Kudremukha (ಕುದುರೆಮುಖ)

ಹಚ್ಚ ಹಸಿರಿನಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿದ ಗುಡ್ಡ ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೆಸರಾದ ನಮ್ಮ ಕುದುರೆಮುಖದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಬ್ಬಿಣದ ಗಣಿಗಾರಿಕೆಗೆ ಹೆಸರಾಗಿತ್ತು. KIOCL ಎಂಬ ಕಂಪೆನಿಯು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಗಣಿಗಾರಿಕೆ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಕೊನೆಗೆ 2006ರಲ್ಲಿ ಇದನ್ನು ಮುಚ್ಚಲಾಯಿತು. ಈಗ ಕುದುರೆಮುಖ ಒಂದು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಉದ್ಯಾನವನವಾಗಿದೆ

Kuduremukha is a mountain range and name of a peak located in Chikkamagaluru district, in Karnataka, India. It is also the name of a small hill station cum mining town situated near the mountain, about 48 kilometres from Karkala and around 20 kilometres from Kalasa. The name Kuduremukha literally means 'horse-face' (Kannada) and refers to a particular picturesque view of a side of the mountain that resembles a horse's face. It was also referred to as 'Samseparvata', historically since it was approached from Samse village. Kuduremukha is Karnataka's 2nd highest peak after Mullayangiri. The nearest International Airport is at Mangalore which is at distance of 99 kilometres.

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KIOCL Limited, formerly Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited is a Government of India enterprise with its head office and administrative activities in Bangalore.It has a pelletisation plant in Mangalore and had an iron ore mine in Kudremukh (Chikkamagaluru district). The Kudremukh mine, one of the largest iron ore mines in the world, was closed in 2006.

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The captive mining took place at Kudremukh on the Western Ghats range. The mined ore was transported 110 km through slurry pipelines running through the districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada up to the pelletisation plant in Panambur,adjacent to the premises of the New Mangalore Port.