Records best ever production @ 17.56 lakh Tonnes

Schedule “A” Miniratna Category-I Company MOIL has recorded its best ever production of any financial year since inception. 

The company recorded a production of 17.56 lakh tonnes, registering a significant growth of 35% y-o-y. This as per MOIL is 29% higher than the previous best ever production of 13.64 lakh tonnes in FY 2007-08.

On the sales front, the company achieved its best ever sales of 15.36 lakh tonnes in FY’24, registering a remarkable growth of 30% y-o-y. This is 10% higher than the previous best ever sales of 13.92 lakh tonnes in FY 2007-08.

The Company also achieved best ever production of Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide (EMD) at 1413 tonnes, higher by 28% y-o-y said the release. 

EMD is a 100% import substitution product, used mostly for pharmaceuticals and manufacturing of batteries.

Giving utmost thrust to exploration, MOIL has carried out its best ever exploratory core drilling of 87,661 meters which is more than double than the previous year. 

The same will not only form the basis of enhanced production from its existing mines but will also be the foundation of opening new manganese mines in the country. 

MOIL’s CMD Mr Ajit Kumar Saxena along with all Functional Directors & other senior officials personally visited all the mines on 1st April, 2024 and congratulated a large cross section of employees at each mine for this historical performance.

At present, MOIL operates its underground and opencast mines located in the Nagpur and Bhandara districts of Mahara- shtra and Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh. All these mines are about a century old.