Trimex Heavy Minerals promoted by Trimex Group is planning to set up a f 10 MTPA of heavy mineral sand along with pre-concentration plant of 1,525 tonne per hour and install a mineral separation plant of 270 tonnes per hour for the production of Ilmenite, Rutile, zircon, garnet and sillimanite heavy minerals. As of January 2016, the company has obtained all required permissions from various government statutory agencies for the execution of the project along with mining plan approvals from the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) and the Atomic Minerals Director for Exploration and Research (AMD) along with coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) and environmental clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. The project would use opencast mechanised mining method involving dry mining and dredging and the excavated minerals will be transported to the pre-concentration plant (PCP) by trucks.