Lok Sabha Question No. 5652 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Allocation of Captive Mines to RINL
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

THE MINISTER OF STEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5652 FOR ANSWER ON 06/04/2022

## ALLOCATION OF CAPTIVE MINES TO RINL

## 5652.  SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware of any Parliamentary Committee recommendations to allocate captive mines to Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited(RINL);
- (b) if so, the details of the captive mines which are not granted to RINL;
- (c) whether the Government has plans to grant captive mines to RINL;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  of  the  expected  timeline  for  completion  of  the  allotment process of captive mines;
- (e) the  details  about  the  status  of  allocating,  expected  time  for  completing allocation of Rabodih OCP Coal Mine in the State of Jharkhand as captive coal mine for RINL;
- (f) the year-wise details of the percentage of iron-ore exported vis-a-vis total iron ore produced since 2000; and
- (g) the details of the countries along with relative percentage of iron ore exports since 2015?

## ANSWER

(SHRI RAM CHANDRA PRASAD SINGH)

(a)to(d): Yes, Sir.  Various Parliamentary Committees recommended for allocation of captive mines to Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL).

Ministry of Steel has requested Govt. of Odisha for reservation of one of the iron  ore  blocks  of  Malangtoli  and  Khandadhar  in  Keonjhar  District  under  Section 17(A) of the MMDR Act, 1957 in favour of RINL. RINL has also requested various State Governments Viz. Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Chhatisgarh for reservation of iron ore deposit under Section 17A (2A) of MMDR Act, 2015. No captive mines has been allocated to RINL so far.

- (e) Rabodih  OCP  Coal  Mine  was  allotted  to  RINL  in  accordance  with  the provisions of Section 5(1) of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 read with Rule 11 (10) of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Rules, 2014 for 'Production of Iron & Steel'. Subsequent to CCEA's 'in-principle' decision for disinvestment of 100% GOI shareholding in RINL, Ministry of Coal has cancelled allotment of Rabodih OCP Coal Mine to RINL.
- (f) The year-wise details of the percentage of iron-ore exported vis-a-vis total iron ore produced since 2000 are at Annexure I .
- (g) Details of Country wise export of iron ore by India from 2015-16 to 2020-21 are at Annexure II .

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## Annexure-I Production of iron-ore exported vis-à-vis iron-ore production since 2000-01

(In thousand tonnes)

| Years   |   Export |   Production |   %Iron ore exported |
|---------|----------|--------------|----------------------|
| 2000-01 |    20160 |        80587 |                25.02 |
| 2001-02 |    23085 |        86226 |                26.77 |
| 2002-03 |    57093 |        99072 |                57.63 |
| 2003-04 |    51494 |       122838 |                41.92 |
| 2004-05 |    87283 |       145942 |                59.81 |
| 2005-06 |    84042 |       165230 |                50.86 |
| 2006-07 |    91423 |       187696 |                48.71 |
| 2007-08 |    68473 |       213246 |                32.11 |
| 2008-09 |    68903 |       212952 |                32.36 |
| 2009-10 |   101263 |       218533 |                46.34 |
| 2010-11 |    49368 |       207109 |                23.84 |
| 2011-12 |    47279 |       168565 |                28.05 |
| 2012-13 |    18122 |       136618 |                13.26 |
| 2013-14 |    16244 |       152183 |                10.67 |
| 2014-15 |     7296 |       129321 |                 5.64 |
| 2015-16 |     5441 |       158108 |                 3.44 |
| 2016-17 |    30727 |       194584 |                15.79 |
| 2017-18 |    24204 |       201426 |                12.02 |
| 2018-19 |    16149 |       206494 |                 7.82 |

## Source: IMYB, MSMP and DGCIS, Kolkata for export and MCDR Returns for production;

Details of Country wise iron ore exported since 2015-16

## Annexure-II

(Quantity in '000 tonnes)

| Country                 | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   |
|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|                         | Qty.      | %Share    | Qty.      | %Share    | Qty.      | %Share    | Qty.      | %Share    | Qty.      | % Share   |
| Total Export: All India | 5441      | 100%      | 30727     | 100%      | 24204     | 100%      | 16149     | 100%      | 36625     | 100%      |
| China P Rp              | 5060      | 93.00%    | 29474     | 95.92%    | 18603     | 76.86%    | 12103     | 74.95%    | 31607     | 86.30%    |
| Indonesia               | --        |           | --        |           | 273       | 1.13%     | 108       | 0.67%     | 53        | 0.14%     |
| Korea Rp                | --        |           | 75        | 0.24%     | 1125      | 4.65%     | 1055      | 6.53%     | 1016      | 2.77%     |
| Oman                    | ++        |           | 416       | 1.35%     | 388       | 1.60%     | 252       | 1.56%     | 531       | 1.45%     |
| Malaysia                | 21        | 0.39%     | --        |           | 218       | 0.90%     | 344       | 2.13%     | 266       | 0.73%     |
| Italy                   | --        |           | 109       | 0.35%     | ++        |           | ++        |           | 59        | 0.16%     |
| Nepal                   | 43        | 0.79%     | 37        | 0.12%     | 48        | 0.20%     | 77        | 0.48%     | 77        | 0.21%     |
| Brazil                  | --        |           | --        |           | ++        |           | ++        |           | 54        | 0.15%     |
| Vietnam Soc Rep         | 5         | 0.09%     | --        |           | 259       | 1.07%     | 159       | 0.98%     | 47        | 0.13%     |
| Japan                   | ++        |           | 468       | 1.52%     | 2891      | 11.94%    | 1160      | 7.18%     | 1956      | 5.34%     |
| Other Countries         | 312       | 5.73%     | 148       | 0.48%     | 399       | 1.65%     | 891       | 5.52%     | 959       | 2.62%     |

Source: DGCIS, Kolkata                               --: Nil; ++: Negligible

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