Odisha – India’s largest iron ore producing state has witnessed an increase of 12% M-o-M in its production in Nov’17. Iron ore production stood at 9.11 MnT in Nov’17 as against 8.10 MnT in Oct’17.
The Y-o-Y production also witnessed a marginal increase of 5% in Nov’17 as compared to Nov’16 which stood at 8.7 MnT.
Rungta Mines – India’s largest private merchant miner’s production was up 34% in Nov’17 and stood at 2.77 MnT as against 2.07 MnT in Oct’17. The second largest production was recorded by Tata Steel at 1.03 MnT, down by marginally 2% in Nov’17 as against 1.05 MnT in Oct’17.
Production of other major miners were as follows: Serajuddin Mines (0.96 MnT, up 13% M-o-M); SAIL (0.64 MnT, down 3%); Indrani Patnaik (0.35 MnT, down 13% M-o-M).
Iron ore production of state-owned miner increasing consistently since last two month – OMC increased by almost four-fold in Nov’17 to 0.40 MnT against 0.11 MnT in Oct’17.
Odisha: Mine-wise iron ore production-:
| Miners | Nov’17 | Oct’17 |
| Rungta Mines | 2.77 | 2.07 |
| Tata | 1.03 | 1.05 |
| Serajuddin | 0.96 | 0.85 |
| SAIL | 0.64 | 0.66 |
| O.M.C. | 0.4 | 0.11 |
| Indrani Patnaik | 0.35 | 0.4 |
| Essel Mining & Industries | 0.33 | 0.34 |
| KJS Ahluwalia | 0.3 | 0.61 |
| K.N.Ram | 0.26 | 0.22 |
| A.M.T.C. | 0.19 | 0.04 |
| Others | 1.88 | 1.75 |
| Total | 9.11 | 8.1 |
Source: Govt. of Odisha
Quantity in MnT
Supreme Court ordered the miners to submit the penalty amount by the deadline 31 Dec’17 to recover the cost of excess production from the miner’s against rampant illegal mining.As per sources, Tata Steel and some of the big merchant producers like Rungta Mines, Essel Mining & Industries Ltd, have already deposited their penalty arrears with the Odisha government.
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