NMDC’s iron ore output decreases in April-August

India's state-owned miner National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) has announced that in the first five months of the financial year 2015-16 (started April 1) it produced 10.52 million mt of iron ore, registering a decrease of 13 percent year on year. The company's iron ore sales in the given period amounted to 11.27 million mt, decreasing by 16.9 percent year on year.

 

During the first five months, NMDC's iron ore output from its Karnataka mines amounted to 5.91 million mt, up 62.8 percent, while the iron ore output from its Chhattisgarh mines decreased by 45.57 percent to 4.61 million mt, both year on year.