According to Sichuan-based Chinese steelmaker Pangang Group Steel Vanadium & Titanium Co., in the current year up to March 28 its Lanjian mine produced 273,595 mt of
iron ore, equivalent to 111.4 percent of the output target for the first quarter.
The annual
iron ore production capacity of the mine after the shift from open pit to underground mining is gradually expected to reach 2 million mt. The mine switched to underground exploration earlier this year.