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Mining Engineers' Association of India K Y M C Ph.: 040 - 66339625, 23200510, Email: [email protected] Website: www.meai.org Website: [email protected] Email: 23200510, 66339625, - 040 Ph.: Flat-608 & 609, Raghava Ratna Towers, A-Block, VI Floor, Chirag Ali Lane, Abids, Hyderabad - 500001 - Hyderabad Abids, Lane, Ali Chirag Floor, VI A-Block, Towers, Ratna Raghava 609, & Flat-608 Mining Engineers’ Association of India of Association Engineers’ Mining No. 5 No. 19 Vol. THLY N MO December - 2017 - December 100/- Price ` Mining Engineers’ Association of India of Association Engineers’ Mining Official Publication of Publication Official month every of 30 / 29 Posting: of Date H-HD-GPO/024/2015-2017 No. Regd. Postal 25-11-2017 Publication: of Date 4 32+Cover Pages: of No. 71519/99; R.No. RNI with Regd. Mining Engineers’ Association of India NEW PARADIGMS IN EXPLORATION AND EXTRACTION OF OIL AND SOLID FUELS 15-17th December, 2017 at Mining Welfare Centre, Mansarovar, Jaipur-302020 Organised and hosted by MEAI, Rajasthan Chapter-Jaipur The broad topics for deliberation include: Geological setting of reservoirs for oil and gas fields, exploration techniques of different hydrocarbons, advancements in production/ mining technology for oil and gas; coal fields, coal bed methane and shale gas in India. Call for Papers: Papers on any above themes may please be submitted through e-mail, to the Organizing Secretary on or before November 15, 2017. The submissions are to be in the ‘Word file’ only and plates & figures in jpg files. Sponsorship and promotional Opportunities Category Sponsorship Free Delegates Diamond Sponsorship ` 7 lakh/ US$ 15,000 Five Gold Sponsorship ` 5 lakh/ US$ 10,000 Four Event Partner Sponsorship ` 4 lakh/ US$ 8,000 Three Lunch/ Dinner Sponsorship ` 2 lakh/ US$ 3,000 Two Kit Sponsorship ` 1.5 lakh/ US$ 2,500 Two Memento Sponsorship ` 1 lakh/ US$ 2,000 One Lanyard Sponsorship ` 1 lakh/ US$ 2,000 One Registration Fee (including 18% GST) Category of delegates Registration Fee (per delegate) Indian delegates ` 5,000 / on spot ` 6,000 Overseas delegates US$ 250 MEAI members ` 1000 / on spot ` 1,500 All payments are to be made favoring “Mining Engineers’ Association of India” GST as applicable For online payments: Account Name: Mining Engineers’ Association of India Bank Name: ICICI Bank Bank Name: Oriental Bank of Commerce Account Number: 678601421300 Account Number: 04182011020270 Branch: Tilak Marg, Jaipur, Rajasthan Branch: Ajmer Road Branch, Jaipur, Rajasthan IFSC Code: ICIC0006786 IFSC Code: ORBC010048 Note: the surplus funds generated, if any, from the Seminar, shall be utilized for completion of the Mining Welfare centre of MEAI at Jaipur. For further details please contact: Shri P.C. Bakliwal, Secretary, MEAI, Rajasthan Chapter-Jaipur, Mining Welfare Centre, Off Shipra Path, Mansarovar, Jaipur-302020 Mobile 09828668764 E-mail [email protected] and [email protected] K Y M C K Y M C Ph.: 040 - 66339625, 23200510, Email: [email protected] Website: www.meai.org Website: [email protected] Email: 23200510, 66339625, - 040 Ph.: Flat-608 & 609, Raghava Ratna Towers, A-Block, VI Floor, Chirag Ali Lane, Abids, Hyderabad - 500001 - Hyderabad Abids, Lane, Ali Chirag Floor, VI A-Block, Towers, Ratna Raghava 609, & Flat-608 Mining Engineers’ Association of India of Association Engineers’ Mining December - 2017 - December THLY N MO 5 No. 19 Vol. 100/- Price ` Mining Engineers’ Association of India of Association Engineers’ Mining Official Publication of Publication Official H-HD-GPO/024/2015-2017 No. Regd. Postal month every of 30 / 29 Posting: of Date 4 32+Cover Pages: of No. 71519/99; R.No. RNI with Regd. 25-11-2017 Publication: of Date Mining Engineers’ Association of India NEW PARADIGMS IN EXPLORATION AND EXTRACTION OF OIL AND SOLID FUELS 15-17th December, 2017 at Mining Welfare Centre, Mansarovar, Jaipur-302020 Organised and hosted by MEAI, Rajasthan Chapter-Jaipur The broad topics for deliberation include: Geological setting of reservoirs for oil and gas fields, exploration techniques of different hydrocarbons, advancements in production/ mining technology for oil and gas; coal fields, coal bed methane and shale gas in India. Call for Papers: Papers on any above themes may please be submitted through e-mail, to the Organizing Secretary on or before November 15, 2017. The submissions are to be in the ‘Word file’ only and plates & figures in jpg files. Sponsorship and promotional Opportunities Category Sponsorship Free Delegates Diamond Sponsorship ` 7 lakh/ US$ 15,000 Five Gold Sponsorship ` 5 lakh/ US$ 10,000 Four Event Partner Sponsorship ` 4 lakh/ US$ 8,000 Three Lunch/ Dinner Sponsorship ` 2 lakh/ US$ 3,000 Two Kit Sponsorship ` 1.5 lakh/ US$ 2,500 Two Memento Sponsorship ` 1 lakh/ US$ 2,000 One Lanyard Sponsorship ` 1 lakh/ US$ 2,000 One Registration Fee (including 18% GST) Category of delegates Registration Fee (per delegate) Indian delegates ` 5,000 / on spot ` 6,000 Overseas delegates US$ 250 MEAI members ` 1000 / on spot ` 1,500 All payments are to be made favoring “Mining Engineers’ Association of India” GST as applicable For online payments: Account Name: Mining Engineers’ Association of India Bank Name: ICICI Bank Bank Name: Oriental Bank of Commerce Account Number: 678601421300 Account Number: 04182011020270 Branch: Tilak Marg, Jaipur, Rajasthan Branch: Ajmer Road Branch, Jaipur, Rajasthan IFSC Code: ICIC0006786 IFSC Code: ORBC010048 Note: the surplus funds generated, if any, from the Seminar, shall be utilized for completion of the Mining Welfare centre of MEAI at Jaipur. For further details please contact: Shri P.C. Bakliwal, Secretary, MEAI, Rajasthan Chapter-Jaipur, Mining Welfare Centre, Off Shipra Path, Mansarovar, Jaipur-302020 Mobile 09828668764 E-mail [email protected] and [email protected] K Y M C Official Publication of Mining Engineers’ Association of India Vol. 19 No. 5 MONTHLY December - 2017 this issue contains... President’s Message 5 Editor's Desk 7 News from the Mining World 8 Application of Slope Stability Radar President in An Opencast Mine 10 Arun Kumar Kothari - Sandi Kumar Reddy, James Paul Vice President- I Vice President - II Vice President - III and Paul Prsanna Kumar S.K. Pattnaik K. Madhusudhana S.N. Mathur Development in Slope Monitoring Technology - Secretary General with specific reference to use of Drone Dr. H. Sarvothaman at Noamundi Iron Mine 15 - Pankaj Kumar Satija, Jt.Secretary.cum.Treasurer Dipak Behera and Priyabrata Mishra M. Chakradhar Readers' Views 21 Ex-officio Council Members MEAI News 22 T. Victor, A. Bagchhi, Dr S.K. Sarangi, Dr V.D. Rajagopal, R.P. Gupta Conferences, Seminars, Workshops etc. 34 Council Members (Elected) A.L. Thakor, A.R. Vijay Singh, C.S. Dhaveji, D.A. Hiremath, Deepak Gupta, D.K. Saxena, D.S. Maru, Dr K. Srihari, Correspondence Address Kolli Umamaheswara Rao, Maheem Kachhwaha, Mahesh A. Bongale, M.S. Raju, Pankaj Kumar Satija, R.H. Sawkar, MEAI National Head Quarters Raghunath Singh, Rajendra Singh Rathore, Prof Sushil Bhandari, Contact: Secretary General, S.C. Suthar, S. Kumaraswamy, Vilas Teggi Mining Engineers’ Association of India F-608 & 609, Raghavaratna Towers, ‘A’ Block, VI Floor, Representatives of Life Institutional Members Chirag Ali Lane, Abids, Hyderabad - 500 001. The India Cements Ltd (LIM No. 16) Ph.: 040-66339625, 23200510 The Ramco Cements Ltd (LIM No. 17) E-mail : [email protected] Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (LIM No. 18) website : www.meai.org Associated Mining Company Ltd (LIM No. 19) M/S NMDC LTD (LIM No. 20) The Views expressed by the authors in these pages are not Council Members (Nominated) necessarily those of publisher / editor / MEAI. Reproduction T.N. Gunaseelan, A.K. Gupta, A.K. Sinha, S.M. Bothra, Deep Krishna in whole or in part is strictly prohibited without written permission from the publisher. Mining Engineers’ Journal, Vol. 19, No. 5 3 December 2017 Mining Engineers’ Journal, Vol. 19, No. 5 4 December 2017 President’s Message…… Dear Members, Warm greetings for Christmas, Barah Wafat and Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti. My heartiest congratulations and thanks to all the Chapters for celebrating Indian Mining Day on 1st November in a grand manner involving other professional organizations and institutions. Many Chapters conducted Essay Competition on the topic "Role of Management for Safety in Mines" given by the Head Quarters. Coverage in print media and electronic media was also excellent this year and helped generating awareness of benefits of mining to public at large. For the remaining period of FY 2017–18, all the Chapters’ Chairmen and Secretaries are requested to make a drive to enroll maximum new Life Members and Life Institutional Members. This will be one of the criteria for selection of Best Chapter in the Country and will be honored with a Certificate and Rs. 10000 as additional assistance to that Chapter. Two mega events are coming up in December - An International Conference & Expo on Mining Industry Vision 2030 & Beyond at Nagpur between 6th to 8th December, in association with Indian Bureau of Mines; and a National Seminar on New Paradigms in Exploration of Oil and Solid Fuels at Jaipur between15th to 17th December. Both the events aim to bring new dimensions in mining sector, especially when contribution to GDP and employment from mining sector needs a boost. We have also launched Members' Data Base Portal for our members on 1st of November and now it is functional on our web site www.meai.org and our members can start using it. All the members are requested to register their details on this portal at the earliest possible. All the members are again requested to register themselves with SME at the earliest. Otherwise, they will be deprived from SME membership advantage. MEJ is a nationally recognized publication of MEAI and to maintain its qualitative edge, good technical papers related to Mining are published in it. We encourage all the members to continue providing insightful articles and research papers to be published in it, and suggest their distinguished colleagues and acquaintances for providing articles and research papers that may help mining industry.
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