The Indian government is considering urging Indian state-owned miner National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) to halt exports in response to demand from local steel mills facing a shortage of raw materials, a senior government ...
Tags: Iron Ore, iron ore miner
FIMI has pitched for a drastic reduction in export duty on low grade iron ore to 5%from the present 30%,the current rate has rendered shipments unviable. Mr RK Sharma secretary general,Federation of Indian Mineral Industries said that"We ...
Tags: FIMI, iron ore fines, Federation of Indian Mineral Industries
Business Standard reported that Indian iron ore production is expected to fall by 40% to 100 million tonnes in 2012-13 as compared with 167 million tonnes 2011-12, which had also seen sharp decline from 208 million tonnes produced in ...
Tags: iron ore production, iron ore, iron ore export, iron, ore
Business Line reported that delay in allotment of coal and iron ore mines, increasing imports of iron ore by India and the failure of domestic steel makers to reach production targets so far this year. Affected by different regulatory ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Steel Output, India
Economic Times cited a top industry official as saying that the country is likely to import around 15 million tonnes of iron ore this financial year following the virtual halt of mining operations in different parts of the country. Mr ...
Tags: iron ore, mining operations, Federation of Indian Mineral Industries
BS reported that Vedanta Aluminium Limited which is facing a challenge to run its refinery at Lanjigarh beyond December 5th 2012 hopes to get some bauxite from external sources in 2 to 3 days. Mr Mukesh Kumar president and chief operating ...
Tags: Balco, refinery Lanjigarh, mineral industry