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BRIEF PROJECT SUMMARY Vedanta Limited, formerly known as Sesa Sterlite Limited (SSL)/ Sesa Goa LTD, a Vedanta Group company is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource majors, with operations in zinc-lead-silver, oil & gas, iron ore, copper, aluminium and commercial power. Vedanta Limited (Vedanta) is contemplating to establish a green field 0.5 MTPA hot metal plant (Pig Iron), 3 MTPA of pellet plant. The process for production of hot metal is based on blast furnace, sinter plant and coke oven plant. Vedanta is already having 0.832 MTPA pig iron manufacturing unit at Goa along with 1.0 MTPA sinter plant, 0.6 MTPA heat recovery coke plant & 60 MW waste heat recovery plant. The proposed project area is located at Dimbuli Village, Circle Manoharpur, West Singhbhum District, Jharkhand State. Process Details 1. Hot metal (Pig Iron) Plant: The following has been considered for 0.5 MTPA blast furnace and related facilities: A. 0.5 MTPA Blast Furnace: It is proposed to install a blast furnace of 0.5 MTPA capacity in Manoharpur village Jharkhand. This furnace will be a modern blast furnace equipped with hot blast stoves, bell less top, and pulverized coal injection including O2 enrichment. B. Sinter Plant: The availability of the calibrated iron ore lumps is becoming scarce; hence it is proposed to install sintering machines of adequate capacity along with the blast furnace. The advantages with the use of sinter is that, it improves the productivity of the blast furnace, lowers the coke rate, allows usage of low iron bearing material and low value coke breeze in the production. C. Waste Heat Recovery Coke plant and Power Plant (based on waste heat of Coke plant and Blast Furnace gas): To cater to the coke requirement of blast furnace it is proposed to add coke making capacity of 250,000 TPA with Sesa’s technology of heat recovery, which conforms to the most stringent environment norms worldwide. The proposed power plant will have capacity of 30 MW and will utilize the waste heat from coke ovens and the excess gas available from the proposed 0.5 MTPA blast furnace. 2. Pellet Plant: The pellet plant will make the iron ore concentrate into a product of oxide pellet. The capacity of pellet plant will be 3.0 MTPA. The process of pelletization involves bulk handling and storage of raw materials - mainly iron ore fines, coal, limestone, dolomite, bentonite etc; preparation of raw materials by grinding and mixing with adequate moisture content; balling of the prepared mixture and hardening of the pellets in a specially designed furnace. The main plant facilities include additives grinding, mixing, balling, induration and product load out besides the auxiliary and service facilities. Resource Requirement Area: The proposed green field project requires 439.09 acres for installation of pellet plant, blast furnace, sinter plant, coke oven heat recovery and waste heat recovery power plant. Water Requirement: Estimated make up water requirement for the project is 9000 m3/day which will be drawn from Koina river. Total water quantity is 3.3 MCM annually. Power Requirement: Power will be taken from grid. 30 MW (approx.) waste heat recovery power plant is proposed. Required power for plant operation is approximately 28 MW. Manpower Requirement: The proposed project will generate direct employment of approx. 1500 manpower including contract labour. It will provide new opportunities for local people also resulting in indirect employment of 5000 manpower. Training programs will be setup for the development of local community as per the work requirement. The project cost for the proposed green field project is about Rs. 1700 Crores and EMP cost is about Rs. 100 Crores. APPLICATION FOR PRIOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FORM-I FOR THE PROPOSED 0.5 MTPA HOT METAL PLANT (PIG IRON) 3.0 MTPA PELLET PLANT AT MANOHARPUR TALUK, WEST SINGHBHUM DISTRICT, JHARKHAND STATE Submitted to: Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change New Delhi Submitted by: Vedanta Ltd. Jharkhand Environmental 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) July, 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Annexure-I Study Area Map Annexure-II List of Khasra numbers Annexure-III Comparison of alternative sites Annexure-IV Directorate of Industries letter Annexure-V Process Flow Sheets Annexure-VI Proposed Terms of Reference 2 FORM-1 (I) BASIC INFORMATION Sr. No. Item Details 1 Name of the project/s: Vedanta Limited proposes to establish 0.5 MTPA hot metal plant (pig iron) and 3.0 MTPA pellet plant in Manoharpur Taluk, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand state. 2 S. No. in the schedule 3(a) Metallurgical industries (ferrous & non ferrous) 3 Proposed capacity/ area/ length/ 0.5 MTPA Hot metal plant (pig iron) tonnage to be handled/ command 3.0 MTPA Pellet plant area/ lease area/ number of wells to be drilled 4 New/Expansion/Modernization New 5 Existing Capacity/ Area etc. Nil 6 Category of Project i.e. ‘A’ or ‘B’ Category ‘A’ 7 Does it attract the general condition? No If yes, please specify. 8 Does it attract the specific condition? No If yes, please specify. 9 Location: Latitude: 22°21’41.9” to 22°22’32.56”N Longitude: 85°12’57.84” to 85°13’59.93”E Study area map is enclosed as Annexure-I Plot/ Survey/Khasra No. Khasra No. list enclosed as Annexure-II Village Dimbuli village Tehsil Circle Manoharpur District West Singhbhum State Jharkhand 10 Nearest railway station/ airport Manoharpur Railway station (2.0 km, W) along with distance in kms Rourkela airport (42.0 km, WSW) 11 Nearest town, city, district West Singhbhum, Dipa village (0.4 km, S) headquarters along with distance Baradungri (0.2 km, N) and direction in kms 12 Village panchayats, Zilla parishad, Dimbuli Municipal corporation, local body (complete postal addresses with telephone nos. to be given) 13 Name of the applicant Vedanta Ltd 14 Registered Address 1st Floor, M-11,VIP Road, Harmu Housing Colony. Harmu PS- Argora, Ranchi-824002 Jharkhand 15 Address for correspondence Name Mr. Frank Morais Designation Head- Projects (Owner/Partner/CEO) Address 1st Floor, M-11,VIP Road, Harmu Housing Colony. Harmu PS- Argora, Ranchi-824002 3 Sr. No. Item Details Jharkhand Pin Code 824002 E-mail [email protected] Telephone No. 0651-2245661 Fax No. - 16 Details of Alternative Sites Three sites were examined for setting up examined, if any. Location of these the proposed plant. Comparisons of sites should be shown on a topo alternative sites are given in Annexure- sheet III. Site-1 is more appropriate for setting up proposed plant. Government of Jharkhand vide letter no 05/U.Ni (MoU/Vedanta Ltd)-31/2015 dated 22 Nov 2017 has confirmed to MoEF&CC that the 439.09 acres of land is under process of acquisition/allotment/transfer to Vedanta Limited. This land is being transferred for industrial purpose. The letter copy is enclosed as Annexure-IV. 17 Interlinked Projects Yes 18 Whether separate application of Application for Terms of Reference for the interlined project has been “Proposed 5.0 MTPA iron ore mine in submitted Manoharpur taluk, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand” has been submitted. 19 If yes, date of submission 29th September, 2017 20 If no, reason - 21 Whether the proposal involves No approval/clearance under: (a) The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 (b) The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (c) The C.R.Z Notification, 1991 22 Whether there is any Government No Order/Policy relevant/relating to the site 23 Forest land involved (hectares) Nil 24 Whether there is any litigation No pending against the project and/ or land in which the project is propose to be set up (a) Name of the Court (b) Case No. (c) Orders/ directions of the Court, if any and its relevance with the proposed project. 4 (II) ACTIVITY 1. Construction, operation or decommissioning of the Project involving actions, which will cause physical changes in the locality (topography, land use, changes in water bodies, etc.) Sr. No. Information/Checklist Yes/ Details thereof (with approximate Confirmation No quantities/ rates, wherever possible) with source of information data 1.1 Permanent or temporary Yes The total land requirement for the change in land use, land proposed project would be 439.09 acres. cover or topography including The area is fairly flat. The land is mostly increase in intensity of land unirrigated, wasteland and single crop. use (with respect to local land use plan) The break-up of the current land use for the proposed plant is given below: Government land: 41.01 acres Private land: 398.08 acres Total area: 439.09 acres Site modifications, wherever required, with respect to approved drawings will be carried out. Thus, with set up of plant , land use will be changed to industrial category. 1.2 Clearance of existing land, Yes There will be clearance of existing vegetation and building? vegetation wherever required. 1.3 Creation of new land uses? Yes Industrial use 1.4 Pre-construction Yes Land survey is done. Soil testing and investigations e.g., bore other investigations will be soon carried houses, soil testing? out. 1.5 Construction works ? Yes 0.5 MTPA hot metal plant, 3.0 MTPA pellet plant and allied facilities. 1.6 Demolition Works ? No There will not be any demolition works during the construction of the plant. 1.7 Temporary sites used for Yes There will be temporary housing sites for construction works or the construction workers and housing of construction construction officers within the plant site workers? area only.