NMDC's production, sales dip by over 13% in Apr-Dec
State-owned iron ore miner NMDC's production and sales took a beating by over 13 per cent during the April-December period of the current fiscal.
The company, the largest producer of the key steel-making raw material in the country, produced 175.56 lakh tonnes iron ore during the first nine months of the current fiscal, a 13.3 per cent dip over 202.79 lakh tonnes produced a year ago.
Sales also declined by 13.47 per cent during the April- December period to stand at 180.38 lakh tonnes against 208.45 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period last fiscal, a Steel Ministry data has showed.
In value-terms also, sales declined by 13.31 per cent to Rs 7,475 crore from Rs 8,623 crore during the April-December period of the last fiscal.
However, both sales and production of the company during December increased by 2.13 per cent and 8.5 per cent to 9.41 lakh tonnes and 22.34 lakh tonnes, respectively.
NMDC had produced 272.6 lakh tonnes iron ore in 2011-12, recording an eight per cent growth over 2001-11 and sales went up by four per cent to 273 lakh tonnes. The company posted Rs 11,262 crore turnover for the year 2011-12.
The company had produced 320 lakh tonnes in 2007-08, 285 lakh tonnes in 2008-09, 238 lakh tonnes in 2009-10 and 252 lakh tonnes in 2010-11.
NMDC has 15,650 lakh tonnes iron ore reserves including in 11B and Kumaraswamy deposits, being developed now, in Chhattisgarh and Karnataka, as on March 31, 2011. India has 285,260 lakh tonnes of
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