The captive iron ore mines under the Raw Materials Division (RMD) of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) clocked record iron ore production and despatch in the April-June quarter of 2018-19 surpassing all previous records.
RMD’s iron ore mines at Kiriburu, Meghahatuburu, Gua, Chiria in Jharkhand, and Bolani, Barsua, Taldih, Kalta in Odisha together produced and despatched 5.19 MnT and 5.11 MnT respectively notching a growth of 15.4 percent and 16.7 percent over corresponding period last year. The mines have also achieved best-ever monthly production of 1.85 MnT in June. RMD’s Bolani Ores Mines has individually clocked highest ever loading of 151 rakes in the month of June.
The significant rise attributes to system changes brought in by RMD in its mines. Reduction in loading time of rakes at mines and turnaround time of rakes from steel plants resulted in highest ever despatch of 1463 rakes in Q1 from RMD mines. An opening of Barsua Iron Mine also added further volume.
RMD is ramping up its iron ore production to meet the increasing demand SAIL’s steel plants. In current fiscal RMD’s iron mines in Odisha and Jharkhand are set to produce about 24.50 MnT of iron ore.
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