India's state-owned trader MSTC Ltd has announced that on April 9 it will carry out an advance e-auction for the sale of 224,000 mt of iron ore that state-owned miner NMDC will produce at its Donimalai mine in the southern state of Karnataka.

According to MSTC, NMDC is offering 64,000 mt of 63 percent Fe lumps and 160,000 mt of 61.5 percent Fe fines.

The iron ore production will take place between April 12 and May 9.