India is poised to close the current financial year with iron-ore production of about 210-million ton, the highest in the last nine years, but domestic steel mills are still haunted by spectre of shortage of the raw material from next year.
According to estimates from industry body, the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries, domestic iron-ore production by March 31, 2019, was expected to be a shade over 210-million tons, the highest since production touched 219-million tons in 2009/10.