IREL (India) Limited
Sole domestic rare-earth miner/processor; monazite-to-NdPr and sole REE-magnet producer; single REE feedstock point.
Relationships
- Controlled byMinistry of Mines
- Subsidiary ofMinistry of Mines
- SuppliesToyotsu Rare Earths India Private Limited
- Invested in byScheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets
- SuppliesRare Earth Elements / Neodymium-Praseodymium
- CustomerToyotsu Rare Earths India Private Limited
- OperatesIREL Odisha Sand Complex (OSCOM), Chhatrapur— Largest IREL division; ilmenite + associated minerals capacity expanding from 2.8 to 6.2 lakh tpa; hosts Monazite Proces
- OperatesIREL Chavara Mineral Division— Mineral-sands division at Chavara, Kerala.
- Controlled byDepartment of Atomic Energy (DAE)— IREL is a PSU under the Department of Atomic Energy.
- producesRare Earth Elements (magnet: Nd, Pr, Dy, Tb)— Produces rare-earth oxides (La, Ce, Nd, Pr, Sm, Gd, Y) and NdPr Oxalate from monazite feedstock.
- OperatesIREL Rare Earths Division (RED), Udyogamandal— First IREL rare-earth processing unit (since 1952).
- OperatesIREL Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Plant (REPM), Visakhapatnam— Samarium-cobalt REPM plant commissioned 2023; ~3,000 kg/year capacity; ~Rs.197 crore.
- OperatesIREL Manavalakurichi Mineral Division (MK)— Mineral-sands division at Kanyakumari since 1963.
- Partners withCoal India Limited (CIL)
- Partners withCoal India Limited (CIL)
- Competes withHindustan Zinc Limited (HZL)
- BenefitsScheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets— Reuters (Sep 2025) named IREL as one of two recipients of government REPM-related funding alongside MAM.