Iron-ore production resumes in NMDC as tribals end strike in Chhattisgarh

Production in two major facilities of state-run National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) in Chhattisgarh resumed after six days as tribals agitating against a mine allotted to the company called off their strike Thursday morning.

Of the three fully mechanized mines of NMDC, country largest iron-ore producer and exporter, two are located in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. The company operates two complexes namely Bacheli and Kirandul.

The capacity of two complexes is 25 million tonnes per annum (mtpa). It shares about 80 per cent of NMDC's total iron-ore output.

The mining in the two complexes had come to a halt on Friday as tribals resorted