The Minister of Steel, Shri
Beni Prasad Verma has said that NMDC Limited is primarily in the business of
mining and marketing of iron ore and diamond. The details of plants and mining
projects of NMDC, State-wise as given below:
|
State
|
Name of
the plant/ mining project
|
Place
|
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Andhra Pradesh
|
Sponge Iron Plant
|
Paloncha, Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
Bailadila iron ore mine, Bacheli Complex consisting
of two deposits namely Deposit 5 and Deposit 10&11A.
|
Bacheli, District - South Bastar Dantewada,
Chhattisgarh
|
|
Bailadila iron ore mine, Kirandul Complex consisting
of deposits namely Deposit 14, Deposit 11/C and Deposit 11/B (under
development)
|
Kirandul, District - South Bastar Dantewada,
Chhattisgarh
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
Diamond Mining Project
|
Majhgawan, Panna, Madhya Pradesh
|
|
Karnataka
|
Donimalai iron ore mine
|
Donimalai Township, District Bellary
|
|
Kumaraswamy iron ore mine
|
Near Donimalai, District Bellary
|
In a written reply in the Lok
Sabha today Shri Verma said, NMDC is setting up a 3.0 million tonne per annum
Integrated Steel Plant at Nagarnar, District Bastar, Chhattisgarh and 1.89
million tonne per annum Beneficiation Plant and 1.2 million tonne per annum
Pelletisation Plant at Donimalai, District Bellary, Karnataka. NMDC has also
planned to set up a 0.3 million tonne per annum BHJ Beneficiation Plant at
Donimalai, District Bellary, Karnataka and Beneficiation and Pelletisation
Plants in Bailadila, District South Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh.
He said, during the year
2009-10, Government of India disinvested 8.38% of its holding in NMDC
aggregating to 332,243,200 equity shares of the face value of Rs.1/- each
through an offer for sale. The Government of India received Rs. 9930.42 Crore
out of the said disinvestment process.
The
Minister said, NMDC is a Navratna Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) and enjoys
the powers delegated to Navratna PSUs by the Department of Public Enterprises,
from time to time. The commercial and financial decisions are taken by the
Board of NMDC. However, Government reviews the performance of NMDC, from time
to time, with an aim to further improve the performance of the company.
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