S P Banerjee and Mr V S Rao during the MineTech’13 organised by Indian Mining & Engineering Journal at Bhubaneswar from 3-4 May’2013.

This award has brought a moment of glory for Joda East Iron Mine at a time when the entire iron ore mining industry is passing through a difficult phase in the country.