MECL SIGNS MOU WITH BHPMI TO EXPAND BUSINESS
A Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) was signed here today between the premier
exploration agency the Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited
(MECL), Nagpur, a public sector company under the Union Ministry
of Mines and M/s. BHP Mineral India Private Limited (BHPMI), a
member of BHP Billiton Group of Companies and diversified global
resources group paving way for pooling up their resources for
augmenting mineral exploration and development activities in India.
The MOU envisages
that MECL with its 3 decades experiences in the field and state-of-the
art technology will take up globally execution of drilling, geological,
geophysical, geo-chemical, environmental and IT services. BHPMI
will support the activities of MECL and provide every opportunity
to secure and execute contracts, give assistance to MECL specialists
to prepare proposals of contracts, obtain necessary clearance,
manage and operate all reconnaissance and prospecting operations,
train and acquaint MECL personnel in the latest technology and
techniques and furnish necessary technical information to enable
it for submission of viable tender proposals.
The MOU was signed
by Shri Rajneesh Gupta, CMD, MECL and Shri Ciaran G.Halpin,Director,
BHPMI in presence of Dr.A.K.Kundra, Secretary Mines, Government
of India. Shri Gupta expressed full confidence that the MOU will
benefit MECL globally in the field of mineral exploration and
allied jobs. Shri Halpin said that association with MECL with
its vast infrastructure, high degree of mobility and sound technical
knowledge would help his company in a big way. Earlier an expert
team of BHPMI visited MECL and had discussions with senior executives
of the Company at Nagpur. They also visited IT Centre, Manufacturing
Centre, Geophysical, Environmental and Remote Sensing Units and
one of the exploration projects nearby to get them acquainted
with capabilities of MECL.