{"id":60063,"date":"2026-03-09T15:43:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T09:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=60063"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:43:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T09:43:30","slug":"india-340000-t-iron-ore-booked-in-karnataka-auctions-on-7-mar26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=60063&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"India: 340,000 t iron ore booked in Karnataka auctions on 7 Mar&#8217;26"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>NMDC Donimalai:\u00a048,000 t fines (Fe 56%) booked at base price of INR 2,203\/t.<\/li>\n<li>NMDC Kumaraswamy:\u00a0160,000 t of fines (Fe 58.3-62.26%) and 96,000 t of lumps (10-40 mm, Fe 60.65-60.97%) booked at INR 2,483-3,273\/t and INR 3,428-3,495\/t.<\/li>\n<li>SMIORE:\u00a035,000 t of lumps (5-40 mm, Fe 54.2-57.4%) booked at INR 3,338-4,683\/t from its Sandur mines.SMIORE&#8217;s prices include taxes while NMDC&#8217;s exclude taxes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NMDC Donimalai:\u00a048,000 t fines (Fe 56%) booked at base price of INR 2,203\/t. 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Lumps fetched premiums of up to INR 720\/t. Kumaraswamy (3 Dec):\u00a096,000-t lumps (10-40 mm, Fe 59.63-61.21%) booked at INR 4,145-4,415\/t against base price of INR 3,695-4,082\/t; 116,000-t fines (Fe 56.17-61.29%) booked at INR 2,453-3,804\/t. 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U Krishna Prasad:\u00a04,000-t fines (Fe 61.63%) booked at INR 4,059\/t against the base price of INR 4,050\/t.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Iron &amp; Steel&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Iron &amp; Steel","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=313&lang=en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-9.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-9.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-9.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-9.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-9.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":55146,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=55146&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":60063,"position":4},"title":"India: Around 70,000 t of iron ore booked at NMDC Chhattisgarh&#8217;s auctions","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"January 24, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"At NMDC Chhattisgarh auctions on 22 Jan'26, 67,000-t iron ore fetched bids. 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