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[email protected] Website: www.ibm.gov.in March, 2018 7-1 MINERAL-BASED INDUSTRIES 7 Mineral-based Industries inerals are vital raw materials for many basic Pig Iron Mindustries and are major components Pig iron is the intermediate product of smelting for growth and industrial development.The management of mineral resources, hence, has to be of iron ore with high-carbon fuel, such as, coke and closely integrated with the overall strategy for charcoal and is the basic raw material in Foundry development and exploitation of minerals, which must and Casting Industry that is engaged in manufacture be aimed at long-term national goals. In tune with of various types of castings required for engineering the Economic Liberalisation Policy adopted in July sector. Pig iron usually has very high carbon content 1991, the National Mineral Policy which was of 3.5% to 4.5%. The main sources of pig iron have announced in March 1993 has opened the Mineral traditionally been the integrated steel plants of SAIL Sector for private entrepreneurs, both domestic and besides plants of Tata Steel and Rashtriya Ispat foreign. The changing global scenario necessitated Nigam Ltd. The domestic production of pig iron has revision in the National Mineral Policy which prompted initiation of efforts to increase pig iron subsequently, in 2008, was revised with a purpose manufacturing facilities in the secondary sector.