Question : NMDC



(a) the number of iron ore mines under the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) in the country, State-wise;

(b) the details of the production made by each of these mines during each of the last three years;

(c) the amount of net profit earned by NMDC from iron-ore projects in different States including Chhattisgarh and the amount paid to the State Government as royalty during the said period; and

(d) the amount of funds spend for regional development during the said period of time separately?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STEEL (SHRI BENI PRASAD VERMA)

(a) At present NMDC Limited has following 3 operating iron ore mines in the State of Chhattisgarh and 2 iron ore mines in the State of Karnataka.

State	Iron Ore Mining Leases
Chhattisgarh 1. Deposit – 14 & 11 C 2. Deposit – 5 3. Deposit – 10 & 11A
Karnataka 1. Donimalai 2. Kumaraswamy

(b) NMDC’s Mine-wise production of iron ore during the last three years is given below:
(Quantity in million tonnes)
Chhattisgarh Karnataka Dep14/11C Dep-5 Dep10/11A Donimalai Kumarasamy
2009-10 7.38 7.05 3.66 5.39 0.34 2010-11 8.79 7.75 4.38 4.24 nil 2011-12 9.01 7.52 5.01 3.94 1.46 (provisional)

(c) The amount of net profit earned by NMDC during last three years and the royalty paid to the State Governments including Chhattisgarh are given below:
Year	Net profit	(in ` Crores)
2008-09 4372.38 2009-10 3447.26 2010-11 6499.22

The net profit of the NMDC is after taking into account appropriations, provisions, taxation, etc., hence net profit earned from different states can not be quantified as net profit is calculated for the company as a whole.

Royalty paid by iron ore projects (cash basis)
(in ` Crores)
Year	Chhattisgarh	Karnataka
2008-09 48.18 11.13 2009-10 261.17 50.36 2010-11 751.59 87.95 2011-12(till 636.27 83.74 Dec. 2011)

(d) The amounts of funds spent by NMDC under corporate social responsibility during last three years are as below:
Year	Amount	(in ` Crores)
2009-10 83.07 2010-11 62.23 2011-12 84.50 (provisional)