Speaking to CNBC-TV18 Manish Sarda, Director, Sarda Energy, said manganese prices have been moving up these past two months, because of closure of mines in Australia. Manganese Ore (India) from which Sarda sources its ore has hiked prices for three months in a row.
The Reserve Bank of India yesterday relaxed norms for companies and financial institutions to raise funds for infrastructure sector via the external commercial borrowing (ECB) route.
The company has already signed contracts for dispatch of 4 lakh tonnes of ores inspite of increasing prices, said GP Kundargi, MD, MOIL.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, GP Kundargi, CMD, MOIL spoke about the newly allotted land in Maharashtra. The company also received prospecting license for 11 blocks near Nagpur and Bhandara regions.
KJ Singh, chairman and managing director of MOIL, said the production is going as per the target and the company will be able to produce and sell about 1.2 million tonne of manganese iron ore this year.
The price of Manganese Ore has come down globally, and Indian companies like MOIL are facing the heat. However, KJ Singh, the company's chairman and managing director says that the production mix is being played around with, in order to 'sustain the pressure'.