Metals and mining group Vedanta said on April 11 that its Goan iron ore arm reported sales of 1.6 million tons (mt) during the January-March quarter of the last fiscal.
The firm also clocked production of 1.9 mt during the reported quarter of the last fiscal, even as production was impacted due to delay in transportation rate negotiations with the truckers, it said in a regulatory filing.
The total sale of 1.6 mt included 0.8 mt of traded ore purchased from the e-auctions. In Karnataka, production was 0.9 mt and sales were at 1 mt during the quarter, it added.
The company, which has been allowed to mine 5.5 mt of iron ore from Goa, said: "We are engaged with the respective state governments for enhancing the mining cap in Goa and Karnataka."
For the entire fiscal, Vedanta said production at Goa was 2.2 mt and sales were at 2.2 mt, including 1.4 mt of traded ore purchased from the e-auctions.
In Karnataka, production was 3 mt, through a combination of production of 2.15 mt and opening crude ore inventory of 0.8 mt, the firm said.
Production of pig iron ramped up from 610,800 tons last year to a record production of 654,400 tons during the year, it added.
On zinc, the firm said mined metal production in Q4 was 188,500 tons, 30% lower compared with the January-March of the previous fiscal.
"Decrease was on account of lower production primarily from the Rampura Agucha open pit as per the mining plan, which was partially offset by significantly higher production from all the underground mines, especially Sindesar Khurd and Kayad mines, resulting in higher lead and silver volumes," it said.
Refined zinc metal production during the quarter was 29% lower year-on-year.
Integrated lead and silver metal production during the quarter increased by 16% and 65%, respectively, as against the corresponding quarter primarily due to higher volumes from the Sindesar Khurd mine, Vedanta said.