The Industrial Development Corporation of Orissa Ltd (IDCOL) has requested
for allotment of new mines to meet the blast furnace grade ore requirement of
Idcol Kalinga Iron Works Ltd (IKIWL) located at Barbil.
IDCOL has applied to Orissa's steel and mines department for allotment of
blast furnace grade iron ore mines, preferably in Barbil area, to save the cost
of transportation.
According to sources, IKIWL unit has an installed capacity of about 1.7 lakh
million tpa. The allotment of mines is likely to help it to attain optimum
capacity utilisation.