Pre- Feasibility Report

PRE- FEASIBILITY REPORT

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1 Executive Summary Nandana Bauxite mine is situated at Village- Nandana, Taluka- Kalyanpur, District- Jamnagar, and State- Gujarat over an area of 58.6793 ha. Mine lease has been proposed in favor of M/s Minerals & Mineral Corporation (LOI has attached as Annexure-I). The proposed rate of production is 75000 TPA of Bauxite. The lease area comprises of non- irrigated piece of barren land. The estimated project cost is Rs. 35 Crores. The expected life of mine is 70.82 years. Approved mine plan is attached as Annexure-II.

This mining project falls under Category “A” Project or activity 1(a) as per EIA Notifications 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2013. 1.2 Salient features of the project Project Name Nandana Bauxite Mine project of M/s Minerals & Mineral Corporation Location of mine Village - Nandana Taluka - Kalyanpur District - Jamnagar State - Gujarat Latitude 22°09’04.4” N Longitude 69°16’48.7” E Topo sheet number 41F8 (Restricted) Minerals of mine Bauxite

Total Mineable reserves 5312119.5 MT Life of mine 70.82 years Proposed production of 75000 TPA mine Method of mining Opencast Mechanized No of working days 300 days Water demand Total water requirement is about 2.36 KLD = 1.44 KLD (Drinking & Domestic Uses) + 0.6 KLD (Plantation) + 0.32 KLD (Dust Suppression). Sources of water For drinking purpose water brought from nearby villages and for dust suppression and greenbelt water brought from the pits where the rain water will be collected. Man power 32 Nearest railway station Bhatiya railway station (about 7.0 km in S direction) Nearest State GH-29 about 12 km away in S direction from the site. highway/national highway Nearest airport Porbandar airport (about 67.0 km in SE direction) Seismic zone Zone IV as per IS 1893 (Part I): 2002

1.3 Proposed Planning Mining method - Opencast Mechanized

Project cost - Rs. 35 Crores Production - Bauxite –75,000 TPA The land use pattern around Nandana village is non-irrigated piece of barren. The existing land use pattern of the lease area is as follows:- S. Survey No. & Area in Hect. Type of land Ownership/ No. Village Occupancy 1 529(P) 37.3262 ha waste Land waste Land Nandana 2 21.3531 Forest land Forest Land

1.4 Conclusion The production of mineral will benefit to the State in the form of Royalty. Apart from this, the project will generate direct and indirect employment opportunities to the tune of about 32 persons from the nearby villages. Also, the mine management will conduct medical camps at regular interval in the nearby villages and will help the nearby villages in providing infrastructure like school furniture, water tankers, etc.

2.0 INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/BACKGROUND INFORMATION 2.1 Identification of Project and Project Proponent Nandana Bauxite Mine is situated at Village- Nandana, Taluka- Kalyanpur, District- Jamnagar, and State- Gujarat over an area of 58.6793 ha. Mine lease has been proposed in favor of M/s Minerals & Mineral Corporation (LOI has attached as Annexure-I). The proposed rate of production is 75000 TPA of Bauxite. The lease area comprises of private waste land and forest land. The estimated project cost is Rs. 35 crores. The expected life of mine is 70.82 years. 2.2 Brief Information about the Project The project has been proposed for mining of 75000 TPA of Bauxite by opencast method. The mine lease area is 58.6793 ha. The expected life of the mine is 70.82 years. Water requirement for the proposed project for drinking use, dust suppression and other use will be 2.36 KLD, which will be taken from nearby source. 2.3 Need for the Project and Its Importance to the Country or Region Bauxite is extremely important economically due to the very widespread use of aluminium. It is the most common light weight metal in use resources of bauxite in the country as on 1.4.2010, as per UNFC system are placed at 3,480 million tones. By grades about 84% resources are of metallurgical grade. The Bauxite produced in the mining lease falls under two categories i.e. High Grade and Low Grade. High grade bauxite is used in captive plant situated at Porbandar. The low

grade bauxite is used in the manufacture of cement and which is exported to Middle East countries is called low grade bauxite. 2.4 Demands-Supply Gap In 2010-11, reported consumption of bauxite in India was 11.77 million tones as compared to 12.23 million tonnes in the previous year. Alumina/ aluminium industry was the principal consumer of bauxite, accounting for 91% consumption in 2010-11 followed by cement (7.5%) and refraction (1%). 2.5 Imports vs. Indigenous Production In 2010-11, imports of bauxite increased to 63,584 tonnes from 54,345 tonnes in the previous year. Imports were mostly from china. Exports of bauxite decreased substantially to 119 thousand tonnes in 2010 - 11 from 476 thousand tonnes in 2009-10. Exports were mainly to Kuwait (42%), Qatar (17%), Oman (14%) and Nepal (9%). As per the report of the working Group for 12th five year Plan, the abundance of bauxite resources in Eastern Ghat regions of Orrissa and Andhra Pradesh are likely to be the hubs for bauxite mines activities in future. The working Group has recommended that the large deposits of these areas can be required for the Greenfield alumina refineries. Additional bauxite resources are required for the brownfield expansion of the existing alumina refineries. 2.6 Export Possibility The lessee does not export directly. The lessee will sell the non-plant grade bauxite to local buyers who export the same. 2.7 Domestic/ Export Markets Domestic Market The Nandana Bauxite mine is supplier of bauxite to various major industries of the region. Export Market There will be no direct export done by the proponent; bauxite will be sold to the local buyers who export it. 2.8 Employment Generation The proposed mining activity will provide employment to about 32 workers. The workers will be hired mostly from the nearby villages. 3.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 3.1 Type of Project Including Interlinked and Interdependent Projects, If Any. The mine is over an area of 58.6793 ha. The proposed production is 75000 TPA. This is an independent mining project and there are no interlinked projects involved.

The project falls under Category “A” Project or activity 1(a) as per EIA Notifications 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2013

3.2 Location The mining lease area is located at Survey No: 529(P) Village- Nandana, Taluka - Kalyanpur, District- Jamnagar, and State- Gujarat. The mining lease area falls in G.T sheet No. 41F8

Latitude : 22°09’04.4” N Longitude : 69°16’48.7” E

Project Area

Fig 1: Location Map of proposed Project site

3.3 Details of Alternate Sites Mining is site specific so no alternative site is proposed. 3.4 Size or magnitude of operation The mining lease has been granted over an area of 58.6793 ha. During five year total production of Bauxite shall be approximately 75,000 TPA. The average number of working days in the year would be 300. Regional Geology The area around Kenedy, Nandana, Mota Asota, Kenedy, Ran village exposes bauxite as segregated pocket within laterite or horizontal bedded bauxite deposit with in laterite or altered clay. The other rock type exposed in the region are trap rocks, limestone and lithomergic clays. The limestone belonging to Gaj beds series is overlying the laterites. The sequence of formation ranges from early Eocene to recent in age. The generalized stratigraphic sequence of the region is given below: - Sequence Age Sand dunes, Ran clays and aluminum Sub Recent to recent Gaj Beds Agrillacems limestone Calcareous clay Concretionary limestone Lower Miocene Calcareous grit conglomerate ------Unconformity------Laterite with Bauxite Upper Eocene Pockets Supra Trappeans (Ochers Lithomerg purplebrown clay) Deacon trap Lower Eocene to late cretaceous The bauxite deposits of Kalyanpur Taluka, Jamnagar District, and Gujarat are associated with a narrow belt of laterite extending from Mota Asota village near Gulf of Kutch in north to Gandhvi village near Arabiansea coast on South. The laterites belt is about 7 km wide between Kenedy and Habardi village and is less than 1 km wide near Ran, Hadmatiya and Lamba village. On the west of this belt the laterites overlain by younger, Tertiary rocks and to the east they are underlain by the Deccan traps. The laterite-bauxite-clay sequence rests over Deccan traps. The laterite is distributed almost as a continuous zone between Gajbeds and underlying Deccantraps. The Gajbeds which overlain the laterites bauxite succession in the belt and

are mostly sub- horizontal in the disposition. They comprises or yellow colored argillaceous fragmentary limestone. Local Geology:- The entire lease area is covered with soil. Bauxite is present below thin cover of soil. Thickness of soil cover is 1.00m. Bauxite is exposed in the pit. In general thickness of bauxite is 4.00m. Recovery of high grade bauxite is about 10% of production; low grade (Al2O3 upto 30%) is 90% of production. Recovery percentages of bauxite are 90% of ROM based on the result excavation done so far in the area. Stratigraphic sequence found in the area can be summarized as under: Formation Thickness in Meter Topsoil 1.00 M Bauxite 5.00 M Lithomergic Clay - The topographical/Surface/Geological plan of the lease area has been prepared on the scale 1: 1000 with contour interval of 1Mt. 3.5 Project description with process details 3.5.1 Method of Mining The thickness of bauxite zone is 4.00 to 5.00m.The method of mining is almost the same as followed in other nearby bauxite mines i.e. opencast semi mechanized due to the nature of deposit bauxite horizon is present on surface. Earlier mining work has been done in the lease area by manual open cast mining method by forming one bench in ore. Bauxite is excavated by manual workers. Bauxite horizon is compact in nature and required drilling and blasting. Drilling is being done by jackhammer using drill roads & blasting is being done by explosive. Blasted material after manual sorting is being loaded in trucks. Overburden/fracture capping is removed by drilling small dia holes, these blasted with light explosives charge (to prevent damage to Bauxite blocks from crakes) and the overburden is removed with help of Prochain CK 90 excavator and loaded into Ashok Leyland 10 Tonne capacity Dumper. The muck is transported and dumped in the lease area at proposed dumping site. When Bauxite is exposed, a free face in the strike direction along weak zone of strata is opened out by digging a trench box of 10m x 6m this in local terminology is called galli preparation. Thus a bench is formed. The height of bench is 6m. Vertical holes of 25mm dia are drilled by Jack hammer drill and with the wedging the big blocks are separated and

toppled by using Jacks. Big size block is further divided into small blocks by drilling and Wedge method. The details of machinery, to be used Machine Nos. Make HP/Capacity Jack Hammers 2 Atlas Copco 32mm Compressor 2 Local 100 cft/m Wire Saw 1 Local 40 HP

D. G. Set 1 Local 15 KVA

Jib Crane 1 Local 40 MT Water Tanker 1 Ford 5000 Litre Excavator 1 30 MT

3.5.2 Proposed method of mine The method of mining proposed to be adopted in the next three years will be open cast semi mechanized method for systematic and scientific mining operation. The mining will be fully developed from fourth year of mining scheme period. The area proposed for next three years of mining will done by open cast mining method with use of drilling and blasting. Bauxite ore will be excavated by forming two benches of 2m each. (1) Mode of working:- As described earlier, the mining will be done be manually operated open cast method. (2) Layout of the Mine:- The proposed mining is planned by laying benches to maximum of 2m height following each other two meters apart. The benches are laid in East – West direction in strips IV and V. (3) Disposal of waste:- The Waste generate during scheme period will be backfilled. 3.5.3 Blasting Parameter The bauxite horizon being of compact formation, require drilling and blasting in the 30% of bauxite zone for this purpose 1.5m deep hole will be drilling by jack hammer and will be blasted by the 25mm dia and 250mm long explosive available in the region. The spacing and burden will be kept as 1m. The broad parameters are as under:- (1) Spacing - 1.0M (2) Burden - 1.0M (3) Depth - 1.5M (4) Diameter of hole - 30MM (5) Explosive per wise - 0.72Kg

(6) Power factor - 7 MT/Kg (7) No of holes blasted per round - 10 holes as per round (8) Maximum hole blasted per day - 10 holes in one round About 30-40 holes will be required daily. The blasted material from the bauxite horizon will be broken and sorted manually. The following mining parameters are proposed Type of working : Opencast, Mechanized Mining Bench height : 2m Bench width : > 2m Overall pit slope : 45o maximum Production details The Proposed year wise excavation:

S. No. Year Volume of Excavation Rom Ore: O.B. in m3 Excavation in Ratio by M.T. Volumetric OB ROM Excavation 1 I (2012-13) - - - - 2 II (2013-14) - - - - 3 III (2014-15) 8121 32484 81210 - 4 IV (2015-16) 7866 31464 78660 - 5 V (2016-17) 7956 31824 79560 - Total 23943 95772 239430 -

3.6 Raw Material Required Along With Estimated Quantity, Likely Source, Marketing Area of Final Product/S, Mode of Transport of Raw Material and Finished Product No raw material will be required for production of Bauxite. The mine mineral shall be collected in the mineral stack yard and then sorted over their manually before its final dispatch to various industries through trucks. The waste generated shall be carried through dumpers to the dump yard. 3.7 Resource Optimization/ Recycling and Reuse Not envisaged. 3.8 Availability of Water Its Source, Energy/ Power Requirement and Source 3.8.1 Water Requirement Water for domestic, dust suppression and plantation is required to be 2.36 KLD. 3.8.2 Power The operation will be done only from sun rise to sun set hence there is no power

requirement for the project at site. The electricity facility is not available at mining lease area. Only diesel equipment will be used. 3.9 Quantity of wastes to be generated (Liquid and Solid) and Scheme for their Management/Disposal 3.9.1 Solid Waste Generation & its Disposal In the proposed mining scheme, it is suggested that the OB and waste generated during scheme period will be backfilled in west part of the mined out area. Simultaneously backfilled will be done. Part of mined out land will be used as water reservoir. The backfilling will be carried out after wining full thickness of bauxite zone. First of all the waste will be backfilled in mined out area. Proposed Waste to be generation Year Formation of mined Volume of Miner Volum Extend of backfilling out voids waste al e of In In m3 Ave Soil Loos waste filling Total Area to Av. Height m2 rage in m3 end in M3 materi backfilli be of dept OB al in ng backfille backfilling h in in M3 m3 material d (k) (a) (c) m (e) in m3(i) (j) (b) (d) (f) (g) (h) 12-13 ------13-14 ------14-15 1600 8000 5 1600 2080 640 2720 2720 544 5 15-16 1420 7100 5 1420 1846 568 2414 2414 483 5 16-17 1480 7400 5 1480 1924 592 2516 2516 503 5 Total 4500 4013 5 4500 5850 3563 9413 9413 1886 5 4 Generation of Top Soil: No top soil shall be generated. Generation & Stacking of Sub Grade Mineral: - In the proposed mining there is no possibility of production of sub grade ore hence no need for making provision for stacking of sub grade ore does not arise. 3.9.2 Liquid Effluent Not applicable.

4.0 SITE ANALYSIS 4.1 Connectivity The applied lease is about 1.0 km from Nandana. The village Nandana is connected by tar road is about 18.0 Km from Taluka Kalyanpur and 88.0 Km from district Jamnagar.

4.2 Landform, Land use and Land ownership 4.2.1Landform The applied lease area is having waste land, which is a non-irrigated piece of barren land. 4.2.2 Land use The lease area granted is a waste land, which is a non-irrigated piece of barren land. Out of total 58.6793 hectares lease area 21.3531 ha. falls under forest and rest 37.3262 ha area is non forest. 4.2.3 Land Ownership The proposed lease area is waste land. 4.3 Topography The applied lease area is having waste land, which is a non-irrigated piece of barren land. 4.4 Existing land Use Pattern The applied lease area is having Pvt. Waste Land. There is no village or human settlement in the lease area. Permanent vegetation in the area is also very less prominent. The existing land use pattern is as under: S. Survey No. & Area in Hect. Type of land Ownership/ No. Village Occupancy 1 529(P) 37.3262 ha waste Land waste Land 2 Nandana 21.3531 Forest land Forest Land

4.5 Existing Infrastructure No existing infrastructure within lease area. 4.6 Soil Classification Major soil is Black Soil which is present in the Jamnagar district 4.7 Climate data from Secondary Sources: The area is arid in nature and being in the vicinity of sea experiences typical coastal climate with high humidity. The wind direction is generally SW-NE. being nearer to the temperature during summer and winter is very large. In winter, January is the coldest month, while in summer May and June are hottest months. The average temperature in winter is around 20ºC, while in summer it is 38ºC. the maximum temperature in winter is around 33ºC while the minimum is 12ºC. In summer, the temperature rises to a maximum of 45ºC while it records a minimum of 27ºC. the average rainfall is 300-350 mm, which is mainly received during the month of July - September. 4.8 Social Infrastructure available: 1) The applied mine is not facilitated with power line.

2) Drinking water can be obtained from tube well situated near by the lease area. 3) The state transport buses and private buses are available up to village Nandana and mine site. 4) The nearest telephone is available at near village Nandana. 5) The nearest police station applicable is at Kalyanpur. 6) Permanent offices and other buildings at mine proposed. 7) Mobile Phone connectivity is available at mine site. 8) The Post office applicable for the area is Nandana. 9) Medical facility is available at Nandana. 10) The nearest railway station is Bhatiya railway station (about 50 km in N direction in)

5.0 PLANNING BRIEF 5.1 Planning Concept A Bauxite mine has two types of activities i.e. one is removing of waste rock and overburden and the other is extraction of Bauxite blocks. Overburden/fracture capping from 6.0 m is removed by drilling small dia holes, these blasted with light explosives charge (to prevent damage to Bauxite blocks from crakes) and the overburden is removed with help of Prochain CK 90 excavator and loaded into Ashok Leyland 10 Tonne capacity Dumper. The muck is transported and dumped in the lease area at proposed dumping site. 5.2 Assessment of Infrastructure demand (Physical & Social) On the basis of the preliminary site visit, the infrastructure demand in the village was assessed on the basis of need and priority. The health infrastructure of the study area requires improvement. The lack of medical facilities needs improvement. Medical facilities will be provided by mine owner during mining. The assessment will be made in the socio economic survey, after the grant of TOR and will be submitted at the time of final presentation regarding EC. 5.3 Amenities/Facilities Workshop Proper site services such as First Aid, Rest Shelter, Drinking Water, etc. will be provided to the mine workers. The following site services shall be provided for effective and proper working of the mine  Mine office cum Garage,  Stores and water supply,

 Rest Shelter,  First Aid Station,  Maintenance workshop. Power supply Electric power supply does not exist at mine site and it is proposed to take connection. First Aid A first aid facility is proposed at Mines office. Rest Shelter Rest shelter is proposed near mine site. Latrines and Urinals At the mine site urinal and Bath is proposed for staff and labors.

6.0 PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE 6.1 Industrial Area (Processing Area) No infrastructure is proposed. 6.2 Residential Area (Non Processing Area) As local workers from nearby areas will be engaged for the mining activity, no residential area/ housing are proposed. 6.3 Green Belt It is proposed to plant saplings of junglee babul and Neem trees in each year over barrier zone of mining lease & on backfilled area. However, the lessee has taken up afforestation work and only limited plants could survive. Programme for Plantation The plantation shall be done at the following places:-  At the boundary of the Lease.  Both site of the transportation road 6.4 Social Infrastructure The Applicant shall spend 2% of profit for the development of the area i.e. treatment of poor, schools, temples and other social work. 6.5 Drinking Water Management Water for drinking is required to be 1.44 KLD. Water shall be collected from nearby villages. 6.6 Sewerage System Domestic waste water will be treated into septic tank followed by soak pit

6.7 Industrial Waste Management Not applicable 6.8 Solid Waste management The waste overburden in the area is only fractured rocks of soil and Bauxite, which cannot be cut into slabs, tiles and other uses. The total waste rock to be handled in five years is as follows. Proposed Waste to be generated Volume of Taking Swell Total m3 Year O/B in M3 Factor 30% in M3 swell Vol. First year 17781 5334 23115 Second year 15495 4648.5 20143.5 Third year 8525 2557.5 11082.5 Fourth year 11544 3463 15007 Fifth year 13336 4001 17337 Total 66681 20004 86685

6.9 Generation of Top Soil No top soil shall be generated. 6.10 Power Requirement & Supply/Source The operation will be done only from sun rise to sun set hence there is no power requirement for the project at site. The electricity line passes out side near the M.L. area. The electricity facility is not available at mining lease area. Only diesel equipment will be used.

7.0 REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R&R) PLAN As no personnel are expected to be migrated due to mining in the lease area and the adjoining region is also having a good mineral potential, the rehabilitation of the employees is not going to be a problem. The workers and other staff can get job in the neighboring areas after the end of life of mine. The applicant shall also try for employment of the workers.

8.0 PROJECT SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES 8.1 Likely Date of Start of Construction and Likely Date of Completion No construction activities are proposed. The mining activity will commence only after receiving environmental clearance and other statutory clearance.

8.2 Estimated Project Cost along with analysis in Terms of Economic Viability of the Project The lessee has all the mining equipments used for the scientific mining. The mine is eco- friendly. Though lower grade the ore is mineable economically due to low overburden thickness. Thus the economic, feasible and geology axis are categorized as 1 Thus the entire mineable reserve as estimated is categorized as 111 Probable reserve is categorized as 121 Economically ore is mineable as compared to overburden thickness and it is viable for the captive plant and is categorized as – 1 Feasibility study of the deposit is yet to establish. So, it is categorized as -2 Geologically the area is potential but the deposit in the depth is yet to establish with grade as per the requirement by the captive plant and it is categorized as -2. Consideration of per ton working cost as on date is given below: Cost of Production & Transportation: Sl. Particulars Cost per ton No. (in Rs.) i. Mining cost (inclusive of Salaries & Wages of employees & workmen, 160 Rs /ton Stores consumables, Machineries Repairing & Maintenance, depreciation & overhead expenditures) ii. Royalty on Mineral 120 Rs /ton iii. Socioeconomic Development 2 Rs /ton iv. Occupational Health and Safety 2 Rs /ton v. Environment Management 2 Rs /ton Total Cost (Rs./Tone) EX Mines 286 Rs /ton

9.0 ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS) The proposed mine will bring economical benefits to the state by the way of Royalty for mineral and to the local people by way of direct and secondary employment opportunities. Bauxite is used for a variety of structural and decorative purposes. The material is in high demand at the local market for real estate industry. The project will bring about socio-economic improvement of the area and will prove beneficial to the area.

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