THE SINGARENI COLLIERIES COMPANY LIMITED (A GOVERNMENT COMPANY) (QCI / NABET Accredited EIA Consultant Organisation)
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[Restricted Circulation] THE SINGARENI COLLIERIES COMPANY LIMITED (A GOVERNMENT COMPANY) (QCI / NABET Accredited EIA Consultant Organisation) Department of Project Planning (ISO 9001:2008 Certified) P.O. Kothagudem Collieries – 507 101 Bhadradri Kothagudem District :: Telangana KOYAGUDEM OPENCAST-II EXPANSION PROJECT INDEX Description Page No. Text 1-26 Plates Location Plan Plate-I Key Plan Plate-II Land requirement plan Plate-III Initial stage Plan Plate-IV 2nd year stage plan Plate-V 7th year stage plan Plate-VI Final (12th yr) stage Plan Plate-VII Mine closure Plan Plate-VIII Topo Plan Plate-IX Copy of Mining Leases Annex-1,2 & 3 The Singareni Collieries Company Limited PFR OF KOYAGUDEM OPENCAST – II EXPANSION PROJECT 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: KOYAGUDEM OPENCAST - II Expansion 1. Name of the Project : Project 2. Type of Project : Opencast 3. Location Village : Koyagudem Mandal : Tekulapalli District : Bhadradri Kothagudem State : Telangana Coal Belt : Lingala Koyagudem coal belt Coal Field : Godavari Valley Coal Field. 4. Name of the organization : The Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. 5. Reserves Geological Reserves : 72.78 MT Extractable Reserves : 60.46 MT Total Overburden from Quarry : 240.39 M.cum (HOB 232.38+ Top soil 8.01) Average Stripping Ratio : 3.98 Cum /T Topsoil from the Ext. Dump area : 2.03 M.Cum 6. Surface Area of excavation (Ha) : 426.75 7. No. of workable seams : One 8. Seam Gradient : 1 in 4.5 to 1 in 20 9. Avg. Grade : G-11 to G-12 10. Borehole density (No/Sq.km) : 17.8 No/Sq.km 816.11 Ha 11. Land requirement (Ha) : (FL-601.85Ha+NFL 214.26 Ha) Surface Miner for coal and Shovel dumper 12. Technology : combination for OB. 13. Depth range of the quarry (m) : 6-160 m. 14. Rated capacity : 3.00 MTPA 15. Life of the project : 22 Years 1 Pre Feasibility Report of KOC-II Project The Singareni Collieries Company Limited 2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT / BACKGROUND INFORMATION: I. Identification of the project and project proponent. In case of mining project, a copy of mining lease / letter of intent should be given KOC-II project of Koyagudem block lies half way between Kothagudem and Yellandu collieries and is situated in the southern extremity of Lingala-Koyagudem coal belt. The block is located in Bhadradri Kothagudem district of telangana State. The block is bounded by North latitude 17036’54” and 17040’10” and East longitude 80029’00” and 80030’00” in the Survey of India topo sheet no.s 65 C/6 and C/10. Mining Lease: The project is covered under the following leases: Koyagudem OC-I mining lease (247.00 Ha*), issued by G.O.Ms.No. 171 I&C Dept, dated 22.04.2002, valid upto13.05.2031.*(236 Ha Forest land+11 Ha Non- forest land) Koyagudem OC-II Mining Lease - Phase-I (231.94 Ha Forest land) is issued by G.O.Ms.No. 254 I&C Dept, dated 21.09.2007 valid upto 22.09.2027. Koyagudem OC-II Mining Lease - Phase-II- 446.10 Ha (231.84 Ha Forest land+214.26 Ha Non-Forest land) issued by G O Ms No. 23 Energy (PR.I) Dept., dated 31.07.2015 valid up to 12.10.2035 Project proponent The Singareni Collieries Company Limited is a coal mining company owned jointly by the State and Central Governments. Address: Director (Planning & Projects) The Singareni Collieries Company Limited Po: Kothagudem, PIN. 507 101 Dist: Bhadradri Kothagudem, Telangana State E-Mail id: [email protected] Ph.No. 08744 - 242602; Fax No. 08744 – 242724 II. Brief description of the nature of the project Koyagudem opencast -II (KOC-II) project is an existing project in Yellandu area. The present proposal is in tune with the company’s plan to optimize the extraction of reserves and to minimize the gap between coal demand and supply by increasing the rated capacity from 2.0 MTPA to 3.0 MTPA. The project is having only one working seam i.e. Queen seam with two grades of coal i.e. G-13 and G-17. Revised Feasibility Report (RFR) of Koyagudem OC-II was approved by the Board vide Minute No. 471:21 dated 6.1.2006, with a capital cost of Rs. 58.89 Crores to achieve rated capacity of 2.00 Mtpa. 2 Pre Feasibility Report of KOC-II Project The Singareni Collieries Company Limited As per the RFR, Geological reserves and extractable reserves are 33.79Mt and 30.53Mt respectively. Further the OB to be remove is 260.20M.cum with SR of 8.52. The project completion report was approved by the Board vide Minute No. 496:5(5) dated 29.3.2010 with a completion cost of Rs. 58.07 Crores (Including the actual, committed, amount required for balance activities). Revised Mining Plan of Koyagudem OC-II Project was prepared with rated capacity of 3.00 Mtpa by reassessing the extractable reserves due to the changes in the Geological Report and demand for the low grade coal i.e. for G-17 and approved by MoC vide letter No.13016/9/2006-CA-II, dt 19.11.2014. As per the Revised mining Plan, Geological reserves and extractable reserves (re-assessed) are 72.78Mt and 60.46Mt respectively. Further the OB to be removed is 240.40M.cum with SR of 3.98. In the project, excavation of Coal is by Surface Miner and of Overburden is by Shovel-Dumper combination, both by out-sourcing agencies. This project is planned to extract 60.46 MT of coal and 240.40 M.cum of overburden with a stripping ratio of 3.98 Cum/t. In addition, it is proposed to remove 2.03 M.cum of topsoil from the proposed area of external dump. The project is designed for a rated capacity of 3.0 MTPA. Forest land required (diverted also) for this project is 601.85 Ha. The ‘total men on roll’ is estimated at 160 with average daily attendance 134 for departmental operations. III. Need for the project and its importance to the country and region Coal is the most important and abundant fossil fuel in India. It accounts for 56.42% (Source: Ministry of Power, GoI) of the country's energy need. The country's industrial heritage was built upon indigenous coal. The per capita energy consumption in India rose from 30.1 KWH during 1st Five Year Plan (1951-56) to 813.33 KWH during the 2010-11 and estimated to 1000 kwh during the terminal year of 11th Five Year Plan (2011-12). Considering the limited reserve potentiality of petroleum & natural gas, eco-conservation restriction on Hydel project and geo- political perception of nuclear power, coal will continue to occupy centre-stage of India’s energy scenario. The generation capacity of Coal and Lignite based Thermal Power Plants in India raised from 1004 MW during the year 1950 to 93918 MW during the year 2011 (Source: Ministry of Power, GoI). The coal reserves of India up to a depth of 1200 m have been estimated by the Geological Survey of India at 285.67 billion tones as on 1.4.2011 (Source: MoC, GoI). Coal production is insufficient to cope up with growing demand for electricity and industrial energy. During the terminal year of 11th Five year Plan i.e. 2011-12, 3 Pre Feasibility Report of KOC-II Project The Singareni Collieries Company Limited the actual domestic coal production was only 539.79 MT against the demand of 696.03 MT and the gap of 156.24 MT was imported from the Australia, Indonesia, South Africa and other countries. As per the working group of Ministry of Coal, Government of India, a supply gap of about 265.50 million tones is forecasted by the terminal year of 12th Five Year Plan i.e. 2016-17. Even the increase in production is considered in optimistic scenario, the gap of 185.50 MT will still be left by TY of 12th FY Plan (Source: Working Group of Ministry of Coal, GoI). The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) is a Government coal mining company jointly owned by the Government of Telangana and Government of India on 51:49 equity basis. The mining rights of SCCL cover a stretch of 350 km, in Godavari Valley coal field spread in six districts of Telangana state viz. Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Peddapalli, Mancherial, Kumarambhem Asifabad, Bhadradri Kothagudem and Khammam with man power of 57,556 and is the second largest public sector under taking in the state. It is the coal mining company in South India catering the needs of coal based industries in the region. SCCL is currently operating 16 open cast projects and 30 underground mines and has achieved coal production of 61.33 MT in the year 2016-17 and target for the year 2017-18 is 66.06 MT. IV. Demand-Supply gap The below table reveals that total availability of coal from the existing projects, projects under implementation and approved projects is inadequate to meet the total demand and a substantial gap remains unfulfilled. Hence, opening of new mines in the adjoining / superjacent areas / seams for higher production is justified to mitigate the demand - supply gap. (Units in Million Tonnes) Sl.No Year 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 1 Demand 71.59 77.55 93.05 2 Production 66.06 68.40 72.00 3 Gap -5.53 -9.15 -21.05 SCCL is taking the following steps for increasing the coal production. 1) Reconstruction of existing mines for optimum production by intermediate and high technology. 2) Improving the productivity in the existing mines by improving the utilisation of the equipment.