India’s iron ore production dropped around 18% m-o-m to a little under 16 million tonnes (mnt) in July 2022 from over 19 mnt in June, as per latest SteelMint data. On the other hand, production fell marginally by around 1.5% to over 150 mnt in January-July this year compared to the same period last year. Production in Odisha in the first seven months of the year fell around 5.5% to 84 mnt compared with nearly 90 mnt in January-July of last year. While Chhattisgarh recorded production at 25 mnt in the first seven months of the year, Karnataka and Jharkhand produced roughly 20 mnt and 15 mnt, respectively, during the period.
Leave a Reply