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Kudremukh Iron Ore information.
Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd is a Govt of India enterprise having
its head office in Bangalore. It has iron ore mines in Kudremukh on the
Western Ghats and a pelletisation plant in Mangalore.The Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. in Mangalore
The Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. in Mangalore
The administrative activities of KIOCL are carried out from Bangalore. The actual mining takes place at western ghats at a pace called kudremukh. The mined ored is transported through pipelines running through districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada up to the plant in Panambur, adjacent to the premises of New Mangalore Port in Mangalore. The ore is pelletised in the pelletisation plant. These pellets are exported to countries like China, Iran, Japan, Taiwan, etc by ships.
The Pellet Plant with a capacity of 3 million ton per annum was commissioned at Mangalore in 1987. Later on the capacity was increased to four million ton per year.
Controversies
The mining lease was given to KIOCL in Kudremukh for an initial period
of 25 years and was supposed to be closed by Dec 2001. However It had to
face the ire of environmentalists as Kudremukh area is a biodiversity
hotspot. There is also a Kudremukh national park nearby. The mining
lease was temporarily extended. However, it was completely stopped in
Dec 2005. Now, th plant runs on ores supplied by National Mining
Development Corporation (NMDC).