Gogte Group is an Indian conglomerate, headquartered in Belgaum, Karnataka, involved in mining, minerals, salts and textiles. The conglomerate was founded by Raosaheb Gogte, beginning in 1957.
History
Gogte Mines
In the early 1950s, Japanese interest in the iron and manganese ores of Portuguese Goa led Raosaheb Gogte, a lawyer at the time, to explore the possibility of mining for the ores in the districts of Ratnagiri and North Kanara. In 1954, he began mining for manganese near Kuveshi. With financial encouragement from local lenders, Gogte established the Gogte Mines company and began mining for iron ore at Redi in 1957, having leased 187 acres and 16 gunthas for the project, and producing 15,000 tonnes of iron ore within the first four months.[1][2]