MOIL marked a significant milestone in manganese ore exports from India with the dispatch of its first shipment of 54,600 tonnes of manganese ore fines from Visakhapatnam to Indonesia as a State Trading Enterprise(STE).
The Government of India has appointed MOIL as a STE for export of Manganese ore below 46% Mn grade from India. MOIL had put in place a mechanism in FY’24-25 for export of Mn
ore as per the Trade Policy, through which any exports of Mn ore from India are required to be routed through MOIL. The first consignment of the offered 54,600 tonne Mn ore from Vizag was shipped on 22nd August, 2025 to Indonesia by MOIL. Material is exported to foreign buyers by MOIL with a back-to-back arrangement with the domestic suppliers.
