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Tata Steel Chrome Ore Production Increased by 1 MnT in FY16

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Rohan Baid
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Production of chrome ore increased by 56% in Fy16 in comparison to FY15.

In FY15, total chrome ore production in India was 2.2 MnT. Chrome ore production in India increased by 56% and stood at 3.47 MnT in FY16 majorly contributed by Tata Steel, which had produced only 0.23 MnT in FY15. In FY16, Tata Steel has produced 1.23 MnT of Chrome ore and Concentrate.

As per the new MMDR Act 2015 all merchant mining leases will expire in 2020 and all the merchant blocks will be put on auction after that. Tata Steel’s Sukinda Chrome mine has been accorded merchant status, and this has led to Tata Steel maximizing their Chrome ore resource and ramping up production.

Odisha Chrome Ore Production in FY16 

Month TATA Steel O.M.C. Balasore Alloys IMFA FACOR IDCOL B.C. Mohanty Jindal Stainless ICCL. Total
April’15           67,800      27,400       33,019                –      13,461         3,034                –       7,305             –        152,019
May’15           65,927      83,111       40,031      40,063      27,517      19,729                –       5,620      6,020        288,019
June’15           47,322      72,308       23,527      43,300      26,058      14,714                –       7,065      5,852        240,146
July’15           59,888      65,711       17,485      20,029         2,715         8,133                –       8,730      4,188        186,878
August’15           78,687      39,206       17,333      20,072         2,972            453                –       5,539      3,620        167,883
September’15           58,798      26,389       27,550      30,001         4,333         5,539                –       5,275      3,068        160,953
October’15         142,415      28,100       34,859      30,022         9,722      10,441            111       5,540      4,157        265,366
November’15         180,036      97,696       44,641      32,002         5,580      13,356         6,713       4,936      5,035        389,995
December’15         184,986      41,724       48,506      44,734      16,078         8,561       16,522     11,673      4,412        377,196
January’16         174,600      88,122       46,732      18,888      16,400      16,143       24,768     12,547        398,199
February’16           81,926    153,706       57,599      12,774      17,122         8,286       26,048     17,460        374,922
March’16           89,584    233,189       56,770      19,208      28,740         9,664       27,024       8,128        472,307
Total     1,231,969    956,662     448,051    311,092    170,698    118,054    101,185     99,818    36,352    3,473,882

Qty in MT
Source: Odisha Govt., SteelMint
Provisional Data

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