NMDC, MMTC lock horns over iron ore supply to Japanese firms

05 Jan 2011 Evaluate

Strong differences have surfaced between NMDC and MMTC over renewal of LTA with Japanese mills. While NMDC is opposed to it in the wake of high freight charges and possible duty hike, MMTC which gets 2.8 per cent commission for supply, is pitching for it. The long term agreement (LTA) of the country’s largest iron ore miner NMDC with Japanese steel mills for supply of iron ore, canalized through MMTC, ends on March 31 this year.

MMTC, citing long-standing relation between India and Japan, in a letter to steel ministry has argued for renewal of LTA and said that a new benchmark pricing mechanism was followed by it on the pattern of suppliers from Australia and Brazil. The new pricing mechanism had resulted in over 94 per cent increase in prices of iron ore from April-June quarter onwards last year even as spot prices nosedived in China and added that under the circumstances, supply pact should be renewed for five years. NMDC exports 3-4 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of ore to Japanese mills under LTAs. At present, the Navaratna firm produces about 30 mtpa of iron ore from three fully mechanized mines in Chhattisgarh and Karnataka.

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