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14. Iron ore production in India depends on mine lease and the existing distribution of mine lease is fragmented between captive and non-captive mines. OP 1 obtains its entire requirement of iron ore from its captive mines and Gua iron ore mine is one of the captive mines operated by OP 1. As per Indian Bureau of Mines, India‟s iron ore production consisting of lumps, fines and concentrates in 2011-12 was 167 million tonnes and in 2010-11 was 207.16 million tonnes. Captive mines production in these two years were 42.8 million tonnes and 44.7 million tonnes respectively which indicates that the share of captive mines is about 25.63% & 21.6% respectively in these two years. It also indicates that 75% of iron ore was produced by non-captive mines. As per OP1‟s annual reports for 2010-11 and 2011-12, its captive mines produced 24.45 million tonnes and 22.35 million tonnes of iron ore respectively. Though OP1 produces more than 50% of iron ore in captive mines category, in India‟s iron ore production its share is only about 13.38% & 11.8% respectively for these two years and prima facie it is not a dominant producer of iron ore in India. In the same manner when OP 1 is not dominant in production of iron ore, it can be presumed that it is also not dominant in procuring facilities for iron ore processing in India. As such OP1 is not dominant player in the market of iron ore processing in India.