Hobbled at home, steel cos turn to foreign ore
An ore carrier at Paradip Port is not considered an uncommon sight. Odisha is, after all, one of the country's biggest producers and exporters of iron ore - the critical input for making steel. But 'Dimi', a supramax vessel berthed at Paradip till Sunday evening, was not like any other ore carrier. The ore it carried was from Vale in Brazil and meant for Bhushan Steel's plant in the eastern state, which accounts for a third of the country's iron-ore output.
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