Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Limited is a major Indian state-owned minerals and lignite mining company based in Ahmedabad. GMDC was founded in 1963. Its product range includes essential energy minerals like lignite, base metals and industrial minerals like bauxite and fluorspar. Gujarat government has given its green signal to GMDC to form a joint venture with NALCO for a 1 mtpa refinery. GMDC also owns and runs Akrimota Thermal Power Station, a 250 MW lignite-based thermal power plant located in village Nanichher in Lakhpat Taluka, Kutch District. Wikipedia