New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- State-owned iron ore miner NMDC recorded a sharp rise in cumulative iron ore production up to September 2026, even as sales remained unchanged from the corresponding period last year, according to a stock exchange filing on Thursday.

NMDC's cumulative iron ore production rose to 27.27 million tonnes (MT) up to September 2026 from 22.20 MT in the year-ago period, marking an increase of about 22.8 per cent. However, cumulative sales stood at 22.23 MT, unchanged from the corresponding period last year.

The divergence between production and sales is significant as the company's output growth has substantially outpaced dispatches during the period.

For September alone, NMDC produced 4.04 MT of iron ore, up about 7.7 per...