Ardhagram Mine
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ARDHAGRAM MINE PART A Sr. No. Features Details 1. Location Coal Field Raniganj Coalfield Latitude 23o33’20” N & 22o35‘30” N Longitude 87o4’30” E & 87o7‘10” E Villages Ardhagram, Gopalpur, Shyampur, Parbatipur, Kshiraitor, Jemua, Chuaberia, Tarapur, Gopalganj, Mejia Tehsil/ Taluka Mejia District Bankura State West Bengal 2. Area Geological Block Area 800 Ha Project Area Mining Lease Area 800 Ha Forest Area 59 Ha Non Forest Area 3. Exploration Status of Exploration Done, Proved Reserves Exploration Agency GSI, MECL Total Number of Boreholes 63 Boreholes Meterage 19102.10 Borehole Density 7.9 per sq.km 4. Amount of Coal Geological Reserves 71.65 MT Mineable Reserves 25.6 MT Extractable Reserves 19.29 MT Seam Wise Reserve Seam Geological (MT) Mineable (MT) VII 0.38 0.38 VII A 1.54 1.44 VI Bot 2.99 4.5 VI Comb 8.07 VI A 2.47 V Bot 3.27 3.19 V Comb 6.0 V A Bot 6.34 1.33 V B 3.57 1.42 V B Comb 3.1 IV Top 4.8 2.4 IV Comb 19.81 6.26 IV A 8.41 2.19 5. Coal Seams Dip of Seam 90 Direction of Strike N-S in major part Page | 1 Thickness of Coal Seams Coal Seam Range (Mtrs) VII 6.33 VII A 1.20-4.08 VII B 0.2-2.35 VI Top 0.2-1.69 VI Bot 0.25-2.7 VI Comb 2.28-4.25 VI A 0.28-2.63 VI B Top 0.15-1.63 VI B Bot 0.14-1.44 VI B Comb 2.53-3.10 V Top 0.1-1.20 V Bot 0.15-1.98 V Comb 1.31-2.99 V A Top 0.24-1.85 V A Bot 0.10-2.38 V A Comb 1.46-3.68 V B Top 0.12-1.71 V B Comb 0.11-3.50 V C 0.24-1.4 IV Top 0.24-6.52 IV Bot 0.17-1.39 IV Comb 0.90-9.02 IV A 0.95-1.85 IV B 0.15-1.19 III 0.28-2.91 Partings Between Seams Usual (in metres) Top Cover Parting between VII and VII A 34.51 Parting between VII A and VII B 21.98-49.32 Parting between VII B and VI Top 2.05-38.18 Parting between VI Top and VI Bot 1.17-16.63 Parting between VI Bot and VI Comb 10.01-29.9 Parting between VI Comb and VI A 16.1-32.36 Parting between VI A and VI B Top 11.79-44.22 Parting between VI B Top and VI B Bot 1.17-23.31 Parting between VI B Bot and VI B Comb 13.69-45.21 Parting between VI B Comb and V Top 22.50-26.89 Page | 2 Parting between V Top and V Bot 1.66-14.99 Parting between V Bot and V Comb 39.79-74.22 Parting between V Comb and V A Top 38.66-68.44 Parting between V A Top and V A Bot 1.13-9.76 Parting between V A Bot and V A Comb 12.38-63.64 Parting between V A Comb and V B Top 28.02-53.91 Parting between V B Top and V B Comb 26.11-33.47 Parting between V B Comb and V C 26.33-48.01 Parting between V C and IV Top 3.12-31.37 Parting between IV Top and IV Bot 1.03-4.43 Parting between IV Bot and IV Comb 13.11-32.61 Parting between IV Comb and IV A 7.21-29.83 Parting between IV A and IV B 5.58-29.97 Parting between IV B and III 28.28-77.75 Faults Name of Fault Throw (m) F1-F1 25.0-30.0 F2-F2 0.0-35.0 F3-F3 15.0-150.0 F4-F4 75.0 F5-F5 35.0-90.0 F6-F6 5.0-50.0 F7-F7 5.0-30.0 F8-F8 6. Grade Grade Seam Range VII D VII A D-E VII B E-G VI Top D-E VI Bot D-E VI Comb D-E VI A E-G VI B Bot D-E VI B Comb D V Bot D-E V Comb D-F Page | 3 V A Top C-E V A Bot D-E V A Comb D-E V B Bot C-F V B Comb D-G V C B-F IV Top C-D IV Bot D-E IV Comb C-D IV A A-C IV B E-F 7. Accessibility Nearest Rail Head Distance Raniganj Railway Station on Mughalsarai-Howrah stretch 7 km away Road 10 km tar road connects it to Raniganj and GT Road Airport Distance 210Km (approx.) 8. Hydrography Local Surface Drainage Small nala drains into Damodar Channels Rivers/ Nala Damodar River flowing towards north and east of mine 9. Climate Average Annual Rainfall 1200 mm Temperatures (Winter) 10 oC Temperatures (Summer) 40 oC 10. Topography Topo Sheet Number 73 M/2 Nature of Surface Land Undulating; 75m-90m above MSL 11. Other Infrastructure Coal Handling Plant Capacity Yes Coal Washery Capacity No Transport from Mine Initially road transport to TPP and thereafter a closed conveyor to transport to the linked DRI Plant. Power Supply Proposed to draw a single circuit 33 kV overhead line from Barjora sub-station of M/s WBSEB. In the ultimate stage the block will receive power at 33kv from the forthcoming Mejia thermal power station of M/s DVC through a single circuit overhead line. Page | 4 PART B Sr. No. Features Details 1. Previous Allocation Name of Allocatee Sova Ispat Limited Address Hahneman Sarani, Angadpur, Durgapur 713215 Nature of End Use Sponge Iron 2. Status of Mineral Exploitation Method of Mining Underground Mining Coal Extracted 1.25 MT ( till FY 15) Mine Plan Extraction Rate 0.40 MTPA Average Stripping Ratio Not Applicable Mining Agency GSI, MECL 3. Status of Clearances/Approvals Mining Plan(Reference to Grant) No. 47011/1(2)/2003-CPAM/CA-I dated 17-11-2008 Forest Clearance(Reference to (NOC from DFO for OC) Memo No-1925/28 of Office of Grant) the Divisional Forest Officer, Directorate of Forest, Government of West Bengal, Bankura North Division; Dated 16/08/2011 Environmental No.J-11015/106/2008-IA.II(M) dated 23.03.2010 Clearance(Reference to Grant) Mining Lease (Reference to No:560-CJ/O/Coal/02/09/Mines dated 09.08.11 Grant) Land Required 296 Ha Land Acquired 123.56 Ha R&R Plan Approval 17 PAFS and 251 land losers of village Marjhola to be shifted and compensated. R&R Plan Achievement Page | 5 .