January 24, 2012: NMDC Ltd, India's largest iron ore producer and exporter in public sector, on Monday resumed iron ore supplies from its key mines in Chhattisgarh, a company official said.
"The supply from Bailadila sector mines located at Bacheli and Kirandul complexes, have returned to normalcy after hundred% disruption for nearly 10 days," S.P. Himanshu, the company's deputy general manager based in Bacheli, told reporters.

Several top clients were hit due to the total halt in shipment and production but the company would strive to increase supplies to cover up losses, the official said.

NMDC was forced to suspend shipments from Chhattisgarh, which accounts for two-thirds of its 25 million tons annual output, as railways refused to provide rakes following a protest by cadres of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party' (BJP) youth wing.

The protest was called off after an assurance that the rail network in the region would be increased. NMDC's mines in the state, located in Dantewada district, produce about 40,000 tons of iron ore a day. Vast areas of the state are under control of Maoist guerrillas.
Source: The Economic Times