Odisha government has released first list of Iron ore allocation to state based units under its gazetted notification dated 26 Jun, 2014. Government has specified quantity & quality of material based on quarterly requirement applied by state based units.
List of Iron Ore Allocation to State based Companies for Period ending 31 Mar’15
| Company Name | Material | Allotted Quantity |
| Sri Madhu Ispat | Lump | 24,000 |
| Patnaik Steel | Lump | 44,000 |
| Ganesh Sponge | Lump | 36,000 |
| Agrasen Sponge | Lump | 24,000 |
| Pooja Sponge | Lump | 15,000 |
| Shiv Metaliks | Lump | 24,000 |
| Prabhu Sponge | Lump | 24,000 |
| Jay Iron & Steel | Lump | 24,000 |
| Pro Minerals | Fines | 180,000 |
| Maa samaleswari Industries | Lump | 24,000 |
| Balaji Metaliks | Lump | 12,000 |
| Suraj Products | Lump | 18,000 |
| Sponge Udyog | Lump | 24,000 |
| Vikram Pvt. Ltd. | Lump | 24,000 |
| Hari Sponge | Lump | 27,000 |
| K J Ispat | Lump | 12,000 |
| BRG Iron & Steel | Lump | 24,000 |
| Viraja Steel | Lump | 6,000 |
| Bhushan Steel | Lump | 600,000 |
| SMC Power | Lump | 72,000 |
| Arya Iron & Steel | Fines | 300,000 |
| International Minerals & Trading | Fines | 450,000 |
| Essar | Fines | 1,750,000 |
| BRPL | Fines | 130,000 |
| JSPL | Fines | 434,000 |
| Total | 4,302,000 | |
Quantity in MT
For copy of allocation list: Click here
What is 50:50 Rule?
On 5 Dec’12, the Odisha Steel & Mines department had issued notification directing all miners to reserve 50% of their monthly Iron ore output for state based companies after captive consumption, citing mineral development and other rules contained in the MCR as well as raw material need for local steel companies, as the cause for such action.
Many miners had moved to the Odisha High Court challenging the legal validity of the notification; terming the restriction of mineral sales, a breach of the Constitution.
Hearing on writ petitions filed by AOSF (All Odisha Steel Federation) and FIMI (Federation of Indian Minerals & Industries), the High Court said the government has the right of pre-emption on minerals as mentioned in the section 27 of MCR and hence the notification was legally valid.
Further, the High Court asked the state government to form a mechanism, which will define equal supply to state based companies at a fair price. Thereafter, the state government issued a gazetted notification, which gave a direction how will they ensure smooth supply of Iron ore at reasonable price.
For Gazetted Notification by the state government: Click here
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