Section 24: Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
"Agency" means the National Steel Raw Materials Exploration Agency established under section 1 of this Act;
"chairman" means the chairman of the Board;
"Director" means the Director of the Agency appointed under section 8 of this Act;
"member" means a member of the Board and includes the chairman;
"mineral" means any steel raw material required for the iron and steel industry, excluding petroleum;
"Minister" means the Minister charged with responsibility for steel;
"steel raw materials" includes iron ore, manganese, tungsten, nickle, molybdenum, cobalt, chromium ores, dolomite, limestone, alumino-silicate clays, bauxitic clays, bentonitic clays, magnesite, quartzite, kyanite, zircon and silica sands, flourspar, graphite, coking coal, and any other mineral used as an alloying agent, a fluxing agent, a refractory material or a foundry material.