Dutiability of “iron ore” and “iron ore concentrates” - Clarification regarding.

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...."iron ore" and "iron ore concentrates" - Clarification regarding. A reference has been received from Bhuwaneswar Zone seeking clarification on the issue of whether "Iron ore lumps and fines" are dutiable as "concentrates" when subjected to crushing, screening, sizing or washing etc. 2. In Budget 2011, a Note was inserted in Chapter 26 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff t....

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....that no special treatment is involved in the crushing and screening of ore and the end-product can be termed as a concentrate only when the grade of ore is sufficiently improved through beneficiation. Federation of Indian Mineral Industries have also pointed out that several processes (in addition to crushing and screening) such as milling, hydraulic separation, magnetic separation, floatation & C....