State-run KIOCL has got the lease to the 10 million tonnes Chikkanayakanahalli or CNH iron ore reserve, paving the way for supplies to its ore plant at Mangalore for at least three years, according to a senior executive.
KIOCL, formerly Kudremukh Iron Ore Company, was forced to give up its mines in 2005 after a Supreme Court ban, and was running its pellet plant with supplies from national miner