Kudremukh is an important Iron Ore mine of which state?

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Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Karnataka

Andhra Pradesh

answer is C.

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Kudremukh is an important Iron Ore mine in Karnataka. The Indian government's ministry of steel is the owner. Within five years, it will rank among the biggest iron ore mines in the world. The foundation of industrial growth and a crucial resource is iron ore. India is blessed with a substantial supply of iron ore deposits. India is rich in good-quality iron ores. Magnetite is the most refined iron ore with very high iron content, up to 70 per cent. It has excellent magnetic qualities, precious in the electrical industry. In quantity, hematite ore is the most important industrial iron ore but has a slightly lower iron content than magnetite (50-60 per cent). In 2018–19 almost the entire production of iron ore (97%) accrued from Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Jharkhand. The remaining output (3%) was from other states.

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