National Mineral Development Corporation’s (NMDC) Conveyor Belt No.31 of Bailadila Iron Ore Mine, Bacheli Complex, Chhattisgarh has been attacked by some miscreants in the early hours of September 18, 2013 and around 150 meters of the Conveyor Belt has been burnt.
The belt restoration work has already been taken up and it is expected that within three days the belt would be repaired. The scheduled dispatches of iron ore are continuing and this incident will not affect the production / dispatches.
NMDC, India's top ore miner, accounts for about 15 per cent of iron ore mined in the country, with annual production capacity of 30 million tonnes.
