needs to be updated . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . november 2014 this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message kudremukh iron ore company ltd kiocl type psu industry mining founded 1976 headquarters mangalore india key people malay chatterjee chairman and md products iron ore concentrates and iron oxide pellets revenue inr 3.637 billion 2006 07 website http kioclltd.com kudremukh iron ore company ltd is a government of india enterprise with its head office in bangalore . it has iron ore mines in kudremukh chikkamagaluru district on the western ghats and a pelletisation plant in mangalore . the kudremukh mine is one of the largest iron ore mines in the world . the kudremukh iron ore company ltd. in mangalore the administrative activities of kiocl are carried out from bangalore . the mining takes place at western ghats at kudremukh . the mined ore is transported through water pipelines running through the districts of udupi and dakshina kannada up to the plant in panambur adjacent to the premises of new mangalore port in mangalore . the ore is pelletised in the pelletisation plant . the pellets are shipped to countries like china iran japan and taiwan . the pellet plant with a capacity of 3 million tons per annum was commissioned at mangalore in 1987 . later on the capacity was increased to 4 million tons per year . controversies edit the mining lease was given to kiocl in kudremukh for a period of 25 years and was supposed to be closed by december 2001 . however it had to face the ire of environmentalists as kudremukh area is a biodiversity hotspot . there is a kudremukh national park nearby . the mining lease was temporarily extended . however it was completely stopped in december 2005 . now the plant runs on ores supplied by national mineral development corporation ltd. nmdc . there is a plan to merge with nmdc and the issue is under consideration with ministry of steel as per indian express date 10.09.2014 . v t e public sector undertakings in india list maharatna bharat heavy electricals coal india gas authority of india indian oil corporation national thermal power corporation oil and natural gas corporation steel authority of india navratna bharat electronics bharat petroleum corporation container corporation of india engineers india hindustan aeronautics hindustan petroleum corporation mahanagar telephone nigam national aluminium company national buildings construction corporation national mineral development corporation neyveli lignite corporation oil india power finance corporation power grid corporation of india rashtriya ispat nigam rural electrification corporation shipping corporation of india miniratna i airports authority of india antrix corporation balmer lawrie bharat coking coal bharat 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