The state-owned company is gearing up to increase its steel making capacity by up to 50% to 21 mn tonnes by this fiscal

State-owned SAIL is scouting for new iron ore mines in several states, including Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Karnataka, as it is gearing up to increase its steel making capacity by up to 50 per cent to 21 million tonnes by this fiscal.