New Delhi, May 28 The Centre is moving ahead with plans to set up four critical mineral processing plants in Odisha, Gujarat, Telangana, and Maharashtra as part of the country’s strategy to enhance domestic capabilities in producing these key materials required for making semiconductors, electric vehicles, solar panels, hi-tech electronic goods and defence equipment.Speaking on the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM), Union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy noted that the Centre has prepared separate mining blocks for critical minerals and undertaken large-scale auctions for the first time since independence.The minister said a significant number of critical mineral blocks...