KIOCL (Formerly known as Kudremukh Iron Ore Company) is a Government of India enterprise and a Schedule ‘A’ Mini-Ratna under the Ministry of Steel. The company was formed on April 02, 1976 for Mining and Beneficiation of Iron Ore from Kudremukh Mines, Karnataka. With a legacy spanning over decades, the company has been part of India’s iron and steel sector, contributing through consistent operations and technical expertise. The company’s operations extend to mineral exploration, project consultancy as well as forward and backward integration projects. It focuses on producing high-quality pellets, enhancing export capacity, and adopting sustainable business practices. The company is an ISO9001:2015, ISO14001:2015 and ISO45001:2018 certified Company. 

The company is having expertise in Large Scale Mining, Mineral Exploration, Beneficiation and Pelletization. The company produces high-grade iron ore pellets that meet stringent quality standards. Rigorous quality control processes are also implemented throughout its entire production cycle, ensuring that it adheres to the highest quality benchmarks.

Business area of the company

The company is primarily engaged in the business of Iron Ore Mining, Beneficiation and Production of high-quality Pellets. The company has diversified into Operation and Maintenance Services, Mineral exploration and providing pellet manufacturing services pertaining to its various core areas of expertise.

Products

• Iron Ore Pellets: KIOCL’s Iron Ore Pellets conform to international standards, making them ideal for hi-tech steel plants anywhere in the world. As a result of latest production techniques and constant Research and Development efforts and adopting innovative technology to improve quality, the KIOCL product is the choice of quality conscious consumers. KIOCL’s total quality movement is an assurance to the very best it can offer.
• Pig Iron Castings: KIOCL’s Blast Furnace Unit leverages on the intrinsic advantage of having access to highly superior grades of Iron ore pellets and with high-quality coke and superior quality inputs to produce premium grade of Pig Iron and a cost-effective raw material for the foundry industry of the country for production of superior grade and high precision castings.

Services

• Mineral Exploration Services: KIOCL is recognized as Notified Mineral Exploration Agency(NEA) under Section 4(1) of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulations) Act 1957(MMDR-1957) with effect from February 16, 2015 empowered and entrusted to carry out Mineral Exploration (ME) across the country.
• Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Services: KIOCL a pioneer organization in the Pellet manufacturing industry and having over three decades of experience of owning, operating, Maintaining and Controlling (of the Process Parameters) of the Iron Ore beneficiation plant and Iron Oxide Pellet plant.