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| Formerly | National Mineral Development Corporation |
|---|---|
| Company type | Public |
| Industry | Mining |
| Founded | 1958; 67 years ago (1958) |
| Headquarters | Hyderabad,Telangana |
Key people | Amitava Mukherjee,Chairman-Cum-Managing Director |
| Products | Iron ore,copper,diamond, graphite, coal and beach sands |
| Revenue |  ₹15,721 crore (US$1.9 billion) (2021)[1] |
| ₹8,895 crore (US$1.1 billion) (2021)[1] | |
| ₹6,247 crore (US$740 million) (2021)[1] | |
| Total assets | ₹36,929 crore (US$4.4 billion) (2021)[1] |
| Total equity | ₹29,884 crore (US$3.5 billion) (2021)[1] |
| Owner | Government of India (60.79%)[2] |
Number of employees | 5,887 (March 2019)[3] |
| Website | www.nmdc.co.in |
NMDC Limited, formerlyNational Mineral Development Corporation, is an Indianpublic sector undertaking involved in the exploration ofiron ore,rock,gypsum,magnesite,diamond,tin,tungsten,graphite,coal etc. It is India's largest iron ore producer and exporter, producing more than 45 million tonnes of iron ore from three mechanized mines inChhattisgarh andKarnataka. It also operates the only mechanized diamond mine in the country atPanna inMadhya Pradesh.[4]
NMDC Ltd. is diversified into other raw materials for the steel industry such as low silica limestone. Production ofdead burnt magnesite and further value addition is under study through its subsidiary J K Mineral Development Corporation Limited.
NMDC Ltd. has taken over a silica sand mining andbeneficiation project from Uttar Pradesh State Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. The plant is designed to produce beneficiated high purity silica sand to a capacity of 300,000 tonnes per year as the raw material for production of float/sheet glass.
A memorandum of understanding has been signed between NMDC,Indian Rare Earths Limited, (IREL) and Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation to establish a joint venture for the development of Bheemunipatnam Beach Sand. The project envisages mining of beach sands, setting up ofmineral separation plant forilmenite concentrate and a downstream value addition plant for conversion of ilmenite intosynthetic rutile/TiO2 slag/TiO2 pigment withpig iron as by-product.
| Business Units | Products | Locations |
|---|---|---|
| Panna Diamond Mine | Diamond | Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Steel SPV and Mining JV | Special Purpose Vehicle | Jharkhand, India |
| Coal Mines (Rohne & Tokisud) | coal | Jharkhand, India |
| Nagarnar Steel Plant | Steel | Chhattisgarh, India |
| Bacheli Mining Complex | Iron | Chhattisgarh, India |
| Kirandul Mining Complex | Iron | Chhattisgarh, India |
| Sponge Iron Unit, Paloncha | Sponge Iron | Telangana India |
| Donimalai Mining Complex | Iron | Karnataka, India |
| Donimalai Pellet Plant | Iron Ore Pellets | Karnataka, India |
| Steel SPV | Special Purpose Vehicle | Karnataka, India |
| Legacy Iron Ore Limited | Iron | Perth, Australia |
| International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd. (ICVL) | Coal | Mozambique |
NMDC set up a 3 MTPA capacity greenfieldNagarnar Steel Plant based on HiSmelt technology, 16 km fromJagdalpur inChhattisgarh state, with an estimated outlay of Rs 20000 crore.[7][5]
A pure-play miner, NMDC had in 2009–10 conceived the Nagarnar steel plant with the intention of moving up the value chain and diversifying its portfolio. The idea was also to hedge itself against the vagaries of iron ore prices.[8][9]
The plant site is around 16 km from Jagdalpur and 6 km from the Odisha–Chattishgarh border. The nearest railway station is Amaguda (around 2 km). The site is located onNational HighwayNH 30. The nearby airports are Jagdalpur,Raipur &Vishakhapatnam and the nearest seaport is Visakhapatnam located at a distance of approx 325 km. The nearest river isIndravati, located at a distance of 3 km.[10]
In 2023 NMDC Steel became a publicly traded company on theBombay Stock Exchange andNational Stock Exchange of India, after a demerger from NMDC in 2022.[11][12]
The equity shares of NMDC are listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India.
As of February 2020, theGovernment of India held a 69.65% equity in NMDC.[13] 225,339 individual shareholders hold approximately 3.79% of its shares. The balance is held by insurance companies (14.31%), foreign institutional investors (5.78%),mutual funds (4.42%), and banks (1.96%).Life Insurance Corporation of India is the largest non-promoter shareholder in the company with a 13.699% shareholding.[14]
InAustralia, Legacy Iron Ore, a majority-owned NMDC company, holds majority stakes in gold and iron ore projects inWestern Australia.[15] In 2023, NMDC started exploring for Lithium reserves in the company's, majority owned, Mount Bevan mine in Australia.[16]
NMDC Limited was awarded the Corporate Social Responsibility Award Global Metals Award 2018 in the Corporate Social Responsibility category in London, the first time since inception that an Indian company received the award.[17]
NMDC Lakdi-ka-pul, a co-branded metro station ofHyderabad Metro
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