The mines of Raw Materials Division (RMD) of SAIl have kicked off the first month of this calendar year with a growth over 25 per cent in iron ore production with respect to the corresponding period year last year (CPlY).
In the January individually RMD’s iron ore mines at Meghahatuburu, Kiriburu, Gua, and Bolani have clocked a growth of 25.7 per cent, 24.7 per cent, 20.6 per cent, and 15.7 per cent against CPlY. Total April-Jan production in this FY touches 16.02 million tonne (MT) clocking a growth of 7.1 per cent over CPlY.
RMD aims at achieving highest ever iron ore production of 19.2 MT by the end of this March. In line with SAIl's hot metal production enhancement, RMD has been expanding the capacity of its mines. Recently, it has opened new iron ore mines at Taldih in Odisha. Taldih mines will help in meeting enhanced requirement of SAIl’s steel plants.
SAIl has plans to develop fully mechanised mines at Taldih with capacity of 4.2 MT per annum. The mines of RMD in the eastern sector of the country primarily feed iron ore to SAIl's steel plants at Rourkela, Durgapur, Bokaro, and Burnpur. In addition to that RMD meets the demand of Bhilai Steel Plant.