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CMYK Date of Publication: 25-1-2020 Regd. with RNI R.No. 71519/99; No. of Pages: 36+Cover 4 Date of Posting: 29 / 30 of every month Postal Regd. No. H-HD-GPO/024/2018-2020 Official Publication of Mining Engineers’ Association of India Price `100/- Vol. 21 No. 7 MONTHLY February - 2020 Syama mine in Mali : the world’s first fully automated mine Mining Engineers’ Association of India Flat-608 & 609, Raghava Ratna Towers, A-Block, VI Floor, Chirag Ali Lane, Abids, Hyderabad - 500001 Ph.: 040 - 66339625, 23200510, Email: [email protected] Website: www.meai.org CMYK CMYK Date of Publication: 25-1-2020 Regd. with RNI R.No. 71519/99; No. of Pages: 36+Cover 4 Date of Posting: 29 / 30 of every month Postal Regd. No. H-HD-GPO/024/2018-2020 Official Publication of Mining Engineers’ Association of India Price `100/- Vol. 21 No. 7 MONTHLY February - 2020 Syama mine in Mali : the world’s first fully automated mine Mining Engineers’ Association of India Flat-608 & 609, Raghava Ratna Towers, A-Block, VI Floor, Chirag Ali Lane, Abids, Hyderabad - 500001 Ph.: 040 - 66339625, 23200510, Email: [email protected] Website: www.meai.org CMYK Official Publication of Mining Engineers’ Association of India Vol. 21 No. 7 MONTHLY February - 2020 this issue contains... President’s Message 5 Editor's Desk 7 News from the Mining World 8 President Sanjay Kumar Pattnaik Position Paper on atn Ideal Mineral Concession System for India 16 Vice President- I Vice President - II Vice President - III K. Madhusudhana S.N. Mathur O.P. Gupta - Ankan Mitra, Devraj Tiwari, Pankaj Satija Secretary General Mining prospect of high grade Dolomite S. Krishnamurthy and Limestone deposits of Duqm area in Southern Oman 26 Jt.Secretary.cum.Treasurer - Dr Vivek Laul K. Umamaheswar Rao Ex-officio Council Members MEAI News 30 Arun Kumar Kothari, T. Victor Council Members (Elected) Conferences, Seminars, Workshops etc. 38 P.K. Satpathy, D.B. Sundar Raman, A.B. Panigrahi, Dr. Abani Ranjan Samal, Prof. Arvind Kumar Mishra, T.N. Gunaseelan, Pankaj Kumar Satija, Prof. B.B. Dhar, Ravindra Kumar Sharma, Dileep Kumar Saxena, Rajendra Singh Rathore, Prof. S.K.Parihar, Prof. Sushil Bhandari, Correspondence Address Maheem Kachhawaha, L.S. Shekhawat, R.H. Sawkar, M.S. Raju, P. Srinivasa Rao, Dr. N.K. Nanda, Dr. M.S. Venkataramayya, MEAI National Headquarters M. Sathish Kumar, P. Balamadeswaran, M. James, Dr. K. Srihari, Contact: Secretary General, Dhananjay Kumar, Rachappa, D.R. Vaze, Manish Kumar Yadav Mining Engineers’ Association of India Representatives of Life Institutional Members F-608 & 609, Raghavaratna Towers, ‘A’ Block, VI Floor, Sagar Cements Ltd. (LIM-21), The K.C.P. Ltd. (LIM-22), Chirag Ali Lane, Abids, Hyderabad - 500 001. Jubilee Granites India Pvt. Ltd. (LIM-23), Ph.: 040-66339625, 23200510 Shri Sharda Cold Retreads (P) Ltd. (LIM-24), ACC Ltd. (LIM-25) E-mail : [email protected] Nominated Members website : www.meai.org Sitaram Kemmannu, Sunil Kumar Vashisth, Dr.T.N.Venugopal, S. Kumaraswamy, A.K. Jaiswal The Views expressed by the authors in these pages are not Co-Opted Members necessarily those of Publisher / Editor / MEAI. Reproduction Deepak Vidyarthi, Chandra Mohan, Prof.Bhabesh.C.Sarkar, in whole or in part is strictly prohibited without written Atul Kumar Bhatnagar, Bidyut Chakraborty permission from the publisher. Mining Engineers’ Journal, Vol. 21, No. 7 3 February 2020 Mining Engineers’ Journal, Vol. 21, No. 7 4 February 2020 President’s Message…… Warm greetings to all readers! The New Year opened up on a very positive note for the mining industry. In order to revive the present uncertain mining scenario in India with the auction dates for lapsing leases fast approaching, a path breaking reform was required. The government eased off the tensions pertaining to disruption of production due to delay in getting necessary green clearances post Opening coal for commercial auction of lapsing leases in March 2020 and made the process in real terms mining is a remarkable step in the “seamless” by promulgating the ordinance for amendment in the MMDR Act mining history of India. 1957 and the CMSP (Coal Mines Special Provision) Act, 2015. The amendment of the above two Acts is expected to accelerate investment in the mining sector and also promote Ease of doing business. Opening coal for commercial mining is a remarkable step in the mining history of India. This would also allow the implementation of 100% FDI through automatic route for sale of coal. Although such significant steps have been taken in the mining sector, the mineral exploration activity remained a grey area, which needs to be further worked upon. You would all be happy to note that MEAI has been chosen by the Skill Council for Mining Sector (SCMS), FIMI, for being partners in imparting training to develop the skills of mining workforce deployed in the mining of Minor Minerals under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), implemented by National Skill Development Corporation. Nearly 70% of the mining workforce is deployed in the minor minerals. The mines operated in the minor mineral sector are normally small, with area <50 hectares, and are mostly in the unorganized sector. This initiative will help in upgradation of skills level of all workforce in the minor mineral sector. The Skill Council for mining sector has been allocated a training target of 87,000 persons under this scheme. MEAI has initially decided to roll out this programme in the following chapters: 1) Rajasthan: Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur chapters 2) Chhattisgarh: Raipur and Bailadila chapters 3) Jharkhand: Dhanbad chapter It is heartening to note that most of our chapters are active in organizing various knowledge sharing activities such as conducting Workshops/ paper presentations/ seminars, Brain Storming Sessions, SCMS Training, Blood Donation Camps etc. besides holding the mandatory Executive Committee meetings. I urge upon all our Chapters to step up activities that would help in building a technically and financially strong institution so that MEAI will continue to serve the mineral sector of our country splendidly. The second National Council Meeting is scheduled for 7th February, 2020 at Hospet, hosted by Bellary-Hospet chapter and look forward to meet many of our members from different Chapters. With best wishes to you and your family. Sanjay Kumar Pattnaik President Mining Engineers’ Journal, Vol. 21, No. 7 5 February 2020 Mining Engineers’ Association of India Regd. Office : Rungta House, Barbil (Odisha) Presidents & Hony. Secretaries / Secretary Generals LIFE INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS Period President Secretary/ Secretary Generals 1 A.P. Mineral Dev. Corp.Ltd. (LIM-12) 42 Orient Cement (LIM-59) MINING ENGINEERS’ ASSOCIATION 2 Aarvee Associates, Architects, 43 Panduronga - Timblo Industries (LIM-56) 1957-64 B.L. Verma B.N. Kanwar Engineers & Consultants Pvt. Ltd. (LIM-49) 44 Pearl Mineral Ltd. (LIM-39) 1964-67 N.S. Claire R.C. B. Srivastava 3 ACC Ltd. (LIM-25) 1967-68 L.A. Hill S. Chandra 45 Priyadarshini Cement Ltd. (LIM-5) 1968-69 H.L. Chopra M.G. Jhingran 4 Ambuja Cements Ltd. (LIM-3) 1969-70 S.S. Manjrekar V.S. Rao 46 R.K. Marbles Pvt. Ltd. (LIM-52) 5 Aravali Minerals & Chemical Industries(P)Ltd. (LIM-48) 1970-71 R.C.B. Srivastava M.G. Jhingran 47 Radials International (LIM-29) 1971-72 R.K. Gandhi B. Roy Chowdhury 6 Associated Mining Co. (LIM-19) 1972-73 I.N. Marwaha D.D. Sharan 48 Rajasthan State Mines & Minerals (LIM-53) 1973-75 R.S. Sastry M.S. Vig 7 Associated Soapstone Distributing Co.(P)Ltd. (LIM-57) 49 Rajgarhia Group of Industries (LIM-50) 1975-76 G.L. Tandon K.K. Biran 8 Belgaum Minerals (LIM-64) 50 S.N. Mohanty (LIM-62) MINING ENGINEERS’ ASSOCIATION OF INDIA 9 Bharat Alloys & Energy Ltd. (LIM-36) 51 Sagar Cements Ltd. (LIM-21) 1975-76 G.L. Tandon K.K. Biran 10 Capstone Geo Consultants (India) Pvt. Ltd. (LIM-66) 1976-78 D.L. Patni A.K. Basu 52 Sandvik Asia Limited (LIM-46) 1978-80 R.C. Mohanty S.K. De 11 Dalmia Bharat (Cement) Ltd. (LIM-71) 1980-81 M.K. Batra R.C. Dutta 53 Sesa Goa Ltd. (LIM-11) 12 Designer Rocks (P) Ltd. (LIM-32) 1981-82 D.K. Bose S.B. Mukherjee 54 Shivalik Silica (LIM-72) 1982-83 P.R. Merh M.K. Srivastava 13 FCI Aravali Gypsum & Minerals India Ltd. (LIM-61) 1983-86 V.S. Rao L.S. Sinha 55 Shree Cement Ltd. (LIM-51) 1986-88 M.A.Khan D.K. Sen 14 Grasim Industries Ltd. (LIM-26) 56 Shree Engineering Services (LIM-15) 1988-90 Saligram Singh A. Panigrahi 15 Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Ltd. (LIM-6) 1990-93 M. Fasihuddin B. Mishra 57 Shri Sharda Cold Retreads (P) Ltd. (LIM-24) 1993-95 K.K. Biran S. Chandrasekaran 16 Gujarat Mineral Dev. Copr Ltd. (LIM-18) 58 South India Mines & Minerals Industries (LIM-2) 1995-97 N.S. Malliwal Dr. P.V. Rao 17 Gujarat Sidhee Cements Ltd. (LIM-4) 1997-2001 T.V. Chowdary C.L.V.R. Anjaneyulu (S.G) 59 South West Mining Ltd. (LIM-40) 2001-2003 R.N. Singh C.L.V.R. Anjaneyulu (S.G) 18 Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd. (LIM-9) 2003-2007 Meda Venkataiah C.L.V.R. Anjaneyulu (S.G) 19 Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (LIM-60) 60 Sri Kumarswamy Mineral Exports (LIM-43) 2007-2009 R.P. Gupta C.L.V.R. Anjaneyulu & A.S. Rao 2009-2011 Dr. V.D. Rajagopal A.S. Rao 20 Indian Rare Earths Ltd. (LIM-35) 61 Sudarshan Group of Industries (LIM-47) 2011-2013 Dr. S.K. Sarangi A.S. Rao 62 Tata Chemicals Ltd.