NMDC's iron ore output in August jump 20% YoY

National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC), India's largest state-owned iron ore producer, churned out 4.07 million tonnes of iron ore in August, higher by a large 20.8% from the same month last year, the company's latest monthly production and sales report showed.

The miner's iron ore mining operations in the states of Chhattisgarh and Karnataka both posted significant on-year growth last month, with iron ore output from Chhattisgarh jumping by 19.5% on year to 2.64 million tonnes and that from Karnataka surging 23.3% on year to 1.43 million tonnes, according to