Reuters reported on Wednesday that the federal government had turned down a request from the company to export iron ore to China.

Currently, NMDC has no interest in supplying ore to China, the company said in an emailed statement to Reuters.

"We are a Government of India enterprise committed to the demands of our domestic market and very well-tuned to the realities of the nation's international relations," the company

said.

"Currently, NMDC harbors no interest in supplying iron ore

to China," it said.

(Reporting by Neha Arora; Editing by Mayank Bhardwaj, Kirsten Donovan)