Industry Odisha Bureau, April 4: To promote exploration of Titanium like rare minerals, the Odisha Government has proposed for establishment of a Rare Earth and Strategic Minerals Value Addition Corridor in Odisha, anchored around the Gopalpur–Chhatarpur coastal belt in Ganjam district.
The Government of India, in the Union Budget 2026-27, announced a proposal to support the mineral-rich States of Odisha, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to establish dedicated Rare Earth Corridors to promote mining, processing, research and manufacturing.
In view of the above, the State Government has decided to set up a Rare Earth and Strategic Minerals Value Addition Corridor in Ganjam district, official sources said.
The State Government has made provision of Rs 10 crore for Rare Earth Corridor to enable the State to move early with State-led enabling investments to secure a first mover advantage.
The proposed corridor has been conceptualised as an end-to-end value-addition ecosystem, covering Mineral sands beneficiation and separation, Titanium Dioxide and Titanium intermediate products, Titanium Sponge / Titanium Metal / Titanium Alloys, including aerospace- and defence-grade products, Rare Earth Compounds and Rare Earth Metals, and Permanent Magnets, especially the Neodymium-Iron-Boron (NdFeB), REPM value chain, from oxide to metal to alloy to sintered magnets.
As regards the domestic support framework, the State will support this growth through structured inter-departmental convergence rather than through a single isolated intervention.
The logistics dimension is equally important. The location of the proposed corridor in the Gopalpur–Chatrapur belt has been consciously identified because of its proximity to the all-weather Gopalpur Port. This allows Odisha to support both inward movement of industrial inputs and outward movement of processed products in a cost-effective manner, the officials said.
The State’s port-led industrial strategy, together with planned support for road, utility and rail linkages, will therefore be an integral part of the domestic support structure for rare earth and strategic mineral growth.
According to the officials, Odisha is not approaching rare earths merely as a mining opportunity. The State is proceeding with a clear strategy to build a Rare Earth and Strategic Minerals Value Addition Corridor, linked to processing, research, manufacturing, logistics, and downstream industrialisation.
Through convergence across Industries, Steel & Mines, Commerce & Transport, Energy, Water Resources, Skill Development, IDCO, IPICOL and other concerned agencies, the State will provide the required domestic enabling ecosystem.
This will help Odisha emerge as a leading centre for rare earths, titanium, permanent magnets, and other strategic mineral value-added products, while also supporting employment, industrial growth, logistics development, and national supply-chain resilience.
