National Mineral Development Corporation

NMDC Limited
FormerlyNational Mineral Development Corporation
Company typePublic
IndustryMining
Founded1958; 66 years ago (1958)
HeadquartersHyderabad, Telangana
Key people
Shri Amitava Mukherjee Chairman-Cum-Managing Director (Additional Charge)
OwnerMinistry of steel
Websitehttps://www.nmdc.co.in/

NMDC was established in 1958 as a Public Sector Enterprise to explore, develop and utilize mineral resources. A Navratna company under the Ministry of Steel, it is the country’s largest iron ore producer. One of the Government of India’s most respected and dependable companies, NMDC produced over 40 million tonnes of iron ore in FY22, FY23 and FY24. Surpassing the 45 million tonne production and dispatch mark in FY24, NMDC continued to deliver historic volumes and forge mineral security.

The mining major owns and operates highly mechanized iron ore mines in Chhattisgarh and Karnataka and is considered to be one of the low-cost producers of iron ore in the world. Globally, the company is the eighth largest producer of iron ore. It also operates the only mechanized diamond mine in South-east Asia in Panna, Madhya Pradesh.

NMDC is undertaking several capital intensive projects to modernize and increase capacities which are helping the company retain its domestic leadership and foray overseas successfully. With ambitious expansion and digital transformation plans, NMDC envisions a production capacity of 100 MTPA by 2030.

The company is making a committed investment in building smart and sustainable mines. Some cutting edge technological interventions that are optimizing processes, minimizing waste, and enhancing resource utilization capacity at NMDC are Drone Based Exploration, Fleet Management System, Automatic Sample Collection System, Rapid Wagon Loading System, and automated capturing of production and despatch information in real time. NMDC’s primary focus is to build mineral accountability and pave the way for a vibrant digital transformation in the mining sector. As India’s leading miner, it has been an early adopter of automation and digitalization. The first CPSE in the country to go live with Enterprise Resource Planning on the SAP S4- HANA platform, it today serves their entire value chain giving complete visibility from Pit to Port. A key advancement in the digital journey of NMDC, this is a lighthouse project for the Indian Mining Industry. Company’s CMD (Additional Charge) Amitava Mukherjee says, “We plan to leverage our expertise in building a multi-mineral outlook and giving impetus to a self-reliant mining sector. An eco-friendly, green energy enthusiast, socio-culturally committed company, NMDC is setting higher sights for the industry towards Responsible Mining.”

Operating mines

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  • Bailadila Iron Ore Mine, Kirandul Complex, South Bastar district, Dantewada (C.G.)Steel
  • Bailadila Iron Ore Mine, Bacheli Complex, South Bastar district, Dantewada (C.G.)
  • Donimalai Iron Ore Mine, Donimalai, Bellary district, Karnataka (at December 2019 suspended for over a year due to a royalty dispute)[1]
  • Diamond Mining Project, Majhgawan, Panna (M.P.)

NMDC Ltd. is diversified into other raw materials for the steel industry such as low silica limestone. Production of dead 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 and beneficiation 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 of mineral separation plant for ilmenite concentrate and a downstream value addition plant for conversion of ilmenite into synthetic rutile/TiO2 slag/TiO2 pigment with pig iron as by-product.

NMDC Steel Limited

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NMDC set up a 3 MTPA capacity greenfield Nagarnar Steel Plant based on HiSmelt technology, 16 km from Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh state, with an estimated outlay of Rs 20000 crore.[2]

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.[3][4]

The plant site is around 16 km from Jagdalpur and 6 km from the Orissa–Chattishgarh border. The nearest railway station is Amaguda (around 2 km). The site is located on National Highway NH 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 is Indravati, located at a distance of 3 km.[5]

In 2023 NMDC Steel became a publicly traded company on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India, after a demerger from NMDC in 2022.[6][7]

Listings and shareholding

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The equity shares of NMDC are listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India.

As of February 2020, the Government of India held a 69.65% equity in NMDC.[8] 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.[9]

International

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A 2017 stamp dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the National Mineral Development Corporation

In Australia, Legacy Iron Ore, a majority-owned NMDC company, holds majority stakes in gold and iron ore projects in Western Australia.[10] In 2023, NMDC started exploring for Lithium reserves in the company's, majority owned, Mount Bevan mine in Australia.[11]

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.[12]

See also

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NMDC Lakdi-ka-pul, a co-branded metro station of Hyderabad Metro

References

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  1. ^ Bhattacharya, Prasenjit (19 December 2019). "India's NMDC gets nod to expand iron ore mine". Argus Media. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". www.projectsinfo.in. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "NMDC aims September start for Nagarnar steel mill". FE. 28 March 2017.
  4. ^ Mohanty, Meera (1 October 2019). "Steel ministry wants to put off sale of NMDC's Chhattisgarh steel plant". The Economic Times. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Livemint (28 October 2022). "NMDC shares trade ex-demerger. Should you buy?". Mint. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  7. ^ Moneycontrol News (20 February 2023). "NMDC Steel makes market debut at Rs 30.25". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Govt of India cuts stake in NMDC by 2.63%". Business Standard. New Delhi. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Intimation under Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 made on 30th December, 2022" (PDF). 30 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Shri Amitava Mukherjee Chairman-Cum-Managing Director (Additional Charge)". www.nmdc.co.in.
  11. ^ Arora, Neha (19 April 2023). "Iron ore miner NMDC exploring lithium reserves for mining in Australia". ThePrint. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Platts Global Metals Awards!". S&P Global Platts. London. Retrieved 31 March 2020.

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