DETAILS OF ALTERNATE SITES CONSIDERED AND THE BASIS OF SELECTING THE PROPOSED SITE

The proposed Iron Ore grinding and desliming unit with slurry pumping station would be located near to transport 30.0 MTPA iron ore slurry to the ISP located near in district of . The following factors were considered in selecting the above mentioned location: i) Proximity to the iron ore mines with abundant reserve

ii) Quality of iron ore available in these mines are in conformity to the requirement

ii) Availability of adequate land and other infrastructure including water and power

In order to set up Iron ore grinding & desliming plant, three potential sites have weighed against few critical factors for selection of the most suitable site. The evaluation of the site is presented in the table below.

TABLE - EVALUATION OF THE SITES BASED ON MULTIPLE CRITERIA Site 1 Site 2 Site 3

Kasia Gobardhanpur Basudevpur- Parameters (Bhadrasahi) (Joda) Road Tahasil/District - Keonjhar Barbil - Keonjhar Champua - Keonjhar Distance from nearest Village - Serenda - Village - Gobardhanpur Kodagadia village 0.2 km - 1 km - 1.1 km Distance from the NH & NH-520 - 2 km NH-520 - 1 km NH-520 - 2.5 km SH Distance from nearest Barbil - 10 km Parjanpur - 5 km Deojhar - 1km Railway station Nearest town Barbil - 1 km Joda - 10 km Palashponga -2.5 km Land Availability for About 120 Ac. About 200 Ac. About 50 Ac. plant and machinery Whether homestead Yes Nil Yes involved Nearby Mines (Working WM- 08 Nos. WM- 10 Nos. Nil & Upcoming) UCM - 6 Nos. UCM - 6 Nos. Nil Proximity to ecological None within 10 km None within 10 km None within 10 km sensitive zone Nearest Power Source Available in 5 km Available within 2 km Available in 12.5 km for Construction power Proximity to mines Within 01-10 km Within 5-10 km 20-25 km away Around 23 km from Nearest water intake Around 8 km Around 5 km Baitarni river as from point (Batarani river) (Baitarani) Karo not permitted Site 1 Site 2 Site 3

Kasia Gobardhanpur Basudevpur- Parameters (Bhadrasahi) (Joda) Champua Road Proximity to nearest 15 - 20 km 3.5 km 15-20 km tailing storage area Availability of IDCO Not Available Available Not Available land Forest area About 100 acres Nil About 50 acres Protected & Village Village & Protected Forest area type - Forest Forest Whether under Mining Yes No No lease area Whether Mineral bearing Yes No No area Most Suitable as it is non mineral bearing area, non forest area and Conclusion Not Suitable proximity to source of Not suitable raw materials, water, power and suitable from logistics point of view.