PANJIM: The Supreme Court’s (SC) Central Empowered Committee (CEC), which was unable to submit its report within the stipulated period to the apex court, has sought additional information from State government over iron ore production, export and sale within the country, for last five years from 2006-2011.

The three members of CEC, who were down in Goa, last month had inspected around 12 mines in North and South Goa. The committee has now asked for additional information on environment clearance, mining plans, production and export along with the royalty figure, for the last five years. The committee has asked for information on sale of iron ore within the country, if any.