Author: Sunil M Parkhe

India’s largest iron ore producing state – Odisha which contributes nearly 50% share in country’s ore output has registered 23% drop in its monthly iron ore production in Jul’17 due to monsoon. The state produced 6.22 MnT iron ore in Jul’17 against 8.11 MnT in Jun’17. Odisha’s iron ore production however moved up by 18% Y-o-Y which was 5.29 MnT in Jul’16. There was an increase of 7% Y-o-Y as well for the…