IANS reported that Orissa will soon write to the central government to seek a ban on the export of iron and chrome ore from the state, a minister said Sunday.
Orissa’s steel and mines minister Mr Raghunath Mohanty said his department has drafted a proposal and a committee headed by Finance Minister Mr Prafulla Ghadai was examining it.
He told IANS that the committee has held two meetings in recent months,
The proposal would later be sent to chief minister Mr Naveen Patnaik for approval. Once it is approved by him, the government would send a formal proposal to the central government.
The state has an output of about 75 million tonnes of iron ore annually and its secondary steel makers have been demanding that 70% of the total ore be set aside for them as the raw material for them was not adequate.
( Source: www.steelguru.com )