MPPSC 2014 General Studies Solved Paper-1

(B) Malanjkhand Copper Project was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi in 1980 and Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) started to exploit the copper ore through open pit mining. Geological Survey of India took systematic geological exploration at this deposit during 1969. Mining lease of the ore was granted to HCL during 1973. It is the largest open cast mining in Asia.