PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT

For

EXPANSION OF IRON ORE MINE (ML Area 1160.06 HA), FROM 10 MTPA TO 19 MTPA (ROM) WITH TOTAL EXCAVATION OF 27.0 MTPA, ENHANCEMENT OF IRON ORE BENEFICIATION CAPACITY (Feed to Plant) FROM 18 MTPA TO 27 MTPA IN TOTAL PROJECT AREA 1230.42 HA OF NOAMUNDI ALONG WITH IRON ORE SLURRY PIPELINE FROM NOAMUNDI TO

at NOAMUNDI VILLAGE, PO: NOAMUNDI, WEST STATE

by:

Noamundi Iron Mine Noamundi Village, , Jharkhand-833217

Submitted to: Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) New Delhi

Environment Consultant:

Vimta Labs Ltd. 142, IDA, Phase-II, Cherlapally, Hyderabad–500 051, Telangana State [email protected], www.vimta.com (QCI/NABET Accredited and ISO 17025 Certified Laboratory, Recognized by MoEF, New Delhi)

September, 2019

Pre-Feasibility Report for Expansion of Noamundi Iron Ore Mine (ML Area :1160.06 Ha), From 10 MTPA to 19 MTPA (ROM) With Total Excavation of 27 MTPA, Enhancement of Iron Ore Beneficiation Capacity (Feed to Plant) From 18 MTPA to 27 MTPA in Total Project Area 1230.42 ha at Noamundi Along with Iron Ore Slurry Pipeline from Noamundi to Jamshedpur

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1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Tata Steel Limited (TSL) holds the Noamundi iron ore mine lease over an area of 1160.06 ha located at Noamundi, West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand state and is being worked for winning of iron ore. Noamundi Iron ore mine was granted lease from 01.01.1922 for a period of 30 years over an area of 1160.06 ha. 1st Renewal for 30 years w.e.f. 01.01.1952 over an area of 1160.06 ha. 2nd Renewal over an area of 1160.06 ha granted by Govt of Bihar vide their memo no.4795 dated 01.09.1984 and lease deed executed on 20.101985. Third Renewal of lease was applied on 17.12.2009. Express order vide letter no -286 dated 12.2.2015 issued by Government of Jharkhand for continuation of operation valid up to 31.03.2030.

The total lease area of 1160.06 ha consists of forest land of 762.43 ha and non- forest land of 397.63 ha. The mining lease lies in Mahudi, Balijore, Korta, Noamundi, Sarbil, Barabalijori villages. The mine is captive for Limited, the entire ore produced from the mine is fed to the Company’s steel plant located at Jamshedpur and Kalinganagar along with its sister companies/subsidiaries like Tata Sponge Iron Limited, Tata Metalliks Limited TAYO ROLLS, Bhushan Steel Limited and other plants of the company.

The Noamundi iron ore mine has obtained environment clearance vide letter No J- 11015 /104 /2011-IA.II(M) dated 10.06.2013 for production of 10 MTPA of ROM and expansion of beneficiation plant from 10 MTPA to 18 MTPA with dispatch. The company has obtained CTO vide letter No JSPCB/HO/RNC/CTO-1162982/2017/779 dated 13.06.2017 for production of 10 MTPA of ROM and Beneficiation of 13 MTPA of iron ore.

The mine has applied for issuance of Corrigendum to Environmental Clearance of Noamundi Iron Mine of M/s Tata Steel Limited in view of the definition of Run of Mine (ROM), introduced in the recently notified Mineral (Other than Atomic and Hydrocarbons Energy Minerals) Concession Rules 2016, and the same has been recommended by 33rd EAC committee Meeting held during June 21st -22nd, 2018.

The total project area is 1230.42 ha, which includes 1160.06 ha of mine lease and beneficiation plant. The expansion of Noamundi Iron Mine (Run of Mine) from 10 MTPA to 19 MTPA with total excavation of 27MTPA shall limit with in the same lease area of 1160.06 ha and as per approved mine plan from IBM vide letter no. RAN/WSB/Fe/MP-06/2019-20 dated 13th August, 2019. All the expansion of mineral processing plant / Iron ore beneficiation plant & mine from 18 MTPA to 27 MTPA (Feed to Plant) shall be restricted to project area only. The finished product from Noamundi shall be continued to be sent to the steel plant through railway siding either through Noamundi or through adjacent public siding along with dumpers & trucks as per required.

To reduce the dependence on availability of railway racks (wagons), to reduce delay in reaching of material to steel plant, due to huge increase in production and availability of environmentally friendly technology, a 129km iron ore concentrate

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slurry and return water pipeline is proposed with all other required structures from Noamundi to Jamshedpur.

2.0 INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/BACKGROUND INFORMATION

2.1 Identification of the Project & Project Proponent

Tata Steel Limited was established in Jamshedpur, in the year 1907. Tata Steel is part of the 150-year-old Tata group. Bringing to reality the vision of its founder, J. N. Tata, who inspired the steel and power industry in India, the Tata Steel Group is the 10th largest steel manufacturer in the world and is known to be the hallmark of corporate citizenship and business ethics. TATA Steel (based on capacity) is the 10th largest steel manufacturer in the world and amongst the top 3 global steel companies. Tata Steel has been adjudged as the ‘Steel Industry Leader’ globally by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2018 (DJSI). Tata Steel is also the only India-based company to emerge as a winner among all 60 sectors evaluated for DJSI 2018.

With operations in 26 countries and commercial presence in 50 countries, the Tata Steel Group has a steel production capacity of 27.5 MTPA (as on March 31, 2018). Tata Steel India has manufacturing units at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, with a production capacity of 10 MTPA and at Kalinganagar, , with a production capacity of 3 MTPA. In FY 2017-18, Kalinganagar unit received approvals for expansion to 8 MTPA. Tata Steel operates with a completely integrated value chain that extends from mining to finished steel goods. Therefore, the captive requirement of the iron ore will gradually increase from 35.6 Million tonnes in 2020- 21 to 46.7 million tonnes in 2021-22, which would go up to ~ 59.9 million tonnes by 2029-30.

The expansion of iron ore mines from existing capacity to future requirement is due to large organic and inorganic growth of company.

The copy of mining lease is attached as Annexure-I.

2.2 Brief Description and Nature of the Project

Noamundi is a captive iron mine of m/s Tata Steel Ltd. and is been operational from last several decades. Currently, Noamundi has iron mine of 10 MTPA and beneficiation & dispatch of 18 MTPA. It is proposed to expand the capacity due to the captive requirement of iron ore to cater the need based on the requirement of Jamshedpur & Kalinganagar steel plants and other sister companies (Tata Metaliks Limited, Tata Sponge Iron Limited, TAYO, Bhushan steel Ltd). The iron ore mine shall enhance the production capacity from 10 MTPA to 19 MTPA along with beneficiation capacity from 18 MTPA to 27 MTPA (Feed to plant). All other support services are available to fetch the goal of the division.

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As per EIA Notification dated 14th September 2006, as amended on date, the production enhancement of Noamundi Iron Mine from (ROM) from 10 MTPA to 19 MTPA and beneficiation (feed to plant) from 18 to 27 MTPA project falls under Category “A”, Project or Activity 1(a).

2.3 Need for the Project and its Importance to the Country and Region

India is the world’s third-largest producer of crude steel (up from eighth in 2003) and is expected to become the second-largest producer. The steel sector in India contributes nearly two per cent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and employs over 6,00,000 people. The growth in the Indian steel sector has been driven by domestic availability of raw materials such as iron ore and cost-effective labour. Consequently, the steel sector has been a major contributor to India’s manufacturing output. The Indian steel industry is very modern with state-of-the- art steel mills. It has always strived for continuous modernization and up-gradation of older plants and higher energy efficiency levels. Presently, India’s crude steel capacity is around 126 Million Tonnes (MT) and Production of crude steel was 97.4 MT during 2016-17.

The Union Government has given its approval for National Steel Policy (NSP) 2017 on 03.05.2017. The new Steel Policy enshrines the long-term vision of the Government to give impetus to the steel sector. It seeks to enhance domestic steel consumption and ensure high quality steel production and create a technologically advanced and globally competitive steel industry. The policy projects crude steel capacity of 300 million tonnes (MT), production of 255 MT and seeks to increase per capita steel consumption to the level of 160 Kg by 2030 from existing level of around 60 Kg and major segments of consumptions are infrastructure, automobiles and housing sectors. The policy also envisages to domestically meet the entire demand of high grade automotive steel, electrical steel, special steels and alloys for strategic applications and increase domestic availability of washed coking coal so as to reduce import dependence on coking coal from about 85% to around 65% by 2030-2031. The Union Cabinet has also approved the policy for providing preference to domestically manufactured iron & steel products on Government procurement. The policy provides preference to Domestically Manufactured Iron & Steel Products (DMI & SP), in Government Procurement for specified steel products having minimum value addition of 15%.

Major projects of the Government of India like development of 100 smart cities, smart armed force stations, Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor, development of ports, expansion of Railways, National Solar Mission etc. are expected to increase demand of steel significantly in coming years.

The Indian steel industry is very modern with state-of-the-art steel mills. It has always strived for continuous modernization and up-gradation of older plants and higher energy efficiency levels. Indian steel industries are classified into three categories such as major producers, main producers and secondary producers. TATA Steel, NMDC, JSW, JSPL etc comes under major producers.

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India is expected to overtake Japan to become the world's second largest steel producer, and has envisaged achieving 300 MT of annual steel production capacity by 2030. Steel consumption is expected to grow 5.7 per cent year-on-year to 92.1 MT in 2018.

To achieve the 300 MT annual steel production, all the existing projects shall be expanded, new projects shall be installed, merger and acquisition shall take place, thus demand for raw material will increase.

To meet the nation target of 300 MT annual steel production and merger and acquisition of new steel plant (Bhushan, Usha Martin) and increasing domestic steel demand, it is very important that all the iron ore mines of TATA Steel shall raise the production from current capacity.

The captive requirement of the iron ore will gradually increase from 35.6 million tonnes in 2020-21 to 46.7 million tonnes in 2021-22 which would go up to ~ 59.9 million tonnes by 2029-30.

2.4 Demand-Supply Gap

In 2016, the world crude steel production reached 1630 million tonnes (mt) and showed a growth of 0.6% over 2015. China remained world’s largest crude steel producer in 2016 (808 mt) followed by Japan (105 mt), India (96 mt) and the USA (79 mt). World Steel Association has projected Indian steel demand to grow by 6.1% in 2017 and by 7.1% in 2018 while globally, steel demand has been projected to grow by 1.3% in 2017 and by 0.9% in 2018. Chinese steel use is projected to show nil growth in 2017 and decline by 2% in 2018. Per capita finished steel consumption in 2016 is placed at 208 kg for world and 493 kg for China by World Steel Association.

In FY17, crude steel production in India was 97.42 MT, with the total crude steel production growing at a CAGR of 5.49 per cent over the last 6 years. As of March 2017, the capacity utilization of steel producers is set to increase with strong export demand and signs of revival in domestic sales. Companies like TATA Steel, JSW and other Steel plants have experienced a sharp increase in steel manufacturing in the last few years. Steel manufacturing output of India is expected to increase to 128.6 MT by 2021, accelerating the country’s share of global steel production from 5.4 per cent in 2017 to 7.7 per cent by 2021. India’s steel output is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.9 per cent during 2017-21 and India is expected to become top global steel producer.

Due to large organic and inorganic growth of company along with expansion of Kalinganagar steel plant iron ore demand will raise. To fulfill the existing gap all iron ore mine of TATA Steel including Noamundi Iron Mine is going for production expansion from 32.6 Million tonnes in 2018-2019 to 46.7 million tonnes in 2021- 2022 which would go up to ~ 59.9 million tonnes by 2029-30. In this line, Noamundi

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Iron ore mine has been undertaken for production expansion of 19 MTPA and the beneficiation & dispatch shall expand upto 27 MTPA. Also, other captive mines of tata steel such as Katamati, Joda East and Khondbond shall also under goes for expansion in future.

2.5 Import Vs Indigenous Production

Noamundi iron ore mine is a captive iron ore mine and beneficiation of Tata steel Ltd. thus import is not applicable, all the iron ore production made shall be used for captive purpose. The current production is restricted to as per statutory approvals.

2.6 Export Possibility

There is no proposal for direct export at present from this mine.

2.7 Domestic Vs Export Markets

All the produced iron ore shall be consumed in TSL own integrated steel plants of company.

2.8 Employment Generation (Direct and Indirect)

The existing operation of Noamundi Iron Mine has direct & indirect manpower potential as 1053 & 2237 respectively.

After expansion the mine generates potentially direct employment and indirect employments of 1121 & 2596 respectively including the existing manpower.

3.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION

3.1 Type of Project Including Interlinked and Independent Projects, If Any

Noamundi Iron mine was started way back in 1925 with manual mining. After expansion of the steel works at Jamshedpur, the mine was partially mechanized in 1953 after which it has been gradually developed into a fully mechanized and environment friendly mine over the past few decades mining operations have so far been confined to the Eastern & Western ridges separated by Balijhor nallah. The mine has been the major captive source for meeting demand of iron ore for tata Steels Jamshedpur Plant, Kalinganagar steel plant and its subsidiaries (Tata Metaliks limited, Tata Sponge Iron limited Tata Steel BSL, Usha Martin etc) and will continue to be in future.

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Currently, the expansion project includes production expansion from mines, installation of new beneficiation facility with dispatch and augmentation of other allied services such as building of new workshops, LG Plant, Briquetting, slime beneficiation, other pilot plant (SG beneficiation) water treatment plant, revamping of water supply line, conveying facility, mobile crushing, screening & washing facility etc. shifting of colony, along with construction & installation of new iron ore concentrate slurry & return water pipeline.

3.2 Location of the Project

The Noamundi iron ore mine lease falls under six villages namely Mahudi, Balijore, Korta, Noamundi, Sarbil, Barabalijori under the Noamundi post office, West Singhbhum District, Jharkhand State. The location details are as follows:

Mines : Boundary Pillar (TIS1) Coordinates Range of Mine Lease Area Latitude 22°08’14.465” N Between 22°05’N & 22°10’N Longitude 85°28’32.261”E Between 85°25’E & 85°35’E

The project area is 120 km from Jamshedpur and 70 km from and falls in the toposheet 73 F/8 & 73 F/12.

The area can also be approached from Noamundi Railway Station on Tatanagar – Gua /Barbil rail route of South Eastern Railways. The distance from Noamundi Iron mine to Noamundi railway station is about 5 km.

The location of the project as Index map and study area map are given in Figure- 1 and Figure-2 respectively.

3.3 Details of Alternate Site Analysis

No alternative site has been taken into consideration as this is an existing mining lease (site specific) and this proposal is for production expansion.

3.4 Size or Magnitude of the Work

The present rate of production of iron ore from the mine is 10 MTPA which will be increased to 19 MTPA during the expansion in successive years with total excavation of 27 MTPA. The beneficiation plant shall expand from 18 MTPA to 27 MTPA.

Noamundi iron ore mine has 150.74 million tonnes of proven reserves and ~157 million tonnes of resources as on 01.04.2019. It is anticipated that the proposed ROM excavation will increase from 10 million tonnes to 19 million tonnes. Similarly processing capacity of the beneficiation plant will increase from 18 million tonnes to 27 million tonnes and will continue upto the end of life of mine.

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FIGURE-1 INDEX MAP

ANNEXURE-II STUDY AREA MAP

Noamundi Mine Site

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FIGURE-2 STUDY AREA MAP ON TOPOSHEET MAP

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3.5 Project description with process details (a schematic diagram / flow chart showing the project layout, components of the project etc should be given)

A. OPEN CAST MINING

Existing and Proposed Method of Excavation

Noamundi iron ore mine was started way back in 1925 with manual mining. After expansion of the Steel Works at Jamshedpur, the mine was partially mechanised in 1953 after which it has been gradually developed into a fully mechanised and environment friendly mine over the past few decades. Mining operations have so far been confined to the eastern and western ridges separated by Balijhor nallah.

The mine has been the major captive source for meeting demand of iron ore for Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur plant, Kalinganagar steel plant and its subsidiaries (Tata Metaliks Limited, Tata Sponge Iron Limited, etc.) and will continue to be for Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur steel plant, Kalinganagar steel plant and its subsidiaries (Tata Metaliks Limited, Tata Sponge Iron Limited and Tata Steel BSL Limited, Usha Martin Limited etc) in foreseeable future.

Mechanized method of open cast mining has been adopted for mining iron ore in a series of 12 m high benches with the help of shovel-dumper combination. The minimum bench width in the working benches is maintained at 25 m while in the ultimate stage, the bench width shall be reduced to 12 m thus having a final pit slope which is less than 45 degrees. Drilling is done using 150/165 mm diameter drills with 10% sub grade drilling. Rock breaker is utilized to break bigger size material into smaller fragments. Blasting is done by adopting the State of Art technology by using mostly SME (Site Mixed Emulsion Explosives). Nonel (non- electric initiation) and electronic detonators are used for blasting. The blasted material is excavated by shovels and loaded onto 50/60/100 tonne dumpers for transportation of the ore, subgrade or waste. Rigorous quality control procedure is adopted in the mine to avoid mixing of ore, subgrade and waste. Blast hole drill cuttings are sampled and analyzed in the laboratory using Inductively coupled plasma spectrophotometer (ICP) for determining iron and other elements. Depending upon the analysis results, mine face is demarcated as ore, subgrade and Waste zones and daily schedule for the material hauling is prepared accordingly. The subgrade is stacked separately at the earmarked place.

Waste rocks encountered during the course of mining are handled separately and used for bench floor leveling, making berms etc. The ore is transported from different mining faces in a pre-determined proportion (for blending different

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qualities of ore), and deliver the same to the processing plant. The blending is aimed at maintaining the alumina content of ore at the desired range of 2.8% - 4.3% in wet ore feed and 1.6% - 2.5% in dry ore feed. In the processing plant, the ore is crushed, washed and screened followed by classification and jigging to produce lumps and fines ore. The haul roads are maintained with a gradient of less than 1 in 16 except for short ramps, which have a maximum gradient of 1 in 10. The floor level of each bench is maintained by employing graders and dozers. This helps in easy, safe and efficient mobility of HEMM.

Presently there are two waste dumps namely waste dump No 1 and waste dump No 2. During the plan period, there is proposal of two more waste dumps namely waste dump No 3, waste dump No 4. Total four number of waste dumps are proposed during the plan period. There is proposal of excavation of northern part of Hill 3 & 4 to its ultimate pit limit and the area would be backfilled by waste encountered during mining and will be named Waste dump No 3. Waste dump No 4 is proposed towards south western side from the western pit and lies in the forest area for which the company has already sought for diversion.

Mining operations had been confined the to eastern ridge and western ridge of the main block i.e Block- I. Presently, we are working in three pits namely Hill-3&4, Hill-5&6 and western pit .Present pits of main block are under operation since long time. Excavation of Hill 5 (In pit slime dam area) has been completed and it has been utilized for storing slime. Lot of low quality ore will be encountered in the already developed pits which requires good quality of ore for blending in order to feed into the processing plant. From mineral conservation point of view, along with the existing pit, the western pit and pit 7 will be developed in order to blend the good quality of ore from these areas with relatively low-quality ore from Hill- 5&6. This will help in supplying required quality and quantity of iron ore to meet increased requirement and quality of iron ore to our customers.

The Noamundi Iron ore Mine is categorized as fully mechanized mine. Hydraulic drills are used for blast hole drilling. Excavation of ROM and overburden is undertaken through hydraulic shovels varying in capacities from 5.7 to 5.9 Cum and mining loader of capacity 9 Cum. Excavated material is hauled through bigger capacity dumpers of capacities ranging from 50 to 100 Tonnes. Taking into consideration to achieve higher production levels, increased lead distance due to excavation from the pits, the fleet will be upgraded & added gradually. The proposed loading equipment’s during the plan period consists of 4 shovels and 2 loaders, one loader may be utilized for handling of temporary ore stockpiles. In addition of earlier more equipments will be utilized for setting up of new

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infrastructure facility of the upcoming projects which may vary based upon the requirement. The proposed fleet requirement consists of 100 tonne capacity dumper and shovel of 5.9 cum, however based upon the requirement and as per the ultimate pit design bigger fleet may be opted.

The CIMFR (Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research), has been engaged for conducting the rock fragmentation studies at Noamundi on quarterly basis. The recommendation of the study is being implemented for safe and scientific blasting in the mine. Blasting is done by drilling 150 mm dia holes with 10% subgrade drilling, for a bench height of 12 m.

To sustain the above production rate from Noamundi Iron Mine, total ore required to feed the existing and upcoming plants will be around 201 Million tonnes till 2030.

B. PROCESSING / BENEFICIATION OF ROM

Noamundi processing plant, processes ore from Noamundi iron ore mine as well as from our TSL adjoining Katamati iron mine. One part of the ore is beneficiated by wet process while the other part of the ore is processed by the dry process. In the wet process, the feed constitutes hard ore, soft ore and flaky ore, which is fed in pre-determined proportion while in the dry process. The feed constitutes flaky ore and blue dust.

WET BENEFICIATION:

The mineral beneficiation process in the wet circuit has major change after introduction of jigging and hydro-cyclone facilities to improve the quality of the finished products and also ensuring further recovery of iron values from fines.

The ROM is fed into the primary crusher having a capacity of 1800 tph (54-inch Gyratory crusher). The crushed ore (-200 mm) is then stored in two separate primary stockpiles. Primary crushed ore is then fed into two identical circuits, for secondary processing. Each secondary processing circuit consists of one secondary crusher which crushes the material to -40 mm. The crushed product is then screened on a double deck screen, with the top deck at 40mm and the lower deck at 10 mm. The oversize (i.e +40 mm) product from each of the secondary circuits is stored in a surge-pile from where it is fed to a tertiary crusher arranged in a closed loop, to ensure minimum generation of oversize in the sized ore. The -40 mm + 10 mm fraction is recovered as Sized Ore. The -10 mm fraction of the secondary crushed product is sent to screw classifiers. The -10 mm fraction of the tertiary crushed product is recovered as Fines. In the screw classifier, the -10mm fraction from the secondary crushed product is classified to yield two products viz.

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-10 mm +0.15 mm (as underflow) and -0.15 mm (as overflow from classifier pool). The coarser fraction (i.e.-10mm +0.15mm) is then sent to a high frequency dewatering screen to drain off the excess moisture in the fines. The dewatering screens have a 0.20mm aperture, where the coarser fraction of the screw classifier (-10mm +0.15mm) output is screened. The -10mm +0.15mm product after screening is sent for jigging while the finer fraction (i.e -0.15mm) collected from each of the three circuits along with the classifier overflow and sent to the hydro cyclones for further processing.

In the jigging plant, the fines (-10 mm +0.15 mm) are further beneficiated to yield Improved Quality Fines while the tailings are collected as solid rejects. In the hydro cyclones, the finer fraction (i.e. - 0.15 mm) is beneficiated to get improved yield & Quality Fines & hence an improved recovery, while the remaining slurry is sent to the thickeners. The slurry is thickened in the thickener and pumped to the slime dam. About 80% of the water is recovered and recirculated in the system.

The company has future plans for total beneficiation, whereby a proportion of the higher alumina iron ore with lower iron values can also be beneficiated. In line with this and efforts towards mineral conservation, a Low-Grade Beneficiation Plant is also proposed to be installed for beneficiation of low grade ore. The Low-Grade Beneficiation Plant will consist of State of the Art beneficiation technology which includes Jigs.

The steel company is also looking for beneficiation technology aiming to recover mineral values from the existing slime and Jig tailings. There are proposals for further pilot scale studies to finalize an economical beneficiation system like HGMS (High grade magnetic separator and through selective flocculation method), aimed towards mineral conservation.

DRY BENEFICIATION

Dry crushing plant comprises of primary gyratory crusher, screens, bins and conveyors. The ROM ore is transported by 50/60/100 tonne dumpers from the mines and dumped into the primary crusher. Primary crushed oversize product is conveyed to secondary cone crusher operating in open circuit with feed and product conveyors. Oversize product from the secondary cone crusher is conveyed to a tertiary cone crusher which is in closed circuit operation with a vibrating screen and conveyor system. Finally fines ore (-10 mm) is recovered after screening at every stage.

In the dry crushing ore material is fed to the primary crusher. The crushed product (-220 mm) along with the undersize from the grizzly screen (i.e.- 100 mm) is sent

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to the double deck screen via apron feeder where oversize (+40 mm, -220 mm) goes to secondary crusher through surge hopper. The crushed product (-80 mm) along with the undersize from the double deck screen (i.e. -40 mm) is sent to surge bins (5 X 400 tonnes capacity). The -80 mm material is further screened and the oversize (+32 mm, -80 mm) is sent to tertiary crusher and the undersize (-32 mm,+10 mm) is again screened on double deck screen and from there size (-10 mm) sent to the product DCMP Fines Bins while size (+10 mm, -32 mm) sent for further crushing and rescreening. The crushed product of tertiary crusher is screened and after screening undersize (- 810 mm) is sent to the product DCMP Fines Bins and the oversize again sent to the tertiary crusher for further crushing which will be in the form of closed circuit.

It is proposed that a fraction of ROM (run off mine) of iron ore will also be processed in mobile crushing, screening & washing plant.

DENSE MEDIA SEPARATION (DMS) PROCESS FOR SUBGRADE PLANT

TSL owns its captive iron ore mines in Jharkhand and Odisha. The ore is classified as per the statutory norms. The ore > 55% Fe is fed in the processing plants as Dry ROM Ore, Hard ROM Ore and Wet Rest ROM Ore.

While mining, the subgrade ores (Ore with Fe > 45 but <55 %) are also mined along with the other ore but are stacked in the separately designated dump yards as it is a resource and can be used for producing concentrate quality, with the selection of a commercially viable suitable technology.

To generate values from these sub-grade ores, beneficiation of these ore through dense media separation (DMS) is being planned.

DMS PROCESS:

Crushed subgrade ore of size -32+6 mm shall be fed to plant feed bin at 60 t/h capacity through front end loader in hopper. From Hopper, the ore can be conveyed to a wet separation screen with 1 mm aperture. The -1mm size material will be discarded while (-32 mm + 6 mm) material will report to a mixing box where heavy liquid media (Ferro Silicon and water) shall be added. The mixed slurry shall report to a DMS cyclone.

Under flow (approx. 30t/h) of DMS cyclone shall report to a product screen- 1(banana type) from where the separated heavy medium shall be collected in a ‘Correct medium tank’ and dilute medium will report to dilute medium tank. Oversize of this +32-6mm material shall report to product screen-2 (flat type) here Vimta Labs Limited, Hyderabad 13 Pre-Feasibility Report for Expansion of Noamundi Iron Ore Mine (ML Area :1160.06 Ha), From 10 MTPA to 19 MTPA (ROM) With Total Excavation of 27 MTPA, Enhancement of Iron Ore Beneficiation Capacity (Feed to Plant) From 18 MTPA to 27 MTPA in Total Project Area 1230.42 ha at Noamundi Along with Iron Ore Slurry Pipeline from Noamundi to Jamshedpur

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it will be washed by spray water and the overflow product to stockpile whereas underflow containing solution of Ferro Silicon ore will report to dilute medium tank.

Overflow (approx. 30t/h) of DMS cyclone shall report to a discard screen -1 (banana type). Oversize of the discard screen shall report to the discard screen – 2 (flat type). The separated heavy media liquid shall report to the correct media tank while slurry containing heavy media liquid and discard shall report to dilute medium tank. In flat screen again it will get washed and overflow material will report to discard stockpile and underflow containing solution of Ferro Silicon ore will report to dilute medium tank.

Dilute media collected in dilute media tank shall be treated in magnetic separator. Process water (nonmagnetic component) will be collected as make up water where magnetic component (containing Ferro Silicon) will report to Correct media tank.

To separate possible sub grade material from the heavy media collected in ‘correct media tank, the liquid is pumped to a primary densifier cluster cyclone. Under flow of the cyclone reports back to correct media tank whereas its overflow reports to secondary densifier tank. The liquid in secondary densifier tank is processed in densifier to segregate the heavy media liquid in ‘correct media tank’ and dilute medium in dilute media tank. There shall also be provision to add make up FeSi or process water in secondary densifier tank as required.

The discard from the wet separation screen at -1mm size shall be treated in a degrit cyclone. Overflow of the cyclone is sent to a thickener. Underflow of the thickener is screened at -1 mm. The oversize of the screen is discarded in the discard stockpile and effluent is sent back to the hydro-cyclone.

The expected outcome of the plant is Size: -32+6 mm, Fe: 62%, Al2O3 - 2 to 3%

SLURRY PIPE LINE (NOAMUNDI TO JAMSHEDPUR)

Slurry transportation of iron ore concentrate through pipelines is an environment friendly method for ore transportation. In recent years, iron ore transportation through slurry pipeline has captured attention of not only Indian steel makers but also of the Indian government. Considering the bright prospects of steel output of ASEAN, MENA regions and India, steel demand in these parts of the world is expected to gain momentum given the increased stress on infrastructure development and manufacturing capacities. With that in mind, alternative modes of transporting raw materials, such as through slurry pipelines will go a long way in reducing the problems of congested transportation network in mining areas.

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Operational cost in case of ore transportation through slurry pipelines is comparatively quite lesser than rail and road transportation. Thus, pipelines are an efficient mode of transporting iron ore over longer distances where transportation through rail and roads is much costlier. Apart from being an environment friendly means of easy, bulk and distant transportation of iron ore concentrate, slurry pipelines offer following other advantages – reduces dependency on railways, minimum social impact and insensitivity to surface conditions like storm etc. and easy operation & maintenance. Proposed slurry line map from Noamundi to Jamshedpur is given in Figure-3.

Figure-3 Proposed slurry line map from Noamundi to Jamshedpur

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availability of environmentally friendly technology, a 129 km iron ore concentrate slurry and return water pipeline is proposed with all other required structures from Noamundi to Jamshedpur.

3.6 Raw Material Required along with Estimated Quantity, Likely Source, Marketing area of Final Product/s, Mode of Transport of Raw Material & Finished Product

Explosive & detonator are used as a raw material for the production of iron ore. SME (Site Mixed Emulsion Explosives). Nonel (non-electric initiation) and electronic detonators are used for blasting and sourced from local depot of Solar explosive. The final product is sent to TSL steel plant after beneficiation of ore. Mode of transport of raw material inside mine is by dumpers and beneficiated product through conveyors belts followed by railways & a small part through trucks covered with tarpaulin.

The final steel grade iron ore shall be dispatched through slurry pipeline also apart from railways & trucks.

3.7 Resource Optimization/Recycling & Reuse envisaged in the Project (if any should be briefly outlined):

The subgrade, Gig reject & slime generated during the mining & beneficiation process will be stacked separately for its use for blending and beneficiation purpose. This will help us to optimize the resources and increase the life of mine.

To reduce the load of railways an environmentally friendly sustainable cost-effective technology such as transport of material through slurry line shall be explored and used. Which not only conserves the natural resources but also sustainable in future. The water from the proposed slurry line shall be recycled & reused in process and shall be of closed circuit.

3.8 Availability of Water & its source, Energy/Power Requirement & Source should be given

Water Demand & its Source:

Noamundi iron ore mine is a hilly iron deposit and all mining operations are concentrated on hill top. The mining will not intersect ground water table during the plan period. Also, there is no discharges from mine. It is proposed that water requirement will be made from nearby Karo & Baitarni Rivers which has sufficient capacity throughout the year and water regime will remain unaffected because of the increase in production. During expansion project the water demand shall go up to 29, 000 KLD from , for which application has been made.

Power Requirement & its Source

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Presently the power requirement of Noamundi iron ore mine is 12.6 MVA, which includes current power requirement of wet plant ~4.3 MVA, dry plant ~1.2 MVA, conveying and dispatching (PP2) ~ 3.5 MVA. Township and service building ~3 MVA, mining area ~ 0.6 MVA. The future requirement will increase ~ 76 MVA, which includes new raw water pump house to cater the water requirement of plant expansion ~3 MVA, Up-gradation of existing processing plant and new plants ~ 23.6 MVA, New MHS and RLS ~5.8 MVA, slurry pumping to Jamshedpur plant ~ 31.39 MVA. Based upon the future requirement new facilities will be added in our power distribution system.

3.9 Quantity of Wastes to be Generated (Liquid & Solid) & Scheme for their Management / Disposal

During the expansion waste will be generated both from mining & beneficiation. The waste from mining is overburden generated during extraction of ore, which shall be stacked separately and reclaimed after adequate plantations in the area as per progressive reclamation activities. During expansion period FY-2019, FY-2020 & FY-2021 the planned waste of 5.19 million tonnes, 5.17 million tonnes & 8 million tonnes generated. Presently there are two waste dumps namely waste dump No 1 and waste dump No 2. During the plan period, there is proposal of two additional waste dumps creation namely Waste Dump No 3, Waste dump No 4. Thus all the overburden waste generated during mining shall be tacked in these four waste dumps. Some part of the waste shall be used for bench floor leveling, making berms etc. The mineral with future economic value known as subgrade generated in the mine also stacked separately in subgrade dump No 1 for its use in the future. During expansion plan period three more subgrade dumps are proposed. The total quantity of sub grade stacked in the subgrade dumps is close to 25.32 million tonnes and waste dumped in the aforesaid waste dumps is close to 7.5 million tonnes respectively as on 01.04.2019.

In the iron ore beneficiation, dry & wet beneficiation is been practiced as per ore quality. The high-quality ore is been processed in dry plant where as in wet the poor-quality ore or low-grade ore or ore with other gangue mineral are processed, where waste generation in the form of slime reject, Jig reject. In the wet beneficiation, the crushed ore washed by process water and after washing of ore, slime the semi-solid material is fed to the thickener from where clear water overflows and is reused back in the plant. About 80% of water utilised for processing is recycled. Rest 20% water carries the underflow sludge. The underflow sludge is pumped into the slime dam having large storage capacity in which solids are allowed to settle and only clear water is decanted & recovered and reused in the process. After full capacity utilization the slime pond get evacuated and dry slime is stored in designated place for future use. The Jig reject generated from Jig process is blended in product material and thus waste is also used. However, the Jig reject is stored in designated area for future use.

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thickener-slime pond-water holding thickener & back in the process, thus it acts as PETP i.e. Primary Effluent Treatment plant facility, however, there is no discharge from mine or process plant. The water loss observed is due to evapotranspiration and moisture loss in product. The water generated from hospital and HEMM washing shall be treated adequately by ETP, oil trap. The water from colony passed through septic tank followed by soak pits, however two 50 KLD STP and one 10 STP is also installed. In future many more ETP & STP are been constructed.

3.10 Schematic Representation of the Feasibility Drawings which give information of EIA Purpose

Detailed schematic representations of the feasibility covering for the purpose of EIA will be given in the Environmental Impact Assessment report.

4.0 SITE ANALYSIS

4.1 Connectivity

The project site Noamundi is located at a distance of 130 km from Jamshedpur and 70 km from Chaibasa. The site is well connected by state highway no 4 & by south eastern railways with a station at Noamundi (NOMD). The nearest town are Jagannathpur (20 km), Barbil (20 km) on either side. The nearest airport is at a distance of 205 km.

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4.2 Land Form, Land Use and Land Ownership

The expansion project is a brownfield project with production expansion only. Present land use is already under industrial mining purposes. Land utilization during the expansion will be as per the approved Mining plan. The ownership of the entire project land lies with Tata steel.

4.3 Topography

The topography of the area is undulated and hilly terrain. The project site is situated at altitude of 600 m above mean sea level (MSL). The mineral deposit has a widely undulating terrain with steep escarpments, moderately elevated plateau and narrow winding valleys. The deposit is bifurcated into two ridges, namely, the Eastern Ridge and the western ridge with elevation varying between a high and low contour of 738 m and 516 m respectively, topographical map enclosed.

4.4 Existing Land Use Pattern

The project area comprises of 1230.42 ha includes the mine lease area of 1160.06 ha. The Noamundi project area consists of 762.43 ha forest land, 467.99 ha non- forest land. The land use pattern in the lease area and the details of forest land including diverted and un-diverted forest land is as follows:

TABLE-1 LAND USE PATTERN

Forest Reserve Forest - Protected Forest 762.43 ha Non-Forest Agricultural - Private land 76.59 ha (in Lease 41.85 ha + Outside lease 34.74 ha) Government land 391.40 ha (in Lease 355.78 ha +Outside lease 35.62 ha) Total Area 1230.42 ha

Break-up of Forest Land (ha) Diverted Applied for Safety Total Forest Forest Diversion Zone Land

370.92 383.37 8.14 762.43

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As on date, about 370.92 ha forest lease area has been diverted for mining activity out of 762.43ha, for the rest of forest land application has been made for forest diversion for mining purpose and is at advanced stage of approval. The present and proposed land use details of mine lease are as on 01.04.2019 are given in the following Table-2.

TABLE-2: PRESENT LAND USE PATTERN OF LEASE AREA

Sr. Forest Non-Forest Particulars Total (Ha) No. Land (Ha) Land (Ha) 1 Area under mining 165.382 211.623 377.005 2 Storage for top soil 0.000 0.000 0.000 3 Waste dump site 4.271 27.648 32.369 4 Mineral storage 27.590 9.811 37.401 5 Infrastructure 14.810 2.554 17.364 Roads, Conveyor, Pipeline, 6 8.090 0.000 8.090 Electric line 7 Railways 0.000 0.000 0.000 8 Tailing pond 48.037 34.628 82.665 9 Effluent Treatment plant 0.000 0.009 0.009 10 Mineral separation plant 18.290 1.500 19.790 11 Township area 84.000 61.110 145.110 Others (Magazine, Rain water 12 0.000 1.317 1.317 harvesting) Total Utilized Area 370.920 350.200 721.120 Safety Zone 8.140 6.130 14.270 Total Unutilized Area 383.370 41.300 424.670 Total Lease Area 762.430 397.630 1160.060

TABLE-3: PROPOSED LAND USE AREA AT THE END OF PLAN PERIOD

Sr. No. Particulars Forest Land Non-forest Total (Ha) (Ha) Land (Ha) 1 Area under mining 234.824 217.099 451.923 2 Storage for top soil 0.108 0.000 0.108 3 Waste dump site 31.458 34.038 65.496 4 Mineral storage 90.194 7.835 98.029 5 Infrastructure 14.810 5.018 19.828 6 Roads, Conveyor, Pipeline, 11.180 9.600 20.780 Electric line 7 Railways 0.000 0.000 0.000 8 Tailing pond 73.615 34.628 108.243 9 Effluent Treatment plant 0.000 0.009 0.009 10 Mineral separation plant 21.490 17.450 38.940 11 Township area 69.398 42.369 111.767

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12 Others (Magazine, Rain 0.000 3.381 3.381 water harvesting) TOTAL UTILIZED AREA 547.077 371.427 918.504 Safety Zone 8.140 6.130 14.270 TOTAL UNUTLISED AREA 207.213 20.073 227.286 TOTAL LEASE AREA 762.43 397.63 1160.06 Source : IBM Approved Mining Plan

TABLE-4 LAND USE DETAILS OF PROJECT AREA (1230.42 HA)

Sr. No. Head Forest Non-Forest Total Area 1 Mine lease 762.430 397.630 1160.06 Beneficiation Plant & Railway 00 70.36 70.36 2 dispatch Total Area (ha) 762.430 467.99 1230.42

The existing total project area for mining, beneficiation and dispatch is 1230.42 ha. Apart from 1230.42 ha project area other separate area 71.087 ha is used for airstrips, pump house and small residential colony at Sangram sahi (11.90ha), which makes the total land of Noamundi is 1301.507 ha.

As the area is existing operational mining area and far away from sea, thus CRZ is not applicable.

4.5 Existing Infrastructure

a) Site Services:

Canteen: Noamundi Iron ore Mine has provided canteen facilities at LRP plant, railway siding, near central workshop and mega Centre. These canteens take care of the tea, snacks and meals for all the employees. Separate enclosures for serving the women employees have been provided in the canteen at all locations.

Rest Shelters: There are three well-ventilated, neat and clean rest shelters at Noamundi Iron ore mine in addition to the canteen which also serves as a rest shelter.

First Aid Station: Several first-aid stations manned by qualified first-aiders during all working hours are being maintained in Noamundi Iron Mine. The First Aid Stations are provided with all necessary equipment’s as per the requirement of the Mines Rules, 1955. The company’s hospital at Noamundi Township, with telephonic communication, being nearby serve as first aid rooms for the mine.

All other facilities, which include provision of wholesome drinking water, urinals and latrines as per the provisions of The Mines Rules, 1955 has been provided in the mines. The ancillary facilities such as equipment garage, workshop and stores are described below:

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Equipment Garage: The equipment garage takes care of repair and maintenance of all working equipment such as dumpers, excavators, dozers, drills etc. The garage has provision of various repairing and handling facilities, major overhauling of HEMM. In addition to this, a mobile service van has been provided which takes care of routine servicing and minor repairs of the equipment in the field.

Mega Centre: The mega center is located beside the equipment garage & housing the offices of Noamundi & Katamati as well as the canteen meant for the employees working in that area, Central Workshop: There is a well-equipped workshop, which cater to the requirement of Noamundi iron ore mine as well as Katamati iron ore mine. The workshop consists of Blacksmith shop, Carpentry shop, welding and machine shop etc. to take care of most of the machining, milling jobs required for both HEMM and processing plant

Relocation of Infrastructures: In view of the future expansion of mining activities, the following infrastructures will either be a falling very close or infringing with the expanding mining areas.

Hence, they need to be relocated which includes equipment garage with mega center, vocational training center, workshop, civil & electrical office, security office, GM office, water supply complex, part of township, hospital etc.

4.6 Soil Classification

The distribution of different soil types of the area depends much on its physiographic and lithologic variations. The soil of the project defined as a mixture of rock and mineral material with the organic matter.

4.7 Climatic Data from the Secondary Sources

The climate here is tropical. In winter, there is much less rainfall than in summer. The average annual temperature in Noamundi is 24.9°C. The rainfall here averages 1364 mm. The district is characterized by tropical to sub-tropical climate with hot summer, high and well-distributed rainfall during the monsoon and a cold winter. The summer season lasts from March to May, the rainy season starts in June and continues up to September. October and November constitute the autumn season and winter starts in December. May is the hottest month of the year with a maximum temperature of about 46o C. The southwest monsoon is the principal source of rainfall in the area.

4.8 Social Infrastructure Available

There is no likelihood of effect of outside people or influx on the existing local population. The lessee is spending substantial amount through Tata Steel Rural Development Society for peripheral developments such as education, health,

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sports, afforestation etc. Hence the benefits to the community and its economy because of this project are quite appreciable.

5.0 PLANNING BRIEF

5.1 Planning Concept (types of industries, facilities, transportation etc.), Town and Country planning/Development authority Classification

The proposed project is production expansion of existing operational iron ore mine & its beneficiation plant and planning for excavation shall be governed by the approved mining plan.

5.2 Population Projection

Since inception of mining activities in production of iron ore mining from this mining project is beneficial. Direct and indirect employment will be generated due to the project. Unskilled /semi-skilled manpower can be sourced from the local area and skilled manpower will be sourced from outside. Due to expansion of project 359 additional manpower is required along with existing in direct and indirect work. No increase in population is envisaged since the mining operation is carried out since long back in this area.

5.3 Land use Planning

Proposed expansion project will be set up in the existing mining lease area for built- up structures, green belt etc. will be same as per scheme suggested in the approved mine plan for existing mine. Land use planning for proposed expansion project will be followed as per approved mine plan.

5.4 Assessment of Infrastructure Demand (Physical & Social)

TSL has assessed the demand of infrastructure (physical & social) in nearby area of the mine site and development activities have been started under corporate social responsibilities programs as per the plan.

5.5 Amenities/ Facilities

Rest shelters, toilets, drinking water facilities, first aid facilities, and regular medical checkup facilities have been provided for laborers and their families.

6.0 PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE

6.1 Industrial Area (Processing Area)

Details of proposed infrastructure includes installation of new wet and dry plant, mobile crushing & screening facility, slurry pipeline for material dispatch, upgradation

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of water receiving line, modification in existing plant to receive more ore feed, new HEMM & its maintenance area, new auxiliary infrastructure such as enhanced water treatment plant, water collection pond, upgraded water pipeline, new thickeners, new slime briquetting plant, low grad beneficiation plant, new dispatch system, enhanced loading system, new private & public railway sidings, offices etc.

6.2 Residential Area (Non-Processing Area)

The existing residential area shall be modified to the state-of-the-art facility and new area shall be developed due to demolishing of old structures.

6.3 Greenbelt

Afforestation:

During 2010-11, out of 8,500 saplings, it was proposed to plant 2,500 saplings in dump slope which has been completed, the remaining 6,000 saplings were planned for gap filling in already afforested area, against which we could plant 2,500 saplings only in the available area due to high survival rate of 85% and excess plantation of 29,500 sapling during the previous years.

During the year 2019-2020 to 2021-2022, a total of 50,000 saplings to be planted on dump slope in order to stabilize the dumps. Terraced contours were made on which pits were dug and samplings were planted after making required soil amendments. These saplings are watered and protected to ensure their survival. The afforestation program in the next three years will include plantation of different species like Karanj, Amaltash, Kachnar, Baheda, Shemal, Anida, Kurchi, Arjun, Ficus species, Jamun etc.

Conceptual Reclamation of Mined Out Area:

The mined out area will be reclaimed and rehabilitated as indicated in the Table below: RECLAMATION OF THE MINED-OUT AREA

Activity Conceptual Land Reclamation measures Degradation by mining Area in ha Area in ha Measures 126.00 • Afforestation of mine benches by plantation already done. 349.209 • Afforestation of mine benches by plantation to Mining be done. 823.441 Excavation 304.472 • Backfilling with overburden, waste, tailing and mineral rejects and subsequent afforestation. • Bottom benches forming a pit shall be 43.760 converted for water storage. • Filling with overburden/ tailing generated Dumps/ 118.791 during mining/ beneficiation process and Tailing dam subsequent afforestation. Source: IBM approved Mining Plan Vimta Labs Limited, Hyderabad 24 Pre-Feasibility Report for Expansion of Noamundi Iron Ore Mine (ML Area :1160.06 Ha), From 10 MTPA to 19 MTPA (ROM) With Total Excavation of 27 MTPA, Enhancement of Iron Ore Beneficiation Capacity (Feed to Plant) From 18 MTPA to 27 MTPA in Total Project Area 1230.42 ha at Noamundi Along with Iron Ore Slurry Pipeline from Noamundi to Jamshedpur

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6.4 Social Infrastructure

Employment, medical facilities, educational facilities, transportation etc. will be further strengthened by Tata Steel Ltd.

6.5 Connectivity (Traffic & Transportation Road/Rail/Metro/Water ways etc)

The site is well connected with NH-4 & South Eastern railways. However, the existing public road may get expanded & widen as the work is under progress. The site is well connected via Noamundi railway station with a daily train to Jamshedpur, Rourkela etc. The nearest airport is Ranchi which is at 205 km.

6.6 Drinking Water Management (Source & Supply of water)

The daily drinking water is been managed by the major source river. The unit is proposing to supply drinking water facility via dug well.

Due to production enhancement there is negligible increase in domestic water majorly used for drinking.

6.7 Sewerage System

The project site has existing colony with sewerage arrangement. All the households are connected with septic tank followed soak pits. However, currently three Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) of 2x50 KLD & 10 KLD are working smoothly. In future, some additional Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) shall be constructed. The water treated water from plant is used for horticulture activities.

6.8 Industrial Waste Management

Industrial waste such as overburden, slime, jig reject etc shall be generated as per process and managed adequately as per standards.

6.9 Solid Waste Management

Industrial waste such as overburden, slime, jig reject etc shall be generated as per process and managed adequately as per standards. During course of mining some additional dumps (sub grade, OB, slime, Jig etc) shall be generated due to economic value of material for future use.

6.10 Power Requirement and Supply/ Source

Considering the expansion of the mine, the consumption will increase to ~ 76 MVA. in future for which required infrastructure will be laid down at suitable location. The electricity will be used mainly in illumination as well as operating processing plant and office building along with other infrastructure area. The unit also has solar

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power plant of 3 MW which shall support and enhance in future accordingly. The facility for renewable power generation from Solar Energy has been constructed at Hill-1&2. It is the first solar plant of more than 3 MW in iron mine in the world. The total fenced area is of 19.2 acres.

7.0 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 labours (a brief outline to be given)

No R&R plan is required as no displacement of people is proposed for the expansion of mining project.

8.0 PROJECT SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES

8.1 Likely date of start of construction and likely date of completion (Time schedule of the project to be given)

It is a running mine. The expansion project will be commissioned after getting all the regulatory approvals.

8.2 Estimated Project Cost along with analysis in terms of economic viability of Project

Total estimated cost of expansion is Rs 5,558 Crores, which includes the cost of slurry pipeline of Rs 2,000 Crores from Noamundi to Jamshedpur and project cost for mining & beneficiation is 3558Cr only. However as per Corporate Environment Responsibility (CER) guideline dated 1st May 2018 of MoEF&CC no. 22-65/2017- IA.III, the total environmental cost for Brownfield project is approximately ~14 Crores. 9.0 ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL

9.1 Financial and Social Benefits with Special Emphasis on the Benefits to the Local People including the Tribal Population if any

Proposed expansion project will result in growth of the surrounding areas by increasing direct and indirect employment opportunities in the region including ancillary development and supporting infrastructure. Special emphasis on Financial and Social benefits will be given to the local people including tribal population, if any, in the area. Development of social amenities will be in the form of medical facilities, education to underprivileged and creation of self-help groups.

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ANNEXURE-I: MINING LEASE APPROVAL LETTER

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ANNEXURE-II SURFACE PLAN

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ANNEXURE-III CONCEPTUAL PLAN

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ANNEXURE-IV GEOLOGICAL PLAN

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ANNEXURE-V FLOW CHART OF THE BENEFICIATION PLANT

Material Flow sheet of existing wet plant, Noamundi

Material Flow sheet of existing dry plant, Noamundi

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Material Flow sheet of existing dry plant, Noamundi

Material Flow sheet of new crushing, screening & washing plant, Noamundi

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Material Flow sheet of new dry processing plant, Noamundi

Flow sheet of proposed Low grade beneficiation plant, Noamundi

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Block diagram of upstream facilities of proposed iron ore slurry pipeline, Noamundi

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