Question : Allocation of Captive Mines to RINL

(a) whether the Government is aware of any Parliamentary Committee recommendations to allocate captive mines to Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited(RINL);
(b) if so, the details of the captive mines which are not granted to RINL;
(c) whether the Government has plans to grant captive mines to RINL;
(d) if so, the details of the expected timeline for completion of the allotment process of captive mines;
(e) the details about the status of allocating, expected time for completing allocation of Rabodih OCP Coal Mine in the State of Jharkhand as captive coal mine for RINL;
(f) the year-wise details of the percentage of iron-ore exported vis-a-vis total iron ore produced since 2000; and
(g) the details of the countries along with relative percentage of iron ore exports since 2015?

THE MINISTER OF STEEL (SHRI RAM CHANDRA PRASAD SINGH)

(a)to(d): Yes, Sir. Various Parliamentary Committees recommended for allocation of captive mines to Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL).

Ministry of Steel has requested Govt. of Odisha for reservation of one of the iron ore blocks of Malangtoli and Khandadhar in Keonjhar District under Section 17(A) of the MMDR Act, 1957 in favour of RINL. RINL has also requested various State Governments Viz. Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Chhatisgarh for reservation of iron ore deposit under Section 17A (2A) of MMDR Act, 2015. No captive mines has been allocated to RINL so far.

(e) Rabodih OCP Coal Mine was allotted to RINL in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(1) of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 read with Rule 11 (10) of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Rules, 2014 for ‘Production of Iron & Steel’. Subsequent to CCEA’s ‘in-principle’ decision for disinvestment of 100% GOI shareholding in RINL, Ministry of Coal has cancelled allotment of Rabodih OCP Coal Mine to RINL.

(f) The year-wise details of the percentage of iron-ore exported vis-a-vis total iron ore produced since 2000 are at Annexure I.

(g) Details of Country wise export of iron ore by India from 2015-16 to 2020-21 are at Annexure II.

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