INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS DEVELOPMEMT AND REGULATION DIVISION MCDR INSPECTION REPORT regional office

Mine file No : MAH/BHD/MN-131/NGP Mine code : 40MSH05004 (i) Name of the Inspecting : K02( ) Kalmata.M.K. Officer and ID No. (ii) Designation : Regional Mining Geologist (iii) Accompaning mine : Shri.Hemant Hinge, Geologist Official with Designation (iv) Date of Inspection : 28/02/2020 (v) Prev.inspection date : 21/08/2011

PART-I : GENERAL INFORMATION 1. (a) Mine Name : NAVEGAON (15.90 HECT) (b) Registration NO. : IBM/560/2011 (c) Category : A Other than Fully Mech. (d) Type of Working : Opencast (e) Postal address State : District : Village : NAWEGAON Taluka : MOHADI Post office : KANDRI Pin Code : FAX No. : 0712-2520360 E-mail : [email protected] Phone : 0712-2532901 (f) Police Station : Mohadi (g) First opening date : 17/01/2011 (h) Weekly day of rest : 2. Address for : 33, Mount Road, Sadar correspondance Nagpur-440001

3. (a) Lease Number : MSH0373 (b) Lease area : 15.9 (c) Period of lease : 50 (d) Date of Expiry : 21/03/2060

4. Mineral worked : MANGANESE ORE Main PAGE : 2

5. Name and Address of the Lessee : M/S SUNFLAG IRON & STEEL CO. LTD. 33, MOUNT ROAD, SADAR, NAGPUR- 440001 BHANDARA MAHARASHTRA Phone: FAX : 6. Date of approval of Mining : Fresh under rule 22 MCR1960 30/09/2009 Plan/Scheme of Mining MP modif under MCR 1960 09/09/2016 PAGE : 3

PART - II : OBSERVATION/COMMENTS OF INSPECTING OFFICERS

Exploration :

Sl.No. Item Proposals Actual work Remarks

1a Backlog of There was a The exploration has been Violation is previous year proposal to not carried out by the pointed out for drill two lessee. the same, under boreholes in Rule 11(1) of the year MCDR-2017. 2017-18, and three boreholes in the year 2018-19. 1b Exploration over Proposal was Exploration was not Violation is lease area for given to carried out as per the pointed out for geological axis 1 explore proposal. the same, under or 2 entire Rule 11(1) of mineralized MCDR-2017. area under G- 2 level. 1c Exploration Not proposed. Nil No exploration has Agencies and been carried out, Expenditure in in the present lakh rupees plan period. during the year 1d Balance area to 3.00 Ha Nil Exploration is not be explored to carried out as per bring Geological the proposal, and axis in 1 or 2 Violation is pointed out for the same under Rule 11(1) of MCDR-2017. 1e Balance reserve Reserves as Reserves as on No insitu mining as on 01/04/20 on 01.04.2015 01.04.2019. was done in the (as per Probable Mineral present plan approved Reserves (122) - 31185 period, so insitu document) tonnes reserves/resources Probable Pre-feasibility M remains unchanged. Mineral resources (222)- 16335 Reserves tonnes. (122) - 31185 tonnes Pre- feasibility M resources (222)- 16335 tonnes. PAGE : 4

1f General remarks GSI has carriedout of inspecting exploration, in the officers on Navegaon area,covering geology, all the mines in the exploration etc area over strike length of 1.05km from eastern end of R.B.Lanjewar mines to D costa mines in west. As per the GSI report three boreholes are drilled near the lease area, out of three, location of two boreholes falls within the lease area. Reserves are estimated by taking the influence of GSI drilled boreholes.

Development :

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

2a Location of Development is The mine is not worked The mine is not development proposed in in the year 2018-19. working, due to w.r.t.lease area the existing lack of space for old pit only. extension of the The proposed pit. The lease co-ordinates area is surrounded are N-2367600 by P.L. area's of to N-232367660 the same company, & E-343850 to which are under E-343975 saved case (Section 10 (a) 2(c) of MMDR, Amendment Act, 2015) and proposal is pending with Government. 2b Separate benches Yes, proposed. Nil The mine is not in topsoil, working due to overburden and area restrictions. minerals (Rule 15) 2c Stripping ratio 1:11.30, in Nil The mine is not or ore to OB the year 2018- working. ratio 19. 2d Quantity of 120 CUM Nil topsoil generation in m3 2e Quantity of 50954 CUM. Nil overburden generation in m3

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2f General remarks The mine is not working, of inspecting due to lack of space for officers on extension of the pit. development of The lease area is pit w.r.t. type surrounded by P.L. of deposit etc area's of the same company, which are yet to be decided by the Government.

Exploitation:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

3a Number of pit One working has been not proposed for carried out in the year production 2018-19. 3b Quantity of ROM 5686 tonnes, Nil Mine is not mineral in the year working. production 2018-19. proposed 3c Recovery of 80% Nil The mine is not sailable/usable working. mineral from ROM production 3d Quantity of 1139 tonnes in Nil Mine is not mineral reject the year 2018- working. generation 19. 3e Grade of mineral Below 20% Mn. Not applicable. The company has rejects kept the cut-off generation and grade, above 20% threshold value Mn. and manganese declared. ore containined below 20% Mn was proposed to stock separately. The mine is not working and no mineral rejecet is generated in the year 2018-19. 3f Quantity of sub Not proposed Nil grade mineral generation. 3g Grade of sub Not Not applicable. grade mineral applicable. generation 3h Manual / Manual Nil Mine is not Mechanised working, and no method adopted production was for segregating done in the year from ROM 2018-19. PAGE : 6

3i Any analysis or Not Proposed. Nil Lessee has not beneficiation proposed, any study proposed beneficiation and carried out study, and only for sub grade manual sorting of mineral and different grades rejects. is proposed. 3j Provision of Jack-hammer Nil The mine is not drilling and and wagon working. No blasting in drilling was drilling and mineral benches proposed. For blasting is blasting carried out in the contract given year 2018-19. to Government recognized agency. 3k Provision of Yes, Nil. Mine is not mining combination of working. machineries in Excavator and mineral benches Trucks is proposed. 3l Whether height Bench height Yes, the proposed bench The mine is not of benches in is proposed 5 height is suitable for working and no new overburden and mtrs for both proposed method of benches were mineral suitable ore and OB. mining. developed in the for method of year 2018-19. mining proposed in MP/SOM 3m Total area 0.073Ha, in Nil One old pit is covered under the year 2018- exist within the excavation/pits 19. lease area and total area coverd under old excavation is 1.210Ha. 3n Ore to OB ratio 1:11.30, in Nil Mine is not for the pit/mine the year 2018- working. during the year. 19. 3o Total area put The proposed The total area put in The mine is not in use under under use under different working, so area different heads different heads at the end of 218- put under at the end of heads, up to 19 is as follows. different heads is year the present Area under excavation- less than the plan period is 1.210Ha, Waste dump- proposal. as follows. 1.6080Ha, Mineral stock- Area under 0.027Ha, Infrastructure- excavation- 0.02Ha. 2.32Ha, Waste dump-4.55Ha, Mineral stock- 0.099, Infrastructure -0.04 PAGE : 7

3p Production of 2018-19 2018-19 ROM mineral 5686 tonnes Nil. during the last 2017-18 2017-18 five year period 5686 Tonnes 14 tonnes as applicable 2016-17 2016-17 5686 Tonnes. Nil 2015-16 2015-16 Nil. Nil 2014-15 2014-15 12692(Dump re- NIL handling)

3q General remarks Only dump mining is of inspecting carried out in the officers on present plan period. method of mining Presently the mine is etc. not working, due to lack of space for extension of the pit. The lease area is surrounded by P.L. area's of the same company, which are yet to be decided by the Government.

Solid Waste Management - Dumping:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

4a Separate dumping Yes, separate Nil The mine is not of topsoil, OB duming was working. and mineral proposed for rejects (Rule OB and Mineral 32,33) Reject. 4b Location of Proposed The mine is not working No insitu mining topsoil, OB and location of OB and no dumping was made was caried out in mineral reject dump in the in the year 2018-19. the present plan dumps plan period is period, so no N-2367320 to fresh dump is N-2367390 and formed. However E-344210 to E- the waste 344370. generated during Mineral dump mining was reject-N- levelled there 2367390 to N- only. 2367440 & E- 343930 to E- 343970. 4c Number of dumps Two, one for Nil, No fresh dump was Two old dumps are within lease overburden and made in the present plan existing within area and outside other for period up to 2018-19. the lease area. of lease area mineral (Adjacent to reject. existing old pit) PAGE : 8

4d Location of Outside the No new dump was made in Two old dumps are dumps w.r.t. UPL. the present plan period. existing within ultimate pit the UPL. limit (Rule 16) 4e Number of active Two, proposed No new dump was made in Two old dumps are and alive dumps. in the year the year 2018-19. existing within 2018-19. the lease area and lessee is recovering ore from the dumps. 4f Number of dead Not proposed. Nil dumps. 4g Number of dumps Two No new dump for formed Two old dumps are established. in the year 2018-19. existing within the lease area. 4h Whether Not proposed No new dump was made in Earlier, one Retaining wall in the year the year 2018-19 and no retaining wall is or garland drain 2018-19. retaining wall is constructed along all along dumps constructed in the year the toe of Dump are there. 2018-19. Lessee is No-2. maintaining existing garland drain. 4i Length of Not propsed in Nil Length of old Retaining wall the year 2018- retaing wall and or garland drain 19. garland drains, all along dumps constructed along the toe of Dump no-2, are as follows. Retaining wall:- 202m (l) x 3m (w) x 2m (h) Garland drain:- 238m(l) x 1m (w) x 0.5 m(h) 4j Number of Not proposed. Nil. settling ponds 4k Specific The insitu mining was comments of not started in the inspecting present plan period, due officer on waste to area restriction for dump management extension of pit, and no new dump was formed. Two old dumps are present within the lease area. Lessee is maintaing the existing garland drain.

Solid Waste Management - Backfilling:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks PAGE : 9

5a Status of part Not proposed. Nil. No backfilling is or full proposed in the extraction of present plan mineral from period. mined out area before starting backfilling. 5b Area under Not proposed. Nil. backfilling of mined out area 5c Concurrent use Not proposed Nil. No insitu mining, of topsoil for for was carried out in restoration or restoration of the present plan rehabilitation mineral out period, and of mineral out area. topsoil topsoil was not area (Rule 32) was proposed removed. to spread on the waste dump, for plantation purpose. 5d Total area Not proposed. Nil. fully reclaimed and rehabilitated 5e General remarks Present working is not of inspecting reached upto the proved officers on depth, and no proposals backfilling and were made for reclamation etc. reclamation and rehabilitation in the present plan period.

Progressive Mine Clousre Plan:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

6a Whether Annual Before 1st Lessee has not submitted Violation is report on PMCP july of every a yearly report on pointed out for submitted on year. protective and the same under time and rehabilitative works Rule 26(2) of correctly. Rule carried out as envisaged MCDR-2017. 23 E(2). in the approved mine closure plan, for the year 2016-17, 2017-18 & 2018-19.

6b Area available Not proposed. Nil. for rehabilitation (ha) . PAGE : 10

6c afforestation 0.14Ha, in the Nil Plantation was not done (ha). year 2018-19. made as per the proposal, and violation is pointed out for the same under Rule 11(1) of MCDR-2017. 6d No. of saplings 20, in the No plantaion was made in Violation is planted during year 2018-19. the year 2018-19. pointed out for the year the same under Rule 11(1) of MCDR-2017. 6e Cumulative no Total 60 Nil Violation is .of plants saplings ,were pointed out for proposed in the same under the present Rule 11(1) of plan period MCDR-2017. from 2016-17 to 2018-19. 6f Any other method Not proposed. Nil. of rehabilitation 6g Cost incurred on Rs-2000. Nil watch and care during the year 6h Compliance on Nil Nil reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (i) Voids available for backfilling ( Lx B x D 6i Compliance on Nil Nil reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (ii) Voids filled by waste / tailings 6j Compliance on Nil Nil reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (iii)Afforestati on on backfilled area 6k Compliance on Nil Nil reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (iv) Rehabilitation by making water reservoir PAGE : 11

6l Compliance on Nil Nil reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (v)any other specific means. 6m Compliance of Nil Nil rehabilitation of waste land within lease (i)afforestation 6n Compliance of Nil Nil rehabilitation of waste land within lease (ii)Area rehabilitation (ha) 6o Compliance of Nil Nil rehabilitation of waste land within lease (iii)Method of rehabilitation 6p Compliance of yes, Air,Water The mine is not working Lessee has advised environmental and Noise at presnt so lessee has to carry out, monitoring (core monitoring is not carried environmental zone and buffer proposed in environmental monitoring monitoring , once zone) core and as per the proposal. operation re- buffre zone. starts.

6q General remarks Lessee, has not carried of inspecting out plantation as per officers on PMCP the proposal, and also compliance and not submitted, yearly progressive report on implimentation closure of PMCP, so violation is operations etc. pointed out under Rule 11(1) & 26(2) of MCDR- 2017. Lessee has advised to carry out environmental monitoring , once mining operation is re-start.

Mineral Conservation:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

7a ROM Mineral Grade-wise Mine is not working in dispatch or sorting within the year 2018-19 and no grade-wise lease area. sorting is done. sorting within lease area PAGE : 12

7b Method of grade- Manual Manual wise mineral sorting i.e. manual or mechanical. 7c Different grade Below 25% Mn Mine was not working in Lessee has kept of mineral ore, and 25% the year 2018-19 and no two small (old) sorted out at to below 35% grading wise sorting was ore stocks in the mines. Mn ore. done. lease area, one is below 25%Mn grade ore stock and other 25 to below 35% Mn ore stock. 7d Any Not proposed. Nil. beneficiation process at mines . 7e General remarks Lessee has of inspecting proposed manual officer on sorting of Mineral different grade of conservation and ore within the beneficiation lease area. The issues mine was not working in the year 2018-19 and no sorting was done in the year 2018-19.

Environment:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

8a Separate removal It is proposed The mine is not working No insitu working, and utilization to remove and no topsoil was has been carried of topsoil (Rule 120CUM of top removed in the year out in the present 32) soil in the 2018-19. plan period, and year 2018-19, no topsoil is and utilize removed. for spreading over waste dump for plantation purpose. 8b Concurrent use Proposed for No topsoil was removed The mine was not or storage of spreading over in the yea 2018-19. working in the topsoil waste dump. year 2018-19. 8c Separate dumps Yes, proposed. The mine was not working for overburden, in the year 2018-19 and waste rock, no dumping was made. rejects and fines (Rule 33) PAGE : 13

8d Use of Not proposed. Nil. overburden, waste rock, rejects and fines dumps for restoring the land to its original use 8e Phased Nil Nil restoration, reclamation and rehabilitation of lands affected by mining operations (Pits, dumps etc) 8f Baseline Baseline Trees such as Neem, Violation is information on information Gulmohar, Tamarind Teak, pointed out under existence of was furnished etc are grown in the Rule 11(1) of plantation and in the mining lease area. The lese rae MCDR-17 for not additional plan. is mainly dominated by doing plantation plantation done Additional shrubs. Additionally 20 as per the (Rule 41) plantation plantation/year is proposal. proposals are proposed in the present being given in plan period. However the Mining lessee has not made Plan plantation as per the documents. proposal.

8g Survival rate Not proposed. Nil Lessee has not done any plantation in the year 2018-19. 8h Water sprinkling yes proposed. During working days, on roads to lessee is using water control airborne tankers for wetting haul dust roads. PAGE : 14

8i General remarks Most of the lease area of inspecting is unbroken and covered officer on by vegetation. Lessee aesthetic beauty has not done the in and around plantation as per the mines area proposal in the present plan period and also not submitted yearly report on implimentation of PMCP for the year 2016- 17 to 2018-19. Since the mine is not working lessee has not conducted enviromental monitoring for the year 2018-19. Lessee has advised to do the environmental monitoring once operation re-starts.

Compliance of Rule 45:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

9a Status of A monthly Lessee is regularly Submitted monthly submission of return shall submitting monthly and returns up to Monthly and be submitted annual returns. January 2020 and Annual returns before the annual returns for tenth day of the year 2018-19. every month in respect of the preceding month and an annual return shall be submitted before the 1st day of July each year for the preceding financial year.

9b Scrutiny of Name of the The information given in Lessee has Annual return geologist is the annual returns, directed to for information shown as Shri submitted for the year- appoint the mining on Mining Hemant Hinge, 2018-19, is found engineers, once Engineer, & Manager-Shri correct. the mining Geologist and Deepak operation re- Manager Rahangdale. starts. Mining engineer-Nil. PAGE : 15

9c Scrutiny of Already The total area put in Land use details Annual return on exploited & use under different are not properly land use pattern abandoned by heads at the end of 218- shown. Lease area for area under opencast (O/C) 19 is as follows. utilized under pits, reclaimed mining - Area under excavation- different heads, area, dumps etc. 15.90Ha, Area 1.210Ha, Waste dump- are not matching under current 1.6080Ha, Mineral stock- with the land use working- 0.027Ha, Infrastructure- details, as given 2.323Ha, Used 0.02Ha. in approved for waste document, and area disposal-4.556 utilized for and mining activities Infrastructure in the present -0.040Ha. plan period. Violation is pointed out for the same under Rule 45(7) of MCDR-2017. 9d Scrutiny of Nil Nil Plantation was not Annual return on done in the year afforestation 2018-19, violation is pointed out for the same under Rule 11(1) of MCDR-2017. 9e Scrutiny of Nil Nil The mine is not Annual return on working. mineral reject generation (Grade and quantity) 9f Scrutiny of ROM-stock and The details given in the Annual return on production is annual returns are found ROM stock and/or shown as nil. correct. graded ore No production and dispatch is shown under grade wise production and dispatch. Closing stock of below 25%Mn ore is shown as -64.83 tonnes and 25 to below35% Mn ore-14.36 tonnes. PAGE : 16

9g Scrutiny of Sale value is The mine is not working Production and Annual return on shown as nil in the year 2018-19 and dispatch is sale value, Ex. and cost of no production was done. mentioned as Nil Mine price and production is However in the annual in the annual production cost shown as Rs- returns submitted for returns. However 1683.00/tonne. the year-2018-19, lessee at part VII cost has mentioned cost of of production is production Rs- shown as, Rs- 1683/Tonnee. 1683/tonnee. Violation is pointed out for the same under Rule 45(7) of MCDR-2017. 9h Scrutiny of Value of fixed The values given are Violation is Annual return on asset is shown appear very low compare pointed out for fixed assets as zero. to present market value. the same under Whereas net Rule 45(7) of closing MCDR-2017. balance is shown as Rs- 8650. Land value is shown only Rs. 1850. Value of Plant and machinery is mentioned as Rs-3600, Capitalized expenditure is given as Rs- 2500 and value under industry as Rs-700. 9k Scrutiny of Nil Nil Mine is not Annual return on working. mining machineries PAGE : 17

Details of violations observed during current inspection and compliance position of violation pointed out

Violation observed Show couse position Rule NO. Issued on Compliance on Rule NO. Issued on Compliance on

MCDR17 Rule 11(1) 20/04/2020

MCDR17 Rule 11(4) 20/04/2020

MCDR17 Rule 26(2) 20/04/2020

MCDR17 Rule 28(1) 20/04/2020

MCDR17 Rule 31(1) 20/04/2020

MCDR17 Rule 35(2) 20/04/2020

MCDR17 Rule 45(7)(a) 20/04/2020

Date : (Kalmata.M.K.)

Indian Bureau of Mines