The three major iron-ore belts of India: 1. Orissa-Jharkhand Belt 2. Durg-Bastar-Chandrapur Belt 3. Bellary-Chitradurga Chikmaglur-Tumkur Belt The three features of the southernmost belt, BellaryChitradurga Chikmaglur-Tumkur Belt: 1. The Kudremukh mines situated in the Western Ghats of Karnataka are 100% export unit. 2. It has one of the largest iron-ore deposits in the world. 3. The ore is transported as a slurry to a port near Mangalore through a pipeline.