Mines & Minerals Inc

Mines & Minerals Inc Established way back in 1963, Mines & Minerals Inc is today one of India's largest iron ore mining companies in the non-captive private sector and one of the leading producers of noble ferro alloys like molybdenum, vanadium, tungsten and titanium. Both divisions are ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 quality- and environment-certified along with the OHSAS 18001 health and safety certification. The mining division of Mines & Minerals Inc. was set up in the year 1982. It has operations around Barbil in the Keonjhar and Sundergarh districts of Orissa. The mines are well connected by both road and rail to Haldia / Paradeep / Visakhapatnam ports. We have over 125 million tonnes of the best quality iron ore reserves, sufficient for mining over the next 25 years at the present mining rate. The division has the best quality iron ore deposits in the country with Fe content in the range of 63-65 per cent. The major products include iron ore lump used as feed material for the crusher plant, calibrated lump ore for steel making in pig iron and sponge iron plants, and iron ore fines exported as pellets and sinters. We are one of the largest players in the non-captive private segment in India, with an annual mining capacity of over 5 million tonnes. Mining operations are manual and mechanised, adopting the latest technology and equipment, namely, hydraulic drifter, in-pit crusher and cone crusher. Flexibility in operations enables the division to produce iron ore in a specified size range with the desired Fe content to suit customer requirements. Our mines have the best quality deposits in the country in terms of bulk density and iron content and holds a leading position in the Indian mining industry for its superior technology in mining techniques, equipment and scale of operations. Almost 59 per cent of India's total reserves of 10,052 mt (Haemetite type) lie in the mine belt where our mines are situated.