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Iron ore belt in India explain

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Iron ore belt in India explain
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Gaurav Seth 7 years, 4 months ago

The major iron ore belts in India are:
(i) Odisha-Jharkhand belt: In Odisha high grade haematite ore is found in
Badampahar mines in the Mayurbhanj and Kendujhar districts. In the
adjoining Singbhum district of Jharkhand haematite iron ore is mined in Gua
and Noamundi.
(ii) Durg-Bastar-Chandrapur belt lies in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. Very
high grade haematites are found in the famous Bailadila range of hills in the
Bastar district of Chattisgarh. The range of hills comprise of 14 deposits of
super high grade haematite from ore. It has the best physical properties needed
for steel making. Iron ore from these mines is exported to Japan and South
Korea via Vishakapatnam port.
(iii) Bellary-Chitradurga-Chikmaglur-Turnkur belt in Karnataka has large
reserves of iron ore. The Kudermukh mines located in the Western Ghatas of
Karnataka are a 100 per cent export unit. Kudremukh deposits are known to
be one of the largest in the world. The ore is transported as slurry through a
pipeline to a port near Mangalore.
(iv) Maharashtra-Goa belt includes the state of Goa and Ratnagiri district of
Maharashtra. Though, the ores are not of very high quality, yet they are
efficiently exploited iron ore is exported through Mormugao port

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