Steel Authority of India Ltd registered an iron ore production growth of about 5 percent in the calendar year 2019. The total production from eight iron ore mines of SAIL was 43.67 million tonnes. The iron ore mines in Jharkhand posted a growth of 5.25% to 21.99 million tonnes whereas the mines in Odisha posted a growth of 4.62 % to 21.68 million tonnes during the calendar year.
The growth in iron ore output, which registered best-ever record in production and despatch, ensured better raw material security for the SAIL’s eastern sector steel plants which get iron ore supply from the mines operating under SAIL’s Raw Materials Division in Jharkhand and Odisha.
