India's iron ore mining sector lost out while there were gains for steel producers in the budget which finance minister P Chidambaram presented to Parliament on 28 February. Despite fervent pleas by the miners, he did not reduce the export duty on iron ore shipments. “The mining industry's main demand for reduction in export duty on iron ore has been completely ignored,” said R K Sharma, secretary general of the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI).
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机译：财政部长P·奇丹巴拉姆（P Chidambaram）于2月28日向国会提交了预算，其中钢铁生产商在预算中获利，而印度的铁矿石开采业则因此而亏损。尽管矿工强烈要求，他没有降低铁矿石运输的出口税。印度矿业工业联合会（FIMI）秘书长R K Sharma表示：“采矿业对降低铁矿石出口关税的主要需求已被完全忽略。”
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