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Incorporated in 1958 as a Government of India fully owned public enterprise . Under the administrative control of the Ministry of Steel , Government of India , the NMDC is India ’ s single largest iron ore producer , presently producing about 30 million tonnes of iron ore from three fully mechanised mines . The NMDC is actively involved in the exploration of a wide range of minerals including iron ore , copper , rock phosphate , lime stone , dolomite , gypsum , bentonite , magnesite , diamond , tin , tungsten , graphite , and beach sands .

NMDC is presently producing about 20 million tonnes of iron ore from its Bailadila sector mines and 10 million tonnes from Donimalai sector mines .

Hindustan Zinc , a subsidiary of Vedanta Group , is an exploration company with a key interest in zinc , lead and silver . The company is one of the world ’ s largest integrated producers of zinc , while also being up there as one of the major players in lead and silver production . Hindustan has a metal production capacity of over one million tonnes per annum across its key zinc mines in Rampura Agucha and Sindesar Khurd , as well as smelting complexes in Chanderiya and Dariba in Rajasthan . There is also power generation on the agenda , with the company owning 474 MW of coal based thermal captive power plants in Rajasthan to support its metallurgical operations . This environmentally friendly power generation includes 274 MW of wind energy and 35.4 MW from waste heat generation .

22 May 2017