We are also one of India’s leading exporters of high-grade processed Iron Ore to China. We are a flagship company of the Baldota Group of Companies, which are privately owned principally by the Baldota family.

We are an ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:1996 and OHSAS 18001:1999 certified company. According to Bureau Veritas, we were the first unit certified in the mining sector in India for upgrades to ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004 status. We also hold the status of being a three star export house.

We have been granted numerous awards by the Central Government of India and the State of Karnataka, including CAPEXIL special export awards for outstanding contributions to Indian Iron Ore exports in each of the last six years and the Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra Award in 2004 for our work in afforestation.

We also own and operate wind farms with a current installed capacity of 85.6 MW. Our wind farms are situated in Harpanahalli, with a capacity of 46.25 MW, Chitradurga, with a capacity of 38.35 MW, in the State of Karnataka, and Satara, with a capacity of 1 MW, in the State of Maharashtra. We are also in process of investing in additional 16 turbines of 1.25 MW capacity each at Dhule in Maharashtra and 9 turbines of 600KW capacity each in Harihar in Karnataka.

According to the Directory Indian Wind Power, published by Consolidated Energy Consultants Limited, as at March 31st, 2005, we had the largest installed Wind Power generation capacity in India. Recently, we were awarded the prestigious KREDL award for “Highest Productivity and Highest Investment in the field of Renewable Energy” in the State of Karnataka in fiscal 2005.