National Mineral Development Corporation Limited January 2005 Profile National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC) was established as a fully owned Government of India Corporation in 1958 with the objective of developing all minerals other than coal, petroleum oil and atomic minerals. Since inception involved in the exploration of wide range of minerals including iron ore, copper, rock phosphate, lime stone, dolomite, gypsum, bentonite, magnesite, diamond, tin, tungsten, graphite, beach sands etc. The Corporation is presently operating three large mechanised iron ore mines - two in Chattisgarh known as Bailadila Deposit-14/11C and Bailadila Deposit-5 and the third at Donimalai in Bellary - Hospet sector of Karnataka. The Corporation is also operating the only mechanised diamond mine in the country at Panna in Madhya Pradesh. NMDC has made valuable and substantial contribution to the national effortsin the mineral sector during the last four decades and has been recently been accorded the states of schedule-A Public Sector Company by the GOI "Mini Ratna" in 'A' category in its categorisation of Public Enterprises. The Corporation has a strong back up of an ISO 9001 certified R&D centre, which has been declared as the "Centre of Excellence" in the field of mineral processing by the Expert Group of UNIDO. Operating Mines Bailadila Deposit-14 - Bailadila-14 mine is the first large scale open cast mechanised iron ore mine in India for which DPR was prepared by NMDC. The mine has the distinction of having unique down-the-hill conveyor system passing through a tunnel to transport iron ore from crushing plant to processing plant. Bailadila Deposit-11/C - To supplement production of Bailadila-14 mine, NMDC has commissioned in June 1988 a new mine at Deposit-11C, with a reserve of 131 million tonnes close to Bailadila-14. The mineable reserves as on April, 2003 are 72.56 million tonnes. The mine has been developed to produce 5.0 million tonnes of ROM ore per annum. Donimalai Iron Ore Mine - The saga of NMDC includes the pioneering exploration activity carried out for developing iron ore mines in Karnataka in various regions like Kudremukh, Donimalai, Bababudan, Kumaraswamy and Ramandurg. NMDC developed the Donimalai mine in this area to export ore to Japan and South Korea. The mine was awarded ISO 9002 Certification in February, 1999. Panna Diamond Mine - Today, NMDC is the only organised producer of diamond in India from its Majhgawan mine at Panna, Madhya Pradesh and continues to carry on the legend and past glory through its untiring efforts. Awards NMDC has received many awards from various forums during the last couple of years. Details of some of the awards are given below: Corporate Performance Awards Under the MOU system of evaluation of the Performance of Public enterprise by the Govt. of India: Excellent rating and Joing Top position for these consecutive years from 1993-94 to 1995-96 Excellent rating for three consecuitive years 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001. Top Ranking Performance Award from the Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering in the years 1995-96 & 1996-97. Management Excellence Award Manager of Year Award by Hyderabad Management Association to the CMD during Bailadila Deposit-5 the year 1996-97, 1999-2000 Best Chief Executive Gold Award by the International Greenland Society to the CMD during the year 1997-98. Productivity Awards Coal India Productivity Award by the Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering for the year 1995-96, 1999-2000, 2001-02. Marketing Awards Special Export Award in Iron Ore Group by CAPAXIL for the year 1996-97. CAPAXIL Award for Outstanding Export Performance in Iron Ore Group during the year 1997-98, 1998-99.   For more information on NMDC Steel Click here