M/s Pacific Minerals Private Ltd. Exe. Summary Netra Manganese Mine (20.0 ha)

Executive Summary

1.0 Introduction Netra Manganese Mining Project is located at village – Netra, Tehsil , District (M.P.). The total lease area of the mine is 20.0 ha. This lease is being operated by M/s Pacfic Minerals Pvt. Ltd. and having consent under section 25/26 of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act 1974 & under section 21 of the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Acts 1981 from M. P. Pollution Control Board for the capacity 26,000 TPA. The Lease area is located in the Jurisdiction of village –Netra, which is at a distance of about 8.0 km over a forest land. The company is having forest Clearance under Forest Conservation Act 1980 from Ministry of Environment & Forest, New Delhi vide letter No. 8C/5/589/98-FCW/Vol-II/524 dtd. 11/03/2008.

1.1 Identification of project and project proponent The subjected mining lease is operated for mining of Manganese ore on 20.0 ha with production capacity of 26000 Tonne per annum at village & Forest compartment G. F. Sonewani forest range, Tehsil Waraseoni & Dist. Balaghat (MP). At present the mine operations are open cast, the company is going for underground mining & dump ore deposit along with opan cast Mining. As per the EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006 as amended till date, subject mining project falls in Category ‘B’ Section (1) (a) because lease area is below 50 ha and does not in preview of the general condition i.e. Protected Areas notified under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, Critically Polluted areas as notified by the Central Pollution Control Board from time to time, Notified Eco-sensitive areas & Inter-State boundaries. The lease area is being hold by M/s Pacific Minerals Pvt. Ltd. Road, Balaghat (MP). The correspondence address is Baihar Road, Balaghat (MP).

1.2 Brief description of nature, size, and location of the project The proposed method of excavation is open cast, Dump ore as well as underground method. The subject lease area is located at 21 o51’52” North latitude and 79 o58’51” East longitude and covered under Toposheet No. 55/O/13. The nearest railhead is Saugi on – BG sector of South-Eastern Railway and is about 12 km from the mine

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M/s Pacific Minerals Private Ltd. Exe. Summary Netra Manganese Mine (20.0 ha) site. The area is approachable in all season and the connectivity is by means of regular buses, matador’s taxi etc up to Waraseoni. Table-1.0 Details of Environmental Setting S. No. Particulars Details 1. Locations Village & Forest Range G. F. Sonewani Forest Range Tehsil Waraseoni District Balaghat State MP Khasra no./ Compartment No. Old Compartment No. 820 & new Compartment No. 464 Lease area 20.0 ha 2. Latitude 21 o51’52” North Longitude 79 o58’51”East 3. Nearest City Waraseoni – 20 km 4. Nearest Railway Station Saugi – 12.0 km - SE 5. Nearest Airport - 150.0 km 6. Nearest Tourist Place within 10km None radius. 7. Ecological Sensitive Areas (Wild Life None Sanctuaries) within 10km radius. 8. Reserved / Protected Forest within G. F. Sonewani Forest Range 10km radius (Boundary to boundary distance) 9. Nearest Village Netra 3.5 km - SE 10. Nearest River Chandan River 7.6 km in S 11. Other mining lease falling within the One Mn Mine (under forest land) 01 km radius Source: Field Survey

2.0 Regional Geology The dharwarian system covers large connected areas within and bihar, spreading over Balaghat Nagpur, , and over Hazaribagh and Rewah. In these it possesses a highly characteristic metalliferous facies of deposits. The Dharwarian rocks of the Nagpur, Chhindwara, and Bhandara districts of Madhya Pradesh have been named as series. These rocks type carry important economic deposits of management Ores. The Sausar series have been sub-divided into stages which have a wide geographical extent in Madhya Pradesh and can therefore be correlated in distant outcrops of the series. (3) Management ore band (primary bedded Deposit) with

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M/s Pacific Minerals Private Ltd. Exe. Summary Netra Manganese Mine (20.0 ha)

Quarzite: This formation overlies the muscovite schist. It massive bedded and will jointed, medium to fine grained rocks with numerous thin band/ layers of Manganese ore and locally of pink rhodonite.

2.1 Topography

The area forms a small part of the east-west trending maikal range of satpura. The renewal mining lease covers part of two hillocks in the north and south and separated by an east-west depression with a saddle in the central part. Part of the area is covered by an old pit. There is growth of shrubbery & same vegetations in the Northern portion of the area. The forest is at 0.4 to 0.5. The highest MRL is 295 and the lowest MRL is 246.

2.2 Hydrology There are no perennial sources of surface water such as river or nalla in the lease area. Chandan River is the nearest river located at about 7.6 km distance. The general ground water table in the lease area are varies from 35m to 38m. Field survey revealed that the ground water structures in the 10 km area basically fall under three categories namely dug wells, dug cum bore wells and tube wells. The present mine working level of 6m. The dewatering of active mining pits is being done with the help of pumps and the dewatered water shall be used for plantation & given to the nearby farmers for plantation purpose.

2.3 Reserves and Chemical Composition S. No. Constituent Sillico Manganese 1. Mn % + 35 % 2. Fe % 6-7 % 3. SiO 2 % 25- 28 % 4. AlO 3% 3 % 5. P % 0.25 % Source: Mining Plan. The total geological reserves – 2, 17,674 tones.

2.4 Use of Minerals The ore is being sold to the buyers who are Ferro producers & others for metallurgical purpose, on the basis of chemical composition of the ore.

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2.5 Mining Method The method of excavation is open cost, Dump Ore as well as underground method as per given in approved mining plan. This is a working mine consists of following operations: 1. Mining of Manganese ore bed by drilling and blasting by underground as well as open cost. 2. Removal of mined (ROM) to surface yard for proper grading, sizing, sorting, stacking and jigging etc. 3. Preparing grade wise stacks of ore for delivery by braking, sorting, sizing, screening and separation of Mn ore in different grades. 4. De-watering of the working pits whenever required. The mining operation include production from 1. Primary bedded deposit by open cost method. 2. Dump ore deposit and 3. Exploratory underground method of mining.

Blasting Parameters

1. Excavation in ore/country rock is made by underground openings of 24m (w) x 1.8m (ht).

2. There is no free face except one for drilling operation. It amounts to solid blasting where free face is aerated.

3. The ore & country rock both are reasonably hard where 4 to 5 no. of holes are required per sqm. of blasting area/face. Thus for 2.4 x 1.8m size, nearly 20 holes of 1.2 m length is optimum

4. For solid, blasting, the consumption of explosives is much higher than open- cast working or stops where multiple free faces are available.

5. The consumption of explosives depends on the strength and density of explosives.

6. Explosives non in use metalliferous mines for shot hole drillings are slurry explosives in length of 20 cm each, 25mm. dia. Which is initiated by electric detonators (delay detonators). The weight /25 gm/ cartridge.

7. For firing shots, electric delay detonators are used i.e milli- second detonator or short delay detonators.

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8. Delay detonators are necessarily required for Efficient blasting, To control noise & vibrations

Blasting details Size of the face – 2.4 x 1.8 = 4.32 sqm, = 45 sqm including over breack etc. Length of holes – 1.2m of 33m dia Spacing & Burden 0.60m x 0.45m No. of hole – 20 Total explosive blast = 20 x 4 x 125 gm = 10kg. Powder factor = 3.5/10 = 0.35 m 3 / kg of explosive = 2.85 kg/ m3 Slurry explosive along with electric with delay/ instant detonators shall be used for development and production purpose.

2.6 Precaution to be taken during Drilling & Blasting Following precaution will be taken during blasting period.  Qualified blaster shall be engaged in preparation of charge and charging and stemming of holes.  Sufficient warning by signal shall be given over the entire area before a shot is charged, stemmed or fired,  Controlled / muffled blasting will be done prevent flying fragment which may cause damage to local inhabitants within danger zone.  The number of shots which exploded shall be counted by the blaster to assess misfire.  All necessary precautions as enumerated under 106(2) (b) of MMR 1961 will be followed.

2.7 Disposal of Mine Waste Out of total production of manganese ore 90% will be readily marketable & about 5% will be mineralized rejected which may intermitantly mixed & used balance production consist muscovite schist, quartzite, siliceous impurities, waste intercalation, miming loss & fines of -5mm size, void and clay pocket. The quantity to be generated during the next two years is given in table 2.0. Table 2.0 Dump Ore deposit Years ROM T ROM Waste Graded Mineralized Waste Ore to 60% T 40% T 90% T rejects 5 % 5% T OB ratio 5

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T 1st 12961 7777 5184 7000 389 398 1:0.2 2nd 14813 8888 5925 8000 444 444 1:0.2 3rd 16666 10000 6666 9000 500 500 1:0.2 4th 18518 11111 4707 10000 555 555 1:0.2 5th 18518 11111 7407 10000 555 555 1:0.2 Total 81476 48887 32589 44000 1443 1443

Exploratory Underground method of mining Years ROM cu.mt ROM M.T. Graded 65% M.T. Mineralised rejects 35% M.T. 156 467 303 23 389 1166 758 58 389 1166 758 58 389 1166 758 58 389 1166 758 58 Total 1712 5131 3335 255

3. 0 Resource Requirement The present proposal is of proposed mining activity at mining lease area of 20.0 ha at village Netra, Tehsil Waraseoni, Dist Balaghat (M. P.). For efficient operation of the mines all necessary utilities will be made available, a brief description of the same is given below. a) Storage Facility It is proposed to provide adequate storage facilities for the excavated mineral, and waste, which is generated/ used during mining process. Proposed excavated minerals will be kept in the existing mining lease area and the waste will be utilized for reclamation purpose as mentioned above. b) Water Supply The total fresh water need is about 8 KL per day for domestic and mining purpose. This quantity of water will be taken from the ground water. The details of water balance of existing / proposed mining project are given below:

Table 3.0 Water Balance of Mining Project Process Total (Per Day) a) Mine site Dust Suppression 5.0 kld Green Belt 1.5 kld 6

M/s Pacific Minerals Private Ltd. Exe. Summary Netra Manganese Mine (20.0 ha)

b) Domestic Drinking & Washing 1.5 kld Total (A+B) 8.0 kld a. Employment Potential The mining establishment presents opportunities of employment to various posts and under various cadres, viz. management, supervisory, skilled workmen, semi-skilled workmen and unskilled workmen besides casual workmen. The existing management staff and other skilled and semiskilled employees together in the mines are 28. Besides this there is indirect employment to approximately 80 persons in the various activities of mines. 1 Mines Manager 1 No. 2 Mining Engineer 1 No. 3 Permit Manager 1 No. 4 Geologist (part Time) 1 No. 5 Foreman 1 No. 6 Mine Mate 1 No. 7 Other technical staff 1No. 8 Clerical & Supervisory staff 1No. 9 Raising and other misc. workers 20 Nos.

4.0 Environment Management Plan The mining Development in the study area need to be intertwined with judicious utilization of non renewable resource of the study area and within the limit of permissible assimilative capacity. The assimilative capacity of the study area is the maximum amount of pollution load that can be discharge into the environment without affecting the designated use and governed by dilution dispersion and removal due to the physio - chemical and biological process. The EMP list out all these measures for the mining activities. Many of the areas in environmental Management planning are of multidisciplinary dimension. Therefore the measures envisaged in the report are to be regarded as a guide and depending upon the continuing advice from various experts of relevant fields like forestry, soil chemistry, hydrology etc. The suggested scheme is to be detailed, if necessary modified. The EMP is prepared keeping in view all possible strategies oriented towards impact minimization.

• Solid Waste Disposal

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• Air Pollution Control • Land Use Plan pattern after mining activity • Forestation and Land Use planning • Water Pollution Control • Noise Control • Measures Against Ground Vibration, Fly Rocks And Air Blast • Occupational Safety And Health • Socio Economic Measures

4.1 Ambient Air Quality The ambient air quality with respect to the study zone of 10 km radius around the mining lease forms the baseline information there are four other mining lease are in the operation within 2 km radius from the site. However, the lease area is located away from any human settlement and there will be less vehicular traffic contributes to air pollution. The prime objective of the baseline air quality study was to assess the existing air quality of the area. This will also be useful for assessing the conformity to standards of the ambient air quality during the mining activity.

This section describes the selection of sampling locations, methodology adopted for sampling, analytical techniques and frequency of sampling. The results of monitoring carried out for one season, from November 2012 to January, 2013.

4.2. Location of Stations The ambient air quality monitoring stations were set up at the following locations:

Table-4.0 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations S.No. Location Distance in Km Direction

A- 01 Mine Site - - A- 02 Netra Village 3.5 SE A- 03 Piparia Village 3.2 S A- 04 Katangjhari Village 2.8 SW A- 05 Kawaritola Village 3.8 NE

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4.3. Air Environment The air quantity in the lease area as well as in the nearby buffer zone is well below the permissible limits. Meditative measures suggested for air pollution control are based on the ambient air quantity data. As per the result of ambient air quantity monitoring data, the back ground concentrations of PM 10 , SO 2 and NOx are within the stipulated standards. Following measures will be taken for air quality management for abetting in anticipated danger to air quantity at mine life end. S.No. Dust Source Control Measures 1. Haul Road Regular water Spraying 2. Truck Movement No overloading of trucks Trucks to be covered while transporting ore. Enforcing speed limit. Regular monitoring of the exhaust Proper maintenance of trucks 3. Waste dumps Dumps will be adequately sloped. The non active sides of the dump will be vegetated with fast growing graces. 4. Mine working Regular water spraying in working areas. Green belt surrounding ML. Wet drilling or dust extractors to be provided. Personnel protective equipment like dust mask, ear muffs/plugs and goggles will be provided to workers.

4.4 Waste management The waste will be utilized for preparation and maintenance of approach road as well as making the protective bund all around the mining lease area. The mine waste & OB generated due to dump ore recovery will be dumped in 7.5 m mining limit zone and on non-mineralized dump and mineralized rejects will be stored separately.

4.5 Noise Environment

There are three major categories of noise source in mining process Noise exposure level will be maintained within 90 dB (A) in the work zone (for 8 hours exposure). The main sources of noise in mining activity are drilling, blasting, material handling machinery, loading equipment, etc. and noise level are expected to increase at work zone with commencement of mining and other allied activities. The mining activity is opencast manual and the blasting will take place only for removal of hard strata therefore, the Noise level will not much increase due to blasting. Although the following precautionary 9

M/s Pacific Minerals Private Ltd. Exe. Summary Netra Manganese Mine (20.0 ha) measures should be taken to control noise pollution:

1. Earmuffs, ear plugs, etc. will provide to workers when the noise levels exceed 85 dBA. 2. Although the use of machinery in the mine is less, but silencers and enclosures are incorporated for equipments, which emit high noise levels. 3. Regular maintenance shall be carried out for equipments and various machinery 4. Road side plantation shall be carried out. 5. Drilling and blasting should be take place in the day time only. 6. The sufficient green belt may be proposed to control noise levels. As 500 saplings are proposed to plant every year.

4.6 Water Environment

The only source of water is ground water through dug wells and tube wells and pit water. There is no adverse effect on water quality due to mining. Water available in the village is potable.

The rain water may also get accumulated in the working pit. Dewatering of the accumulated water in to working pit will be done using 5 HP pump having capacity to lift 10000 liters of water per hour. Rain water will be used for agriculture purpose in the surroundings. Thus, there are no negative impacts are envisaged over water environment due to proposed mining activity. The following measures shall be taken to minimize the negative impact of mining as suggested for conservation of water environment: • It should be ensured that silt content in the mines discharged is minimum. • The mine site shall be well equipped with basic sanitary facilities like well designed latrine followed by septic tanks to avoid open defecation. • Garland drain shall be provided to all overburden and topsoil dumps. • Quality of water accumulated in the working pit may be checked during monsoon. • It should be ensured that quality of drinking water is as per IS 10500

4.7 Green Belt Development An extensive green belt shall be developed over and area on 6.65 ha on non mineralized zone and backfilled area which ultimately leads to the following: • Reclaim back filled areas • Screen fugitive dust • Control of noise

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• Increase vegetation cover and bio diversity • Provide a means of livelihood to local tribal by providing products after mine closure

Table No. 5.0 Proposed Plantation during Mining Year No. of trees Survival rate Particulars 1st 300 80% Garari, Lendiya, Haldu, Jamun etc 2nd 300 80% Garari, Lendiya, Haldu, Jamun etc 3rd 300 80% Garari, Lendiya, Haldu, Jamun etc 4th 300 80% Garari, Lendiya, Haldu, Jamun etc 5th 300 80% Garari, Lendiya, Haldu, Jamun etc

5.0 Budget for Environment Protection / CSR Activities It is necessary to include the environmental cost as a part of the budgetary cost component. The project authorities propose to undertake the following environmental works to achieve the environmental quality as desired. The budget for environmental protection has been formulated and given in Table 6.0. Table 6.0 Budget for Environmental Protection S.No. Particular Capital cost (Rs.) Recurring cost (Rs) 1. Dust suppression 50,000.00 50,000.00 2 Environmental monitoring 1,00,000.00 3 Training for local villagers 10,000.00 4 Green belt development 2,25,000.00 80,000.00 5 Dump rehabilitation 20,000.00 6 Back filling 25,000.00 7 Medical aids as per norms 20,000.00 10,000.00 8 Village Road Construction 50,000.00 10,000.00 9. Repairing of School 10,000.00 10,000.00 10 Arrangement for Drinking 50,000.00 25,000.00 water 11 Environment Celebration 25,000.00 5000.00 Total 4,30,000.00 3,45,000.00

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6.0 Conclusion

The Mining project of M/s Pacific Minerals Private Limited at village Netra, Tehsil Waraseoni District Balaghat (M. P.) will be environmental compatible to the surrounding due to the high standards of pollution control measures shall be adopted during the operation activity. Considering the size and operating method of mining, it can be safely stated that the mining activity will not have any adverse effect on the surroundings.

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