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CMYK Date of Publication: 26-3-2018 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. 19 No. 9 MONTHLY April - 2018 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: 26-3-2018 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. 19 No. 9 MONTHLY April - 2018 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. 19 No. 9 MONTHLY April - 2018 this issue contains... President’s Message 5 Editor's Desk 7 News from the Mining World 8 President Arun Kumar Kothari Production Ramp-up Measures at Sindesar Khurd Vice President- I Vice President - II Vice President - III 13 to 24 pages S.K. Pattnaik K. Madhusudhana S.N. Mathur underground Lead-Zinc mine 15 - R.P. Dashora - Master will be black Secretary General - Images will be gray S. Krishnamurthy India’s Mineral Policy, Legislation and the Industry 22 - D.V. Pichamuthu Table lines BLACK Jt.Secretary.cum.Treasurer K. Umamaheswar Rao Box lines BLACK MEAI News 30 - all colours convert into BLACK Ex-officio Council Members T. Victor, A. Bagchhi, Dr S.K. Sarangi, Dr V.D. Rajagopal, R.P. Gupta Conferences, Seminars, Workshops etc. 38 Council Members (Elected) nd st rd th A.L. Thakor, A.R. Vijay Singh, C.S. Dhaveji, D.A. Hiremath, Deepak Gupta, D.K. Saxena, D.S. Maru, Dr K. Srihari, Kolli Umamaheswara Rao, Maheem Kachhwaha, Correspondence Address Mahesh A. Bongale, M.S. Raju, Pankaj Kumar Satija, R.H. Sawkar, Raghunath Singh, Rajendra Singh Rathore, Prof Sushil Bhandari, MEAI National Head Quarters S.C. Suthar, S. Kumaraswamy, Vilas Teggi Contact: Secretary General, Mining Engineers’ Association of India Representatives of Life Institutional Members F-608 & 609, Raghavaratna Towers, ‘A’ Block, VI Floor, The India Cements Ltd (LIM No. 16) The Ramco Cements Ltd (LIM No. 17) Chirag Ali Lane, Abids, Hyderabad - 500 001. Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (LIM No. 18) Ph.: 040-66339625, 23200510 Associated Mining Company Ltd (LIM No. 19) E-mail : [email protected] NMDC LTD (LIM No. 20) website : www.meai.org Council Members (Nominated) T.N. Gunaseelan, A.K. Gupta, A.K. Sinha, S.M. Bothra, Deep Krishna The Views expressed by the authors in these pages are not Council Members (Co-Opted) necessarily those of publisher / editor / MEAI. Reproduction Dr N.K. Nanda, Prof B.C. Sarkar, Prof B.B. Dhar, M. James, Akhilesh Joshi in whole or in part is strictly prohibited without written permission from the publisher. Mining Engineers’ Journal, Vol. 19, No. 9 3 April 2018 Mining Engineers’ Journal, Vol. 19, No. 9 4 April 2018 President’s Message…… Greetings to members on Ugadi, Mahavir Jayanti, Baisakhi and Bihu festivals. Recently, the Hon’ble Supreme Court pronounced two landmark judgments that shall make enormous impact on Indian mining sector. On August 2, 2017, in WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 114 of 2014, it was held in Para 50 of the judgment that: “Section 21(5) of the MMDR Act is applicable when any person raises, without any lawful authority, any mineral from any land. In that event, the State Government is entitled to recover from such person the mineral so raised or where the mineral has already been disposed of, the price thereof as compensation. The words ‘any land’ are not confined to the mining lease area. As far as the mining lease area is concerned, extraction of a mineral over and above what is permissible under the mining plan or under the EC undoubtedly attracts the provisions of Section 21(5) of the MMDR Act being extraction without lawful authority.” It was also held in Para 186(5) & 186(8) of the judgment that: “(5) Any iron ore or manganese ore extracted contrary to EIA 1994 or EIA 2006 The Mining ban in Goa w.e.f. March 16, 2018, until grant would constitute illegal or unlawful mining (as understood and interpreted by of fresh leases with fresh EC, directly affects the livelihood us) and compensation at 100% of the price of the mineral should be recovered of lakhs of mining dependent people in the State of Goa for from 2000-2001 onwards in terms of Section 21(5) of the MMDR Act, if the none of their fault and victimized due to regulators failure extracted mineral has been disposed of. In addition, any rent, royalty or tax in administering legal provisions and handling of concerns for the period that such mining activity was carried out outside the mining appropriately. lease area should be recovered.” “(8) Any mining activity carried on after 7th January, 1998 without an FC amounts to illegal or unlawful mining in terms of the provisions of Section 21(5) of MMDR Act attracting 100% recovery of the price of the extracted mineral that is disposed of.” The above judgment clarifies that large proportion of revenue earned over 20 years by leaseholders as illegal and expected to result in penal recoveries. The change in interpretation of the law over time makes compliance impossible and huge financial burden that now appears to befall singularly on leaseholders and not on the regulators, will severely affect investment and employment in India. On February 7, 2018, in SPECIAL LEAVE TO APPEAL (CIVIL) NO. 32138 OF 2015, it was held in Para 149 (1), (3) & (6) of the judgment that: “1. As a result of the decision, declaration and directions of this Court in Goa Foundation, the State of Goa was obliged to grant fresh mining leases in accordance with law and not second renewals to the mining lease holders.” “3. The second renewal of the mining leases granted by the State of Goa was unduly hasty, without taking all relevant material into consideration and ignoring available relevant material and therefore not in the interests of mineral development. The decision was taken only to augment the revenues of the State, which is outside the purview of Section 8(3) of the MMDR Act. The second renewal of the mining leases granted by the State of Goa is liable to be set aside and is quashed.” “6. The mining lease holders who have been granted the second renewal in violation of the decision and directions of this Court in Goa Foundation are given time to manage their affairs and may continue their mining operations till 15th March, 2018. However, they are directed to stop all mining operations with effect from 16th March, 2018 until fresh mining leases (not fresh renewals or other renewals) are granted and fresh environmental clearances are granted.” The Mining ban in Goa w.e.f. March 16, 2018, until grant of fresh leases with fresh EC, directly affects the livelihood of lakhs of mining dependent people in the State of Goa for none of their fault and victimized due to regulators failure in administering legal provisions and handling of concerns appropriately. MEAI shall continue to engage with the Govt. in suggesting solutions to minimize the adverse impact on the mining industry. By the time this issue of MEJ reaches you, we would have celebrated National Seminar on Technological Innovation and Safety in Mining Industry on 23-24 March at Barajamada (JRDTTI-Noamundi) where MEAI took birth 60 years ago, marking the closing ceremony of Diamond Jubilee of MEAI. In April 2018, three important events are planned viz. National Seminar on Oil & Solid Fuels at Jaipur on April 13-15, 2018, National Work Shop on Problems of River Sand Mining and its alternates at Udaipur on April 21-22, 2018, and one day National Seminar on Recent Challenges in Mining Industry at Dhanbad on April 28, 2018 along with 3rd Council Meeting. I wish all these events a grand success and request all the Council Members to attend the Council Meeting and encourage the newly formed Dhanbad chapter by your esteemed presence. Jai Hind Arun Kumar Kothari President Mining Engineers’ Journal, Vol. 19, No. 9 5 April 2018 Mining Engineers’ Association of India Regd. Office : Rungta House, Barbil (Odisha) Presidents & Hony. Secretaries / Secretary Generals LIFE INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS Period President Hony. Secretary / Secretary General 1. Aarvee Associates, Architects, 38. Orient Cement (LIM-059) MINING ENGINEERS’ ASSOCIATION Engineers & Consultants Pvt. Ltd. (LIM-049) 1957-64 B.L. Verma B.N. Kanwar 39. Panduronga - Timblo Industries (LIM-056) 2. ACC Ltd (LIM-25) 1964-67 N.S. Claire R.C. B. Srivastava 40. Pearl Mineral Ltd., (LIM-39) 1967-68 L.A. Hill S. Chandra 3. A.P. Mineral Dev. Corp.Ltd., (LIM-12) 1968-69 H.L. Chopra M.G. Jhingran 41. Priyadarshini Cement Ltd., (LIM-5) 1969-70 S.S. Manjrekar V.S. Rao 4. Aravali Minerals & Chemical 1970-71 R.C.B. Srivastava M.G. Jhingran Industries (P) Ltd. (LM-048) 42. Radials International (LIM-29) 1971-72 R.K. Gandhi B. Roy Chowdhury 5. Associated Mining Co., (LIM-19) 43. Rajgarhia Group of Industries (LIM - 050) 1972-73 I.N. Marwaha D.D. Sharan 6.