18 January 2019 Donimalai and Kumarswamy are NMDCs two mining leases (ML) in Karnataka with permitted annual production of 7mtpa each. Donimalai operations are temporarily shut pending a hearing in the High Court regarding unreasonable demand of 80% share in revenue as a condition for renewing the ML. The next court hearing is on 22 January 2019. Two MLs with total capacity of 17mtpa have already been renewed, which is half of current production. Renewal of other leases is in process. NMDC is currently shipping about 23mtpa iron ore from this complex. In the worst case if outcome in the Donimalai judgment is not favorable, NMDC will still have 17mtpa profitable capacity. Further, NMDC is confident that the Chhattisgarh government will not be as demanding as the Karnataka government. NMDC is creating a storage yard near Jagdalpur, which will debottleneck dispatches from Chhattisgarh by 4-5mt (to 28mt).