KIOCL, a public sector undertaking under the Union Ministry of Steel, has produced 14.64 lakh tonnes of pellets in FY17 as against 1 lakh tonne in FY16. The company’s Mangaluru plant manufactures pellets from iron ore.
The company has clocked record pellet production of 2.8 lakh tonnes in January and March. These were the highest monthly productions achieved in the last five years.