Illegal Mining Puts Steel Industry In A Supply Muddle

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 31 No. 8, August 2011

Industry sources in the Bellary-Hospet region told Business Line here that Karnataka supplies iron ore to several large-scale steel plants in the State and in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu for production of roughly 15 million tonnes, signifying 25 per cent of steel production of the country. Read the full report here.

Source: G. Srinivasan, Business Line, The Hindu, New Delhi.

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