Orissa Sands Complex (OSCOM) is one of IREL’s flagship units  located at Chatrapur in the district of Ganjam, which is about 150 kilometers from Bhubaneswar, the Capital of Odisha. All-weather Gopalpur port is situated beside the OSCOM plant complex. The nearest airport is in Bhubaneswar. Mechanized Mining and Mineral processing activity are carried out over the mining lease area of 2464 hectares. The mining operations are expanded to 7.5 million tons per annum of mineral sands to produce 6 lakhs tons of processed minerals includes Ilmenite, Rutile, Zircon, Sillimanite and Garnet. 

OSCOM deposit contains an average heavy minerals (HM) grade of 10% to 12% HM in the Ore over the entire mineable coastal stretch. Mining is taken up by dredging. Simultaneously, dry-mining activities deploying Tipper-Excavator combination are also adopted for supplementing the production requirement for the mineral processing plant. The minedout lands are simultaneously backfilled, surface topography restored followed by plantation activities. Mining and Mineral separation activities are carried out in an environment friendly and sustainable manner.

The plant has a well-equipped Technical Services section for Research & Development and quality assurance for products and services. It is certified for ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018.