ILLEGAL IRON ORE
Mismatch in production and export
19.9%
of the total iron ore production in India during 2011-12 was from Goa. This established Goa as the secondlargest iron ore producer in the country.
Source: Indian Bureau of Mines
33.4 MT*
was the total production of iron ore in in Goa in 2011-12
Source: Indian Bureau of Mines
43.27 MT
iron ore was exported from Goa in 2011
Source: Goa Mineral Ore Exporters’ Association
155.37 MT
iron ore produced in Goa during 2006-11
Source: CEC report
194.93 MT
iron ore exported from Goa during 2006-11 Source: CEC report
39.56 MT
excess amount of iron ore exported from Goa compared to the production between 2006 and 2011. The excess quantity is illegally mined iron ore in the state, says CEC
* million tonnes