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Indian Minerals
Yearbook 2012
(Part- III : Mineral Reviews)
51st Edition
IRON ORE
(FINAL RELEASE)
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF MINES
INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES
Indira Bhavan, Civil Lines,
NAGPUR 440 001
PHONE/FAX NO. (0712) 2565471
PBX : (0712) 2562649, 2560544, 2560648
E-MAIL : cme@ibm.gov.in
Website: www.ibm.gov.in
February, 2014
28-1
IRON ORE
28 Iron Ore
RESOURCES
Hematite and magnetite are the most
important iron ores in India. About 59% hematite
ore deposits are found in the Eastern Sector. About
92% magnetite ore deposits occur in Southern
Sector, especially in Karnataka. Of these, hematite
is considered to be superior because of its higher
grade. Indian deposits of hematite belong to the
Precambrian Iron Ore Series and the ore is within
banded iron ore formations occurring as massive,
laminated, friable and also in powdery form.
As per UNFC system, the total resources of
hematite as on 1.4.2010 are estimated at 17,882 million
tonnes of which 8,093 million tonnes (45%) are under
'reserves' category and the balance 9,789 million tonnes
(55%) are under 'remaining resources' category. By
grades, lumps constitute about 56% followed by fines
(21%), lumps with fines (13%) and the remaining 10%
are black iron ore, unclassified, not-known and other
grades. Major resources of hematite are located in
Odisha - 5,930 million tonnes (33%), Jharkhand 4,597 million tonnes (26%), Chhattisgarh - 3,292 million
tonnes (18%), Karnataka - 2,159 million tonnes (12%)
and Goa - 927 million tonnes (5%). The balance
resources of hematite are spread in Andhra Pradesh,
Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra,
Meghalaya, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh (Table -1).
Magnetite is another principal iron ore that also
occurs in the form of oxide, either in igneous or
metamorphosed banded magnetite-silica formation,
possibly of sedimentary origin. As per UNFC system,
the total resources of magnetite as on 1.4. 2010 are
estimated at 10,644 million tonnes of which 'reserves'
constitute a mere 22 million tonnes while 10,622
million tonnes are placed under 'remaining resources'.
Classification on the basis of grades shows 21%
resources are of metallurgical grade while 79%
28-2
IRON ORE
each
producing more than one million tonnes of
iron ore annually, contributed about 75.9% of the
total output in 2011-12. Out of 26 captive iron ore
mines in the country, 13 were in the public sector
and the remaining 13 in private sector. The production
of captive mines in the public sector was 22.6 million
tonnes or 40.6% of the sectoral output in 2011-12.
On the other hand, production of captive mines
in private sector was 20.2 million tonnes or 18.1%
of the output in private sector.
Gradewise analysis of the current years output
reveals that , out of total output of 167.3 million tonnes,
iron ore lumps constituted 62.7 million tonnes (about
37.5%) , fines 104.2 million tonnes (about 62.3%) and
concentrates 0.4 million tonnes (about 0.2%) of the
total output of iron ore . In lumps, 19.7 million tonnes
(31.4%) was of grade 65% Fe and above, about
25.3 million tonnes (40.3%) of grade 62% to below 65%
Fe, 4.1 million tonnes (6.6%) was of grade 60% to below
62% Fe, 3 million tonnes (4.8 %) was of grade 58% to
below 60% Fe, about 3 million tonnes (4.7 %) was of
grade 55% to below 58% Fe, and the rest 7.6 million
tonnes ( about 12.2%) of the production was of grade
below 55% Fe. In the case of iron ore fines, 14.6 million
tonnes (14.0%) of the production was of grade 65% Fe
and above, 41 million tonnes (39.4%) of grade 62% to
below 65% Fe, 18.9 million tonnes ( 18.2%) of grade
60% to below 62% Fe, about 6 million tonnes (5.8%) of
grade 58% to below 60% Fe, 7.7 million tonnes (7.4%) of
grade 55% to below 58% Fe, and the balance 16.0 million
tonnes (about 15.2% ) of grade below 55% Fe.
28-3
28-4
By States
Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Goa
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Meghalaya
Odisha
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
10
2501
846
97236
3150
11888
1648
58011
44907
391052
95458
7099
6460
569186
1152
-
20463
183839
60038
636460
367378
1840594
602685
40534
6937
2422247
5169
-
38185
61689
256525
207919
89475
643575
29684
114
4294
233772
48717
-
1173324
STD121
34167
263650
57559
72496
178723
9181
17
321568
819
-
51198
1370
2536
-
31219
59596
26026
229589
272908
61602
40022
56498
56194
49103
320
938180
STD122
Probable
704874
3411208
154561
29097
167700
421188
330476
735
5982042
All India
By Grades
Lump, High-grade
Lump, Medium-grade
Lump, Low-grade
Lump, Unclassified
Fines, High-grade
Fines, Medium-grade
Fines, Low-grade
Fines, Unclassified
Lumps & Fines,
High-grade
Lumps & Fines,
Medium-grade
Lumps & Fines,
Low-grade
Lumps & Fines
Unclassified
Black Iron Ore
Others
Unclassified
Not-known
Proved
STD111
Grade/State
Reserves
152217
900110
469844
2304142
876866
56814
13414
3313000
7139
-
148443
4520
16924
2494
235520
305700
344241
1023938
4327691
245847
69233
228492
711153
428296
1055
8093546
Total
(A)
551
114382
88723
89372
73194
9978
7544
128440
3168
-
2103
1464
6
1314
51
29694
3320
24990
85053
90878
84583
54870
8215
38963
89848
-
515353
Feasibility
STD211
20988
5080
63145
14339
171202
587
6093
471517
3239
-
175147
4936
13591
389
1850
13310
20531
419
67668
203315
36168
183
6132
155282
57270
-
756190
STD221
32475
15610
117393
113334
59231
10170
7659
138365
500
-
10045
2716
17
-
11174
15525
59151
11746
135930
95031
7882
5675
54799
85045
-
494738
STD222
Pre-feasibility
377
107625
7539
45282
245454
4710
79793
49408
-
633
-
745
9495
8378
53586
156886
11653
52768
54480
173317
9794
8452
540188
Measured
STD331
4624
8600
527563
10050
199455
42843
4014
71806
317074
11510
-
725
1059
18
73912
19461
7981
32222
560175
91346
32934
8451
279600
76746
12908
1197539
Indicated
STD332
Remaining resources
169955
4000
55
872739
141984
594716
501669
145162
64714
225
1404450
5004
38000
31256
8294
25154
389
161188
274859
48741
66977
188840
903906
823326
151983
46459
675621
416943
118738
3942673
Inferred
STD333
291
748715
28493
1235981
188218
10
32185
107978
-
3602
1484850
100498
238214
112375
35687
42533
238032
22800
880
18222
28977
15200
2341870
Reconnaissance
STD334
229261
12600
55
2391714
457328
2292478
1281811
174632
269795
225
2617232
23420
38000
223511
18469
38769
2093
1647957
504191
355287
280271
474803
2093623
1380139
323420
130293
1395805
764624
155297
9788551
Total
(B)
381478
12600
55
3291824
927172
4596620
2158678
231446
283209
225
5930232
30560
38000
371955
22989
55693
2093
1650451
739711
660987
624512
1498741
6421314
1625986
392653
358785
2106958
1192919
156352
17882098
Total
resources
(A+B)
IRON ORE
372
Not-known
28-5
-
Bihar
Kerala
Odisha
Tamil Nadu
2924
Nagaland
Rajasthan
Meghalaya
559
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Jharkhand
12489
Assam
Goa
Andhra Pradesh
By States
11049
Unclassified
2074
Others
330
Coal washery
Foundry
2148
15973
Proved
STD111
Metallurgical
By Grades :
Grade/State
125
361
3186
14
139
125
346
3047
3672
STD121
1191
54
315
551
254
978
510
369
2111
STD122
Probable
Reserves
4240
54
875
912
15675
626
12041
2213
455
856
5565
21755
Total
(A)
211
120022
26211
43034
26211
62
163205
189478
Feasibility
STD211
102
518
1094
1094
518
102
1714
STD221
60
18375
1981
30400
30400
1981
18435
50816
STD222
Pre-feasibility
1498957
411
13800
822161
411
690596
1513168
Measured
STD331
169388
5280
59912
479372
3948
1266666
1641456
318
342792
1984566
Indicated
STD332
Remaining resources
110728
522590
43
3380
215
23523
5345018
2724
147296
2659
15380
140027
280249
5061583
231
303
4491
966726
6313583
Inferred
STD333
226921
340000
48
1997
14
48
568677
255
568980
Total
(B)
507037
522590
145
5280
3380
486
83435
7801744
9629
206998
2659
15380
1463541
280297
8151582
293
303
7719
2182111
10622305
Reconnaissance
STD334
507037
526831
199
5280
3380
1361
83435
7801744
10541
222673
2659
15380
1463541
280923
8163622
2506
758
8575
2187676
10644060
Total
resources
(A+B)
IRON ORE
IRON ORE
Karnataka,
Chitradurga
Location/
Area/
Block
Around
SilpunjiKantoria
Block.
Mapping
Scale
Kankeri,
Melanahalli,
Guruyapura,
Kempanahalli ,
Dasudi,Kandikere Blocks
Drilling
Area
(sq km)
No. of
Boreholes
Sampling
(No.)
Meterage
Remarks
Reserves/
Resources Estimated
In this area,
Reconnaissance stage (G-4)
investigation was taken up
during FS 2010-12 in
collaboration with DGM,
Jharkhand to assess the iron
and manganese ore
potentialities within the Upper
Shale Formation in JamdaKoira synclinorium belt.
Lithounits include
intraformational
conglomerate, quartzite, shale
and ferruginous brecciated
cherty quartzite which is
overlain by cover sediments of
Kolhan Group represented by a
sequence of ferruginous
sandstone, feldspathic
sandstone and capped by
laterites, at places. The iron ore
in the area is derived mainly
from the lateritic iron ore. A
few iron enriched bands
associated with BHJ has been
delineated among them the two
bands located around Kantoria,
Hesapi and south of Param
Baljori are the most prominent.
The band in the west of Hesapi
has a strike continuity of more
than a kilometre and is most
promising. Analytical results of
7 samples from this band
revealed Fe wt% between 50%
to 55% and 2 samples showed
Fe wt% >55%. Analytical
results received so far for
laterites have indicated Fe value
upto 41.50% and Mn value upto
21.55%. Lateritic iron ore
typically occupies the contour
heights between 460m and
500m on the top and slopes of
the hillocks. Mineralogically, it
consists of pyrolusite and
cryptomelane.
Reconnaissance stage
investigation (G-4) was
initiated during FS 2010-12 in
selected freehold areas for
preliminary.
(Contd.)
28-6
IRON ORE
Table 3 (Contd.)
Agency/
State/
District
Karnataka,
Chitradurga
Location/
Area/
Block
Kankeri
Melanahalli,
Guruyapura,
Kempanahalli,
Dasudi,Kandikere
Blocks
(Concld.)
Mapping
Scale
Drilling
Area
(sq km)
No. of
Boreholes
Sampling
(No.)
Meterage
Remarks
Reserves/
Resources Estimated
Odisha
Keonjhar
DamurdaChampuasahi
Keonjhar
Chamakpur
Nayagarh area
(Contd.)
28-7
IRON ORE
Table 3 (Contd.)
Agency/
State/
District
Keonjhar
Sundergarh
Rajasthan
Banswara
Location/
Area/
Block
Chamakpur
- Nayagarh area
Aravalli Fold
Belt and adjoining
BGC KanpuraBhuwer area
west of Ghotol
Mapping
Scale
Drilling
Area
(sq km)
No. of
Boreholes
Sampling
(No.)
Meterage
Remarks
Reserves/
Resources Estimated
(Contd.)
28-8
IRON ORE
Table 3 (Contd.)
Agency/
State/
District
Location/
Area/
Block
Rajasthan
(Banswara)
Aravalli Fold
Belt and
adjoining
BGC KanpuraBhuwer area
west of Ghotol
(Concld.)
DGM
Chhattisgarh
Kondagaon
Pavaraskachora
DGM
Odisha
Keonjhar
Karhakala &
Surhang
DMG
Rajasthan
Jhunjhunu
NMDC Ltd
Chhattisgarh
Dantewada
Karnataka
(Bellary)
Tonda
Mapping
Scale
Area
(sq km)
1:50,000
1:4000
1:4000
No. of
Boreholes
574.0
2.05
1:25,000
Bailadila Iron
Ore mineKirandul Deposits
14 & 11C
Donimalai
Drilling
65.0
Sampling
(No.)
Meterage
- 7
1.0
42
5360
04
369.05
Remarks
Reserves/
Resources Estimated
32
73
(Contd.)
28-9
IRON ORE
Table 3 (Concld.)
Agency/
State/
District
Location/
Area/
Block
Mapping
Scale
MML
Karnataka
Bellary
N/v
Krishnanagar
(Thimmappanagudi mine)
CMDC
Kabirdham
N/V
Eklama,Chelikama
Bhalapur & Kesda
Sahaspur
Lohara Forest
Range Area
Drilling
Area
(sq km)
No. of
Boreholes
Sampling
(No.)
Meterage
37
2768
02
Table 4 : (Contd.)
Location of mine
Name & address of producer
Location of mine
State
Karnataka
Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
Chhattisgarh
Odisha
Jharkhand
Odisha
Remarks
Reserves/
Resources Estimated
District
Bellary
Dantewada
Goa
Karnataka
District
North Goa
South Goa
Chitradurga
Singhbhum
(West)
Keonjhar
Singhbhum
(West)
Durg
Keonjhar
Sundergarh
Keonjhar
Singhbhum
(West)
Keonjhar
Keonjhar
Sundergarh
(Contd.)
28-10
Odisha
(Contd.)
IRON ORE
Table 4 : (Concld.)
Table 4 : (Contd.)
Location of mine
Location of mine
Name & address of producer
State
District
District
Odisha
Keonjhar
Sundergarh
Jharkhand
Singhbhum
(West)
Odisha
Sundergarh
Odisha
Keonjhar
Odisha
Keonjhar
Goa
North Goa
Odisha
Odisha
Keonjhar
Goa
North Goa
Odisha
Sundergarh
Goa
South Goa
Jharkhand
Singhbhum
(West)
Odisha
Sundergarh
South Goa
Goa
North Goa
South Goa
Goa
Goa
North Goa
R.S.Gharse,
P. B. No. 204, Kadar Manzil,
Near Municipalty Office,
Margao-403 601, Goa.
Goa
South Goa
Kaypee Enterprises,
Post Box No.3,
P.O. Barbil -758 035,
Keonjhar, Odisha.
Odisha
Keonjhar
North Goa
Goa
North Goa
Odisha
Keonjhar
Keonjhar
Odisha
Keonjhar
Odisha
Sundergarh
28-11
IRON ORE
2010-11
2011-12(P)
States
India
Total
Lumps
Goa
Rajasthan
167289
379651367
173545279
62700
179737036
222181727
104180
199634866
571
392025
681
414708
409
279465
Total
6246
8101303
1560
478212
1714
571872
Lumps
3249
4684328
1128
392500
1263
452954
Fines
2997
3416975
432
85712
451
118918
Total
26211
44227248
29320
71712050
30455
96429439
Lumps
11191
23572505
12067
36122684
11556
47229745
Fines
15020
20654743
17253
35589366
18899
49199694
Total
38136
55846319
35564
74912294
33372
69492708
8267
11145773
7619
12568654
6790
12879951
29298
44308521
27264
61928932
26193
56345292
571
392025
681
414708
389
267465
Total
22547
11242048
22288
16907241
18942
19132126
Lumps
10249
5766639
9611
9224281
8059
9757217
Fines
12298
5475409
12677
7682960
10883
9374909
Total
43163
48811665
38983
79098120
13189
29821352
Lumps
16337
19013755
14074
26268567
4806
14521206
Fines
26826
29797910
24909
52829553
8363
15288146
20
12000
Total
1058
359750
1762
785316
1102
719850
Lumps
117
46591
234
118743
104
100813
Fines
941
313159
1528
666573
998
619037
Total
283
221777
1525
1332628
1470
1302353
Lumps
190
149047
1046
774643
1051
752247
93
72730
479
557985
419
550106
Fines
Odisha
396141714
77273
Concentrates
Maharashtra
207157
Value
129203
Concentrates
Madhya Pradesh
264620052
Quantity
126412246
Lumps
Karnataka
218553
Value
137815781
Fines
Jharkhand
Quantity
90262
Concentrates
Chhattisgarh
Value
127720
Fines
Andhra Pradesh
Quantity
Total
80896
95807348
76128
150907681
67013
162172471
Lumps
40649
62031014
31467
88067035
29039
94033707
Fines
40247
33776334
44661
62840646
37974
68138764
Total
13
2594
27
8172
32
9196
Lumps
13
2594
27
8172
32
9196
28-12
IRON ORE
28-13
Total
Value
62157935
1576
5722 35483
28-14
.++
Kanker
Rajnandgaon
50
50
.++
13
144
157
985
956
531
2 8 1734
North Goa
35
35
Durg
Goa
Dantewada
594
Chhattisgarh 1 0
Kurnool
,++
18(2)
Krishna
15
228
99
936
Karimnagar
Prakasam
Anantpur
Cuddapah
34(2)
Andhra
Pradesh
537
182
719
36
36
73
78
54
2115
104
2273
++
629
.++
28
372
99
1128
222
1411
8075
4114
3505
7619
362
3526
8179
9708 12067
6182492
6386162
12568654
199307
2862840
33060537
36122684
19
225416
374
9644
132231
24816
392500
93
15
108
39
39
325
- 2223
38
3 8 2548
11
20
4673
107
11
255
373
638
796
1434
2048
7094
9142
107
20
305
432
93
4271
1 14808
- 12456
1 27264
5416 12888
5416 17253
32065014
29863918
61928932
2055
38853
2397252
33151206
35589366
21180
5790
58742
85712
681
681
681
369
Private
sector 301(20) 5272 4235 5599 7989 13453 16207 52755 111387344 11760 7690 7992 19232 36205 10841 93720 164197354
681
Qty
35
Qty
Qty
Total
Value
60001 120142308
414708
414708
19603
15961
35564
455
7797
21067
29320
.++
736
.++
48
677
99
1560
(Contd.)
38662214
36250080
74912294
2055
238160
5260092
66211743
71712050
19
246596
374
15434
190973
24816
478212
Value
Concentrates
57984373
Public
sector
Value
336(20) 5278 4604 5603 9589 25331 26868 77273 173545279 13336 7727 9755 26201 55621 16563 129203 222181727
62%- 65%
65% Fe &
Fe abvoe
India
Qty
No. of
mines
Total
Fines
District
Lumps
IRON ORE
28-15
6(5)
Jabalpur
Gadchiroli
Gondia
Sindhudurg
Rajasthan
Jaipur
27
27
48(1)
948
33
994
28
75
103
Sundargarh 25(1)
Mayurbhanj
Keonjhar
77(2)
Chandrapur
Odisha
15
Maharashtra
Gwalior
Sagar
8(5)
Madhya
Pradesh
31
11(1)
Chitradurga 10(2)
Tumkur
61
76 (5)
Bellary
92
Karnataka 98(8)
299
299
Bagalkot
Lumps
886 2817
886 2817
91
888
979
103
.++
103
70
81
80
214
.++
.++
555
6009
6564
3150
3150
9611
9611
293
224
992
37
1046
28
206
++
234
641
1313
885 11827
1109 14074
1904
1904
Qty
318
568
- 1988
105
96
5047
58
1034
147
27
27
8069
719
8172
8172
22983334
2818640
62265061
88067035
732626
6676
9514
25827
774643
27935
90802
118743
528047
3701164
21687276
352080
26268567
9224281
9224281
Value
Total
44
51
23
23
326
373
293
555
555
20
West
Singhbhum
20
No. of
mines
Jharkhand
District
20
5688
5688
615
615
43
218
37
607
32
32
40
40
585
16
1645
48
126 3001
49
6290
21
110
.++
110
673
673
3 5 2477
2262 1707
492
4 0 3258
4 0 3258
269
445
.++
34
479
1503
17
1528
802
4904
175
1673 12189
.++
5505 32297
7178 44661
590 18934
590 24909
3378 12677
7682960
7682960
Value
20407556
303798
42129292
62840646
534371
510
23104
557985
8179
655046
3348
666573
1280441
22261432
29153680
134000
52829553
Total
Qty
3378 12677
62%- 65%
65% Fe &
Fe abvoe
60
60
2774 2351
335
337
175
17
200
158
529
269
964
253
253
Fines
Value
Concentrates
Qty
1266997
7186
9514
48931
1332628
36114
745848
3354
785316
1808488
25962596
50840956
486080
79098120
16907241
27
27
20258
894
8172
8172
43390890
3122438
54976 104394353
76128 150907681
1437
71
1525
36
1709
17
1762
1443
6217
30761
562
38983
22288
Value
16907241
Total
22288
Qty
IRON ORE
Lumps
Qty
Value
Total
Below 55%- 58%- 60%55% 58% 60% 62%
Fe
Fe
Fe
Fe
62%- 65%
65% Fe &
Fe abvoe
Fines
28-16
189
33
261 14040
7911 22439
75323170
57
Rajnandgaon
93
453
69
.++
712
926
2 9 1978
North Goa
74
Kanker
Chhattisgarh 11
1
1(1)
Nellore
Warangal
19(5)
Kurnool
Durg
93
Dantewada
36
-
Krishna
10
Khammam
594
Cuddapah
79
Anantpur
Karimnagar
39(6) 1173
Andhra
Pradesh
361
262
623
13
21
14
.++
14
439
88
527
.++
44
32
76
32
32
48
3455
770
4273
36
5
538
.++
10
594
79
1263
110
6976
3718
3072
6790
.++
303
3455
7798
7086 11556
15
24
6
-
110
326
444
39
188
227
- 4357
324 1351
324 5708
7303623
5576328
126
291008
6374942
40563669
47229745
35490
1549
184275
1054
35
3497
206909
20145
452954
512
598
1110
6704
6704
.++
Private
sector 260(24) 7621 2772 3005 3856 11218 11789 40261 104413866 15860 7276 5003 10498 23669
Goa
Qty
Total
Value
67237510
6
-
117
326
451
54
4357
- 13756
- 12437
- 26193
5912 14488
5912 18899
30728873
25616419
56345292
30250
6212858
42956586
49199694
5813
-
30265
510
82330
118918
5938 33227
389
.++
389
409
409
Qty
Qty
Total
Value
55666 142560680
267354
111
267465
17863
15509
33372
.++
357
7812
22286
30455
42
5
655
.++
12
920
79
1714
(Contd.)
38299850
31192858
69492708
126
321258
12587800
83520255
96429439
41303
1549
214540
1054
35
4007
289239
20145
571872
Value
Concentrates
294(24) 7626 2961 3038 4117 25258 19700 62700 179737036 15917 7678 6057 18911 41032 14585 104180 199634866
No. of
mines
Public sector 3 4
India
Sector/
State/
District
IRON ORE
No. of
mines
28-17
Gadchiroli
Gondia
Sindhudurg
Jaipur
32
32
35
Rajasthan
87
560
682
46(1)
983
29
Sundargarh 24(2)
Mayurbhanj
Keonjhar
74(3)
Odisha
51
28
.++
79
1 4 1021
Chandrapur
Maharashtra
Sagar
9(5)
Jabalpur
13(5)
Gwalior
Madhya
Pradesh
34
37
Chitradurga 6(3)
Tumkur
6(1)
63
42(3)
Bagalkot
134
Karnataka 55(7)
442
442
Bellary
Lumps
187
125
312
11
101
113
243
29
486
38
-
756
794
483
483
.++
65
-
2198
2263
3834
3834
20
-
588
608
1461
1461
1005
37
1051
58
46
.++
104
460
202
4115
29
4806
8059
8059
Qty
149
352
5 9 1727
224
135
5239
68
9547
560
97
32
32
7620
812
9888 20607
9196
9196
28664421
3260686
62108600
94033707
709066
6672
500
36009
752247
75919
24147
747
100813
1213201
271814
13001391
34800
14521206
9757217
9757217
Value
Total
10
.++
10
13
20
202
52
267
521
428 1411
428 1411
19(1)
West
Singhbhum
Jharkhand 19(1)
District
93
73
198
364
87
23
21
131
459
460
430
58
76
564
431
431
57
57
115
115
362
116
484
962
121
.++
121
74
74
372
3
304
39
83
83
299
10
290
-
2753
3043
7026
7026
47
337 2831
28
5906
Qty
375
23
21
419
997
998
1527
71
6726
39
8363
266
1472 11001
.++
4550 26707
6022 37974
.++
94
94
2557 10883
9374909
9374909
Value
17933296
293446
49912022
68138764
527108
7943
15055
550106
618302
735
619037
1948981
70843
13248622
19700
15288146
Total
2557 10883
62%- 65%
65% Fe &
Fe abvoe
84
84
464
464
136
-
947 2552
697
697
Fines
Value
2 0 12000
2 0 12000
Qty
Concentrates
1236174
14615
500
51064
1302353
75919
642449
1482
719850
3162182
342657
26262013
54500
29821352
19132126
19132126
Value
32
32
18621
1078
9196
9196
46597717
3554132
47314 112020622
67013 162172471
1380
31
58
1470
58
1043
1102
1987
273
10861
68
13189
18942
18942
Qty
Total
IRON ORE
28-18
38(5)
103(5)
30(1)
11(2)
15
25
100,001 - 500,000
500,001 - 1,000,000
1,000,001 1,500,000
1,500,001 2,000,000
114(7)
336(20)
2010-11
22
12
20
75(5)
37(4)
119(15)
294(24)
2011-12
No. of mines
50,001 - 100,000
Up to 50,000
Total
(in tonnes)
Production Group
109188
26010
15379
23513
28254
3172
1641
207157
2010-11
95311
20921
10796
14309
21560
2903
1489
167289
2011-12
Group
52.71
12.56
7.42
11.35
13.64
1.53
0.79
100.00
2010-11
56.97
12.51
6.45
8.55
12.89
1.74
0.89
100.00
2011-12
production
Percentage in total
100.00
47.29
34.73
27.31
15.96
2.32
0.79
2010-11
100.00
43.03
30.52
24.07
15.52
2.63
0.89
2011-12
percentage
Cumulative
IRON ORE
28-19
9
1
622
-
2
18
202
64
3135
3053
60%62%
Fe
7
4194
-
168
135
7
599
2684
7794
62%65%
Fe
2300
-
.++
303
209
2812
65%
Fe &
above
103
216
12608
.++
573
469
1342
1051
7148
23510
Total
266
3
6891
-
168
103
847
1233
6764
16275
Below
55%
Fe
73
3579
-
103
186
19658
798
24397
55%58%
Fe
254
17
1566
-
13
842
2584
5276
58%
60%
Fe
13
1
18546
-
9
176
747
1113
4398
25003
60%62%
Fe
Fines
8
10465
-
114
1404
328
838
6062
19219
62%65%
Fe
4678
-
1
387
7
1860
6933
65%
Fe &
above
3164
19
4
253
81
803
221
1
1782
-
3139
605
12
512
42
736
470
286
476
.++
55%58%
Fe
30
10
194
-
26
13
242
95
1373
1983
58%
60%
Fe
Lumps
555
-
2
22
133
68
1218
1998
60%62%
Fe
++
4569
-
93
188
2
658
1752
7262
62%65%
Fe
1133
-
++
182
354
1669
65%
Fe &
above
721
297
8709
.++
745
421
1142
944
6236
19215
Total
1168
2
8501
-
283
105
1723
581
8620
20983
Below
55%
Fe
1327
++
9125
-
5
97
509
19522
1707
32292
55%58%
Fe
369
50
710
-
33
224
264
1513
3163
58%
60%
Fe
Fines
(By States/Grades)
75
21779
-
1
292
260
109
2596
25112
60%62%
Fe
15387
-
189
793
210
1193
1750
19522
62%65%
Fe
17
-
17
2982
-
1
333
1
179
3496
2939
52
58484
-
479
1653
2926
21670
16365
1
30
31
Concentrates
3660
349
67193
.++
1224
2074
4069
22614
22631
123814
Total
Lumps,
Fines
& Concentrates
709
245
58333
.++
878
2642
4309
23900
29614
120630
Total
Lumps,
Fines &
Concentrates
104568
Total
Concentrates
65%
Fe &
above
606
29
45725
.++
305
2173
2950
22849
22466
97103
Total
Table 8 (B) : Mine-head stocks of Iron ore at the end of the Year, 2011-12(P)
2
45
176
-
India
Andhra
Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Goa
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Madhya
Pradesh
Maharashtra
Odisha
Rajasthan
33
5314
-
59
163
2
.++
35
10
223
85
1186
Below
55%
Fe
32
3
304
39
444
336
.++
606
264
490
1762
58%
60%
Fe
State
6169
1920
India
Andhra
Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Goa
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Madhya
Pradesh
Maharashtra
Odisha
Rajasthan
55%58%
Fe
Below
55%
Fe
State
Lumps
(By States/Grades)
Table 8 (A) : Mine-head stocks of Iron ore at the beginning of the Year, 2011-12
IRON ORE
IRON ORE
Manual Mines
Generally, these mines are confined to float
ores where mining is done by digging the ore with
pickaxes, crowbars, chisels and spades. The
mined material is screened manually to separate
+10 mm float ore which is then stacked separately.
The waste is backfilled into the pits. In some reef
workings, 35-40 mm diameter holes are drilled to
0.6 m depth by hand-held jackhammers at a
spacing of about 0.6 m and each hole is charged
with 150-200 grammes gunpowder or special
gelatine cartridges. Blasted tonnage per kg
gunpowder is usually 2.5-3 tonnes. Blasted ore
is manually loaded into trucks for transport to
either railway sidings or to buyer's destination
directly. Output per manshift (OMS) is normally
between 1.5 and 2 tonnes.
Mechanised Mines
Most of the mechanised mines are captive
belonging to different steel plants and have been
developed to meet their requirements. Mining is
done by formation of systematic benches in
overburden and ore. The height of the benches
normally varies from 10 to 12 m and width up to
20 m in the ore. Drilling holes of 300 mm diameter
and till 12 m depth by crawler drills and use of
explosives, such as ANFO, SMS and emulsion
28-20
IRON ORE
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
Afforestation, waste dump management, top
soil management, management of sub-grade
minerals, mechanical beneficiation, dust
suppression, monitoring of water and air quality,
vibration survey, publicity and propaganda are
some common environmental restoration efforts
pursued by all mechanised and semi-mechanised
iron ore mines. Mining and beneficiation of ores
carried out on large-scale cause environmental
problems. A specific problem to iron ore mining
is the disposal of tailings and other deleterious
silica minerals and phosphorous. To safeguard
the environment and prevent ecological
degradation, thrust has been laid on green belt
development, solid waste management, monitoring
of liquid and air effluents and other crucial
environmental parameters.
Goa region is prone to siltation of agricultural
fields, nallahs, riverbeds and creeks due to wash
INDUSTRY
Iron ore is the basic raw material used for
making pig iron, sponge iron and finished steel.
The iron ore is used mainly in blast furnaces, miniblast furnaces (MBF), DRI and sintering and
pelletisation plants.
Pelletisation
In general, the pelletisation process involves
mixing of iron ore and required limestone with
water which later is ground in ball mills to the
desired size. The discharged slurry from ball mills
is filtered in pressure filters. The filter cake from
filters is then mixed with dry-ground coke fines to
which bentonite is mixed in suitable proportion to
28-21
IRON ORE
28-22
IRON ORE
Sintering
The sintering plants in the country about
which information is available have a total capacity
of about 60.47 million tonnes per annum. All
integrated steel plants except IISCO Steel Plant
(ISP) have their own sintering plants. However,
production unit of Sinter Plant will also become
operational at SAILs IISCO Steel Plant at
Burnpur. Sinter plants receive raw material mostly
from their captive mines. Sesa Goa Ltd has
successfully commissioned the associated 0.8
million tpy Sinter Plant that would enable the Pig
Iron Division (PID) to partially meet its iron ore
requirement with sintered iron ore fines, resulting
in significant cost savings and increasing
efficiency.
Pellets along with sinters have resulted in
growth in utilisation of iron ore fines and blue
dust. Information on capacity and production of
pellets and sintering plants is given in Table-9.
Pig Iron
Pig iron is one of the basic raw materials
required by foundry and casting industry for
manufacturing various types of castings for the
engineering secton.The post-liberalisation regime
has witnessed expression of interest from a large
number of entrepreneurs for setting up mini-blast
furnaces for production of hot metal/pig iron.
Commissioned pig iron units are mostly of stand
alone type. Three units, namely, M/s Usha Martin
Industries Ltd, M/s Jindal Steel & Power Ltd and
Ispat Industries Ltd have integrated mini-blast
furnaces (MBF) and are using the hot metal in the
charge-mix directly for manufacturing steel
28-23
IRON ORE
Sponge Iron
India is the world's largest producer of sponge
iron with a host of coal based units in the private
sector, located in the mineral - rich states of the
country. Over the years, the coal based route has
emerged as a key contributor and accounted for
76% of total sponge of iron production in the
country .The growth of sponge iron industry
during the last few years in terms of capacity and
production has been substantial. The installed
capacity of sponge iron increased from
1.52 million tonnes per annum in 1990-91 to around
35.31 million tonnes in 2011-12 and further
increased to 37.31 million tonnes in 2012-13.
Production has increased from 0.9 million tonnes
in 1990-91 to 20.37 million tonnes in 2011-12. There
were 324 sponge iron units in the country. Out of
these, 3 gas-based units had a capacity about
8 million tonnes per annum and the rest were coalbased units. JSPL has set up a 2 million tpy gasbased unit at Raigarh, Chhattisgarh . The DRI
plant was completed in 2011using gas produced
by coal gasification.
Sponge iron is a good substitute for scrap
which is required by the electric arc furnaces and
induction furnaces or mini-steel plants in the
country. The availability of indigenous metal
scrap is scarce, and therefore, to meet the
domestic demand, scrap is usually imported.
Sponge iron is a viable alternative for scrap and
is produced by direct reduction of high-grade iron
ore or pellets to metallic iron ore in solid state by
Ferro-alloys
Iron is an important constituent of ferroalloys, like ferro-manganese (high carbon, medium
carbon and low carbon), ferro-silicon, ferrochrome (high carbon and low carbon)/chargechrome, ferro-molybdenum, ferro-vanadium, ferrotungsten, ferro- silicon-magnesium, ferroaluminium, ferro-silicon-zirconium, ferro-titanium,
etc. Ferro-alloys in turn are either used in steel
industries to impart some special qualities or are
exported. Ferro-alloys Industry has an annual
production capacity of over 4.65 million tonnes.
The production was almost 2.79 million tonnes and
3.00 million tonnes in 2010-11 and 2011-12,
respectively. The details about the ferro-alloys
industry are provided in the Review on 'FerroAlloys'.
Cement
Iron ore lumps and powder containing +58%
Fe, are normally used in the Cement Industry as
they improve burning properties, impart colour
and balance the composition of the mix. Further
details about the Cement Industry are provided
in the Review on 'cement'
Coal Washeries
Magnetite ore is used as heavy media in
coal washeries. There are 18 washeries for coking
coal and 34 washeries for non-coking coal with
29.69 million tpy and 101.55 million tpy installed
capacity, respectively, during 2011-12. Details on
the coal washeries are provided in the Review on
'Coal & Lignite'.
28-24
IRON ORE
Annual
installed
capacity
Production
2010-11 2011-12
2010-11 2011-12
General specifications of
concentrates/fines used
A)
Pellet Plants :
i)
KIOCL Ltd,
Panambur, Mangalore,
Karnataka.
3500
2124
1710
2119
1710
ii)
1800
NA
NA
NA
NA
iii)
9200
3620
3117
8026
11891
8000
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
v)
6000
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
vi)
4500
2787
3737
NA
NA
NA
1200
813
770
893
880
NA
600
348
109
NA
NA
NA
ix)
300
NIL
NIL
NA
NA
NA
x)
600
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
xi)
1200
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
4000
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
600
NA
301
NA
344
NA
B)
Sintering Plants :
i)
6900
4717
4603
3898
3122
ii)
6334
8345
NA
5603
NA
iii)
3009
2915
2845
2340
2172
iv)
3070
3360
3450
2608
2738
v)
5256
5126
NA
3800
NA
vi)
7500
7444
NA
7154
NA
Fe 63 %,
Size +10 mm.
(Contd.)
28-25
IRON ORE
Table - 9 (Concld.)
Name & location of plant
Annual
installed
capacity
Production
2010-11 2011-12
2010-11 2011-12
General specifications of
concentrates/fines used
NA
NA
NA
Fe 62% min.,
Al2O3 + SiO2 8% max.,
Moisture 4%, SiO2 1.5-5%.
715
246
617
NA
NA
NA
2800
2004
2229
1324
1377
NA
1711
1000
1019
812
918
Fe 63% (min.),
Size + 10 mm
xi) SISCO,
Mettur, Tamil Nadu.
127.5
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2300
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
640
638
869
425
607
1000
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
1190
919
1155
458
628
NA
500
NA
65
564
396
NA
384
85
221
86
220
NA
490
NA
333
NA
246
NA
364
333
340
430
405
NA
12950
3884
7886
8026
11891
NA
2500
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
240
NA
161
NA
80
NA
484
NA
100
NA
86
NA
As per Joint Plant Committee ( Report of the working Group on Rationalisation of Iron Ore Exports and Beneficiation
and Pelletization of Iron Ore Fines), the total annual installed capacity of Pellets Plants in the year 2012 is about
48.958 million tonnes and that of sinters plant is 60.539 million toones in the year 2012-13.
28-26
IRON ORE
CONSUMPTION
1.
Size
Fe
Al2O3 + SiO2
5-18 mm
65% min
4.5% max
0.03% max
N. A.
2.
9-16 mm
66%
2.6% max
0.05%
0.01%
3.
5-20 mm
67.5%
4.
6-20 mm
55-58% &
64-66%
5.
10-40 mm
67%
2.60% max
0.05%
0.01%
6.
10-30 mm
65% min
3% max (SiO2)
0.05%
7.
5-18 mm
65% min
5% max
8.
10-40 mm
62%
9.
5-18 mm
65-66%
10.
Sized
62% min
11.
5-20 mm
63% min
12.
5-18 mm
64% min
13.
5-18 mm
10-30 mm
10-150 mm
65%
5%
0.05%
0.03%
28-27
IRON ORE
2010-11
2011-12
Specifications
Lumps
Fines
Lumps
Fines
2526
3898
2566
3122
3160
5603
NA
NA
1177
2608
1159
2738
Lumps : Fe 63.54%,
SiO 2 1.78%,
Al2 O 3 2.48%,
Size- 10 to 50 mm,
Fines:Fe 62.21%,
SiO2 2.96%,
Al2 O3 3.01%,
Size -10 mm
1134
2340
1100
2172
Lumps : Fe 62.48%,
Al2 O3 2.42%,
Size- 10 - 50 mm.
Fines : Fe 62.8%,
SiO2 2.28%,
Size -10 mm.
NA
NA
845
NA
Lumps : Fe 62.86%,
SiO2 2.56%,
Al2 O 3 2.56% (max.),
Size - 10-40 mm .
231
NA
223
NA
Fe 62.97%,
SiO2 2.85%,
Al2 O3 2.43%,
Size- 10-40mm.
Visakhapatnam Steel
Plant, Visakhapatnam,
Andhra Pradesh.
6012
3800
NA
NA
4101
7154
NA
NA
Fe 66.63,
Size + 10 mm
Lumps : Fe 63.40%,
SiO2 2.25%,
Al2 O 3 2.39%,
Size-10- 40 mm.
Fines : Fe 62.24%,
SiO2 3.36%,
Al2 O 3 3.45%
BF : Fe-64% (min),
Size-10 - 40 mm.
SMS : Fe 66%, (min),
Size- 40 - 100 mm.
Sinters: Fe 62.6% (min),
Size - 0-10 mm.
(Contd.)
28-28
IRON ORE
Table - 11 (Concld.)
Iron ore consumption
Steel plant
2010-11
Lumps
2011-12
Fines
Lumps
Specifications
Fines
26
34
Fe 65%,
SiO2 + Al2O3 5% max,
Size - 10 to 30 mm.
73
NA
NA
NA
Fe - 62%-64%,
Size- 10 - 40 mm in BF
Fe- 62% -64%,
Size in DRI :
5-18 mm,
10-40 mm
& 10-180 mm.
234
812
96
917
2009-10
2010-11(R)
2011-12(P)
All Industries
96955300
105231700
11 0 9 8 2 4 0 0
Alloy steel
290900(3)
2600(2)
2600(2)
1294600(58)
1520600(71)
1473100(71)
33900(15)
33900(15)
35200(18)
Ferro-alloys
3300(4)
3700(4)
3700(4)
56417600(17)
60935800(22)
64215900(23)
Sponge iron
38912000(e)
42734400(e)
45251200(e)
3000(8)
700(8)
700(8)
Cement
Coal washery **
28-29
IRON ORE
TRADE POLICY
As per the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) for
2009-2014 and the amended Export and Import
Policy incorporated in the FTP, the present export
HS Code
Item
Export Policy
Nature of restrictions
26011100
STE
26011100
Free
26011100
Free
26011100
Free
26011150
STE
26011210
STE
26011290
Free
(i)
(ii)
WORLD REVIEW
The world reserves of crude iron ore are
estimated to be around 170 billion tonnes. The
iron content in the iron ore reserves is estimated
to be around 80 billion tonnes. The world reserves
of crude iron ore and iron content by principal
countries is given in Table - 13.
In 2011, the world production of iron ore
was 3,012 million tonnes as against 2,620 million
tonnes in the previous year. China, Australia,
Brazil, India and Russia were the principal
producers. These five countries account for about
85% of the world production of iron ore. The world
production of iron ore is given in Table-14.
Australia
In 2011, BHP Billiton Ltd produced 149 million
tonnes, a 16% increase against 128 million tonnes
in 2010. BHP Billiton continued work on its
Rapid Growth Project-5 (RGP-5) in Western
28-30
IRON ORE
Brazil
In 2011, Vale S.A (Rio de Janeiro) reported that
its iron ore production increased by 5% to
323 million tonnes (including Vales 50%-joint
venture with BHP Billiton in Samarco) against
308 million tonnes in 2010. Vale is planning to
construct a 9.25 million tpy pelletizing plant at its
Samarco operation. Brazil's iron ore production is
likely to hit 820 million tonnes by 2016.
Canada
Arcelor Mittal is planning to increase its ore
output of Mont-Wright mine from 14 million
tonnes to 24 million tonnes by 2012 & also to
increase its iron ore pellet production of its Port
Cartier, Quebec plant from 14 million tonnes to
24 million tonnes. Labrador Iron Mines Holdings
Ltd (LIM) began mining at its James Mine near
Schefferville, Labrador. The company shipped
1.21 million tonnes of ore for processing to the
S i l v e r Ya r d s p r o c e s s i n g p l a n t w h i c h w a s
commissioned in June 2011. LIM also made
refinements to the Silver Yards plant to increase
output of fines and ultra-fines. .
Oman
Vale began producing direct reduction pellets
at its pelletizing plant in the Sohar industrial
complex which contained two pelletizing units,
each with a capacity of 4.5 million tpy. At the
year end, one unit was operating at full capacity
while the other had not yet reached full capacity.
The complex was designed as a distribution center
with an annual production capacity of 40 million
tpy when fully operational.
South Africa
Anglo American plc began shipping lump iron
ore from its Kolomela Mine and its Production
was expected to be 9 million tpy when fully
operational.
Guinea
Reserves
Country
Crude ore
World : Total (rounded)
Liberia
170000
80000
Australia
35000
17000
Brazil
29000
16000
Canada
6300
2300
China
23000
7200
India*
7000
4500
Iran
2500
1400
Kazakhstan
2500
900
Mauritania
1100
700
Mexico
Russia
Malaysia
700
400
25000
14000
South Africa
1000
650
Sweden
3500
2200
Ukraine
6500
2300
USA
6900
2100
Venezuela
4000
2400
12000
6000
Other countries
Iron content
28-31
IRON ORE
Country
2009
2010
2011
Country
World : Total
2275
2620
3012
World : Total
Australia
394
433
488
Brazil
331
372
460
32
37
34
China
880
1078
1327
India **
219
208
167
Iran
32
36
Kazakhstan
46
50
Mexico
18
21
19
Moritania
10
11
11
Russia
92
95
104
South Africa@
55
59
58
Sweden
18
25
26
Ukraine
66
78
Canada *
2009
2010
2011
978000
1106000
1159000
Brazil
25135
30898
32600 (e)
China
552835
597333
629693
8104
10137
9698
Germany
20104
28560
27943
48
India
61677
64987
66460
52
Iran
10760
10532
12670
Japan
66943
82283
81028
Korea, Rep. of
27475
35065
42213
8065
10075
10473
Russia
43900
48200
48200
81
Ukraine
25683
27366
28878
USA
19018
26843
29000
108301
133721
140144
USA
27
49
54
Venezuela
14
14
16(e)
Other countries
41
54
69
France
Mexico
Other countries
FOREIGN TRADE
Exports
Exports of iron ore increased to 47.15 million
tonnes in 2011-12 from 46.89 million tonnes in the
previous year. In terms of value too, the iron ore
exports rose to L 22,184 crore in 2011-12 from,
L 21,41crore in 2010-11. The exports in 2011-12 in
terms of volume comprised iron ore fines (85%),
iron ore lumps (14%), and iron ore nonagglomerated concentrates & iron ore pellets (1%).
Exports were mainly to China (93%) , Japan (4 %),
and Korea (2%) (Tables - 16 to 21).
Imports
Imports of iron ore were 978 thousand
tonnes in 2011-12 as compared to 1,867 thousand
tonnes in the previous year. The imports in
2011-12 comprised iron ore pellets (82%), fines
lumps, and iron ore pyrites, etc. The Iron was
imported from Ukraine, Russia, Bahrain, South
Africa, Belgium, Senegal, Indonesia, Mali, Finland
and China (Tables-22 to 27).
28-32
IRON ORE
2010-11
2011-12
Country
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
Qty
(000' t)
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
All Countries
All Countries
China
2011-12
Country
46890 214156853
47153
221844034
42715 198997679
43795
200997251
China
Value
(L'000)
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
43363 200653480
40026
192016008
39804 188059212
37188
173988424
Japan
992
4107473
1608
10447548
Korea, Rep.of
789
3668752
701
4228521
4775967
Netherlands
160
629342
217
1532943
217
1532953
Bangladesh
158
1138963
100
158
1138963
Hong Kong
53
208975
53
208995
Australia
6772
26
163053
Australia
6772
26
163064
Pakistan
25
121372
Pakistan
25
121372
UAE
1410
3397061
24
91258
Italy
27
99111
Italy
22
82436
207
784868
12515
UAE
1603
3940637
24
91258
281
1194093
46
75471
Japan
1273
5329960
1941
12639629
Korea, Rep. of
857
4058270
841
Netherlands
160
629342
Bangladesh
++
Hong kong
Other countries
Other countries
2010-11
2011-12
Country
2010-11
2011-12
Country
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
All Countries
China
All Countries
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
141
560989
77
363093
97
346731
76
356870
3299
12366761
6840
28122587
Chinese
China
2757
10210859
6531
26651957
Taipei/Taiwan
5568
Japan
281
1222486
123
852733
Yemen Republic
++
474
68
389518
140
547446
Bhutan
++
142
Qatar
39
42079
Hong Kong
++
16
UK
++
12
Italy
16675
Australia
++
Unspecified
11697
Japan
++
193
543898
44
214258
Korea, Rep. of
Other countries
28-33
Other countries
IRON ORE
2011-12
2010-11
Country
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
87
574835
210
1339356
Japan
210
1339345
Netherlands
++
11
87
574835
All Countries
Other countries
2011-12
Country
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
1867
10284802
978
6885850
117
960947
209
1949221
45
346466
150
1378426
682
6310170
312
1159475
South Africa
67688
104
930756
Belgium
95
817988
Senegal
68
299556
21
190054
10
91795
678
18869
10
69436
9662
68295
13
2961
47372
301
2377985
73530
All Countries
Ukraine
Russia
Bahrain
Indonesia
2010-11
2011-12
Mali
Country
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
++
788
++
2990
Iran
++
432
++
954
Nepal
++
16
++
600
++
489
++
62
++
441
++
233
All Countries
Poland
Sri Lanka
Algeria
Finland
China
Other countries
2011-12
Country
Indonesia
++
103
Fiji
++
66
Egypt
++
56
All Countries
Turkey
++
42
Hong Kong
++
++
278
++
Other countries
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
55
179933
95
852293
South Africa
95
851928
Japan
++
365
Other countries
55
179933
28-34
IRON ORE
2010-11
Country
All Countries
Sweden
UK
USA
UAE
Other countries
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
5
5
79
79
++
++
++
++
++
++
1362
483
481
247
150
1
All Countries
Senegal
Mali
Kenya
Iran
Belgium
Tanzania
France
Netherlands
Other countries
2011-12
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
1115
117
45
682
....
21
9
....
....
....
168
73
10070122
960947
346466
6310170
....
190054
67688
....
....
....
1598981
595816
800
209
150
312
95
10
9
5
5
4
1
.++
5620047
1949221
1378426
1159475
817710
91795
78829
51029
46550
41826
5185
1
2011-12
Country
All Countries
Finland
France
Austria
USA
China
Netherlands
Canada
Germany
Italy
Other countries
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
14
1
++
++
++
13
++
.++
++
15799
9662
438
1530
59
2961
186
1
962
Qty
(000' t)
2
2
.++
.++
.++
.++
.++
++
.++
.++
-
Value
(L'000)
24558
17266
2020
1694
1391
822
494
466
297
108
-
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
Qty
(000' t)
Value
(L'000)
678
678
-
18869
18869
-
81
68
10
3
.++
.++
.++
.++
.++
.++
387590
299555
69436
17511
555
278
131
84
39
1
FUTURE OUTLOOK
Country
All Countries
Ukraine
Russia
Bahrain
Belgium
Indonesia
South Africa
Finland
China
Australia
Brazil
Other countries
2011-12
Country
2011-12
28-35