NMDC has registered a 18.03% rise in its iron ore production to 5.04 million tonnes (MT) in October 2026, compared with 4.27 MT produced in October 2025. However, the company's iron ore sales declined by 11.57% to 3.44 MT in October 2026, from 3.89 MT in the corresponding month of the previous year.
The company's Chhattisgarh mines produced 3.36 MT of iron ore and recorded sales of 1.90 MT in October 2026, compared with 3.06 MT and 2.77 MT, respectively, in October 2025. Meanwhile, its Karnataka mines produced 1.68 MT of iron ore and registered sales of 1.54 MT, compared with production of 1.21 MT and sales of 1.12 MT in the corresponding month last year.
NMDC is a state-controlled mineral producer of the Government of India. It is fully owned by the Government of India and is under administrative control of the Ministry of Steel.
