PROJECT: GIRIJA MANGANESE MINES PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT 2014

PRE-FEASIBILTY REPORT

(TOWARDS GETTING TOR)

OF

GIRIJA MANGANESE MINES () CHINTALAVALASA (V), RAMABHADRAPUAM (M) DISTRICT, A.P

FOR

SRI Y.P. RAMARAO

PREPARED BY

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.0 INTRODUCTION Sri Y.P. Rama Rao proposes to mine Manganese ore from an approved Mining Lease area extending over 29.48 hectares (already broken uop Reserve Forest Land) which is located in Survey No: Poram Reserve Forest- Block II at Chintalavalasa Village, Ramabhadrapurm Mandal, and of A.P. The proposed capacity during the ensuing mining scheme period is 26,967 TPA. The area is situated at a distance of 1 km from Enabaruvu and Chintalavalasa Villages at North and North Eastern side respectively. The proposed mining project falls under Category ‘B’ as per EIA notification 2006 of Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi.

1.2 SALIENT FEATURES OF THE PROJECT The mine lease area falls under the Toposheet No. 65 N/3 bearing following Toposheet details:

Toposheet No. : 65 N/3 Latitude : 180 25’ 09.4” N to 180 25’ 06.6” N Longitude : 830 13’ 45.1” E to 830 13’ 55.6” E Vizianagram, the district headquarter is 40 km away from the area. The nearest railway station is Komatipali which is at 12 km in ESE direction from the mine lease area. The nearest airport is Visakhapatnam Airport at 77 km south from the mining site.

Details about Project Site

Nature of the project Girija Manganese Mines (Chintalavalasa) Mineable reserves 1,65,902 MT Capacity 26,967 TPA Location of the project District & State Vizianagaram District, A.P. Mandal Village Chintalavalasa Land Availability 29.48 Ha PROJECT: GIRIJA MANGANESE MINES PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT Latitude 180 25’ 09.4” N to 180 25’ 06.6” N Longitude 830 13’ 45.1” E to 830 13’ 55.6” E General climatic conditions Maximum Temperature 430C Minimum Temperature 150C Annual average rain fall 1150 mm Predominant wind direction SE General location details Nearest Village Chintalavalasa at 1.0 km from the mining site Nearest city Ramabhadrapuram at 10.0 km from the mining site. District headquarters Vizianagaram at 40.0 km from the mining site. Nearest railway station Railway station at 12.o km from the mining site. Nearest Airport Visakhapatnam Airport at 77 km from the mine site. Archaeological/Historically None within 10 km radius important site Sensitive places Hospitals and schools are present in Ramabhadram Town. Sanctuaries/National parks None within 10 km radius Nearest Reserved Forest The mine lease area is a Govt. land in forest area broken up prior to 1980.

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2.0 INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/BACKGROUND INFORMATION 2.1 Identification of project and project proponent. In case of mining project, a copy of mining lease/letter of intent should be given. Details of Project Proponent: The Y.P. Rama Rao (legal heir of Late Y.V. Krishna Rao) is a resident of Vizianagram District in the state of . Table. 1.1 Description of Project Proponent Adress of the lessee Y.P.Rama Rao, House No. 18/81/1, Plot 1-2, Pradeep Nagar Industrial Estate, Vizianagram- 535003 Telephone: 09963415199 Address of Mine Girija Manganese Mine (Chintalavalasa) G Narayanamma, Kannamaraka Veddi, Ramabhadrapuram, 535579 Telephone: 09437095534, Fax: 06742558268

2.2 Brief Description of nature of the project Transferred lease deed from Sri P. Subhadraju of Vizianagaram was granted in favour of Sri Y.V. Krishna Rao, Vide G.O. Ms. No. 804 of Ind., dated 17-09-1969 for un-expired period ending on 29-08-1977. Shri Y.P. Rama Rao, legal heir of Late Y.V. Krishna Rao applied for renewal of mining lease and mining lease was renewed for broken up area of 29.48 ha vide G.O. Ms No. 42 of A.P. Industries & Commerce (M-II) Department dt. 06-03-1997 and the renewed lease deed was executed on 27/08/1977 for an unexpired period of time up to 26/08/2017. The present scheme of mining is submitted for the period of 2012-2013 to 2016-2017. The lessee proposed to extract an average production of 26967 MT/Year of Manganese during the next five years by Open-cast semi-mechanized method (OTFM-A category).

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2.3 Need for the project and its importance to the country and or region. In the present scenario, the manganese has good market in the country apart for export purpose and it is the fourth most heavily consumed metal after Iron, Aluminum and Copper Due to the use of manganese in steel production, the lessee wants to exploit the ore considering the market demand and sufficient availability of Manganese within the area, it is very much essential to have mining project to earn more export and provide employment opportunities. 2.4 Demand-supply Gap. There is a huge demand of manganese for Ferro manganese industry and is ever growing with the growth of industrial sector in the country. The requirement of the mineral is always found high in adjoining areas. Hence, there will always be a good demand for Manganese in the steel market. 2.5 Imports V/s Indigenous production Manganese mined from the proposed project will neither be exported nor imported. It is an indigenous production and will be supplied within the country. 2.6 Export Possibility No export. 2.7 Domestic/ Export Markets The manganese ore produced from the lease area will be dispatched to M/s Coronation infrastructure Ltd. having mineral trading License No: 19/VZM/2011-12. 2.8 Employment generation (Direct and Indirect due to the project) The proposed project will generate direct employment to 100 people of the poorest section of the society, while benefitting more than 100 people indirectly.

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3.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 3.1 Type of project including interlinked and interdependent projects, if any The proposed mining project is mining of Manganese via opencast semi-mechanized mining (OTFM-A category), Drilling and blasting has been proposed. The benches shall be of 3.0 m height and with minimum width of 6m will be maintained. Working benches will have 10-12 m width. The benches shall be sloped at 30° to the horizontal. Since, the formation is very hard and near horizontal, there will not be risk of any slope failures. The area is not reported to be under any seismic activity.

3.2 Location The mining area is located in Chintalavalasa Village of Ramabhadrapuram Mandal at Vizianagram District, Andhra Pradesh. The mine lease area falls under the Toposheet No. 65 N/3 bearing Topsheet details. Toposheet No. : 65 N/3 Latitude : 180 25’ 09.4” N to 180 25’ 06.6” N Longitude : 830 13’ 45.1” E to 830 13’ 55.6” E

Location map is given below:

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PROJECT SITE

Location map of the Proposed Project Site. PROJECT: GIRIJA MANGANESE MINES PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT

Google map (10 km radius) of Kakandyam Sand Reach

PROJECT: GIRIJA MANGANESE MINES PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT 3.3 Details of alternate sites considered The mineral is site specific, hence there are no alternative sites considered. Mining activities are carried out based on local geology and availability of the mineral. 3.4 Size or magnitude of operation The proposed mine has lease over an area of 29.48 ha. The total extractable material would be approx. 26,967 cum. per annum. 3.5 Project description with process details The mining will be opencast semi-mechanized mining (OTFM-A category), Drilling and blasting has been proposed. Drilling of the blast hole will be performed by compressed air fed jack- hammer drills. The proposed benches of 3 m height will be drilled with extended rods and blasted. 2 jack-hammers will be required for mining. Tippers and trucks will be deployed to transport manganese to mineral stack yard and waste to the proposed areas for back-filling.

Working depth (below ground level) The benches shall be of 3.0 m height and with minimum width of 6m will be maintained. Working benches will have 10-12 m width. The benches shall be sloped at 30° to the horizontal. Since, the formation is very hard and near horizontal, there will not be risk of any slope failures. The area is not reported to be under any seismic activity.

3.6 Raw Material Required Along With Estimated Quantity, Likely Source, Marketing Area of Final Product/S, Mode of Transport of Raw Material and Finished Product No raw material will be required in the proposed project. Except removal of overburden in the upper layer, no mineral processing will be carried out in the mine lease area. After excavation, the manganese lumps will be bought to ore dressing site situated at D block by the tippers and the manganese will be separated from the lumps and it will be screened by a proposed screening plant of 50 TPH capacity.

3.7 Resource optimization/ recycling and reuse. Minerals are depleting asset once mined, they cannot be replenished like agriculture, vegetation thus a scientific approach will be taken up in exploitation of mineral with systematic method. Mining work will be carried out by semi-mechanized open cast method. Sub grade ore will be kept separately and would be blended with high grade re to make it saleable. Overburden will be PROJECT: GIRIJA MANGANESE MINES PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT disposed in proposed dumps and reclamation and rehabilitation of the dump by way of afforestation will be taken up once the dump becomes stabilized or rehandled.

3.8 Availability of water its source, energy/ power requirement and source 3.8.1 Water Requirement Around 20 KLD of water will be required for the project activity. Water requirement will be met through tankers.

Water is required in the mine for spraying on the roads and working faces to suppress the dust and also for use in the garage. Also a small quantity of drinking water is required

Water balance diagram is shown below:

20 KLD (Tankers)

20 KLD

4 Dust Supression Green Belt Domestic purpose 5 (10 KLD) (5 KLD) (5 KLD)

6 No outflow No outflow Septic Tank (Soak pit)

PROJECT: GIRIJA MANGANESE MINES PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT 3.9 Quantity of wastes to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme for their management/ disposal. 3.9.1 Solid Waste Generation & its Disposal Khondalite and quartzo feldspathic material constitute the bulk of waste generated in the mine. During the ensuing period there is no proposal of reclamation as there is no complete exhaustion of ore achieved by any quarry. Total waste to be generated in this period is as follows: Waste Generation Details Year Vol. of Waste (m3) Swell volume of waste (m3) a b C=b*1.4 2012-13 46845 65583 2013-14 509792 713709 2014-15 313625 439075 2015-16 82455 115437 2016-17 108281 151594 Total 1060998 1485398

3.9.2 Liquid Effluent No liquid effluent will be generated at the mine site. Domestic Waste Water generated will be treated in septic tank followed by soak pit.

PROJECT: GIRIJA MANGANESE MINES PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT 4. SITE ANALYSIS 4.1 Connectivity The area is connected by fair weather road Vizianagaram- National Highway-43 and it is at a distance of 14 km from Bhusayavalasa on the National Highway.

4.1.1 Nearest Railway Station The nearest rail head is Komatipali at a distance of 12 km in ESE direction from the mine location.

4.1.2 Nearest Airport The nearest airport facility is available at Visakhapatnam which is about 77 km away in South direction from mine.

4.1.3 Nearest Highway Nearest State Highway 43 which is about 9 km in NE direction from the mining site.

4.2 Land form, land use and land ownership During the ensuing scheme period an area of 5.3048 ha of land will be mined out whereas a total of 20.754 ha of land will be degraded till the end of the scheme period and there will be permanent change in land use. Measures will be taken for the reclamation only after the end of mining scheme period.

4.3 Topography The subject area is a part of Poram Reserve Forest. The area is situated at a distance of 1 km from Enabaruvu and Chintalavalasa villages at North and North-eastern side. The hills in around the lease area are covered with moderate thorny and other trees. At places, Podu Cultivation is seen at hill slopes. No other physiographic features are observed in the area. Still further north to the area, famous Koraput, Jeypore mountainous plateau are existing. The region in general comprises of hilly and reserve forest with isolated habitation centers. The hill ranges the trending East-West in direction; the highest RL is recorded to be 470 m Allikonda and 428 m at Ippakonda hillocks.

PROJECT: GIRIJA MANGANESE MINES PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT 4.4 Existing land use pattern During the ensuing scheme period an area of 5.3048 ha of land will be mined out. S.No. Type of land use At present During scheme At the conceptual in Ha. period in Ha. period. 1 Area to be excavated. 4.056 5.3048 Nil 2 Overburden dump 1.035 7.435 Nil 3 Infrastructure 0.0057 0.0029 Nil 4 Mineral storage 0.1964 0.0835 Nil 5 Sub-grade stack 0.005 0.124 Nil 6 Roads 1.183 0.0083 Nil 7 Green belt Nil 1.763 3.048 8 Mineral separation plant 0.300 Nil Nil Total 6.7811 14.7215 3.048

4.5 Existing infrastructure. There is no office and store located within the lease area. Site office is proposed for supervisory staff. Well-equipped first aid facilities with vehicle will be made available at office.

4.6 Soil classification 0.2 m thickness (1.0 m thick at place) of soil cover is found in non-mineral zone. Most of the places have exposed rock beds, void of soil cover. However in the district the soil type is Black cotton soil.

4.7 Climatic data from secondary sources CLIMATE & RAINFALL The climate is characterized by high humidity. The average maximum and minimum temperature during the year varies from 43°C in summer to 15°C in winter on the basis of past years observations. The area receives an average rainfall of about 1150 mm.

4.8 Social infrastructure available All the social infrastructure facilities like hospitals, schools, colleges etc are available nearby villages, Ramabhadrapuram mandal and Salur. PROJECT: GIRIJA MANGANESE MINES PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT 5. PLANNING BRIEF 5.1 Planning concept (Type of industries, facilities, transportation etc) Town and Country Planning/Development authority Classification. The reserves have been estimated by cross sectional area method basing upon the present surface features and the total reserves left in the lease area is 1,65,902 MT and on this basis the life of the mine is calculated as 6 years further. The reserve may further increase as the un-explore part of the lease will be explored and anticipated life of the mine or reserve may increase. It is proposed to produce Manganese in Girija Manganese Mines by open-cast semi-mechanized method with a production capacity of 26,967 MT avg. per year. The present height and width of the benches are 3 m and 6 m each.

5.2 Population projection The project will employ nearly 100 workers from nearby villages. Thus, there will not be any increase in population due to the project.

5.3 Land use planning Land use planning explained under Existing Land Use Pattern.

5.4 Assessment of Infrastructure Demand (Physical and Social) Safety equipments, small rest shelter and first aid facilities will be made available for the workers in the mine lease area.

5.5 Amenities/facilities The following facilities will be extended by the mine management: i. Direct and indirect Employment. ii. Arrangement for safe and healthy working conditions. iii. Provision of drinking water. iv. Conducting medical camps for workers and nearby villagers at regular intervals.

PROJECT: GIRIJA MANGANESE MINES PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT 6. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE 6.1 Industrial area (Processing Area) No mineral processing will be carried out in the mine lease area. After excavation, the manganese lumps will be bought to ore dressing site situated at D block by the tippers and will be separated & then screened by a proposed screening plant of 50 TPH capacity.

6.2 Residential area (Non Processing Area) The mine workers will be hired from nearby villages, so residential areas will not be made.

6.3 Green belt Plantation will be made over an area of 1.02 ha in the present scheme period. Conceptually a total area of 3.08 ha will be brought under plantation.

6.4 Connectivity The area is connected by fair weather road Vizianagaram-Salur National Highway-43 and it is at a distance of 14 km from Bhusayavalasa on the National Highway.

6.5 Drinking Water Management Water Requirement for drinking purpose is 5 KLD which will be supplied by water tankers.

6.6 Sewerage System NA. Domestic waste water generated will be treated in septic tank followed by soak pit.

6.7 Industrial Waste Management Not applicable

6.8 Solid Waste management Solid Waste generated will be dumped on non-mineralized area and the maximum height of proposed dump will be 75 mts with 10 no. of terraces, spreading over an area of 74350 m2 and shall accommodate about 2000000 cum of waste during the ensuing mining scheme period.

6.9 Power Requirement & Supply/ Source Diesel generators will be used. PROJECT: GIRIJA MANGANESE MINES PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT

7 REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R&R) PLAN 7.1 Policy to be adopted (Central/State) in respect of the project affected persons including home oustees, land oustees and landless laborers (a brief outline to be given) No human settlements are existing in the ML area and no humans will be displaced from the area so the proposed project does not involve any rehabilitation and resettlement.

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8. PROJECT SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES

8.1 Likely date of start of construction and likely date of completion (Time schedule for the project to be given) The project will commence once Environmental Clearance and other necessary certificates are obtained from the respective departments.

8.2 Estimated project cost along with analysis in terms of economic viability of the project. The Total cost of project would be around Rs. 1 crore.

PROJECT: GIRIJA MANGANESE MINES PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT 9. ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (Final recommendations)

9.1 The project will bring economical benefits to the state by the ways of royalty of mineral. The mining operations shall be providing employment to approximately 100 people of the poorest section of the society and benefitting more than 100 people indirectly.

Socio-economic condition of area will improve as mining activity will create additional employment for the local habitants raising their socioeconomic status. Significant contribution will be made towards education, medical facilities and cultural aspects. Mining will create awareness amongst the people for education and general upliftment particularly in the women folk.

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