NMDC iron ore sales up nearly 21% in September

NMDC has posted nearly 21% rise in the sales of iron ore for the September month. 

The total sales of iron ore of NMDC during the month grew up by 20.75% to 15.83 million tonnes (MT) as against 13.11 million tonnes (MT) in the same month last year, the company said in a filing to the BSE on Thursday. 

Of the total sales of iron ore, the company recorded 9.87 MT of sales from Chhattisgarh and 5.96 MT sales from Karnataka, cited the release. 

The total production of iron ore of the state-controlled mineral producer during the period surged up by 12.61% to 13.93 MT as compared to 12.37 MT in the corresponding period of last year, it said. 

Of the total production of iron ore, it registered 8.33 MT of production from Chhattisgarh and 5.60 MT from Karnataka during the said period, it added. 

At 12:19 hours, the stock of NMDC was trading up 0.20% or Rs 0.20 at Rs 115.75 on the BSE on Friday. 

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