lSales up by 24% (Kirandul), 5% rise in production
The Bailadila projects of NMDC in Chhattisgarh, the country's largest Navratna mining company, recorded a sharp rise in sales and production in June 2020 compared to June 2019, despite the lockdown that followed the Covid-19 outbreak and a seven-day closure last month.
In June 2020, the Bailadila projects registered a production of 18.61 lakh tonnes, compared to 17.72 lakh tonnes in the corresponding month of last year, an increase of 5 percent.
The Kirandul unit also achieved a new record in sales. While 8.47 lakh tonnes of iron ore were sold from the unit in June last year, the total sales in were 10.47 lakh tonnes in June this year -- 24% higher than the previous year.
N. Baijendra Kumar, IAS, Chairman-cum-Managing Director of NMDC, said: “This is a wonderful achievement by the personnel of the Bailadila projects under adverse and stressful circumstances. The colleagues at Bailadila played an important role in keeping the wheels of the industry running in line with the motto 'Har ek kaam, Desh ka naam'."
Kumar said that NMDC has ensured that production is sustained and promised that every step will be taken to protect its personnel from the Covid pandemic.
He said NMDC has made special arrangements for social distancing, hand sanitation and sanitization at all its offices and project sites. Health check-ups of its personnel at all offices and project sites are regularly done.
