Thursday 4 December 2014

Otmane El Rhazi : India iron-ore imports hit record 6.8mt as prices fall

Otmane El Rhazi from Mining Weekly | Ferrous Metals Home.



India's iron ore imports rose to a record 6.76-million tonnes in the first seven months of its fiscal year as sliding global prices and limited supply at home pushed steel producers to buy the raw material overseas, industry data showed on Friday. Formerly the world's No. 3 supplier of iron ore, India has been importing over the last two years due to court-imposed restrictions aimed at curbing illegal mining in the key producing states of Karnataka and Goa.

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