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SONADIH LIMESTONE DEPOSIT, ML-2 (area 64.815 Ha), District – Baloda Bazar Bhatapara (Chhattisgarh)

M/s Lafarge India Pvt.Limited

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Shalabh Saha Qualified Person

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Details of the Company:

Lafarge India Private Limited (LIPL) is a subsidiary of Lafarge, a world leader in building

materials, with Headquarter in Paris (France) and top-ranking position in the Cement,

aggregates & Concrete businesses. In 1833 Lafarge started its operations and contributed to

the first major project - the Suez Canal in Egypt in 1864. With over 180 years of experience

and knowledge gained from operations across the world, Lafarge contributes to the

construction of cities by providing innovative solutions.

LIPL is operating six cement plants in India, two integrated plants in the state of

Chhattisgarh, one in Rajasthan and one each grinding/ blending stations in West Bengal,

Jharkhand and Haryana. LIPL produces and sells Ordinary Portland Cement, Portland Slag

Cement, and Portland Pozzolana Cement. The Total cement production capacity of LIPL in

the Indian market currently stands at around 11 million tonnes per year.

Sonadih Cement Plant, a unit of LIPL, is located near Sonadih village, Balodabazar Tehsil of

Balodabazar-Bhatapara District in Chhattisgarh state. The present plant capacity is 3.5 mtpa

clinkers which require 5.5 million tonne per annum of limestone.

Out of the total clinker production, about 12-15% clinker is utilized at Sonadih Cement Plant

for manufacturing of Portland Pozzolana Cement, while 85-88% clinker would continue to be

sent to Jojobera grinding unit.

Lafarge India Pvt. Ltd (mines and plants) have received various awards from MOEF,

GreenTechnical Foundation, NCBM, MOCCM, CII in relation to energy saving and mines have

received awards from IBM and DGMS during MEMCW and mines safety week celebrations.

Details of the lease held by LIPL in the state of Chhattisgarh.

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S. No. Name Location Area (Ha) Validity 1 Sonadih Limestone

Mines District- Baloda bazaar Bhatapara

444.763 15/01/1986 to 14/1/2026

2 Arasmeta Limestone Mines (Lease 1 & 2)

District- Janjgir Champa

499.987 31/05/1979 to 31/03/2030

3 Arasmeta Limestone Mines, Lease no.- 3


46.292 18/06/1997 to 17/06/2047

4 Kirari Limestone Mines District- Janjgir Champa

167.048 26/8/2000 to 25/8/2050

5 Chilhati Limestone Mines


1085.365 15/12/2015 to 14/12/2065

Chronological history of the applied mining lease:

S. No. Chronology of PLs & ML Date Referred Document

No

1 Prospecting License granted over an area of 86.35 Ha

24-Apr-02 F 2-126/2001/M


25-Jan-06 F 2-28/2002/12


13-Jan-06 F 2-38/2002/12


18-Jan-06 F 2-80/2003/12


13-Jan-06 F 2-125/2001/12

6 Applied for Mining Lease in Form D 31-Jul-06 Received at Collectorate Raipur

7 District Mining Office recommended 64.815 Ha area out of total applied 71.449 Ha 20-Jul-16 Letter forwarded to

MoM, Naya Raipur

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Mineral Resource Department, Govt. of Chhattisgarh issued letter of intent to grant mining lease for limestone with period of 50 years over an area of 64.815 Ha in village

17-Oct-16 AF3-41/2010/12 Dated 17.10.2016

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Raseda, Tehsil - Baloda Bazar, Dist – Baloda Bazar - Bhatapara

The State Govt. has issued a letter of intent for sanction of mining lease vide letter No. AF 3-

41/2010/12, Naya Raipur dated 17/10/2016. The sanctioned mining lease is a part of

Prospecting license area of 92.165 Ha, during the recommendation for mining lease, the area

has been reduced to 64.815 Ha (copy of the letter is enclosed as Annexure No. IX).

Earlier the prospecting license was granted to the company and accordingly prospecting

report has been submitted. (copy of the Prospecting Report is enclosed as Annexure No. X).

The Mining Plan is being submitted for approval under Rule 16(1) of Minerals (other than

atomic and hydrocarbon energy minerals) Concession Rules 2016.

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1.0 GENERAL

2.1 Name of applicant / lessee M/s Lafarge India Private Limited (LIPL)

2.2 Rule 45 IBM registration Number IBM/378/2011

2.3 Local correspondence Address Sonadih Cement Plant Post – Raseda, Tehsil - Balodabazar

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District BalodaBazar - Bhatapara State Chhattisgarh Pin code 493332 Phone Phone +91-7727-227226

Fax +91-7727-272227 Email [email protected]

2.4 Status of applicant/lessee Private Limited Company

2.5 Registered Office of the

Company

Equinox Business Park (Peninsula Techno Park), Tower 3, East Wing, 4th Floor, Off Bandra-Kurla Complex, LBS Marg, Kurla-West, Mumbai-400070

2.6 Correspondence Address Sonadih Cement Plant Post – Raseda, Tehsil - Balodabazar

2.7 Name of the Directors with full address

S.N. Name of the Directors Designation Address 1 Ujjawal Batria Managing

Director Flat No. 302, 3rd floor, Wilnomona B/62, Pali Hills, Nargis Dutt Road, Bandra West, Mumbai-400050

2 Renu Sud Karnad Director BB-14, Greater Kailash, Enclave –II, New Delhi-110048

3 Vinayak Chaterjee Director E-2278, Palam Vihar, Gurgaon-122017 Haryana-

4 Indu Ranjit Shahani Director Flat No. 56, Hill Park, A G Bell Road, Malabar Hill, Mumbai-400006

5 Jean Desazars De Montgailhard

Director 17, Baulevard Delessert 75016 Parris, France

6 Fredric Guimbal Director 71, Oceanside, Carter Road, Bandra West, Mumbai-400051

Note:- Shri Ujjawal Batria is the nominated owner of the Company.

Certificate of Incorporation is enclosed as Annexure No. V.

List of Board of Directors is enclosed as Annexure No. VI.

The Board of Resolution for appointment of Shri Ujjawal Batria as Owner of the mines is

enclosed as Annexure No. VII.

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Copy of ID & address proof of the Nominated Owner is enclosed as Annexure No. VIII.

2.8 Mineral(s) which is /are included in the prospecting licence (for fresh grant)

Limestone

2.9 Mineral(s) which is /are included in the letter of intent / lease deed

Limestone

2.10 Mineral(s) which is the applicant / lessee intends to mine

Limestone

2.11 Name of qualified person under rule 15 of MCR, 2016 preparing Mining Plan

Shalabh Saha

Address Geo Solutions (P) Limited HIG-21, Amdi Nagar, HUDCO Colony, Bhilai, District- Durg (C.G.), PIN-490009 Phone- 09425123191 Email:- [email protected]

Copy of the qualification certificate is enclosed as Annexure No. IV. 2.12 Name of person employed under clause (c) of sub rule (1) of rule 42 of MCDR 1988

Will be employed during the execution of the lease.

2.13 Reference letter of State Govt. /Letter of Intent for lease.

The State Govt. has issued a letter of intent for sanction of mining lease vide letter No. AF 3-41/2010/12, Naya Raipur dated 17/10/2016. (copy of the same is enclosed as Annexure No. -IX).

2.14 prior approval of central government reference if any.

Not applicable

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3.0 LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY OF AREA / MINES

3.1 Name of the Mine Sonadih Limestone Mine, ML-2

3.2 Lease No. & Mine code After, approval of this Mining Plan, the mine code will

be granted.

3.3 Date of grant of lease After, approval of this Mining Plan, the lease will be granted.

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3.4 Period / Expiry Date Not applicable

3.5 Location of Mine/ area

Village Raseda

Tahsil Baloda Bazar

Police station Baloda Bazar

District Baloda Bazar - Bhatapara

Pin code 493332

3.6 Postal Address for mines

Post Raseda

Tahsil Baloda Bazar

District Baloda Bazar - Bhatapara

Pin code 493332

Phone Phone- +91-7727-227226

Fax Fax- +91-7727-272227

e-mail nitesh.raghuvanshi@ lafargeindia.in

3.7 Details of Details of applied / lease area with location plan (type of land-reserve forest, protected forest, other forest, waste land, grazing land, agricultural land and other specify)

3.7.1 a) Non-Forest area with

khasra / survey no.

Nil

3.7.2 b) Forest area with khasra / survey no.

Area Khasra (Ha) No. 31.778 171/1 (bade Jhad ka Jungle) 15.903 173/1 (bade Jhad ka Jungle) 17.134 171/2 (bade Jhad ka Jungle)

Total (a + b) 64.815 Ha

3.8 Wheter the area falls under Coastal Regulation Zone

N. A.

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(CRZ) if any, details thereof 3.9 Existing of public road / railway line, if any nearby and approximate distance

a) Approach route / railway line, if any nearby and approximate distance

The nearest Railway Station is Bhatapara at a distance of about 40 km.

b) Approach route from District Headquarter to area/ mine site

The District Headquarter Balodabazar is about 12 km from the lease area.

c) Approach route from IBM Regional office to area / mine site

The lease-hold area can be approached by own conveyance from Raipur via Simga-Balodabazar-Raseda. The distance from Raipur to lease area is about 100 km.

3.10 Toposheet No. The area falls in Toposheet No. 64 K/1 and K/2.

Lat /Long of any boundary point /pillar fixed reference point (FRP)

The area falls between

Latitudes 210 43’ 31” to 210 44’ 25” N

Longitudes 820 11’ 47” to 820 12’ 36” E

The Khasra Plan is enclosed as Plate no. I, Key plan is enclosed as location plan as Plate no.

II and Location Plan is enclosed as Plate no. II A.

Summary of the land use is as under (Area in Hectares):

Forest land Non- Forest land

Type Area Type Area

(i) Reserve Forest Nil (i) Govt. waste land Nil (ii) Protected Forest Nil (ii) Govt. grazing land Nil (iii) Wild Life Sanctuary Nil (iii) Pvt. Agriculture irrigated land Nil

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(iv) Bird Sanctuary Nil (iv) Pvt. Agriculture non-irrigated land Nil (v) Others (bade Jhad ka Jungle) 64.815 (v) Pvt. other land Nil -- -- (vi) Others (specify) Nil Total 64.815 Total Nil

The co-ordinates of boundary pillars have been taken by GPS (WGS/84) are as under:

BP Nos. Latitudes Longitudes BP Nos. Latitudes Longitudes

BP -1 210 44’ 24.63” 820 12’ 35.14” BP -9 210 44’ 05.01” 820 11’ 54.31”

BP -2 210 44’ 16.78” 820 12’ 34.53” BP -10 220 43’ 53.81” 820 11’ 54.53”

BP -3 210 44’ 13.52” 820 12’ 16.85” BP -11 210 43’ 33.78” 820 12’ 00.35”

BP -4 210 44’ 01.05” 820 12’ 19.05” BP -12 220 43’ 31.13” 820 11’ 56.41”

BP -5 210 43’ 56.83” 820 12’ 09.94” BP -13 210 43’ 31.73” 820 11’ 48.69”

BP -6 210 43’ 40.66” 820 12’ 09.12” BP -14 210 43’ 37.65” 820 11’ 45.51”

BP -7 210 43’ 40.51” 820 12’ 02.61” BP -15 210 43’ 45.36” 820 11’ 44.85”

BP -8 220 43’ 56.05” 820 11’ 57.61”

Note: The co-ordinates are not authenticated by the State Govt.

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4.0 DETAILS OF APPROVED MINING PLAN/ SCHEME OF MINING (if any)

4.1 Date and reference of earlier approved MP/SOM.

S. No

Type of Document & rule which under prepared

Approval Letter No. & Date

Lease area for which approval

given (ha)

Proposal from - to

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This is a fresh Mining Plan, and being submitted for approval

4.2 Details of last modifications if any (for previous approved period) of approved MP/SOM,

indicating date of approval, reason for modification.

Modification (MP/SOM) Rule under modified

Approval Letter No. & Date

Reason for modification

Area (ha)

Period for modification

This is a fresh Mining Plan, and being submitted for approval

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5.0 REVIEW OF EARLIER APPROVED PROPOSAL

(Exploration, Development, Reclamation, etc.)

This is a fresh Mining Plan, and being submitted for approval, hence review of earlier

proposal does not arise.

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6.0 GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION

6.1 Estimated mineral resources in last approved Mining plan/ scheme of mining documents:

This is a fresh Mining Plan, and being submitted for approval, hence resources of earlier

approved Mining Plan does not arise.

6.2 Depletion / Production of mineral in last five years period from ………. to ……..

Since, the mining operation is not started, hence no depletion in earlier approved quantity.

6.3 Balance estimated mineral (6.1 minus 6.2):

This is a fresh Mining Plan, and the reserves and resources of limestone have been estimated

fresh.

6.4 Briefly describe the topography, drainage pattern, vegetation, climate, rainfall data of the area applied/ mining lease area.

6.4.1 Physiography: The topography of the area is almost a flat having gentle slope from SW to

NE direction. The maximum contour level is 255 mRL near the SW boundary and minimum is

242 mRL near the NE boundary. The applied lease area is divided into 2 Blocks.

6.4.2 Drainage Pattern: The Shivnath River flows from north to south and suddenly takes turn

near the northern boundary of the existing lease of the company which is about 2.0 km from

this lease area and flows towards ESE direction.

The River Shivnath and its tributaries viz Khorsi Nala and Jamuniya nala control drainage of

the area. Various streams originate from this and forms a network to join this nala, which

finally flows in SW-NE direction and meets the river Shivnath exhibiting dendritic pattern in

the most of the area. Beloda branch of the Mahanadi canal enters the area from SSW part of

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the lease area and passes towards northern part distributing water to the villages in its

course. All the seasonal nalas flow into the Shivnath River.

6.4.3 Vegetation: The common species in nearby villages are Babool, Neem, Pipal, Bargad, Imli,

Amla, Gulmohar, etc.

6.4.4 Climate: The area has sub-tropical climate. May is the hottest part of the year with

temperature reaching upto 470C; while the usual temperature ranges between 270C and

420C. January is the peak winter with temperature varying between 280C and 130C.

Rainfall: The average annual rainfall ranging from 800 to 900 mm. The rainy season starts

from June to September with maximum rain fall in the month of August. Sometimes

intermittent showers accompanied by storm are experienced in March and April before the

on-set of monsoon.

The ground water-level monitored around the area was found to be in the range of 30 - 35

m, which corroborates from the finding of adjacent existing operation. The limestone is hard,

compact and massive in nature and devoid of any secondary porosity like joint, fissures etc

and to have potential ground water occurrence. Adjacent mining operation has reached upto

a depth of 32 m and ground water has not yet encountered.

6.5 Regional Geology: Brief description of Regional Geology with reference to location of lessee/ applied area. The limestone and associated formation which is occurring near the village a part of

Chhattisgarh Synclinorium and belonging to Chandi Formation of the Raipur Group of

Chhattisgarh Supergroup. The limestone deposit is almost horizontally bedded with local dip

from 20 to 50 towards north. The general strike of the limestone bed is east-west. The

interacratonic Chhattisgarh Basin is crescent shaped and covers about 33,000 sq km area in

almost the center of Chhattisgarh and adjoining parts of Orissa. The basin has a maximum

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length of about 300 km along ENE-WSW direction. The maximum thickness of sediments is

estimated to more than 2 km and is epicontinental or stable shelf type.

GEOLOGY IN BRIEF: LITO-STRATIGRAPHY OF CHHATTISGARH BASIN (SOURCE: GSI MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION NO. 30, PART XXI, 2ND REVISED EDITION, 2006) Group Formation Member

CHH

ATTI

SGAR

H

SU

PERG

ROU

P

Raip

ur G

roup

Intrusives Dolerite dyke

Maniyari Purple shale with dolomite, dolomitic limestone and gypsum

Hirri(70 m+) Grey dolomite, argillaceous dolomite

Terenga (180 m ?)

Bilha Purple dolomitic argillite

Dagauri Green clay, chert and shale intercalation (tuffaceous?)

Kusmi Pink to purple calcareous shale

Chandi (67 m)

Nipania Purple and bedded limestone Purple argillaceous stromatolitic dolomite

Pendri / Deodongar

Purple and grey stromatolitic limestone and dolomite with flaggy limestone-shale intercalation / ferruginous glauconitic arenite and shale

Gunderdehi

Newari Pink and buff stromatolitic limestone and dolomite

Andha / Dotopar

Predominantly pink, purple and grey shale with limestone intercalation / arenite / buff to green shale member in the middle

Charmuriya (490 m)

Bagbura Purple limestone (phosphatic)

Kasdol Dark grey bedded limestone / argillaceous limestone with minor shale intercalations

Ranidhar Cherty limestone and dolomite (phosphatic at places)

Sirpur Chert and clay intercalation

Chad

rapu

r G

roup

Kanspather White to pinkish glauconite quartz arenite

Chapordih Purple, green, grey and black shale with fine quartz arenite intercalation

Lohardih (20 m)

Ferruginous purple arkose and gritty wacke arenite with shale partings and conglomerate at the base

Unconformity

Sing

ora

Gro

up Chhuipali

(300 m?) Stromatolitic limestone and dolomite at the upper part

Variegated shale with minor bedded limestone, chert, siltstone intercalations

Bhalukona Quartz arenite / siltstone and minor shale

Saripali Variegated shale with minor siltstone and limestone Porcellanite, tuff / tuffite

Rahikhol Feldspathic arenite, arkose and conglomerate at the base

Unconformity

Basement Archaean and Lower Proterozoic rocks

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6.6 Local Geology: Detailed description of geology of the lease area such as shape and size of

the mineral/ ore deposit, disposition variation various litho-units indicating structural

features if any etc.

Generally grey limestone are found on the northern part of the area followed by purple grey

limestone and purple shale successively towards south and similarly the same sequence has

been confirmed from borehole drilled during exploration. Thickness of limestone increases

from SE towards NW direction in the direction of dip. The deposit is structurally undisturbed

since having basin deposition. The local succession of the area is as under:

Soil (alluvial) Dolomite Grey Limestone Chandi Limestone formation Purple - Grey Limestone Purple Limestone Purple Shale Gunderdehi Shale

Major portion of the area is covered by lateritic soil with grayish clayey/sandy soil at some

places with an average thickness of 1.35 m.

Limestone is extremely fine grained, anhedral and occurs as massive, hard compact body.

Colour of limestone generally has a close relationship with quality. It is observed that the

grey limestone have higher CaO content and less MgO content than the underlying purple

limestone which has the intercalation of purple shale in depth.

6.7 Name of the prospecting agency:

Lafarge entrusted the job of exploration to M/s. Drilltech Consultant, Kolkata under work

order no SCP/O1N95/259056/1/1 dated 5th Jul 2002 and later vide Work Order No. LIPL/CPO-

SER/EOO/GEO/SCP/05/5370 dated 18th May 2005. The address of the prospecting agency is:

Drilltech Consultant, Pratapadiya road, Ground Floor, Kolkata- 700026.

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6.8 Details of prospecting/ exploration already carried out: Total area granted for PL was 92.165 Ha and the area applied for ML was 71.449 Ha, but

during the recommendation for mining lease, the area has been reduced to 64.815 Ha.

(Copy of the Prospecting Report is enclosed as Annexure No X).

A systematic geological investigation over the recommended lease area was conducted by

LIPL. The geological investigations include topographic survey, geological mapping, diamond

core drilling and surface sample analyses.

Subsequent to the grant of the PL, LIPL formulated an exploration program for the PL area.

The execution of the exploration campaign was carried out under supervision of LIPL. The

exploration activities were carried out in two different phases in the years 2002-2003 and

2006, respectively.

Initially, a thorough reconnaissance of the PL area was carried out, in order to assess the

potential area to start with the prospecting operations and exploration restricted within

recommended ML potential limestone-bearing area with no mining constraints. As stated

earlier, the entire area is concealed beneath soil cover, hence the lithologies exposed in dug

wells/ dug pits formed the basis for borehole planning and subsequent exploration activities.

Total of 30 vertical core boreholes were drilled with a total meterage of 940 m in the applied

lease area. The summary of exploration activities carried out by LIPL during geological

exploration campaign is given in the table below:

Exploration Activity Quantum of work

No. of Core Boreholes 30 nos. Grid pattern 150 m x 150 m Total meterage 940 m Sample analysis for 8 radicals (CaO, MgO, SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, Na2O, K2O and LOI)

495 nos.

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6.8.1 Number of pits and trenches indicating dimensions, spacing etc along and across the

strike/ foliation with reference to geological plan.

No pit / trench were dug for exploration.

6.8.2 Number of boreholes indicating type (Core/RC/DTH), diameter, spacing, inclination,

collar level, depth etc with standard borehole logs duly marking on geological plan

/sections.

The area has explored by drilling of 30 nos. of borehole with a 150 x 150 m grid pattern.

(Bore-holes log and their analyses is enclosed alongwith the Prospecting Report as Annexure

No X).

The details of boreholes are as tabulated below (Source: Form K):

S. No.

BH No. Collar RL (m)

Diameter of core

Co- ordinate Total Depth (m)

Inclination N E

1 CS_1 251.907 NX 750 950 35 Vertical 2 CS_2 251.611 NX 900 950 35 Vertical 3 CS_3 251.201 NX 1050 950 35 Vertical 4 CS_4 250.409 NX 1200 950 30 Vertical 5 CS_5 250.413 NX 750 1100 35 Vertical 6 CS_6 250.431 NX 900 1100 30 Vertical 7 CS_7 250.269 NX 1050 1100 30 Vertical 8 CS_8 249.672 NX 1200 1100 30 Vertical 9 CS_9 248.842 NX 1350 1100 39.5 Vertical

10 CS_10 249.057 NX 900 1250 30 Vertical 11 CS_11 249.012 NX 1050 1250 30 Vertical 12 CS_12 248.563 NX 1200 1250 39.5 Vertical 13 CS_13 247.9 NX 1350 1250 30 Vertical 14 CS_14 247.083 NX 1500 1250 30 Vertical 15 CS_15 246 NX 1650 1250 30 Vertical 16 CS_16 243.727 NX 1800 1250 30 Vertical 17 CS_17 248.121 NX 1050 1400 30 Vertical

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18 CS_18 247.411 NX 1200 1400 30 Vertical 19 CS_19 246.05 NX 1500 1400 30 Vertical 20 CS_20 245.264 NX 1650 1400 30 Vertical 21 CS_21 244.046 NX 1800 1400 32.5 Vertical 22 CS_22 244.571 NX 1500 1550 30 Vertical 23 CS_23 244.472 NX 1650 1550 30 Vertical 24 CS_24 243.717 NX 1800 1550 30 Vertical 25 CS_25 241.775 NX 1950 1550 30 Vertical 26 CS_26 245.09 NX 1500 1700 28.5 Vertical 27 CS_27 243.242 NX 1800 1700 30 Vertical 28 CS_28 240.819 NX 2100 1850 30 Vertical 29 CS_29 241.258 NX 2100 2000 30 Vertical 30 CS_30 241.876 NX 2100 2150 30 Vertical

Total 30 nos. -- -- -- -- 940 m --

6.8.3 Details of samples analysis.

A total of 495 nos. of borehole samples were collected for analyses of 8 radicals (CaO, MgO,

SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, Na2O, K2O and LOI.

Core samples recovered from the boreholes were preserved systematically in wooden core boxes

during 2006, the entire cores of a particular borehole were splitted longitudinally into two halves.

One half was sampled and sent for chemical analysis and the other half of the cores were kept

with appropriate marking. Two meter length of homogeneous core was considered for

preparation of sample unless there was a change in lithological characteristics.

Proper sampling equipment (PW 4400 AXIOF- XRF) was used to ascertain iron-free milling

and pulverization subsequent to chipping by jaw crusher. Two sets of powdered samples

were prepared from the split–half core by standard method of coning and quartering and

sieving to 100 mesh powder. The standard practice of levelling envelopes was followed. One

set of sample was utilized for conducting chemical analysis and the other set was preserved

for future reference. The sampling was done by LIPL’s expert.

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6.9 Method of mineral resource estimation (surface area method, cross section area method

or software method).

6.9.1 Parameters for reserve estimation: Reserves and Resources as per UNFC with respect to

the threshold value notified by IBM may be furnished in a tabular form as give below: (area

explored under different level of exploration may be marked on the geological plan and

UNFC code for area considered for different categories of reserves/ resources estimation

may also be marked on geological cross-sections).

Submit a feasibility/ pre-feasibility study report along with financial analysis for economic

viability of the deposit as specified under the UNFC field guidelines may be incorporated.

The reserves and resources of limestone has been estimated as per the UNFC guidelines by

cross-sectional method. In consideration of the intensity of exploration carried out, the

geological/ structural setup of the deposit and configuration of concession area clubbed with

a number of constraints, estimation of limestone resources on the basis of geological cross

sectional method has been adopted for limestone resource estimation. The cross sectional

area was multiplied by 150 m, considering 75 m aerial extent on either side of the section

line on north south. The quantity of overburden and rejects to be mined along with

limestone has also been calculated by cross sectional method.

The cross sections have been drawn along the section lines trending East-West on drilling

grid and attitude of beds. In order to know the lateral and depth wise extent of

mineralization, the lateral limits of mineralization on the cross sections have been marked on

the basis of correlation with subsurface geology based on structural disposition and chemical

analysis of core samples generated during drilling.

The parameters considered for reserve estimation are as under:

i) The total applied lease area is 64.815 Ha and has been divided into 2 blocks by leaving 50

m influence from the village road.

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ii) Mapping: The lease area has been surveyed by Total Station and preparing detailed

topographical-cum-geological map including all surface geological features, extent of

deposit, structural features, location of bore-holes and the assay-plan has been prepared on

1 : 2,000 scale with contour interval of 1 m, accordingly the Surface Plan has been prepared.

iii) The grid along with temporary survey station points have been marked on the maps.

iv) The general surface level of the area is 246 mRL, maximum surface level of the area is 255

mRL and minimum is 242 mRL.

v) A total 30 vertical core bore-holes were drilled in the area, at 150 x 150 m grid interval.

vi) The reserve has been estimated by cross-sectional method. The limestone bearing areas

have been estimated by cross-sectional method and its influence area.

vii) The depth continuity of mineralization has been considered limited to the depth upto

which direct evidence on mineralization is established through the boreholes.

viii) The quality requirement of limestone for Cement Plan is under:

CaO% 42 ± 2

MgO% 3± 1

SiO2% 10± 2

ix) Limestone occurring in this area has been divided into three different categories so that

the required feed to the cement plant is achieved by proper blending, to achieve the

required quality obtained on day to day basis.

Classification CaO % MgO%

Cement grade limestone (CGL) + 42 Max 4

Blendable limestone (BLST) 38 – 42 Max 4

Sub-grade limestone (SUB) 34 - 38 Max 4

x) The bulk density of limestone has been considered as 2.5.

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xi) In the major part of the area, the top surface level varies from 250 – 242 m. Therefore,

from mining point of view, a level of 250 m has been taken for making the lower benches of

8 m each and, the accordingly the bench-wise reserve has been estimated from + 250 mRL.

From second bench onwards, the height of the bench will be of 8 m, namely 250 – 242 m,

242 – 234 m, 234 – 226 m, 226 – 218m and 218 – 210m.

xii) The recovery of limestone has been considered as 90%.

xiii) The area covered under 150 x 150 m grid exploration has been considered under

category G-1 and remaining area has been considered under category G-2.

The criteria and their complacence for exploration as per the Minerals (Evidence of Mineral

Contents) Rules, 2015:

Guideline Work carried out during prospecting

Consideration

1. Arial Reconnaissance: Satellite imagery / remote sensing / airborne geophysical survey, etc. using appropriate technology (applicable for G-4 level)

Not carried out

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2. Topographical & geological survey (mapping): Mapping on a 1: 2,000 or larger scale for detailed exploration (G-1) stage.

Topographical cum geological mapping have been carried out on a scale of 1:2,000.

Considered under G-1 level of exploration

3. Ground Geophysical and Geochemical survey: Geophysical and geochemical survey using appropriate techniques as may be necessary.

Not carried out --

4. Technological: Exploration and sampling using appropriate technique

30 nos. of core boreholes have been drilled dat 150 x 150 m intervals.

Considered under G-1 level.

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5.Sampling & sub sampling:

Geological logging and 495 nos. of samples have been collected.


6. Assay data & Laboratory test:

The samples have been analysed.


7. Petrolographic & Mineragraphic studies:

Not required --

8. Bulk Density study:

Bulk density for limestone has been taken as 2.5.


9. Bulk Sampling for Beneficiation studies:

Not required --

10. Environmental setting:

The information regarding environmental settings has been collected during prospecting.

Considered under G-1 level of exploration

11. Any other relevant data: Ground water, geotechnical and rock characteristics etc. that may be relevant.

Not required --

The limestone of the area is stratiform, stratabound, tabular of regular habit and as per

detailed exploration by drilling boreholes on 150 x 150 m spacing on grid pattern has been

carried out over the entire lease area covering all the eight blocks, the resources estimated

has been categorized under Measured Mineral Resources, Code (331).

But, some portion of the applied lease area is more than 150 m from boreholes, thus these

areas have been considered under Indicated Mineral Resources, code (332).

The Geological Resources under G-1 level of Exploration:

For Cement-grade Limestone

Cross-Section

Line

Sectional Area

Area of influence

Volume B.D. Tonnage

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(sqm) (m) (cum) (Tonnes)

C1 – C1’ 4,650 210 9,76,500 2.5 24,41,250

C2 – C2’ 1,930 150 2,89,500 2.5 7,23,750

C3 – C3’ 7,550 150 11,32,500 2.5 28,31,250

C4 – C4’ 2,170 150 3,25,500 2.5 8,13,750

C5 – C5’ 2,050 150 3,07,500 2.5 7,68,750

C6 – C6’ 9,130 150 13,69,500 2.5 34,23,750

C7 – C7’ 10,470 150 15,70,500 2.5 39,26,250

C8 – C8’ 6,420 150 9,63,000 2.5 24,07,500

C9 – C9’ 0 -- 0 2.5 0

C10 – C10’ 0 -- 0 2.5 0

Total -- -- 69,34,500 2.5 173,36,250

For Blendable-grade Limestone

Cross-Section

Line

Sectional Area

Area of influence

Volume B.D. Tonnage


C1 – C1’ 1,000 210 2,10,000 2.5 5,25,000

C2 – C2’ 580 150 87,000 2.5 2,17,500

C3 – C3’ 1,450 150 2,17,500 2.5 5,43,750

C4 – C4’ 2,890 150 433,500 2.5 10,83,750

C5 – C5’ 1,340 150 2,01,000 2.5 5,02,500

C6 – C6’ 2,860 150 4,29,000 2.5 10,72,500

C7 – C7’ 1,080 150 1,62,000 2.5 4,05,000

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C8 – C8’ 1,500 150 2,25,000 2.5 5,62,500

C9 – C9’ 0 -- 0 2.5 0

C10 – C10’ 0 -- 0 2.5 0

Total -- -- 1965000 2.5 49,12,500

For Sub-grade Limestone

Cross-Section

Line

Sectional Area

Area of influence

Volume B.D. Tonnage


C1 – C1’ 400 210 84,000 2.5 2,10,000

C2 – C2’ 1,420 150 2,13,000 2.5 5,32,500

C3 – C3’ 2,880 150 4,32,000 2.5 10,80,000

C4 – C4’ 430 150 64,500 2.5 1,61,250

C5 – C5’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C6 – C6’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C7 – C7’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C8 – C8’ 1040 150 1,56,000 2.5 3,90,000

C9 – C9’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C10 – C10’ 0 165 0 2.5 0

Total -- -- 9,49,500 2.5 23,73,750

The Geological Resources under G-2 level of Exploration:

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Out of the G-1 level of exploration, some part of the lease area is more than 150 m from

drilled boreholes, these areas have been considered under G-2 level of exploration. The

estimation of limestone resources in these areas are as under:


Cross-Section

Line

Sectional Area

Area of influence

Volume B.D. Tonnage


C1 – C1’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C2 – C2’ 900 150 1,35,000 2.5 3,37,500

C3 – C3’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C4 – C4’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C5 – C5’ 4,220 150 6,33,000 2.5 15,82,500

C6 – C6’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C7 – C7’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C8 – C8’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C9 – C9’ 2,780 150 4,17,000 2.5 10,42,500

C10 – C10’ 5,360 165 8,84,400 2.5 22,11,000

Total -- -- 20,69,400 2.5 51,73,500


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Cross-Section

Line

Sectional Area

Area of influence

Volume B.D. Tonnage


C1 – C1’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C2 – C2’ 2,330 150 3,49,500 2.5 8,73,750

C3 – C3’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C4 – C4’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C5 – C5’ 2,460 150 3,69,000 2.5 9,22,500

C6 – C6’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C7 – C7’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C8 – C8’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C9 – C9’ 960 150 1,44,000 2.5 3,60,000

C10 – C10’ 850 165 1,40,250 2.5 3,50,625

Total -- -- 10,02,750 2.5 25,06,875

For Sub-grade Limestone

Cross-Section

Line

Sectional Area

Area of influence

Volume B.D. Tonnage


C1 – C1’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C2 – C2’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C3 – C3’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C4 – C4’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C5 – C5’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

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C6 – C6’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C7 – C7’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C8 – C8’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C9 – C9’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C10 – C10’ 1,630 165 2,68,950 2.5 6,72,375

Total -- -- 2,68,950 2.5 6,72,375

Total Mineral Resources of Limestone:

S. No. Particulars Resources of limestone

(tonnes)

Net Resources considering

90% recovery

(tonnes)

Measured Mineral Resources (331)

1 Cement grade limestone 173,36,250 156,02,625

2 Blendable grade limestone 49,12,500 44,21,250

3 Sub grade limestone 23,73,750 21,36,375

Total 246,22,500 221,60,250

Indicated Mineral Resources (332)

4 Cement grade limestone 51,73,500 46,56,150

5 Blendable grade limestone 25,06,875 22,56,188

6 Sub grade limestone 6,72,375 6,05,138

Total 83,52,750 75,17,476

G. Total 329,75,250 296,77,726

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6.9.2 Geological Axis:

Level of exploration Area covered

(Ha)

Upto level (mRL)

mRL/Level or area considered for G -1 -Detailed exploration 42.266 205 m

mRL/Level or area considered for G -2 General exploration 22.549 205 m

mRL/Level or area considered for G -3 prospecting -- --

mRL/Level or area considered for G -4 Reconnaissance -- --

Total 64.815 --

6.9.3 Mineral resources & Associated waste calculation table-

Mineral Resources of Limestone (considering 90% recovery):

S. No. Particulars Resources (tonnes)

Measured Mineral Resources (331)

1 Cement grade limestone 156,02,625

2 Blendable grade limestone 44,21,250

3 Sub grade limestone 21,36,375

Total 221,60,250

Indicated Mineral Resources (332)



6 Sub grade limestone 6,05,138

Total 75,17,476

G. Total 296,77,726

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6.9.4 Mineral Reserves/ Resources as per Geological axis of UNFC:

The total resources of limestone are as under:

Level of exploration Area covered (Ha)

Resources (Tonnes)

Average grade CaO MgO

G -1, detailed exploration 42.266 221,60,250 Mini 34% Max. 4%

G -2 General exploration 22.549 75,17,476 Mini 34% Max. 4%

G -3 prospecting -- -- -- --

Total 64.815 296,77,726 Mini 34% Max. 4%

6.9.5 Feasibility Axis of UNFC: feasibility / pre-feasibility considerations for blocked mineral

resources in barrier zone, benches, non-mineable part, etc in different categories and there

calculation as under:

After the estimation of Measured Mineral Resources (331) as above, an exercise has been

done to bifurcate the Measured Mineral Resources under Probable Mineral Reserves –

UNFC Code (121) for the mineable part of the mineral resources which fall under the

Ultimate Pit Limit (UPL) and is above the threshold value having +34% CaO content and

above after conducting a Feasibility Study and Economic Viability of the project; and under

Pre-Feasibility Mineral Resources – UNFC Code (221) for the remaining part of the resources

which either fall outside the UPL within the statutory barrier becoming non mineable.

Before exercising the above mentioned bifurcation a Pre-Feasibility Study has been done as

per the parameters provided as guidelines in the Mineral Evidence Rule 2015 and circulars

issued by the IBM as the density of exploration done in the area confirms the UNFC norms

and allows to carry out Feasibility Study which correspondence to the Feasibility Axis (F-2).

Pre-Feasibility Report is enclosed as Annexure No. XI.

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Feasibility / prefeasibility considerations for blocked mineral resources in barrier zones,

benches, non-mineable part etc. indifferent categories is summarised below:

Blocked due to statutory barrier: Blocked in 7.5 m barrier in lease boundary

Blocked due to UPL: Blocked due to stripping limit of 8 m.

Blocked due to safety barrier: Blocked due to railway line and electric line.

Estimation of Blocked resources for G-1 category:

(1) Estimation of Blocked resources within the 7.5 m of non-mining zone:


Cross-Section

Line

Sectional Area

Area of influence

Volume B.D. Tonnage


C1 – C1’ 150 210 31,500 2.5 78,750

C2 – C2’ 70 150 10,500 2.5 26,250

C3 – C3’ 310 150 46,500 2.5 1,16,250

C4 – C4’ 680 150 1,02,000 2.5 2,55,000

C5 – C5’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C6 – C6’ 130 150 19,500 2.5 48,750

C7 – C7’ 107 150 16,050 2.5 40,125

C8 – C8’ 180 150 27,000 2.5 67,500

C9 – C9’ 0 -- 0 2.5 0

C10 – C10’ 0 -- 0 2.5 0

Total -- -- 2,53,050 2.5 6,32,625

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Cross-Section

Line

Sectional Area

Area of influence

Volume B.D. Tonnage


C1 – C1’ 60 210 12,600 2.5 31,500

C2 – C2’ 100 150 15,000 2.5 37,500

C3 – C3’ 50 150 7,500 2.5 18,750

C4 – C4’ 730 150 1,09,500 2.5 2,73,750

C5 – C5’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C6 – C6’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C7 – C7’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C8 – C8’ 130 150 19,500 2.5 48,750

C9 – C9’ 0 -- 0 2.5 0

C10 – C10’ 0 -- 0 2.5 0

Total -- -- 1,64,100 2.5 4,10,250

(2) Estimation of Blocked resources due to pit slope:


Cross-Section

Line

Sectional Area

Area of influence

Volume B.D. Tonnage


C1 – C1’ 80 210 16,800 2.5 42,000

C2 – C2’ 10 150 1,500 2.5 3,750

C3 – C3’ 550 150 82,500 2.5 2,06,250

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C4 – C4’ 390 150 58,500 2.5 1,46,250

C5 – C5’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C6 – C6’ 300 150 45,000 2.5 1,12,500

C7 – C7’ 300 150 45,000 2.5 1,12,500

C8 – C8’ 90 150 13,500 2.5 33,750

C9 – C9’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C10 – C10’ 0 165 0 2.5 0

Total -- -- 2,62,800 2.5 6,57,000


Cross-Section

Line

Sectional Area

Area of influence

Volume B.D. Tonnage


C1 – C1’ 50 210 10,500 2.5 26,250 C2 – C2’ 80 150 12,000 2.5 30,000 C3 – C3’ 40 150 6,000 2.5 15,000 C4 – C4’ 700 150 1,05,000 2.5 2,62,500 C5 – C5’ 0 150 0 2.5 0 C6 – C6’ 70 150 10,500 2.5 26,250 C7 – C7’ 0 150 0 2.5 0 C8 – C8’ 140 150 21,000 2.5 52,500 C9 – C9’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C10 – C10’ 0 165 0 2.5 0 Total -- -- 1,65,000 2.5 4,12,500

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(3) The resources blocked out within the statutory barriers from Railway & electric line.


Cross-Section Line

Sectional Area

Area of influence

Volume B.D. Tonnage


C1 – C1’ 0 210 0 2.5 0

C2 – C2’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C3 – C3’ 1,100 150 1,65,000 2.5 4,12,500

C4 – C4’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C5 – C5’ 2,050 150 3,07,500 2.5 7,68,750

C6 – C6’ 1,550 150 2,32,500 2.5 5,81,250

C7 – C7’ 2,720 150 4,08,000 2.5 10,20,000

C8 – C8’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C9 – C9’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C10 – C10’ 0 165 0 2.5 0

Total -- -- 11,13,000 2.5 27,82,500


Cross-Section Line

Sectional Area

Area of influence

Volume B.D. Tonnage


C1 – C1’ 0 210 0 2.5 0

C2 – C2’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C3 – C3’ 660 150 99,000 2.5 2,47,500

C4 – C4’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

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C5 – C5’ 1340 150 2,01,000 2.5 5,02,500

C6 – C6’ 670 150 1,00,500 2.5 2,51,250

C7 – C7’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C8 – C8’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C9 – C9’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C10 – C10’ 0 165 0 2.5 0

Total -- -- 4,00,500 2.5 10,01,250

Estimation of Blocked resources for G-2 category:

(1) Estimation of Blocked resources within the 7.5 m of non-mining zone:


Cross-Section Line

Sectional Area

Area of influence

Volume B.D. Tonnage


C1 – C1’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C2 – C2’ 35 150 5,250 2.5 13,125

C3 – C3’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C4 – C4’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C5 – C5’ 1,000 150 1,50,000 2.5 3,75,000

C6 – C6’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C7 – C7’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C8 – C8’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C9 – C9’ 200 150 30,000 2.5 75,000

C10 – C10’ 280 165 46,200 2.5 1,15,500

Total -- -- 2,31,450 2.5 5,78,625

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Cross-Section Line

Sectional Area

Area of influence

Volume B.D. Tonnage


C1 – C1’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C2 – C2’ 90 150 13,500 2.5 33,750

C3 – C3’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C4 – C4’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C5 – C5’ 580 150 87,000 2.5 2,17,500

C6 – C6’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C7 – C7’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C8 – C8’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C9 – C9’ 60 150 9,000 2.5 22,500

C10 – C10’ 70 165 11,550 2.5 28,875

Total -- -- 1,21,050 2.5 3,02,625

(2) Estimation of Blocked resources due to pit slope:


Cross-Section Line

Sectional Area

Area of influence

Volume B.D. Tonnage


C1 – C1’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C2 – C2’ 10 150 1,500 2.5 3,750

C3 – C3’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C4 – C4’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

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C5 – C5’ 200 150 30,000 2.5 75,000

C6 – C6’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C7 – C7’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C8 – C8’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C9 – C9’ 100 150 15,000 2.5 37,500

C10 – C10’ 170 165 28,050 2.5 70,125

Total -- -- 74,550 2.5 1,86,375


Cross-Section Line

Sectional Area

Area of influence

Volume B.D. Tonnage


C1 – C1’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C2 – C2’ 140 150 21,000 2.5 52,500

C3 – C3’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C4 – C4’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C5 – C5’ 340 150 51,000 2.5 1,27,500

C6 – C6’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C7 – C7’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C8 – C8’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C9 – C9’ 50 150 7,500 2.5 18,750

C10 – C10’ 130 165 21,450 2.5 53,625

Total -- -- 1,00,950 2.5 2,52,375

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(3) The resources blocked out within the statutory barriers from Railway & electric line.


Cross-Section Line

Sectional Area

Area of influence

Volume B.D. Tonnage


C1 – C1’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C2 – C2’ 345 150 51,750 2.5 1,29,375

C3 – C3’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C4 – C4’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C5 – C5’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C6 – C6’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C7 – C7’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C8 – C8’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C9 – C9’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C10 – C10’ 0 165 0 2.5 0

Total -- -- 51750 2.5 1,29,375


Cross-Section Line

Sectional Area

Area of influence

Volume B.D. Tonnage


C1 – C1’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C2 – C2’ 890 150 1,33,500 2.5 3,33,750

C3 – C3’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C4 – C4’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

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C5 – C5’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C6 – C6’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C7 – C7’ 0 0 0 2.5 0

C8 – C8’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C9 – C9’ 0 150 0 2.5 0

C10 – C10’ 0 165 0 2.5 0

Total -- -- 1,33,500 2.5 3,33,750

Blocked out Mineral Resources of Limestone:

S. No.

Particulars within the 7.5 m of

non-mining

zone (tonnes)

due to pit slope

(tonnes)

Within influence

area of road and railway (tonnes)

Total blocked

out resources (tonnes)

Net resources

Blocked out considering

90% recovery (tonnes)

Pre-Feasibility Mineral Resources (221)

1 Cement grade limestone

6,32,625 6,57,000 27,82,500 40,72,125 36,64,913

2 Blendable grade limestone

4,10,250 4,12,500 10,01,250 18,24,000 16,41,600

Total 10,42,875 10,69,500 37,83,750 58,96,125 53,06,513


1 Cement grade limestone

5,78,625 1,86,375 1,29,375 8,94,375 8,04,938

2 Blendable grade limestone

3,02,625 2,52,375 3,33,750 8,88,750 7,99,875

Total 8,81,250 4,38,750 4,63,125 17,83,125 16,04,813

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6.9.6 Summary of blocked Mineral reserve /resources from in different category:

Blocked out Mineral Resources of Limestone:

S. No.

Particulars within the 7.5 m of non-mining zone, due to pit slope and Within influence

area of railway and electrical lines (tonnes)




Total 53,06,513




Total 16,04,813

Grand Total 69,11,326

Out of these, the sub-grade mineral will also be considered as blocked out Mineral

Resources, due to below the cut-off grade for cement grade limestone. This will be stacked

separately for future use.

S. No. Sub grade limestone Blocked out due to below cut-off grade

(tonnes) 1 Pre-Feasibility Mineral Resources (221) 21,36,375

2 Pre-Feasibility Mineral Resources (222) 6,05,138

Total 27,41,513

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Thus, the total Mineral Reserves / Resources of Limestone for G-1 level:

S. No. Particulars Resources of limestone (tonnes)

Blocked out resources (tonnes)

Mineable Reserve (tonnes)

1 Cement grade limestone 156,02,625 36,64,913 119,37,712

2 Blendable grade limestone 44,21,250 16,41,600 27,79,650

3 Total 200,23,875 53,06,513 147,17,362

4 Sub-grade 21,36,375 -- --

Thus, the total Mineral Reserves / Resources of Limestone for G-2 level:

S. No. Particulars Resources of limestone (tonnes)

Blocked out resources (tonnes)

Mineable Reserve (tonnes)

1 Cement grade limestone 46,56,150 8,04,938 38,51,212

2 Blendable grade limestone 22,56,188 7,99,875 14,56,313

3 Total 69,12,338 16,04,813 53,07,525

4 Sub-grade 6,05,138 -- --

6.9.7 Economical axis details as per UNFC:

a) The deposit has been explored in a square grid of 150 m and reserve has been

established under proven category.

b) The mine will be a captive mine and catering to the need of limestone to plant for

manufacturing cement on a constant basis since inception. For mining the limestone from

captive quarry in a systematic manner an approved mining plan, subsequently reviewed

through schemes has been in place.

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c) The reserve established meets the threshold of manufacturing the cement as prescribed

under NCCBM Norms.

d) On the basis of the detailed exploration (G-1) done over the entire lease area, Mining Plan

has been prepared, having enough experience specific and end use grade of reserves and

specific knowledge of forest/non-forest and other land use data, the economic viability of

the mining project has been proved beyond doubt and thus the mineable part of the mineral

resources which fall under the Ultimate Pit Limit (UPL) and is above the threshold value and

as bifurcated correspond to the Economic Axis (E-1) and the remaining resources as

bifurcated above falling outside UPL that is falling within the statutory barrier correspond to

the Economic Axis (E-2).

e) As per the Pre-Feasibility Study done, cost of limestone production will be ` 250/- which is

comparable being incurred by existing cement plants in the region which being operated

probability in the region. Hence, operating the mining lease is economically viable.

Thus, considering the entire above points/aspects as per the Guideline issued by Govt. of

India, Ministry of Mines, Indian Bureau of Mines, the Feasibility Axis is comes considered as

E-1.

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6.9.8 Total estimated mineral reserves /resource in different categories of UNFC are given

below:

Classification Code Quantity (tonnes)

Geological Grade

A. Mineral Reserve

(1) Proved Mineral Reserve 111 --- --

(2) Probable Mineral Reserve 121 147,17,362 +38% CaO

(3) Probable Mineral Reserve 122 53,07,525 +38% CaO

B. Remaining Resources

(1) Feasibility Mineral Resources 211 --- (2) Prefeasibility Mineral Resources (due to blocked out) 221 53,06,513 +38% CaO

(2) Prefeasibility Mineral Resources (sub-grade) 221 21,36,375 34-38% CaO

(3) Prefeasibility Mineral Resources (due to blocked out) 222 16,04,813 +38% CaO

(3) Prefeasibility Mineral Resources (sub-grade) 222 6,05,138 34-38% CaO

(4) Measured Mineral Resources 331 --- --

(5) Indicated Mineral Resources 332 --- --

(6) Inferred Mineral Resources 333 --- --

(7) Reconnaissance Mineral Resources 334 --- --

Total Mineral Resources (A+B) 296,77,726 --

Anticipated Life: The mineable reserves of limestone is 147,17,362 + 53,07,525 = 200,24,887

tonnes (say 20.02 million tonnes) and proposed maximum production rate is about 10 lakh

tonnes per annum. But, during the first five years the tentative proposed will be 29,74,838 T

and thereafter annual production rate will be 10 lakh TPA will continue, thus, the anticipated

life of the mine will be (200,24,887 – 29,74,838 = 170,50,049/10,00,000 =17) about 22 years

including first five years.

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6.9.9 Broadly indicate the future programme of exploration with due justification (duly

marked on Geological Plan year wise location in different colours) taking into consideration

the future tentative excavation programme planned in next five years as in the table

below:

Almost the lease area has been covered under 150 x 150 m grid interval, however, some part

of the lease area which is away from boreholes and considering under category G-2, the

exploration will be proposed in these areas so as to entire lease area will be under G-1 level

of exploration. The exploration by drilling 8 nos. of vertical core boreholes have been

proposed covering a grid interval of 150 m x 75 m. Location of the proposed boreholes have

been marked on the Surface Geological Plan, Plate No. V.

S. No. PBH No. Drilling depth

Location Expenditure

First Year 1 PBH-1 30 m 950 N 1400 E 75,000/- 2 PBH-2 30 m 1425 N 1400 E 75,000/- 3 PBH-3 30 m 1425 N 1550 E 75,000/- 4 PBH-4 30 m 1425 N 1700 E 75,000/- 5 PBH-5 30 m 1950 N 1700 E 75,000/- 6 PBH-6 30 m 2025 N 1850 E 75,000/- 7 PBH-7 30 m 2025 N 2000 E 75,000/- 8 PBH-8 30 m 2025 N 2150 E 75,000/-

Total 8 nos. 240 m -- -- 6,00,000/-

Note: The expenditure given is tentative.

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7.0 MINING

7.1 A. OPEN CAST MINING

a) Briefly describe the existing as well as proposed method for excavation with all design

parameters indicating on plans/ sections.

The company is having cement plant of 3.5 MTPA clinker capacity in village Sonadih, for this

5.5 million tonnes of limestone will be required, out of which about 1.0 million tonnes of

limestone will be fulfilled from this mine.

There will be four limestone mines of the company in this area and the production rate of

limestone will depend upon production of limestone from all the mines of the company.

The mine will be designed and the deposit will be exploited with minimum damage to

environment and optimum utilization of limestone for captive use in the Cement Plant.

The salient features of mine design will be as under:

(i) The overburden is in the form of top soil cover, murrum, yellow soil and clayey material

of variable thickness. The overburden will be removed by dozer, and loaded by excavator

into dumpers and transported to the temporary stock-yard on the northeastern side of the

lease. This material will be utilized for plantation within the non-mining zone.

(ii) The major part of the area, the top surface level varies from 250 – 242 m. Therefore,

from mining point of view, a level of 250 m has been taken for making the lower benches of

8 m each and, the accordingly the bench-wise reserve has been estimated from + 250 mRL.

From second bench onwards, the height of the bench will be of 8 m, namely 250 – 242 m,

242 – 234 m, 234 – 226 m, 226 – 218 m and 218 – 210 m.

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(iii) The working will be carried out in 3 shifts with staggered roaster manpower deployment

in 350 days in a year.

(iv) In the narrowing zones, the bench height will be reduced to 3 to 6 m.

(v) Limestone is bedded deposit, massive & compact in nature, hence, the ultimate pit slope

of 500 will be quite stable. For a bench of 8 m height, floor width of 6 m will be maintained.

Presently, the working width will be maintained at about 20 m.

(vi) The rain-water and seepage water collected in the pit will be stored in the lower benches

and will be used for spraying on the haul-roads andfor plantation.

(vii) The floor of the working faces will be kept slightly sloping to facilitate flow of water

towards the sump during the rainy season to keep the working faces dry.

(viii) For blasting, 104 mm dia and 8 m (+0.5 m perihole) will be drilled with compressed-air-

operated wagon drills. The blasting will be done by ANFO/SME/Slurry as column charge and

slurry /cast booster explosive as booster charge. Controlled blasting will be practiced by

using Nonel detonators.

(ix) Hydraulic rock breaker will be used for breaking oversized boulders in place of secondary

blasting.

(x) Hydraulic excavator of 3.5 cum capacity will be used in combination with 35 tonner

dumpers for loading and transportation of limestone.

(xi) The limestone ROM will be directly transported to the cement plant after crushing and

screening (if required).

(xii)The haul distance from mine site to crusher is about 3 to 5 km.

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(xiii) For the purpose of grade control, samples will be drawn from each blast/blast holes and

will be analysed for its grade.

(xiv) The requirement for making clinker, the average chemical composition of limestone

should be maintained is as under:

CaO% 42 ± 2

MgO% 3± 1

SiO2% 10± 2

(xv) The limestone occurring in this area has been divided into four different categories so

that the required feed to the cement plant is achieved by proper blending at the crushing

plant, so that the graded quality is achieved on day to day basis.


Cement grade limestone (CGL) +42 Max 4



(xvi) The sub-grade of limestone produced from the mine will be separately stacked and

processed by suitably blending as per requirement. The blending ratio will vary according to

parameters of raw mix from time to time.

(xvii) The Staker – Reclaimer and Raw-Mills operations will be governed by Production and

Quality Control department of the Cement Plant, which will also co-ordinate with Mine

Management to dispatch particular quality of crushed limestone as may be required, so that

the Raw-Mix design suits the required parameters i.e. LSF, SM and AM, etc.

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(xviii) All efforts will be made considering eco-friendly mining in the area. For this, dense

plantation will be done all around the lease area in the non-mining zone to improve aesthetic

beauty and for development of green belt.

(xix) During the first five years, the working will be carried out in the Block-A only.

(xx) The mining loss during the mining of limestone is expected as about 10% of the total

ROM due to intercalations, fractures, clay pockets, voids, cavities, etc.

(xxi) Out of this, 5% will be considered as waste/intercalations and kept separately and

remaining 5% will be due to voids and cavities. This will be temporary stocked within the

lease area and utilized for road maintenance from time to time.

7.2 Indicate year-wise tentative excavation in cubic meters indicating development, ROM, pit wise as in the table below:

The Proposed development by removal of OB for first five years is tabulated as under:

Year Working level

(mRL)

Av Face

length (m)

Av Face

width (m)

Area

(sqm)

Average thickness

of OB (m)

Volume

(cu m)

Location

I YEAR 244-242.3 203 73 14,900 1.7 25,330 Block-A

II YEAR 244-242.3 270 87 23,600 1.7 40,120 Block- A

III YEAR 244-238.4 337 193 64,900 5.6 3,63,440 Block- A

IV YEAR 244-242.9 337 69 23,300 1.1 25,630 Block- A

V YEAR 244-242.9 365 41 15,000 1.1 16,500 Block- A

Total -- -- -- 1,41,700 -- 4,71,020 --

During the first five years, about 14.17 Ha area will be developed as pit.

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The tentative excavation program of first five years is as under:

Year Pit no

Volume of OB

(Lateritic Murrum)

Total ROM Net Volume 90% of the

ROM

Volume of side burden/ inter burden/reject

/waste (10% of the ROM)

Total OB + waste

(cum) (cum) (cum) (cum) (cum) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7 = 3+6)

I YEAR 1 25,330 88,200 79,380 8,820 34,150

II YEAR 1 40,120 1,78,260 1,60,434 17,826 57,946

III YEAR 1 363,440 2,62,320 2,36,088 26,232 389,672

IV YEAR 1 25,630 3,53,320 3,17,988 35,332 60,962

V YEAR 1 16,500 4,40,050 3,96,045 44,005 60,505

Total -- 4,71,020 13,22,150 11,89,935 1,32,215 6,03,235

Note: The tentative tonnage of the ore may be arrived by computing approximate bulk

density and recovery factor as these data are variable and may be established on time series.

First Year Proposed production of the Limestone:

Year Working level

(mRL)

Area to be excavated

(sqm)

Bench height

(m)

ROM Volume (cu m)

Net Volume 90% of

the ROM (cu m)

B.D Tonnage (T)

Location

I Bench 242.3-236 14000 6.3 88200 79380 2.5 198450 Block A

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Second Year Proposed production of the Limestone:

Year Working level

(mRL)


(sqm)

Bench height

(m)

ROM Volume (cu m)

Net Volume 90% of

the ROM (cu m)

B.D Tonnage (T)

Location

I Bench 242.3-236 22200 6.3 1,39,860 1,25,874 2.5 3,14,685 Block A

II Bench 236-228 4800 8 38,400 34,560 2.5 86,400 Block A

Total -- -- -- 1,78,260 1,60,434 -- 4,01,085 --

Third Year Proposed production of the Limestone:

Year Working level

(mRL)


(sqm)

Bench height

(m)

ROM Volume (cu m)

Net Volume 90% of

the ROM (cu m)

B.D Tonnage (T)

Location

I Bench 242.3-236 59,300 2.4 1,42,320 1,28,088 2.5 3,20,220 Block A

II Bench 236-228 15,000 8 1,20,000 1,08,000 2.5 2,70,000 Block A

Total -- -- -- 262,320 2,36,088 -- 5,90,220 --

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Fourth Year Proposed production of the Limestone:

Year Working level

(mRL)


(sqm)

Bench height

(m)

ROM Volume (cu m)

Net Volume 90% of

the ROM (cu m)

B.D Tonnage (T)

Location

I Bench 242.9-236 22,800 6.9 1,57,320 1,41,588 2.5 3,53,970 Block A

II Bench 236-228 20,000 8 1,60,000 1,44,000 2.5 3,60,000 Block A

III Bench 228-224 9,000 4 36,000 32,400 2.5 81,000 Block A

Total -- -- -- 3,53,320 3,17,988 -- 7,94,970 --

Fifth Year Proposed production of the Limestone:

Year Working level

(mRL)


(sqm)

Bench height

(m)

ROM Volume (cu m)

Net Volume 90% of

the ROM (cu m)

B.D Tonnage (T)

Location

I Bench 242.9-236 14,500 6.9 1,00,050 90,045 2.5 2,25,113 Block A

II Bench 236-228 27,500 8 2,20,000 1,98,000 2.5 4,95,000 Block A

III Bench 228-224 30,000 4 1,20,000 1,08,000 2.5 2,70,000 Block A

Total -- -- -- 4,40,050 3,96,045 -- 9,90,113 --

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7.2.1 INSITU TENTATIVE EXCAVATION

a) Year-wise Development Proposal:

Year Pit no Volume of OB (Lateritic

Murrum)

Volume of side burden/ inter burden/reject

/waste (10% of the ROM)

Total OB + waste

Total OB + waste (B.D. = 2.0)

(cum) (cum) (cum) (T) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5 = 3+4) (6)

I YEAR 1 25,330 8,820 34,150 68,300

II YEAR 1 40,120 17,826 57,946 1,15,892

III YEAR 1 363,440 26,232 389,672 7,79,344

IV YEAR 1 25,630 35,332 60,962 1,21,924

V YEAR 1 16,500 44,005 60,505 1,21,010

Total -- 4,71,020 1,32,215 6,03,235 12,06,470

b) Year-wise Production Proposal:

Year Pit no Total ROM (cum)

Volume of Limestone

(90% of ROM) (cum)

Volume of Reject/waste

(10% of the ROM) (cum)

Mineral (tonnes)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (7) I YEAR 1 88,200 79,380 8,820 1,98,450

II YEAR 1 1,78,260 1,60,434 17,826 4,01,085

III YEAR 1 2,62,320 2,36,088 26,232 5,90,220

IV YEAR 1 3,53,320 3,17,988 35,332 7,94,970

V YEAR 1 4,40,050 3,96,045 44,005 9,90,113

Total -- 13,22,150 11,89,935 1,32,215 29,74,838

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c) Year-wise Development & Production:

Year Ore (tonnes)

Total OB / waste (cum)

Ore To OB Ratio t /cum

(1) (2) (3) (4)=(3)/(2) I YEAR 1,98,450 34,150 1 : 0.17

II YEAR 4,01,085 57,946 1 : 0.14

III YEAR 5,90,220 389,672 1 : 0.66

IV YEAR 7,94,970 60,962 1 : 0.08

V YEAR 9,90,113 60,505 1 : 0.06

7.2.2 Dump re-handling (for the purpose of recovery of mineral): Estimated available material

(Cum)

Dump no Year wise handling Estimated recovery of saleable material

Rejects

1 Nil Nil Nil 1 Nil Nil Nil 1 Nil Nil Nil 1 Nil Nil Nil

7.2.3 At a glance Year-wise Production:

Year Ore In Tonnes insitu

Ore In Tonnes from dump

working

Total ore production in

tonnes

Remark

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

I 1,98,450 0 1,98,450

No stock/dump has been maintained. II 4,01,085 0 4,01,085

III 5,90,220 0 5,90,220

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Year Ore In Tonnes insitu

Ore In Tonnes from dump

working

Total ore production in

tonnes

Remark

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

IV 7,94,970 0 7,94,970

V 9,90,113 0 9,90,113

7.2.4 Enclosed individual year-wise development plans and sections showing pit layouts,

dumps, stacks of mineral reject, if any, etc, in case of ‘A’ category mine.

The Composite Year-Wise Development and Production Plan has been prepared on a scale of

1:2,000 and enclosed as Plate No. VI.

The Year-Wise Development and Production sections has been prepared on a scale of

1:2,000 and enclosed as Plate No. VI A.

The Year-Wise Development and Production plans for each year have been prepared on a

scale of 1:2,000 and enclosed as Plate No. VI B (for first year), Plate No. VI C (for second

year), Plate No. VI D (for third year), Plate No. VI E (for fourth year) and Plate No. VI F (for

fifth year).

7.3 Describe briefly giving salient features of the proposed method of working indicating

category of mine.

The method of mining will be open cast mechanized method under category ‘A’ by using DTH

drills for drilling and sub-sequent blasting as described earlier.

i) Method of mining This mine will be fully mechanized and under category ‘A’ mine as per MCDR 1988 and the limestone will be extracted through opencast mining.

ii) Bench parameters Mining activity will be concentrated in two pits with four production benches and one development bench of variable height. Bench parameters of the mine are given in section 7.1.

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iii) Bench height in OB/ore

The height of OB bench varies from 0-7 m. The height of benches in Limestone will be 8 m and the bottom most bench will be of about 6 m height.

iv) Bench width Minimum bench width would be kept as 8 m from the faces at the end of ultimate pit limit and working bench width as per stipulation of DGMS.

v) Bench slope 800 vi) Over all pit slope Below 450 vii) Bottom mRL

proposed during plan period

224 mRL

viii) Grid reference of proposed working location

N 1400 to N 1800, E 1300 to E 1650

7.4 Blasting:

During the blasting, all Rules, Regulations and Precautionary and safety measures will be

taken. The blasting area will be covered by red flags at appropriate safety distance.

Operators and workers will be removed to safety distance and blasting will be conducted by

a qualified /certified blaster.

Broad Blasting Parameters is as under:

(i) The blasting will be carried out in three-row blasting pattern.

(ii) The blasting will be carried out during the lunch break (1 to 1.30 PM). Siren will be blown

before blasting in addition to posting of guards with red flags at strategic points to ensure

that all persons take adequate shelter and to prevent unauthorized entry.

(iii) Preferably wet drilling will be carried out for suppressing dust and muffle blasting for

suppression of noise.

(iv) Ground vibration will be kept under control by optimum charge per delay and controlled

blasting technique.

(v) Spacing to Burden ratio (1.2 : 1.5) will as per Broad Blasting Parameters.

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(vi) Stemming length will be kept one third of the hole.

(vii) The inclination of blast-holes will be kept towards free face to avoid air-blast.

(viii) The area to be drilled / blasted will be clear of loose fragments to avoid fly rocks.

(ix) Increasing no. of delay per blast reduces charge weight / delay thereby reducing vibration

level; only multi-second delay detonators will be used.

(x) Site mixed Emulsion will be used 90 – 95% of the total charge as it is considered as safe

and economical. Existing operating mines is also using.

(xi) All precautions for blasting and safety measures will be taken at the time of blasting and

will be carried out by qualified/certified blaster.

(xii) During blasting, the safety zone will be barricaded by red flags so that unauthorized

entry in the blasting zone is checked.

(xiii) All safety measures as stipulated in MMR 1961 and Indian Explosive Rule 2008 will be

strictly adhered to during blasting.

Broad blasting parameters like charge per hole, blasting pattern, charge per delay,

maximum number of holes blasted in a round, manner and sequence of firing, etc.

Blasting parameter will be as under:

Following blasting parameters are recommended for achieving the required production for

the Cement Plant. Drilling is proposed to be done by DTH drill.

1 Diameter of the hole 104 mm

2 Diameter of the cartridge 83 mm

3 Length of the cartridge 400 mm

4 Depth of the hole 8.0 m

5 Sub-drilling to avoid toe formation 0.5-1.0 m

6 Burden 4.0 m

7 Spacing 5.5 m

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8 No. of row 3.0

9 Stemming column 2.5 m

10 Output per hole = Spacing × Burden × depth 5.5 × 4.0 × 8.0 = 176 176 cum

11 Output per hole = 176 x 2.5 = 440 T 440 T

12 Production per annum 10,00,000 T = 4,00,000 cum 4,00,000 cum

13 Total handling per day (300 working day) 1,333 cum

14 Nos. of holes per day (1,333 / 176 = 7.57) Say 8 nos.

15 Meterage required (8 × 8.5 = 68) 68 m

16 Charge per hole 75 kg

17 Explosive consumption / day (75 x 8 holes = 600) 600 kg

18 Powder factor (440 T / 75 kg = 5.8) 5.8 T/ kg

19 Type of initiation = multi second detonators

20 Sequence of blasting = Cord relay with electric detonators / Nonel

21 Details of the drilling

22 Per hour output of 104 mm dia drill 16 m/hr 23 Working shift 2 24 Working hours per day (0.85 availability & utilization factor) 13 hours 25 Per day output of a drill ( 16 x 13 = 208 m) 208 m 26 Hence no of 104 dia drill machine required (68 / 208 = 0.32) Say 1 no.

7.5 Drilling machineries:

S. No.

Type Nos. Dia of hole (mm)

Make Motive power

H.P.

1 ICM 260 1 104 IR Diesel 250 2 DH 150 1 104 SANDWIK Diesel

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7.6 Explosive requirement for overburden removal:

Since, the OB is lateritic murum, being soft in nature and will be directly removed by

excavator/Dozer, hence no drilling required.

7.7 Explosive requirement for ore zone:

i) Total ROM proposed to be handled in cum/annum (x) 4,00,000 cum

ii) ROM proposed to be handled in cum / day y = x/300 days 1333.33 cum

iii) Drilling pattern in ROM zone (Spacing * Burden* depth ) 176 cum

iv) Yield per holes in ROM Zone cum= z 440 T

v) No of holes required to be blasted per day = y/z 3.03 nos.

vi) Frequency of blasting in a week - 2 nos.

vii) Maximum number of holes blasted in a round. 20 nos.

viii) Charge per hole (kg) 75 kg

ix) Charge per round (Kg) 1,500 kg

x) Explosive requirement per month for ROM zone blasting 12,000 kg

xi) Total explosive requirement per month 12,000 kg

7.8 Type of Explosive to be used:

(i) Ordinary detonator/ Delay detonator

(ii) Site mixed Emulsion /Ammonium Nitrate/ Large dias explosive

(iii) Safety fuse

7.9 Powder factor in ore and overburden / waste:

The powder factor for ore is about 5.8 T/kg.

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7.10 Whether secondary blasting is needed, if so, describe it briefly.

No secondary drilled will be required, oversize boulders of size ranging more than 1.2 m

generated from the primary blasting is being broken by 20 T class Rock Breaker to avoid the

environmental nuisance of secondary blasting.

7.11 Storage of explosive (like capacity and type of explosives (like capacity and type of

explosive magazine)

Explosive van of 1 MT capacity will be used for transportation of explosive. Details of the

type and capacity of Magazine are as below.

S. No

Name and Description Class & Division

Sub-Division (if any)

Quantity at any one time

1 Nitrate Mixture – Slurry and emulsion explosives.

2,0 0 4500 kg

2 Cast Booster 3,2 0 500 kg

3 Detonators 6,3 0 20000 nos.

4 Detonating Fuse 6,2 0 50000 m

5 Safety Fuse 6,1 0 5000 m

7.12 Excavation: Drilling and blasting will be carried out for the excavation of the ore. Blasted

material will be loaded by 3.5 cum capacity hydraulic excavator of Komatsu make (Model PC

800-8R).

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7.13 Loading: The loading of ROM into dumpers will be carried out by loader/Excavator.

A. Total maximum handling of ore & waste 4,40,000 + 16,500 = 4,56,550 cm

B. Per day handling of ore & waste assuming 350 working days in a year

(A/350) = 4,56,550 / 350 = 1,304.4

Say 1,304 cm

C. Per shift handling (3 shift working) 1,304 / 3 = 434.66 Say 435 cm

D. Working hours for one loading equipment/shift 6.5

E. Expected Output / hour of one loading machine (3.5 m3 bucket

capacity) considering the availability and utilization factors of 85%

100 cm

F. Output from one excavator in a shift (E x D) 1170 cm

G. Hence no of loading machine required (C/F) 0.37 (SAY 1)

List of loading equipment required

Sl. no.

Type Nos. Bucket capacity (m3)

Make Motive power

H.P.

1. Hydraulic excavator 1 3.5 TELCO (EX600 V)

Diesel 272

2. Pay loader 1 3.1 H .M. Diesel 218

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7.14 Transportation: The transportation of ROM to the crushing and screening (if required) plant

will be carried out by the dumpers of 35 T capacity.

Calculation for Transportation equipment

A. Total handling of ore & waste 4,56,550 m3

B. Per day handling of ore & waste assuming 350 working days in a year

(A/350) = 4,56,550 / 350 = 1,304.4

Say 1,304 m3

C. Per shift handling (3 shift working) 435 m3

D. Working hours for one dumper/shift 6.5

E. Expected Output / hour of one dumper (35 tonner) considering the availability and utilization factors of 70% and increased hauling distance upto about 3 to 5 km

45 m3

F. Output of one dumper in m3 in a shift 200

G. Requirement of nos of dumper (C/F= 435 / 200 = 2.175) Say 3 nos.

List of Transporting equipment required:

S. No.

Type Nos. Size/ capacity Make Motive power

H.P.

1 HAUL PAK 3 35 MT BEML Diesel 380 EACH

7.15 Crushing /screening: Crushing and screening (if required) of ROM will be carried out.

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7.16 Extent of mechanization: Describe briefly with calculation for adequacy and type of

machinery and equipment proposed to be used in different activities of drilling, material

handling in development, surface transportation and any other operation.

Salient features of Mining:

Since, the mine will be open-cast “Fully Mechanized”. The requirement of mining

machineries has been calculated to handle the optimum production of 10 lakh tonnes of

limestone annually. The detailed calculations have been given on para 7.4, 7.13 and 7.14.

The equipments / machineries required for mining and allied operations related to Mining

are as under:

Name Nos Type/ make /Capacity

Purpose Motive Power

1 DTH /wagon drill

1 ICM 260/ IR /104 mm

For drilling limestone bed Diesel Engine

2 DTH /wagon drill

1 DH 150 / 104 mm

For drilling limestone bed Diesel Engine

3 Hydraulic Excavators

1 TELCO (EX600 V) / 3.5 cum

bucket capa.

For loading OB and excavation of limestone and loading the same into dumpers

Diesel Engine

4 Pay Loader 1 H .M. / 3.1 cum

buck capa. For loading OB and excavation of limestone and loading

Diesel Engine

5 Dumpers 3 HAUL PAK /

BEML/35 T For transportation of limestone to C & S plant

Diesel Engine

6 Dozer 1 -- For dozing of OB Diesel Engine

7 Hydraulic rock breaker

1 -- For reduction of oversized boulders

Diesel Engine

8 Water Tanker 2 10,000 liters For sprinkling of on quarry road and blasted mass

Diesel Engine

9 Water pump 2 75 HP For dewatering the working pit during the rainy season

Electrical pumps

10 Explosive van and Jeep

1+1 -- For transporting the explosive and supervision

Diesel Engine

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7.17 Describe briefly the layout of mine workings, pit road layout of faces and sites for

disposal of overburden/ waste alongwith ground preparation prior to disposal of waste,

reject etc. A reference to the plans and sections may be given. UPL or ultimate size of pit is

to be shown for identification of the suitable dumping.

(i) Bench Height – The top bench will have a floor level of 250 mRL with variable height,

thereafter, the bench height of 8.0 m will be maintained, which is suitable for 3.5 cu m

bucket capacity excavator. The soil/OB available over the deposit will be scraped with dozer.

(ii) Bench Width – For a bench of 8 m, working width of 15 m will be required to

accommodate for easy movement of HEMM equipments, dumpers and blasted material. As

per MMR & Circulars of DGMS, the width of the benches should not be less than:

(a) Width of the widest machine playing on the bench plus 2 m extra.

OR

(b) If the dumpers ply on the bench, 3 time the width of the dumpers.

OR

(c) Not less than the height of the bench.

(iii) Bench Alignment – In this area, the grade variation is along the strike, therefore, it has

been decided to open the benches along the strike-direction for production of all grades of

limestone, so that suitable blending can be done as required.

(iv) Face length – The face length is selected in such a way that it could produce desired

quality of limestone without any interruption. Thus, the planning of designed pit, the face

length of exposed limestone will be more than 100 m for each bench. Two faces will be

maintained for proper deployment of machineries for day to day grade control.

(v) Road – (a) An adequate net work of roads will be maintained for transportation of

limestone from face to crusher site. For free movement of vehicles (dumpers), it is proposed

to have one way traffic on all haul roads.

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(b) For two-way traffic, the haul roads will be preferably be at least 3 times, plus 5 meters,

the width of dumpers, thus the width of the road will be maintained at 17 m.

(c) As per statute, the gradient of ramps should not exceed 1 : 16. In this planning, all ramps

have been designed with a gradient of 1 : 20, however, a small stretch of 10 m length after

the ramp will be kept level for easy movement of dumpers before another ramp starts to join

the next bench below.

(d) A minimum turning radius of 10 m on inner side is proposed for roads at turning points.

Adequate super elevation will be provided at the curves for safe turning of dumpers.

(e) All the haul roads will be constructed with water bound macadam and water spraying will

be done regularly to minimize generation of air-borne dust during movement of vehicles.

Year-wise Development Proposal:

Year Pit no Volume of OB (Lateritic Murrum)

Volume of side burden/ inter burden/reject /waste (10% of the

ROM)

Total OB + waste

(cum) (cum) (cum) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5 = 3+4)

I YEAR 1 25,330 8,820 34,150

II YEAR 1 40,120 17,826 57,946

III YEAR 1 363,440 26,232 389,672

IV YEAR 1 25,630 35,332 60,962

V YEAR 1 16,500 44,005 60,505

Total -- 4,71,020 1,32,215 6,03,235

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7.18 Conceptual Mine Planning upto the end of lease period taking into consideration the

present available reserves and resources describing the excavation, recovery of ROM,

Disposal of waste, backfilling of voids, reclamation and rehabilitation showing on a plan

with few relevant sections.

The mineable reserves of limestone is 147,17,362 + 53,07,525 = 200,24,887 tonnes (say

20.02 million tonnes) and proposed maximum production rate is about 10 lakh tonnes per

annum. But, during the first five years the tentative proposed will be 2974838 T and

thereafter annual production rate will be 10 lakh TPA will continue, thus, the anticipated life

of the mine will be (200,24,887 – 29,74,838 = 170,50,049/10,00,000 = 17) about 22 years

including first five years.

7.19 Exploration programme: After the completion of proposed borehole during the first year,

the deposit will be fully explored and hence no need for further exploration.

7.20 Excavation: Presently, the area is virgin land.

During the first five years, about 14.17 sqm area will be developed as working pit upto a level

of 224 mRL.

During the second five years onwards, the production will be carried out on both the Blocks,

Block A and Block B.

Land use for per five years breakup.

Description

Area in Hectares Present End of

5 years

End of 10

years

End of 15

years

End of 20

years

Upto life of the mine

1 Area under Pit 0 14.17 30.00 40.00 53.50 53.50

2 Area under roads 0 1.00 2.00 2.00 0 0

3 Area under infrastructure 0 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100

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4 Area under Top soil stack 0 0.500 0.500 0.500 0 0

5 Area under OB /waste Dump 0 6. 636 8.000 0 0 0

6 Area under Crusher 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 Area under Plantation 0 4.60 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00

8 Total Nil 27.006 51.60 53.60 64.60 64.60

Upto conceptual period, the ultimate pit area will be about 53.50 Ha upto a level of 214 mRL.

7.21 Rated production capacity of mines:

The proposed production rate of limestone is about 10,00,000 TPA.

7.22 Life of the mine:

The anticipated life of the mine will be about 22 years.

7.23 Ultimate pit limit:

At the end of life total mined out area will be 53.50 Ha upto a level of 214 mRL.

7.24 Waste disposal:

During the first five years, the quantity generated of OB/waste will be 603,235 cum and the

area covered for generated OB /waste dump will be about 6.636 Ha.

Generation of OB/ waste and their management as per five years breakup.

Description First 5 year

Second 5 year

Third 5 year

fourth 5 year

Last 2 year

1 generation of OB/waste

6,03,235 cum

22,500 cum

22,500 cum 22,500 cum 22,500 cum

2 Area for dumping 6.636 Ha 8.000 Ha 0 0 0

3 Covering by grass-shrubs

6.636 Ha 8.000 Ha 0 0 0

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These dumps will be covered by deep rooted grass, shrubs and other species and protected

by retaining wall & garland drain.

Note: After the 8th year, the some of the pit will be exhausted, hence the generated OB

/waste will be backfilled in mined out land.

7.25 Afforestation:

During the plan period, about 4.60 Ha area will be covered by plantation, @ 2,000 saplings

per hectares. Karanj, Khamar, Akesia, Gulmohar, Sal, Mango, Jamun, Amrud, etc, are the

common species which are planted.

The Year-wise afforestation will be as under:

Year Area for afforestation

(Ha)

Nos. of saplings (Nos.)

I Year 1.00 2,000 II Year 1.00 2,000 III Year 1.00 2,000 IV Year 1.00 2,000 V Year 0.60 1,200 Total 4.60 9,200

During the first five years, entire available area within the 7.5 m of barrier zone will be

covered by plantation. Thereafter, the area blocked due to electric line and railway track will

be covered by green belt.

7.26 Reclamation and Rehabilitation:

Land degradation is one of the major adverse impacts of open-cast mining activities and any

effort to control adverse impacts would be incomplete without appropriate land reclamation

strategy. After the exhaustion of entire mineable limestone, part of mined out pit will be

backfilled by generated OB/waste and remaining mined out pit will be converted in to water

tank for utilization in for irrigation purpose. The water reservoir will be properly fenced by

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barbed wire or a bund will be constructed outside the water reservoir during the closure of

the mine.

7.27 Post mining land use conceptualized.

Description Area in Hectares Present Additional

area required during this plan period

End of the 5 year

End of the conceptual period

1 Area under Pit 0 14.17 14.17 53.50 2 Area under roads 0 1.00 1.00 0 3 Area under infrastructure 0 0.100 0.100 0.10 4 Area under Top soil stack 0 0.500 0.500 0 5 Area under OB/waste Dump 0 6.636 6.636 0 6 Area under Crusher 0 0 0 0 7 Area under Plantation 0 4.60 4.60 11.00 8 Total 0 27.006 27.006 64.60

Conceptual Plan is enclosed as Plate no.-VII and Its sections is in Plate no.-VII A.

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8.0 UNDERGROUND MINING

The entire working is being carried out by opencast mechanized method and this will

continue in future, hence underground working will not be required.

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9.0 MINE DRAINAGE

a) Minimum and maximum depth of water table based on observations from nearby wells

and water bodies.

The ground water level monitored around the applied area was found to be in the range of

30 - 35 m, which corroborates from the finding of adjacent existing mines. The limestone is

hard, compact and massive in nature and devoid of any secondary porosity like joint, fissures

etc. to have potential ground water occurrence. Adjacent mining operation has reached up

to a depth of 32 m and ground water has not yet encountered.

b) Indicate maximum and minimum depth of working.

Workings are expected to be done up to average 20 m depth from surface level which is

above from the water table.

c) Quantity and quality of water likely to be encountered, the pumping arrangement and

places where the mine water id finally proposed to be discharge.

Regionally in the area, the source of surface water is Shivnath River. The HFL of the Shivnath

River is 237 mRL. The River is about 2.0 km from the northern part of the lease area, Hence,

there will be no encroachment of surface water in the mine.

The rain water accumulated during the rainy season will be pumped out through proper

arrangement of water pumps.

d) Describe regional and local drainage pattern. Also indicate annual rain fall, catchments

area, and likely quantity of rain water to flow through the lease area, arrangement for

arresting solid wash off etc.

The Shivnath River flows from north to south and suddenly takes turn near the northern

boundary of the existing lease of the company which is about 2.0 km from this applied lease

area and flows towards ESE direction.

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The River Shivnath and its tributaries viz Khorsi Nala and Jamuniya nala control drainage of

the area. Various streams originate from this and forms a network to join this nala, which

finally flows in SW-NE direction and meets the river Shivnath exhibiting dendritic pattern in

the most of the area. Beloda branch of the Mahanadi canal enters the area from SSW part of

the lease area and passes towards northern part distributing water to the villages in its

course. All the seasonal nalas flow into the Shivnath River.

In the lease area, the terrain is almost flat with gentle slope towards northern direction,

almost the entire lease area is covered with soil and limestone is out cropping at few places.

The mining by opencast method will be worked throughout the year and hence effective

arrangements for drainage during entire year for seepage water and rain water, hence

provisions for adequate dewatering arrangements in the mining pits so as to keep the

working floor free from water accumulation.

In open cast pit, water reaches the working faces due to following reasons.

(i) From surface run off rain water, sub-surface and seepage.

(ii) By direct precipitation over workings during rainy season.

These can be controlled by:

(i) Preventing surface run-off water from entering the active working pit. The water should

either be diverted to temporarily standby/unused pit to serve as a water reservoir.

(ii) Pumping of percolated and direct precipitated water from the pit to temporarily un-used

pit/low lying area of the pit as a water conservation measure and to use it for dust

suppression and plantation.

Annual Rain fall:

The average annual rain-fall in the area is about 900 mm which comes to be 22.5 mm/day

considering 40 rainy days in a year. For calculating pump capacity, it has been assumed that

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the average quantity of rain water collected in the pit during one day will be handled during

the same day within 8 hours.

Pumping load:

The mine workings are proposed up to 30 m depth and up to end of life of mine. The mine

benches will be aligned in such a manner that water always flows down to bottom most

point and the main workings remain dry. The daily pumping load has been calculated from

the approximate catchment area from which the water is likely to flow into the pit. The

working’s are proposed in 41.33 Ha during the first five years planning. Therefore in the

planning the catchment area has been considered 50 percent more than the area proposed

to be used in mining in this planning, which comes to about 7.085 Ha or 70,850 sqm.

Catchment Area = 70,850 sqm

Pumping Load/day = 70,850 x 0.03 = 2,126 cum

Hourly Load/day (8 hr. working) = 17,008 or say 17,000 cum

Pumping capacity:

The hourly pumping load has been calculated 17,000 cum. Therefore one pump of 5 HP

capacity with 50 m head will be installed and one additional will be kept standby.

Sump:

A sump of 20 m x 20 m and 3 m deep will be made at suitable lower most point at the

bottom bench for storage of precipitated water and installation of pump.

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10.0 STACKING OF MINERAL REJECT/ SUB-GRADE MATERIAL AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE

10.1 Indicate briefly the nature and quantity of top soil, overburden/ waste and Mineral reject

to be disposed off.

Generation of top soil /OB and interburden: The overburden in the area is consisting of top

soil, murrum, yellow soil and clayey material and about 10% of the total ROM will be

generated as intercalations. The removal of OB and generated waste for first five years is

tabulated as under:

Year Pit no Soil/ Overburden /Lateritic murum

(cum)

Side burden/ inter burden/reject

/waste (10% of the ROM) (cum)

Total OB + waste (cum)

(1) (2) (3) (4) 5 = (3+4) I YEAR 1 25,330 8,820 34,150

II YEAR 1 40,120 17,826 57,946

III YEAR 1 363,440 26,232 389,672

IV YEAR 1 25,630 35,332 60,962

V YEAR 1 16,500 44,005 60,505

Total -- 471,020 132,215 603,235

10.2 The proposed dumping ground within the lease area be proved for presence or absence

of mineral and be outside the UPL unless simultaneous backfilling is proposed or purely

temporary dumping for a short period is proposed in mineralized area with technical

constraints & justification.

Top soil: The thickness of fertile top soil will be 0.5 m only, this will be stacked separately and

utilized for plantation, for this about 0.5 Ha area will be marked.

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OB/waste dumping: During the first five years, the OB/ waste will be temporary dumped on

the northeastern side of the Block -A. The area required for dumping will be as under:

Year Volume of OB / waste

(cum)

Net volume considering

15% as swell factor (cum)

Net volume considering bench-wise

(cum)

Height of the dump

(m)

Area required

for dumping

(sqm)

bench

I YEAR 34,150 39273 39273 2.5 15709 I bench

II YEAR 57,946 66638 66638 2.5 26655 I bench

III YEAR 389,672

448123

60000 2.5 24000 I bench

330000 6 55000 II bench

58123 4 14531 III bench

IV YEAR 60,962 70106 70106 4 17527 III bench

V YEAR 60,505 69581 69581 4 17395 III bench

Total 603,235 18,27,914 18,27,914 12.5 m 66,364* --

Note: The OB and waste will be dumped within the lease area in 66,364 sqm or say 66,360

sqm (6.636 Ha) with 3 tiers.

10.3 Attach a note indicating the manner of disposal of waste, configuration and sequence of

year-wise buildup of dumps alongwith the proposals for protective measures.

The OB and waste will be dumped within the lease area in 6.636 Ha with a maximum height

of 12.5 m in 3 tiers.

These dumps will be covered by deep rooted grass, shrubs and other species and protected

by retaining wall & garland drain.

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11.0 USE OF MINERAL AND MINERAL REJECT

11.1 Describe briefly the requirement of end-use industry specifically in terms of physical and

chemical composition.

The entire limestone mined out from this mine will be utilized in the lessee’s Cement Plant

and this will be captive mine for the Plant which is installed about 2 km from the mine.

11.2 Give brief requirement of intermediate industries involved in up-gradation of mineral

before its end-use.

No intermediate industry will involve for up-gradation of limestone, only suitable blending of

different-grade mineral will be carried out on the crushing unit at the plant site.

11.3 Give detail requirements for other industries, captive consumption, export, associated

industrial use etc.

The entire produced limestone will be captive consumption in the lessee’s Cement Plant.

11.4 Indicate precise physical and chemical specification stipulated by buyers.

The specification of Cement grade limestone has been standardized and accepted all over by

Cement industries. The norms evolved by National council of Cement and Building Materials

are given in the following table:

Oxide components Acceptable range for manufacture of

clinker

CaO 42 ± 0.5%

MgO 3± 0.5%

SiO2 9± 0.5%

Al2O3 2.4 % ± 0.4%

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For determining acceptable range of SiO2, Al2O3 and Fe2O3 in the limestone, the following

factors of modulus values for ultimate raw mix for manufacturing cement has been

considered by the company.

Item Formula Range

Silica modules

SiO2 ---------------------

Al2O3 + Fe2O3 2.2 ± 2

Alumina Modulus

Al2O3 ---------------------

Fe2O3 1.6 ± 2

Lime Saturation Factor (LSF)

Cao --------------------------------------

2.8 SiO2 + 1.2 Al2O3 + 0.67 Fe2O3 1.2 to 1.5

Based on the above criteria, limestone occurring in this mine has been divided into four

different categories so that required feed to the cement plant is achieved by proper blending

at the crushing plant while transportation, so that the graded quality is achieved on day to

day basis.


Cement grade limestone (CGL) 42 – 44 Max 4



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11.5 Give details of processes adopted to upgrade the ROM to suit the user requirements.

The blending of above different types of limestone will be carried out from time to time as

per daily requirement of Plant.

During this first five years period, blending of high MgO limestone is not required; hence at

that time blending proposal is not anticipated, this may be estimated after this five years

period.

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12.0 PROCESSING OF ROM AND MINERAL REJECT

12.1 If processing / beneficiation of the ROM or Mineral Reject is planned to be conducted,

briefly describe nature of processing/ beneficiation. This may indicate size and grade of

feed material and concentrate (finished marketable product), recovery etc.

It is envisaged to transport crushed limestone directly to the cement Plant. During mining, if

clay mixed limestone is generated, it is proposed to installed mobile screen inside the pit to

ensure better utilization of the limestone.

12.2 Give a material balance chart with a flow sheet or schematic diagram of the processing

procedure indicating feed, product, recovery, and its grade at each stage of processing.

The Process flow chart for sizing and quality improving is given below.

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12.3 Explain the disposal method for tailing or reject from the processing plant.

Not applicable, since no wet mineral beneficiation process is involved, hence there will no

tailing pond.

12.4 Quantity and quality of tailing /reject proposed to be disposed, size and capacity of

tailing pond, toxic effect of such tailings, if any, with process adopted to neutralize any

such effect before their disposal and dealing of excess water from the tailings dam.

Not applicable, since there will no tailing pond.

12.5 Specify quantity and type of chemicals if any to be used in the processing plant.

Not applicable, since there will no processing plant.

12.6 Specify quantity and type of chemicals to be stored on site / plant.

Not applicable.

12.7 Indicate quantity (cum per day) of water requirement for mining and processing and

sources of supply of water, disposal of water and extent of recycling. Water balance chart

may be given.

The quantity of water requirement per day is tabulated below as water balance chart.

Water balance chart

Water sources:- Tube well and secondary sources

Dust suppression

Green Belt Drinking and Domestic use

Miscellaneous

10 cum 5 cum 03 cum 02 cum

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13.0 OTHER

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Describe briefly the following:

13.1 Site services:

The following site services will be provided for the systematic and smooth running of mines:

(i) Office Buildings: Office premises is already available for the existing mines (adjacent to

this lease) and having enough rooms to house the office of the technical, administrative,

general personnel's and technical & general office stores to run both the mine systematically

and smoothly.

(ii) Workshop: Suitable workshop with all necessary equipments and facilities are available

for the existing mines and will be utilized for both the mines for maintenance and repair of

all the mine machineries, equipment’s, vehicles and auxiliary machinery deployed for mining,

and allied activities.

(iii) Technical and general store: Technical and general office store is already available for

the existing mines and maintained with all the requisite inventories of technical items/spares

and stationery to support the work-shop and office activities quickly and effectively and

efficiently for both the mines.

(iv) Power supply: Power sub-station is already available with all necessary auxiliaries and

enough supporting staff to meet out the power requirement of mine, office, workshop,

stores and all other related allied activities in totality to run both the mines.

(v) Water supply: An integrated water resource development and supply management

system will be established which will evaluate the water resources availability from the open

pit of the mine water (both ground water and rain water harvesting) and other ground water

resource generation by digging tube wells etc., its proper storage in the sump made in the

mine pit, over head tanks and its supply to the different consumption points through a well

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managed networking of pipe lines to meet out the water requirement of mine and all

related allied activities including drinking water.

(vi) Transportation: A self sustainable transport system of the company of its own is

available consisting of transport vehicle to attend to the exigencies which will exclusively

manage to transport the employees to bring them from one destination to the other

destination will be required.

(vii) Communication: Necessary facility of communication like telephones, telefax, mobile

phones, and internet connectivity for sending/receiving E-mails are already available for

running the office, mine and allied activities smoothly.

(viii) Dak: Arrangements for the transportation of Dak to the nearest post office, company

own administrative offices are available. Daks are transported timely and safely to the

desired destinations.

(ix) Storage of explosive: Licensed Explosive Magazine for the storage of explosive is already

available for the existing mines (adjacent to this lease) and the same will be used for this

mines also for the purpose of storage of explosives.

(x) Safety and security: A full-fledged system of safety and security of the mine, office

premises, stores, power and water works, explosive magazine and all others related

with mining has been established and maintained which ensures safety and security of all

above round the clock throughout the year.

(xi) Vocational Training Centre (VTC): A vocational training center housed in the office

premises with enough trained and experienced staff supported with all necessary

equipments and facilities to conduct regular training programmers as and when required to

impact training and awareness to all the personals of all disciplines (who require it) to update

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and improve their knowledge in their fields for discharging their duties efficiently and

effectively.

(xii) First aid and emergency services: A first aid center with all necessary equipments,

accessories and medicines etc. will be provided within the mine premises. A trained and

experienced staff of the medical discipline will be appointed. An ambulance or other suitable

vehicle as an alternative will be put on service as and when required for transportation of

affected person to the nearest hospital as the case may be.

(xiii) Dispensary: A fully equipped dispensary with a qualified medical officer (Doctor) and

compounder with all necessary medical facility are available in the colony.

(xiv) Fuel Storage: All necessary infrastructure for storage of fuel (diesel) like fuel tanks etc.

with enough capacity sufficient for attest 15 days will be kept for smooth running of all

the machinery and ultimately to ensure regular and uninterrupted production achievement.

(xiv) Canteen: Existing Canteen will serve the employees of all the mines.

13.2 Employment potential:

(i) Management & Supervisory Personnel:

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To run the mine systemically and scientifically and to achieve the target of limestone

production uninterrupted, it is imperative to have a team of highly- skilled officials well

supported by, trained and experienced skilled technical and non technical officials and

backed by a team of semi-skilled staff and a fleet of unskilled workers.

The breakup of total employment (Highly Skilled, Skilled, Semi-Skilled and Un-Skilled) is as

under:

S. No. Highly Skilled Man power No. 1 Mines Manager (Ist class certificate holder) 01

2 Asstt. Manager Mines (Ist or IInd class certificate holder) 01

3 Geologist 01

4 Mining Engineer 01

4 Mechanical Engineer 01 5 Electrical Engineer 01 Total 06

S. No. Skilled Man power No.

1 Mining Foreman (certificate holder) 04 2 Blasting Foreman 01 3 Mechanical Foreman 03 4 Electrical Foreman 03 5 Store Officer 01 6 Security Officer 01 7 Mine Surveyor 01 Total 14

S.No. Semi-Skilled Man power No.

1 Drill machine operator (experienced) 02 2 Excavator operator (experienced) 02

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3 Dumper operator (experienced) 03 4 Compressor operator (experienced) 02 5 Rock breaker operator (experienced) 01 6 Dozer operator (experienced) 01 7 Mechanical, Electrical, Blasting 05 8 Time Keeper 02 9 Security 10 Total 28

1 Unskilled labour for housekeeping, plantation 10 Total 10

Note: Apart from the above, for maintenance of roads, making drains, fencing & other

miscellaneous jobs will be done up on contractual basis.

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14.0 PROGRESSIVE MINE CLOSURE PLAN UNDER RULE 23 OF MCDR’1988

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14.1 Environment Base line information: Attach a note on the status of baseline information

with regard to the following.

a) Existing Land use Pattern indicating area already degraded due to quarrying / pitting,

dumping, roads, Processing plant, work-shop, township etc.

The entire applied lease area is under forest land (bade jhad ka jungle), but cultivation in the

lease hold area is very limited and most of the land is devoid of vegetation. The land is still

virgin and no mining activity has been done in the area till date.

(b) Water Regime: Water is the primary requirement of all human beings and thrie activities.

Information about its availability and quality in the leasehold area and its surrounding is

necessary and important. The water resources in the mining lease hold area and surrounding

may be placed into two major categories –

Surface water resources: In this area river Shivnath is the main surface water source. It flows

from NNW to East direction. It is a major tributary of river Mahanadi. The villagers have

generally 2 to 3 kachha (unlined mud) ponds which are used for bathing, clothes washing etc.

These nallahs and ponds are dry except during monsoon period.

Ground water resources: In area confined to mining lease, the limestone is hard, compact

and massive in nature and devoid of any secondary porosity like joints, fissures etc. to have

potential ground water occurrence. However, regionally ground water occurs under water

table to semi- confined and confined conditions. In the shale the weathered / jointed zones

and bedding planes constitute the water table aquifer. In general, the shale is considered as

poor aquifers yielding only small quantities of water in wells. The limestone and dolomite are

the principal aquifers in the area.

Discharged Water: No affluent will be discharged to the river. During rainy season, a garland

bund all along the mining area will be provided to restrict the surface runoff. However water

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gets accumulated in pit sump through rain. Pit sump acts as a settlement tank where water

will be allowed to store for adequate time to settle down its entrained solid. Finally clean and

clear water will be discharged to the river through harvesting pit through nala where check

dam is provided to check the siltation to discharge in-to river.

(c) Flora and Fauna: With the operation of plant & mine over a period of two decade

adjoining to the proposed mining lease area, there has been seen changes in the form of

general aesthetic and ecology in the area under the control of LIPL. Initially the area was

witnessing mixed land uses with barren land, double crop, major and minor. There are only

few mahua, sal and Plumb trees and other species scattered over the area and the adjoining

area. No wild life is conspicuous within the area. Rabbits are seen in the nearby area of the

lease. List of flora & fauna authenticated from District Forest Officer is enclosed. Now nearly

6.2 lac trees have been flourishing adjoining to the proposed mining lease area and within

and outside of the present operating mining lease boundary, with the survival rate of 80%.

Species planted are as Babool, Sheesham, Gulmohar etc. along with the local species.

(d) Quality of air, Ambient Noise level and water: Under the EIA notification as per

environment (Protection) Act 1986, environmental clearance has become a mandatory for

any mining operation. LIPL shall obtain valid clearances before starting mining operation in

the proposed Mining Lease area

Area is predominantly an agricultural land. Within 10 km radius, no industries other than

mining activities and cement plant of LIPL are located. The baseline environment quality

represents the background environmental scenario of various environmental components

such as air, noise, land, water status of the area. To assess the prevailing environment

condition regular air and water samples are taken and analysed by the MoEF approved

agency M/s ANACON LABORATORIES PVT LTD, Nagpur. Outcome of the analysis report is

briefly discussed below:

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Air Quality: The sources of emission in the area are mainly the activity of Sonadih cement

plant & mine, vehicular traffic, agricultural fields, unpaved roads and domestic fuel burning.

SUMMARY OF WIND PATTERN ON A PARTICULAR DAY

Duration (Hrs) Predominant Wind Direction

Wind Speed KMPH

00:00 – 08:00 hrs N-NNE-NE-ENE Sector

1-15 08:00 – 16:00 hrs NE-ENE-E-ESE Sector 16:00 – 24:00 hrs NW-NNW-N-NNE Sector 00:00 – 24:00 hrs NNW-N-NNE-NE Sector

Ambient Air Quality: To assess the background value, 8 locations has been identified and

quality of various environmental parameter has been monitored. The basis of identification

of stations is as under:

Identification of various industrial operations in the study area: The following activities are

present in the 10 Km radius of the lease area, which are responsible for the background air

quality.

- 3.5 MTPA dry process and recliner based cement plant - Present Limestone production from the mines of LIPL of 5.5 MTPA - Local activities & roads - Vehicular movement

LIPL has implemented various pollution control systems and maintaining the emissions far

less than those of the prescribed standards at both cement plant and mine area. Water

sprinkling to suppress dust is being carried out in mines.

Identification of Ambient air Quality Monitoring Stations: Ambient air quality of the mining

lease area and within a radius of 10 KM has been assessed through a network of 8 ambient

air quality locations. Of the 8 locations, 3 ambient air quality stations are located in the

buffer zone and 5 stations within lease area in such a way that some of the stations were in

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the upwind direction based upon the prevailing conditions at the time of sampling. Few

stations outside the lease area, in downwind direction were selected to ascertain the impact

of mining and associated operations on ambient air quality beyond the mine boundary.

These stations are designed keeping in view of the climatologically conditions of the study

region and mine operations of LIPL.

Details of ambient air quality Monitoring locations:

Station Code

Location Of the Station Distance w.r.t mine (km)

Direction w.r.t mine

Buffer zone BA-1 Near River Bank 1.5 N BA-2 Village Raseda 0.5 SE BA-3 Village Sonadih 0.5 N

Core zone CA-1 Near Electrical Substation --- --- CA-2 Near Raseda School --- --- CA-3 Near Trijunction

(Railway/Nalah) --- ---

CA-4 Near Sonadih Village --- --- CA-5 Raseda-Sonadih Road

(Milestone) --- ---

NOISE ENVIRONMENT: Noise survey was carried out in the existing mining area to measure

the noise produced due to operation of heavy earth moving machineries, Noise level has

been monitored in core and buffer zone to measure the present level and to assess the

impact on the neighboring human settlements. Noise levels were measured near highways,

residential areas and other settlements located within 10 km radius around the mine area.

Noise levels were monitored at 5 Locations near the Mining Lease area. The noise recording

stations in the buffer zone are given in the following table. The day equivalent noise levels

were found to be relative high due to local activities in the villages. Noise levels recorded in

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the night time were found to be less than 51 dB (A) which is well within the threshold value

of Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board.

Noise Monitoring stations (Buffer zone)

S. No. Location

Measured Noise level dB(A)

Day Time 6 AM-10 PM

Night Time 10 PM-6.0 AM

01. MINE OFFICE 50 44 02. AT SONADIH VILLAGE 40 30

03. AT TOWNSHIP 42 34 04. RIVER BED 50 44 05. RASEDA VILLAGE 48 44

Spot Noise Level (Core zone)

Location Noise Level in dB(A)

Near Electrical Substation 52

Near Raseda School 42 Near Trijunction (Railway/Nalah)

45

Near Sonadih Village 38 Raseda-Sonadih Road

(Milestone) 44

WATER ENVIRONMENT: Assessment of baseline data on Water environment includes

Identification of surface water sources - Seonath River is main surface water body and the

same has been identified for Surface water quality monitoring and water sample has been

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taken. Analyzing water samples collected for physico-chemical and biological parameters and

found that the associated parameters are well within the norm stipulated under IS 10500.

(e) Climatic Condition: The Lease area experiences warm temperature climate. The mercury

touches the level of 48º C during summer and goes down to 10C during winter. Winter lasts

for short period only. The mean wind speed over the last 20 years was ranging from 1 kmph

in December to 15 km/h in June. The relative humidity over the last 20 years range between

34 in May to 87 in August.

(f) Human Settlement: The lease area falls under Balodabazar Tehsil of Balodabazar -

Bhathapara District. Villages surrounded by the lease area and their population is furnished

below:

Villages-wise Population with in 10 kms radius of the mining lease

SL. NO. Name of the Village

Distance from Lease boundary

(KMS )

Direction Population

1 Sonadih 0.5 N 2533 2 Boiradih 2.00 N-W 180 3 Dhabadih 1.00 W 742 4 Kesdabri 2.00 S-W 217 5 Mohtara 2.60 S-W 2287 6 Jokha 4.50 S 767 7 Latwa 5.10 S 5363 8 Raseda 0.50 S 2883 9 Rasedi 1.00 S-E 3608 10 Khairi 3.90 S 509 11 Khainda 4.20 S 1750 12 Semradih 4.75 S - E 540 13 Boirdih 3.75 S - E 542 14 Bemetara 3.10 S 509

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15 Muriadih 3.50 S 360 16 Mendh 3.00 S-E 1613 17 Khapri 2.5 N-E 612 18 Kokri 2.40 N - E 2025 19 Gobri 1.10 N 1050 20 Hardi 2.60 N - W 1783 21 Kesla 2.70 N - W 2250 22 Achanakpur 5.20 S 895

Most of the villagers are socially and economically backward. The main occupation of the

villagers is agriculture. Population statistics in above mentioned villages falling under the

vicinity of applied lease area, is collected from National Informatics Centre, Raipur. The

collected data is based on 2011 Senses.

(g) Public Building, Places of Worship and Monuments: Nil (h) Does area fall under notified area under water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974. No

14.2 Impact Assessment: Attach an Environmental Impact Assessment Statement describing

the impact of mining and beneficiation on environment on the following:

EIA basically involves the study of prevailing environmental condition and the effects lay on

the environment due to ongoing mining activities. Existing mining obviously gives rise to

change in topography, marginal change in air quality, slight increase in noise level and may

induce moderate ground vibration. EIA basically deals with the above factor and establish

the relation in the light of existing mining activity. Following paragraphs describes the

impact assessment over the next five year and upto conceptual plan period.

LAND ENVIRONMENT:

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The lease area is still virgin and no mining activity has been carried out in the area except

some boreholes drilled during the prospecting. N-W part of the lease is non mineralized area

and will be utilized for reject and waste dump. The measures taken by LIPL are likely to bring

forth positive impact on the landscape, although the degraded land cannot be fully

reclaimed. The aesthetic environment of the area will have a positive impact by the time

mining ceases in the area with proposed thick afforestation. At the end of the next five year

plan and up to end of conceptual plan, the land use pattern with in lease hold area is likely to

be as follows:

LANDUSE PATTERN OF THE MINE AREA (Ha.)

Content Land use at the end of 1st five year

Land use up to the conceptual period

A. Area under mining lease 64.815 Ha 64.815 Ha B. Mineralized area where mining

would be carried out 64.815 Ha 64.815 Ha

C. Quarrying 14.17 Ha 53.50 Ha D. Dumping 6.636 Ha Nil E. Haulage road, workshop, mines

office, etc. 1.10 Ha 0.10 Ha

F. Area for green belt 4.60 Ha 11.0 TOTAL 27.006 Ha 64.60 Ha

IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY:

Air quality will be affected due to total handling of limestone and movements of vehicles.

Various non point sources in mining like drilling, blasting, excavation, haulage over internal

roads, stock pits, loading and unloading etc. produces gaseous pollutants like SPM, SO2, CO

and Nox. By adopting appropriate monitoring and control measures as suggested in

Environment Management Plan pollutants will be well within the safe limit.

IMPACT ON WATER QUALITY:

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There would not be any adverse effect on water quality due to mining. There will not be any

effluent discharge to main water course. The HFL of the Shivnath River is located at an RL of

237 m. A series of check dams are proposed for trapping the silt of mines discharge water

during rainy season. The water overflow from the check dam will drain to Shivnath River

through the existing seasonal nala.

IMPACTS ON GROUND WATER TABLE:

Detailed hydro geological studies have been carried out in the existing operating mine area

which is adjoin to the proposed mining lease area to know the ground water table and its

interaction with the mining activities. Ground Water levels were monitored by establishing

the observatory wells within 10 km radius of the study area. The ground water levels

monitored around the mine lease area were found to be in the range of 30-35 m.

IMPACT ON WATER QUALITY:

As the mining will progress horizontally and vertically, the rain water precipitating within the

work area shall be stored in the bottom most bench. During mining of the limestone, top

soil/mineral reject will be generated and the same will be disposed off all around the mining

lease boundary for formation of bund all along the boundary.

During monsoon there is some possibility of transportation of the silt and sediments into the

nallas from the mine, thus causing pollution of the natural drainage system. In order to avoid

soil erosion and also the possibility of carryover of the material with rainwater, a retaining

wall with garland drain will be provided. Hence adverse impact on water quality is not

envisaged.

WATER CONSUMPTION AND WASTE WATER GENERATION:

LIPL will use around 50 m3/day of water in the following areas:

1. For water sprinkling on main mine haul roads and feeder roads.

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2. For greenbelt development.

WASTE WATER GENERATION:

The wastewater generated from the domestic front is mainly from toilets and canteen. This

water is treated in septic tank followed by Soak pit.

IMPACT ON NOISE LEVEL:

Noise will be produced due to drilling, blasting, compressors, pumps, movement of vehicles

and other machinery. The noise generated by the mining activity will be dissipated within a

small zone around the mines. There will not be any major impact of the mining activity in the

vicinity. However, pronounced effect of above noise levels will be felt only near the active

working area and on the personnel working in the vicinity.

The impact of noise on the villages is negligible as the villages are far located from the

applied lease area. LIPL will provide a greenbelt of 15 m width all along the mine lease

boundary.

IMPACT ON VIBRATION LEVEL DUE TO BLASTING:

The lease is located near village Raseda which is located at 0.5 km distance from mine

boundary. Blasting at the lease area will be conducted by adopting the latest technology of

Shock Tube Initiation System which lower down the ground vibration to a great extent and

the same method will be followed in future as well, hence there will be no impact on the

nearby dwellings and structure as well. Therefore there is no danger on account of ground

vibration induced by blasting.

IMPACT ON SOCIO-ECONOMICS:

NO REHABILITATION: The lease area does not cover any habitation. Hence the mining

activity in the area will not involve any displacement of human settlement. The mining

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operations will not disturb/relocate any village or need resettlement. Thus no adverse

impact is anticipated.

IMPROVEMENT IN SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS: The mining activity will improve the

economic status of the people around the applied lease area. Continued mining activities will

benefit the local people due to provision of more infrastructure facilities provided by local

industry as mining industry boost the local market, which will invite people from different

places to install their ancillary units. Socio economically the area is typically rural and

backward. The impact of the mining on the socio-economic environment of the nearby

villages will be positive. Take-over of cement plant and mines by Lafarge India (P) Ltd in 1999,

has brought a positive-change in the socio-economic conditions of this region.

To uplift the economic status of this area, LIPL has set up multi dimensional Rural

Development Programme which has helped in building up the overall socio-economic

structure of population of villages adjoining.

The salient features of Rural Development Programme are to provide over the period of next

five years and up to end of conceptual plan:

1. Health and hygiene through mobile medical clinic

2. Agricultural extension

3. Drinking water project

4. Educational programme

5. Woman and youth development activities

6. Income generating schemes

7. Sports and cultural activities

LIPL is keen in welfare of its employees and employees are covered by number of benefit

schemes, which has changed the entire set-up in relation to education, housing, transport,

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social features, marketing, recreation, sports etc. where employees and their family are

involved.

LIPL with their cement plant and captive limestone mine have also had their significant

contribution to this all round social and economic growth of the immediate neighborhood.

The company has provided housing, educational and medical facilities and drinking and

running water supply to the employees in the cement plant and mines.

The impact on socio-economic environment is found to be positive. The factory is located in

economically backward area in district Baloda Bazaar Bhatapara. Plenty of job opportunities

have been made available to local people which has increased the living standard.

Communication and transport facility has been made available. Management has set up full

fledged township with all facilities of Public school, market, recreation club, health centre,

community hall, guest house, road, street lights, water supply and sewerage system etc.

There by quality and per capita income has improved.

IMPACT ON HISTORICAL MONUMENTS ETC.

No impact as no public buildings, places, monuments etc exist within the applied lease area

or in the vicinity

14.3 Progressive reclamation Plan:

To mitigate the impacts and ameliorate the condition, describe year wise steps proposed

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for phased restoration, reclamation of lands already/to be degraded in respect of following items separately for 5 years period.

14.3.1. Mined-Out Land: Describe the proposals to be implemented for reclamation and

rehabilitation of mined-out land including the manner in which the actual site of the pit

will be restored for future use. The proposals may be supported with yearly plans and

sections depicting yearly progress in the activities for land restoration/

reclamation/rehabilitation, afforestation etc, called “Reclamation Plan”.

Mined out Pit: The mined out pit, after confirming the exhaustion of entire limestone upto

the economic depth will be converted into a water reservoir, except Block 2, this block will

be backfilled through generated OB/waste.

Plantation Programme: During this plan period, the plantation will be carried out on the

southern side in the non-mineralized zone which will be as under:

Year Plantation area

(sq m)

Nos. of saplings

I Year 10,000 2,000

II Year 10,000 2,000

III Year 10,000 2,000

IV Year 10,000 2,000

V Year 6,000 1,200

Total 46,000 9,200

A Reclamation Plan has been prepared and enclosed as Plate No. VIII.

14.3.2 Topsoil Management: The topsoil available at the site and its utilization may be

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described.

The generated top soil will be temporary stacked along the lease boundary and covered by

plantation.

14.3.3 Tailings Dam Management: The steps to be taken for protection and stability of tailing

dam, stabilization of tailing material and its utilization, periodic desilting measures to

prevent water pollution from tailings etc, arrangement for surplus water overflow along

with detail design, structural stability studies, the embankment seepage loss into the

receiving environment and ground water contaminant if any may be described.

Since there will be no beneficiation plant, the question of tailing dam management does not arise.

14.3.4 Acid mine drainage, if any and its mitigative measures.

There is no mineral of such nature hence there is no chance of acid mine drainage, since the

water is potable.

14.3.5 Surface subsidence mitigation measures through backfilling of mine voids or by any

other means and its monitoring mechanism.

Backfilling of mined out pit does not possible, at this stage after the 8th year mined out pit of

Block 2 will be backfilled by generated overburden and in the other Blocks, the mined out pit

will be converted into water reservoir.

14.3.6 The information on protective measures for reclamation and rehabilitation works year

wise may be provided as per the following table.

SUMMARY OF YEARWISE PROPOSAL FOR ITEM NO. 8.3

Items Details Proposed Area in Hectares Actual Remarks

YEAR 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Dum p

Man age

men

t Area afforested (ha) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- No of saplings planted --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

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Cumulative no of plants --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Cost including watch and care during the year --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

Man

agem

ent

of w

orke

d ou

t be

nche

s

Area available for rehabilitation (ha) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Afforestation done(ha) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- No of saplings planted in the year --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Cumulative no of plants --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Any other method of rehabilitation (specify --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Cost including watch and care during the year --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

Recl

amat

ion

and

Reha

bilit

atio

n by

ba

ckfil

ling

Void available for Backfilling (L x B x D) pit wise /stop wise --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Void filled by waste /tailings Afforestation on the backfilled area --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Rehabilitation by making water reservoir --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

Any other means (specify) : --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

Reha

bilit

atio

n of

was

te

land

w

ithin

Area available (ha) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Area rehabilitated 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.6 --- ---

Method of rehabilitation (Green belt) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Others

(specify) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

14.3.7 Disaster Management and Risk Assessment: This may deal with action plan for high risk

accidents like landslides, subsidence flood, inundation in underground mines, fire, seismic

activities, tailing dam failure etc. and emergency plan proposed for quick evacuation,

ameliorative measures to be taken etc. The capability of lessee to meet such eventualities

and the assistance to be required from the local authority may also be described.

LIPL has already provided adequately safe and healthy conditions for carrying out the mine

operation as per the Mines Act 1952. The Safety Department of LIPL has formulated Disaster

Management Plan (DMP) for implementation in case of disaster.

The following natural/industrial problems are envisaged during normal operation.

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Possibility of fire & explosion at the Mine Magazine

Toppling of oil Tanker

Collapse of benches inside mine.

Flooding of Mines with water

Possibility of catching fire at the mine & plant garage Maintenance – Lubricants storage

and petrol / Diesel Dispensing Pump.

LIPL has formulated preventive and emergency measures for each of the above disaster.

The Cement Plant has the following arrangements for prevention and fighting the fire :

a) Main Reservoir : Capacity-2000 m3

b) Diesel Pump : Discharge- 171 m3/hr x 2 Nos

c) Overhead Tank : Capacity-250 m3

d) Fire Fighting Installation : 14 places

e) Fire tender : 01 No

f) Self propelled water sprinklers 2KL : 02 Nos.

Potential Hazards, Prevents and Emergency Measures:

Possible Emergency

Preventive measures Emergency measures

1.Possibility of fire & explosion at the Mine Magazine

1. Storage and handling of explosive at the magazine is done in accordance with the provisions made under the Indian Explosive Act and Mines Act. 2. No persons shall smoke and no fires, lights, or articles or substances of flammable nature or liable to spontaneous ignition or to cause or communicate fire or explosion shall be allowed at any time within 15 m from

1. Inform immediately to control room, Mines Managers 2. In case of fire and Explosive evacuate personnel to a safe distance and no try should be made to extinguish the fire. 3. The details regarding the accident should be communicated to the DGMS DMS and District authorities

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Possible Emergency


magazine. 3. A distance of 15 m surrounding the magazine shall be kept cleared of dried glass or bush or flammable materials. 4. Fire extinguisher and sand buckets are provided near the mine magazine. 5. Magazine has efficient lightening conductor whose resistance is tested quarterly by a qualified Electrical Engineer.

4. Debris will be removed and buried by digging a ditch.

2.Toppling of oil Tanker

1. Daily check up of condition of tyres and air pressure before starting 2. Restricting the movement of tankers in the leveled area only Limiting the speed to 20 KM/Hr 3. Suitable locking arrangements of the covers of the tanks.

1. Cordoned off the area to avoid any flammable material. 2. Immediate communications to Mines Manager, HOD (security) safety in charge and Works Manager. 3. Erecting tanker right 4. in place by applying crane as early as possible to avoid diesel flow. 5. Diesel soaked material will be scrapped properly and buried in a ditch

3.Collapse of benches inside mine.

1. Avoiding back break during blasting. 2. Dozing out any back break before lifting of material. 3. Providing suitable drainage to avoid water accumulation near the edge of benches. 4. Visual monitoring and no

1. Withdrawal of men and machinery. 2. Fencing the area to avoid any inadvertent entry 3. Immediate communication to Manager (Mines) and safety Inchage Removal of debris after

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deployment of men and machinery where any likelihood of collapse of benches are observed.

collapse of benches

4.Flooding of Mines & neighboring village with water

1. Proper maintenance of garland drainage surrounding mine before monsoon – Installation and maintenance of water pumps – Everyday monitoring of level of sumps and pump operation in: 2. Construction of bund around active mining area 3. Excavating sump of pit bottom 4. Dewatering of pit as per requirement.

1. Stoppage of work in the mine – withdrawal of man and machinery from 2. area suspected to be affected to a safe place – Round the clock working of all 3. Installed 2 pumps 150HP (Discharge 171 m3/hr x 2 nos.). 4. Information to the district Authorities.

5.Possibility of catching fire at the mine & plant garage Maintenance – Lubricants storage and petrol / Diesel Dispensing Pump.

Fire extinguishers and sand buckets are provided at Lubricant storage and Petrol / Diesel Dispensing Pump.

1. In addition to it all security guards are exposed in fire fighting. Workmen have also been trained for fire fighting. 2. For prevention of fire and maintenance of fire equipment Sonadih Cement Plant has the following manpower- Safety Officer, 2 Nos. and Safety Inspector 4 Nos.

Medical Facilities: AVAILABLE AT SONADIH CEMENT PLANT/MINES HOSPITAL

Doctors & para-medical staff to provide round the clock services in case of any emergency.

This hospital has equipped with 16 beds and has the modern facilities.

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Medical Facilities in the LIPL – Hospital at Sonadih

Pathology Full fledged pathology laboratory is present with routine and specialized investigation facilities

Facilities for Minor Surgical Procedures

Minor surgical procedures like fracture, stitches, foreign body removal from eye, nose, ear, burns and electrical injuries are performed at the Hospital.

Ambulance Services The medical setup is provided with an ambulance in each shift to bring patients from works to hospital in emergency. Also, if the accident is very serious in nature the patients are sent to Balodabazar, Raipur and Bhilai.

Referral Services The cement plant has got liaison with Modern Medical Institute, Raipur and Hospital of Bhilai Steel Plant for admission of serious accident cases like head injuries, burns, lacerated injuries etc.

Medicines & Equipments at the Medical Centre

Injections: Morphine, Pethedine, Fortwin, Betnesal, Coramine, Atropine, Tetanus toxoid. Mixture and pulv. for treatment of common ailments. Sterilized dressing materials, antiseptic locations, splints. General surgical instruments like forceps, scalpel, artery forceps, needle holder, needles, suturing material and tourniquets. Blood pressure measuring instrument for estimation of COHB in blood, breathanalyzer for detection of alcohol in expired air. Resuscitator – Oxygen cylinders ECG facilities Spirometer & Audiometer

First-Aid Boxes First aid boxes are provided at prominent places in the mines & plant with following items : a) Sterilized Dressings (small, medium & large) b) Sterilized Cotton Wool c) Antiseptic Solution (Dettol/Savlon) d) Mercurochrome Solution (2%) e) Sal-Volati/Sodium Chloride Solution f) Scissor g) Adhesive Plaster (Small & Large) h) Sterilized eye pads i) Desprin Tablets j) Snake-Bite Lancet/Blade

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k) Potassium Permanganate Crystals l) First Aid Leaflet

Manning of Hospital/Medical Centre

There are well qualified and experienced medical officers to look after the health of employees and their family members. They are assisted by a team comprising of pharmacist, dressers, staff nurses, pathology technicians, attendants etc.

Activities in case of emergency: A) Giving of warning Siren.

B) Withdrawal of persons & machinery.

C) Restriction of employment: No person other than those duly authorized by

Management shall enter the Mine for the purpose of dealing with emergency..

D) Dealing with Emergency.

E) Enforcement of the order: A copy of the order shall be posted at the mine office

attendance cabin, telephone operator's room and in the room of all senior officers.

Periodical Mock rehearsal .

F) Resumption of work: Normal work in the mine shall not be resumed except with the

prior permission of the manager.

Onsite emergencies

The following officers of the factory are responsible for co-ordination in case of emergency.

They will be called as a “Key Personnel”. Their organisation positions are indicated as below:

KEY PERSON ORGANISATION POSITION

TELEPHONE NOS. OFFICE RES. MOBILE No

Site Controller Shri Sanjay Joshi

Senior Vice -President /Agent (Sonadih Cement Plant)

321/322 461 7023777726

Incident Controller Shri Nitesh Raghuvanshi

AGM/Mines Manager

229

472

7869962751

Administrative Officer Shri Ravi chandra Shekhar AGM (P & A) 817 401 9981509785

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Fire & Security Officer/Fire Brigade Capt. Hemant Thakur

Manager (Security) 328 431 9893019633

Telephone Operator Shri D K Saha

Shift In charge (Security Main Gate) 216 550 8962975122

Medical Officer Dr.D.Mondal

Sr.Registrar (Medical ) 490 471 9893019655

Radiological Safety Officer Prakash Ranka

PC Ranka ( E&I ) 353 405 9893019639

Env Health & Safety Manager Shri Vinay Kale

AGM ( Env, Health & Safety )

265/816 466 9893019650

Mine Safety Manager Shri Swapan Kumar Roy

Safety Manager (Mines) 226 - 9893019617

Electrical Engineer Shri Santosh Mahajan

Shift In-charge (E & I) 235 ,236 446 9981997935

Attendance clerk Shri B B Mishra

Sr Executive ( P&A) 218 - 7898918014

Store in-charge Shri R Singh

Manager ( Store & Inventory ) 338 - 9831596472

Store Keeper Shri Amit Mishra

Sr Executive ( Store & Inventory ) 251 - 9993669797

Fire Pump Attendant Shri Dani Ram Sahu

Shift Operator (Water Pump House) 231 - 9981997949

Shift Executive In-charge Shift Incharge (Production)

Emergency Controller Security Officer 111 - 9752489121 Emergency Medical Occupational Medical

Centre 222 - 9752489122

CCR Official Central Control Room 333 - 9752489120 Police station Baloda-bazar - 7727200100

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Responsibility of Key personnel 1. Site controller

Senior Vice president or his nominated deputy will retain overall responsibility for the plant

and its personnel in case of emergency. As soon as he is informed of the emergency, he shall

proceed to the control room and meet the Administrative Officer. His duties shall be:

- Assess the magnitude of the situation and decide if employees need to be evacuated from

their working points.

- Exercise direct operational control over the area other than that which is affected.

- Maintain a continuous review of possible development and assess in consultation with

incident controller and other key personnel as to whether shutting down of the plant and

evacuation of personnel is required.

- Give necessary instruction to Admn. Officer to co-ordinate with Sr. officials of Police, Fire

Brigade, Medical and Factory Inspectorate /DGMS . Provide advice on possible effects on

area outside the factory premises.

- Control rehabilitation of affected area and persons on discontinuous of emergency.

- Issue authorized statement to news media and ensures that evidence is preserved for

statutory inquiries to be conducted by authorities.

- In absence of Site Controller, Vice President (Operations) will take over the responsibilities

of site controller.

2. Incident controller

The Mines Manager of the incident area will act as Incident Controller jointly. On hearing of

emergency alarm he will rush to the scene of occurrence and take overall charges and report

to site controller. He will assess scale of emergency and inform the communication officer

accordingly. He will:

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- Direct all operation within the effected area with the priorities for safety of personnel,

minimize damage to the plant, property and environment.

- Pending arrival of site controller assume the duties of his post and in particular direct the

shutting down and evacuation of plant and area likely to be adversely affected. Ensure that

all-key personnel and outside help are called in.

- Provide advice and information to the Fire & Security Officer and the local fire service as

and when required.

- Ensure that all non-essential workers / staff of the area affected are evacuated to the

appropriate assembly point.

- In the event of failure of electric supply, internal telephones, Mobile phones etc setup

communication points and establish contact with emergency control centre.

- Report to communication officer on all significant developments.

- Have regard to need for preservation of evidence to facilitate any inquiry.

- In absence of Incident Controller, Site Controller (Sr.Vice President) will take over the

responsibilities.

- On receipt of information about emergency the Manager shall send information to DGMS

(c) Senior Officers of Management (d) District Magistrate (e) Police Authorities and also

establish a "control room" with one Asst. Manager in charge of the control room with proper

briefing. All instructions to deal with emergency should issue from the Apex body at the

control room consisting of i) Representative of DGMS ii) Senior of Management iii)

Representative of Rescue station if any iv) Representative of Trade Unions v) Experts on the

particular emergency dealing.

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3. Administrative officer

HOD (P&A) will act as Administrative Officer / Liaison Officer/Welfare officer and will be

stationed at the main entrance of Plant during the emergency. He will, under the direction of

the Site Controller, handle Police, Press and other inquiries, receive reports from roll-call

leaders from assembly points and pass on the absentee information to the Incident

Controller. His responsibilities shall be:

- To ensure that causalities receive adequate attention/to arrange additional help if

required and inform relatives/nearest family members by appropriate mode of

communication i.e phone, telegram, e-mail address

- To control traffic movements inside the factory and ensure that alternative transport is

available when need arises

- When emergency is prolonged, arrange for the relief of personnel and organize

refreshments / catering facility.

- In absence of Administrative Officer, Communication Officer ( Sr. Manager- Personnel) will

take over the responsibilities.

4. Communication officer

AGM (Administration) will work as a Communication Officer. He will proceed to emergency

control center on hearing alarm and maintain communication with Incident Controller and

site controller and administrative officer and Safety Manager. He will:

- Pass information to the Site Controller , Incident Controller and other departmental HODs

. Recruit suitable persons to act as runner between incident controller and himself if

telephone fails due to any reason.

- Maintain a log of the incident in a register kept for the purpose at the emergency control

room.

- Inform out side agency for mutual aid if required.

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- In case of a prolonged emergency involving risk to outside area by wind-blown materials –

contact local meteorological office to receive early notification of changes in weather

conditions.

- In absence of Communication Officer, Administrative Officer (HOD P&A) will take over the

responsibilities.

5. Fire & Security officer

In charge (Security) will act as Fire and Security Officer. On hearing Siren / receiving

information he will reach at site immediately and advise fire and security personnel in the

factory about the incident zone.

He will direct the Fire Brigade and Emergency services at the incident site.

He will convey message to the Communication Officer, Incident Controller, Site Controller

and Safety Manager about the Incident Zone. He will open the gates near to the incident

Zone and stand by to direct the emergency services.

The Procedure of emergency response of Fire Mock Drill will be followed in the case of actual

fire/Emergency situation and filled in the proforma attached. A detail investigation report to

be made to ascertain the cause of fire/Emergency situation and suggest measures to prevent

its recurrence in

In absence of fire and Security Officer, Unit commander of Hired Security agency will take

over the responsibilities.

Fire Bridge personnel

Most of the Security guards are trained for fire fighting operation and these people form the

factory fire brigade team. On receipt of information the fire in-charge who is on duty at the

time will proceed to incident site with his crew. The crew will carry out the operation under

instruction of fire in-charge

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Fire pump attendant

The Shift Operator of Pump House will act as Fire Pump Attendant. On hearing the fire alarm

they will immediately proceed to the pump house to ensure that pumps are operating and

stand by to maintain continues supply of fire water pumps are ready.

6. Telephone operator

Shift In-charge (Security Main Gate) will act as Telephone Operator. On hearing the

emergency alarm/message, he will immediately contact Security in-charge/CCR (Central

control room) and communication officer.

In case mobile phone, internal / external telephone system becomes inoperative; he shall

inform the Communication Officer/ CCR officer through a messenger. In case fire is detected

and the alarm is not in operation, he shall receive information about location from the

person who detected the fire and thereafter immediately informed to CCR to spread

message further to pump house and incident controller. He will blow emergency siren for

three times of duration 25 seconds each. On hearing of emergency siren all persons will

assemble to nearest assembly points till all clear siren blown. Once the incident come under

control the all-clear siren will be blown. The incident controller/Site controller is authorized

to communicate the clearance to security in charge.

7. Medical officer

The Medical Officer of Lafarge Occupational Health Centre will work as Medical Officer. He

will arrange all possible help to victim at hospital and refer those to Raipur Main Hospital or

at other place, as he thinks fit. He has to preserve minimum quantity of medicine and

medical equipment to meet the requirement at the time of emergency for immediate relief.

He shall report to the control room, requisition services of doctors from the adjoining

mines/areas, be ready with medical staff to attend to the injured, inform central or district

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hospitals to receive serious cases, requisition Ambulances from adjoining mines/hospitals,

and arrange for blood collection (visit of blood donors shall be maintained in each mine)

First Aid Teams

The Administrative Officer keeps the roll call lists for the Fire and First Aid team on duty. Roll

call leaders and first aiders are appointed by each Departmental Head for his shift team. Roll

call leaders shall check their rolls as members of services and report for emergency duty.

Names of unaccounted persons or absentees are informed to the Fire & Security Officers.

Members of the First-Aid teams report to the Incident Controller on hearing the alarm and

follow his directions.

8. Electrical Engineer

Shift In-charge (E&I) works as a Electrical Engineer. He will assist and act according to

Incident Controller. He will arrange for substitute power supply in emergency and arrange

for shutting down of plant if required.

9. Manager (Environment & Safety)

Manager (Env. Health & Safety) will reach at site immediately after getting information from

communication/Security in charged.

He will assess the health and safety aspect of incidents and advice the incident controller to

take further action to control the situation.

10.Duty of security personnel: He shall report to the control room; cordon off the entrances

to the mine; maintain law and order and assist police and arrange for guarding the dead

bodies till those are sent for post-mortem.

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11.Central control room officer

CCR officer will immediately inform to pump house operator and concern House leader/

Departmental head about the incidents to take action to control the incidents

12.Duty of store in-charge: He shall check the materials on the emergency list; shall send the

list to the control room; wait for instruction for procurement of more materials and promptly

issue materials on receipt of requisition slip.

13.Duty of transport officer: He shall report to the control room; keep all light and heavy

vehicles ready; if necessary, requisition for more vehicles from adjoining mines; organize

transport of men and materials from other mines / places.

14. Duty of Canteen Manager: He shall report to control room; arrange supply of tea, snacks

and meals for all involved in emergency work.

15.Duty of Union Leader: He shall maintain peace, assist management in rescue and

recovery work by organizing volunteers; help in controlling the affected families.

Other Departmental Heads

The all departmental heads will reach the affected area immediately after hearing telephone

or alarm. They will assist the Emergency team / Incident Controlled as required.

MOU: Sharing of Resources during emergencies during emergency /office of the District

Magistrate.

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14.3.8 Care and maintenance during temporary discontinuance: An emergency plan for the

situation of temporary discontinuance due to court order or due to statutory requirements

or any other unforeseen circumstances may indicate measures of care, maintenance and

monitoring of status of discontinued mining operations expected to re-open in near future.

An emergency plan for the situation of temporary discontinuances or incomplete

programme due to court order or due to statutory requirement has been drawn and

executed depending upon the situation. The entire mining work will be under the

supervision of qualified Mines Manager, who will responsible for any emergent situation.

However, the following steps will be taken during temporary discontinuance of the mine.

1. Security guards will be posted at strategic points.

2. The maintenance of plantation area will be ensured.

3. Periodical inspection of the mine will be carried out by competent persons during

temporary discontinuance period.

4. Notice and Returns will be sent as per Rules, Regulation, and Act.

14.3.9 Financial Assurance: The financial assurance can be submitted in any encashable form

preferably a Bank Guarantee from a Scheduled Bank as stated in Rule 23(F)(2) of Mineral

Conservation and DevelopmentRules,1988 for five years period expiring at the end of

validity of the document. The amount calculated for the purpose of Financial Assurance is

based on the CCOM’s Circular no. 4 dated 2006 as below.

Total amount of the financial assurance will be ` 6,75,150/-, this will be submitted to the

Raipur Regional Office, before the execution of the mining lease.

The Financial Area Assurance Plan has been enclosed as Plate No. X.

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Table showing the area “put to use” area to be reclaimed and financial assurance to be paid:

S.No. Head Area put On use at

the start of plan (Ha)

Additional Requirement during plan

Period (Ha)

Total

(Ha)

Area considered

As fully reclaimed &

Rehabilitated (Ha)

Net area Considered

for Calculation

(Ha)

A B C = (A+B) D E=(C-D) 1 Area under mining -- 14.17 14.17 -- 14.17

2 Storage for Top soil

-- 0.50 0.50 -- 0.50

3 Overburden / dumps -- 6.636 6.636 -- 6.636

4 Mineral storage -- -- -- -- --

5 Crushing unit -- -- -- -- --

6 Infrastructure -- 0.10 0.10 -- 0.10

7 Roads -- 1.00 1.00 -- 1.00

8 Railways -- -- -- -- --

9 Green Belt -- 4.60 4.60 -- 4.60

10 Tailing pond -- -- -- -- --

10 Effluent treatment plant -- -- -- -- --

12 Mineral separation plant -- -- -- -- --

13 Township area -- -- -- -- -- 14 other -- -- -- -- --

Grand Total Nil 27.006 27.006 Nil 27.006

Amount of Financial Assurance will be 27.006 × 25,000 = ` 6,75,150/-.

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14.3.10 Financial Assurance details:

The details of Bank Guarantee are as under:

Amount: ` 6,75,150/-

Bank Name:

Branch:.

Bank Guarantee No.

Guarantee period from:

Valid upto:

* * * * *

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