Three major iron-ore belts of India are: (i) Odisha – Jharkhand belt (ii) Durg – bastar – Chandrapur belt in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. (iii) Bellary – Chitradurga – Chikmaglur – Tumkur belt in Karnataka. Three characteristics of the southernmost iron-ore belt: (i) The ore is transported as slurry through a pipeline to a port near Mangalore. (ii) The ores are not of very high quality, yet they are efficiently exploited. (iii) Iron-ore is exported through Marmagao port.