(a) the total estimated production and demand of steel in the country by the year 2020;
(b) the approximate Quantity of iron ore available in the country at present; and
(c) the locations of iron ore mines available in the country, State-wise?
(a) the total estimated production and demand of steel in the country by the year 2020;
(b) the approximate Quantity of iron ore available in the country at present; and
(c) the locations of iron ore mines available in the country, State-wise?
MINISTER OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS AND MINISTER OF STEEL (SHRI RAM VILAS PASWAN)
(a) In the National Steel Policy it has been envisaged that by 2019-20 the country would attain an indigenous production of 110 million metric tonnes of finished (carbon) steel and the domestic demand for the same by that time would be 90 million metric tonnes.
(b) The in-situ reserves of relatively rich iron ore in India are 11.43 billion tonnes of haematite and 10.68 billion tonnes of magnetite ores.
(c) State-wise location of principal iron ore mines in the country is given in the table below:
Name of State Location of Iron Ore Mine
1. Chhatisgarh Durg, Dantewada
2. Goa North Goa, South Goa
3. Jharkhand Singhbhum (West)
4. Karnataka Chickmagalur, Bellary, Chitradurga
5. Orissa Keonjhar, Sundargarh