type state owned enterprise industry rare earth research founded 18 august 1950 1 headquarters plot no. 1207 veer savakar marg prabhadevi mumbai india key people shri d singh chairman & managing director & director marketing mr c k asnani director technical shri rakesh tumane director finance 2 products ilmenite rutile zircon sillimanite mixed re chloride th nitrate la carbonate tri sod phosphate revenue 456 crore us 68 million 2013 2014 net income 46.78 crore us 7.0 million 2013 2014 website www.irel.gov.in indian rare earths limited irel is a government owned corporation in india based in mumbai . it was incorporated as a private limited company and jointly owned by the government of india and government of travancore cochin . government of india took control of irel in 1963 under the administrative control of department of atomic energy dae . it was incorporated with the primary intention of taking up commercial scale processing of monazite sand at its first unit namely rare earths division red aluva kochi for the recovery of thorium . 3 irel commissioned its largest division called orissa sand complex oscom 4 at chhatrapur orissa . 5 6 today irel operates these four units along with a corporate office in mumbai 7 and a unit located in manavalakurichi of kanyakumari district . 8 it produces sells six heavy minerals namely ilmenite rutile zircon monazite sillimanite and garnet as well as various value added products . from 1 may 2015 it started commercial operation of monazite processing plant at orissa to process 10000tpa monazite to produce 11220tpa of rare earth chloride 13500 tri sodium phosphate 26tpa ngadu etc. similarly high pure rare earth facility also commenced operation to refine pure rare earth compounds . the corporate research centre is located at kollam kerala 9 and carries out research in the field of value added products from beach sand minerals undertakes consultancy projects on mineral separation and flow sheet development carrying out mineral analysis and caters to the needs of internal and external customers . 10 references edit department of atomic energy milestones . barc.ernet.in . retrieved 10 july 2010 . indian rare earth unit s plan . the hindu business line . 13 november 2004 . retrieved 10 july 2010 . about us . irel.gov.in . 18 august 1950 . retrieved 10 july 2010 . dae . indian rare earths limited . dae.gov.in . retrieved 10 july 2010 . other states orissa news drinking water projects inaugurated in three villages . the hindu . 21 may 2010 . retrieved 10 july 2010 . toyota negotiating with orissa sands complex oscom for setting up a rare earth chloride plant near chhatrapur in 1986x indian rare earth ltd pdf . retrieved 10 july 2010 . http www.irel.gov.in scripts about us.asp 1 dead link indian rare earths limited about us . irel.gov.in . retrieved 10 july 2010 . external links edit v t e central public sector companies of india air india balmer lawrie bharat electronics bharat heavy electricals limited bharat petroleum bharat sanchar nigam bhavini cement corporation of india coal india limited dredging corporation of india limited electronics corporation of india limited food corporation of india gail hindustan aeronautics limited hmt limited india trade promotion organisation indian oil corporation indian rare earths limited life insurance corporation of india mazagon dock limited mecon limited mahanagar telephone nigam limited ntpc limited nuclear power corporation of india oil and natural gas corporation power grid corporation of india praga tools limited rashtriya ispat nigam rural electrification corporation limited state bank of india steel authority of india uranium corporation of india v t e public sector undertakings in india list maharatna bharat heavy electricals coal india gas authority of india indian oil corporation national thermal power corporation oil and natural gas corporation steel authority of india navratna bharat electronics bharat petroleum corporation container 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company educational consultants india engineering projects india ltd. fci aravali gypsum and minerals india ferro scrap nigam hmt international hscc india indian medicines and pharmaceuticals corporation mecon mineral exploration corporation national film development corporation of india national small industries corporation pec rajasthan electronics and instruments information updated as of 26 october 2014 by ministry of heavy industries and public enterprises india see also public sector banks in india retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title indian rare earths & oldid 728965065 categories rare earth companiesmining companies of indiagovernment owned companies of indiacompanies based in mumbaieconomy of keralanon renewable resource companies established in 19501950 establishments in indiapublic sector in indiahidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from july 2013use dmy dates from may 2014use indian english from june 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