Monthly iron ore production in Odisha has undergone a marginal fall of 9% M-o-M in Aug’15 and stood at 4.6 MnT (excluding production of SAIL Bolani mines).
Iron ore production in India’s largest iron ore producing state has reduced marginally by 9% from 5.04 MnT in July’15 to 4.6 MnT in Aug’15.
Among merchant miners, Rungta Mines was the largest iron ore producer at 1.09 MnT, followed by Serajuddin Mines at 0.49 MnT and Indrani Patnaik at 0.38 MnT. Odisha Mining Corp (OMC) produced around 47,000 MT iron ore last month.
Among captive producers, Tata Steel produced 0.99 MnT iron ore and SAIL iron ore production stood at 0.09 MnT (excluding production of SAIL Bolani mines) in Aug’15.
Mine-wise Odisha iron ore production in July & Aug’15
|
Mines Name |
Iron Ore Production in ‘000 MT | |
| July’15 |
Aug’15 |
|
| Rungta Mines | 1,176 | 1,089 |
| Tata Steel | 858 | 998 |
| Serajuddin Mines | 646 | 488 |
| Indrani Patnaik | 355 | 382 |
| KJS Ahluwalia | 331 | 332 |
| K.N.Ram | 156 | 240 |
| Essel Mining & Industries | 184 | 212 |
| SAIL | 577 | 90.63* |
| OMC | 88 | 47 |
| Others | 668 | 727 |
| Total | 5,039 | 4,604 * |
*Excluding production of SAIL Bolani mines
Provisional data
Source: Govt. of Odisha
Odisha iron ore production at 24.89 MnT in first 5 months of FY16
In first five months of this fiscal, Odisha iron ore production stood at 24.89 MnT. Rungta Mines remains the top producer at 6.3 MnT, followed by Serajuddin Mines at 4.75 MnT and Tata Steel at 3.68 MnT.
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