Prefeasibility Report of Ghutam Fireclay Mine

PREFEASIBILITY REPORT OF GHUTAM FIRECLAY MINE

AREA-222.246 HACTRE VILLAGE-GHUTAM, THANA- BALUMATH, P.O. - BALUMATH, DIST- LATEHAR, STATE- JHARKHAND

-LESSEE- SHRI NAND KUMAR TANEJA VILLAGE- GHUTAM P.O+ P.S- BALUMATH, DISTRICT- LATEHAR, STATE- JHARKHAND

Prepared by:

CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research) Barwa Road, Dhanbad – 826 015

2014

PREFEASIBILITY REPORT OF GHUTAM FIRECLAY MINE Lessee: Sri S.K. Bajaj

Executive Summary

1. INTRODUTION OF THE PROJECT/ BACKGROUND INFORMATION

(i) Identification of project and project proponent. In case of mining project, a copy of mining lease/ letter of intent should be given.

Balumath is an important mining region of Latehar district of Jharkhand State. At about 18 Km north – west of Balumath on Balumath – Heranhanjj PWD Road & village road runs towards south to Nawatoli village. Ghutam fireclay Mines is located at about 2 km on this village road.

There are fireclay mines in continuous stretch belonging to Sri Nand Kumar Taneja. The three mines are : (i) Ghutam fireclay mine 47.754 Hectares(118 acres) (Lease No. 1) (ii) Ghutam fireclay mine 284.702 hects .(703.50 acres) (Lease no. 2) (iii) Nawada – Ghutam fireclay mine 82.76 hects. (204.50 acres) (Lease no. 3)

These mines are operated under the name and style as Nawada – Ghutam fireclay mines with the said lease identified as lease 1, 2 and 3. This mining plan is in respect of Ghutam fireclay mine (222.246 hectares) lease no.3. Lease no. 3 was executed vide Registered Deed no. 8821 dated 8th November 1974. The lease has now been transferred in favour of M/s. Parijat Mining Industries, (India) Pvt. Ltd, Daltonganj, and Vide State Govt.

Prior to the expiry of 20 years Lease period on 5.11.1994, M/s. Parijat Mining Industries, (India) Pvt. Ltd, applied for the renewal of lease for further 20 years. The first renewal application is pending with the State Government. The lessee has filed further renewal application prior to one year before i.e. 05.11.2014 to the State Govt. for further 20 years. The renewal is requested for the existing leasehold area of 222.246 hectares. The area under renewal has now been reduced, surrendering a part of the existing area. The areas surrendered are as given below:-Table:1

Type of Land Area under Renewal of leases. (i) G.M. Land 93.391 (ii) Raiyati Land 128.855 Total = 222.246

The renewal of lease has been requested for the area of 222.246 hectares (549.17 acres).

This mining plan has, therefore, been prepared for the area of 222.246 hectares under Rule 24A of MCR, 1960.

In order to process further by the concern department, an approved Mining Plan is necessary. The task of Preparation of Mining Plan is entrusted to Sri P.K.SEN, RQP (RQP/CG-RNC/010/87/A) for said M.L. area. Thus the Mining Plan is prepared as per the guidelines issued by the IBM and submitted under the provision of Rule 24A of MCR, 1960 for approval of IBM. Tabal:2 S.No. Particulars Details 1 Lease Execution Particulars ML Deed No: 788 dated: 08-11-1974for 20 years period. 2 Date of mine opening 01.12.1974 3 Date of filing of Renewal First Renewal applied – 06.11.1992

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application & receipt for mining Second Renewal applied vide Form “D” Dt. 11-02-2013: lease Status: Under Renewal 4 First / Previous Mining Plan Letter No. Tech-18/PAL/FC/MP-78/96-97 dated 17.07.1997 Particulars 5 Next Scheme of Mining 2019-20 to 2023-24 6 Present Plan Particulars Mining Plan: 2014 -15 To 2018-19 7 Laps period achievement ( 2010-11: 8448.000 MT Production) 2011-12: 25700.000 MT 2012-13: 37200.000 MT 8 Validity period of present Mining 5 years plan 9 BG Validity period - NA - 10 Latitude/Longitude of Boundary Survey of India Topo Sheet No. 73A/9 (Key plan / Location plan pillars as Plate No.1). Latitude between N23°50'56" TO N23°52'02.6" & Longitude between E84°39'40.0" TO 84°41'26.8"

11 Status of MoEF Going to apply for TOR.

In the lease area boundary pillars has been established with proper survey and measured coordinated with GPS which were given in Area Plan/ Surface Plan.

(ii) Brief description of nature of the project

(a)Name of Applicant : M/s. Parijat Mining Industries (India) Pvt. Ltd., Opposite Shivaji Maidan, Daltonganj, Pin – 822101. Regd. Office: J. J. Road, Upper Bazar, Ranchi – 834001. There are two Directors, on the Boards of this Company. They are; (b).Sri Suresh Kumar Bajaj, Opposites, Shivaji Maidan, Daltonganj, Pin – 8222101, Tel: 22639, 22039 (c).Sri Harsh Vardhan Bajaj, Opposites, Shivaji Maidan, Daltonganj, Pin – 8222101, Tel: 22639, 22039

Status of Applicant:- M/s. Parijat Mining Industries Pvt. Ltd. is a solvent Company. This company is already running graphite beneficiation plant, carbon & graphite products, near Daltonganj. Both the directors of the company are financially sound. Sri S.K. Bajaj already owns two graphite mining leases in mauza Hatai in Palamau Dist.

Period for which the mining lease is granted: The Mining Lease was granted in Village – in Ghutam village, Thana -Balumath District - Latehar, in favour of Nand Kumar Taneja vide Registered Deed no. 8821 dated 8th November 1974.The lease has now been transferred in favour of M/s. Parijat Mining Industries, (India) Pvt. Ltd, Daltonganj, Vide State Govt. Prior to the expiry of 20 years Lease period on 5.11.1994, M/s. Parijat Mining Industries, (India) Pvt. Ltd, applied for the renewal of lease for further 20 years. The first renewal application is pending with the State Government.

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The lessee has filed further renewal application on 13.02.2013 prior to one year i.e. 07.11.2014 to the State Govt. for further 20 years.

(iii) Need for the project and its importance to the country and or region.

Fireclays are used in the manufacture of bricks, blocks, retorts, crucibles, mortars, masses, etc. Low-grade material is used for manufacturing heavy sanitary ware, such as, pipes and bath tubs. Firebricks are used where heat generation is involved. Firebricks are used extensively in furnaces, kilns and ovens. Firebricks are required chiefly by metallurgical industries. The fireclays are graded into: i) low duty ii) Intermediate duty iii) high duty and iv) super Duty, depending upon their capacity to withstand high temperature before melting. The low duty fireclay can withstand temperatures between 1,515 and 1,615 °C (PCE 19-28); intermediate duty fireclay up to 1650 ºC (PCE 30), high duty fireclay up to 1700 ºC (PCE 32) and super duty beyond 1,775 ºC (PCE 35). BIS has not standardized any specifications for fireclay. However, the erstwhile Director General of Technical Development Sub-committee on Refractory Raw Materials had recommended specifications as given in Table-3.The Expert Group on Classification of Minerals with regard to their Possible Optimum Industrial Use, had recommended the following end-use classification of fireclay for refractory industry: Constituent Type Al2O3 Fe2O3 PCE (Orton) Non-plastic/ 30% (min) 2% (max) 30 (min) semi-plastic Plastic 18% (min) 3% (max) 18 (min)Table – 3 :

a)Non-plastic/Semi-plastic Fireclay Grade-I -35-40% 1.0% max 33 min Grade-II- 32-35% 1.0-1.5% max 32 min Grade-III 30-32% 1.5-2.0% max 30 min

b)Plastic Fireclay Grade-I 30-32% 1.0-1.5% 30 min Grade-II 28-30% 2.0-3.0% 28 min Grade-III 22-28% 1.0-2.0% 26 min Grade-IV 18-20% 1.5-2.0% 18-21 min

Crude fireclay and other clays including kaolin (china clay) are also used in a few cement manufacturing plants to increase the alumina content in the raw meal and its plasticity.

(iv)Demand-Supply Gap.

The production of fireclay at 571 thousand tones in 2010-11 increased by 4% as compared to that in the previous year. There were 51 reporting mines in both the years. Besides these primary mines, the production of fireclay was also reported as an associated mineral by 5 mines, which accounted for 3% of the total production during the year 2010-11. Nine principal producers contributed 80% of the total production. Eighteen fireclay mines each producing more than 5,000 tones annually together with 2 associated mines accounted for about 86% of the total production. Private sector mines reported 99% output of fireclay. Rajasthan continued to occupy the first position among states with contribution of 67%,followed by Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and West Bengal each contributing about 6%. The remaining 15% was the contribution of Tamil Nadu (5%), Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh (4% each), Karnataka (2%) and Maharashtra (nominal)Mine-head stocks of fireclay at the end of 2010-11 were 396 thousand tonnes as compared to 255 thousand tones at the beginning of theYear.The average daily employment of labour during 2010- 11 was 603 as against 548 in the preceding year. Domestic prices of fireclay are furnished in the General Review on 'Prices'.

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(v)Imports vs. Indigenous production.

Imports of fireclay in 2010-11 were 689 tonnes against 43 tonnes in the previous year, mainly from Thailand and China. Imports of refractory bricks increased to 366 thousand tonnes in 2010-11 from 294 thousand tonnes in the previous year. Imports were mainly fromChina (76%), Germany (6%) and Austria (3%) (Tables -4).

Table – 4 : Imports of Fireclay (By Countries) 2010-11 2011-12 Country Qty Value Qty Value (t) (‟000) (t) (L‟000) All Countries 689 10920 269 5177 USA - - 158 2321 Korea Rep. of - - 10 1331 China 241 6208 13 690 France 96 1481 24 390 Germany ++ 61 40 239 Ukraine - - 24 195 Singapore - - ++ 11 Other countries 352 3170 - -

(vi) Export Possibility.

The exports of fireclay increased slightly to 9,622 tonnes in 2011-12 from 8,624 tonnes in 2010-11. Exports were mainly to Kuwait, Bangladesh, Nepal, Brunei and Saudi Arabia. Exports of refractory bricks decreased to 404 thousand tones in 2011-12 from 455 thousand tones in 2010-11. Exports were mainly to Turkey, Iran, Morocco, Nigeria, Indonesia, Brazil Malaysia, etc

(vii)Domestic / export Markets.

Practically, all the fireclay mines are worked manually. Most of the mines are small and worked by opencast method by forming benches in overburden and fireclay. Most of the refractory manufacturing units have their own captive mines. The important marketing centres of fireclay are Mahumilan and Tori in Jharkhand, Than in Gujarat, Katni in Madhya Pradesh and Belpahar in Odisha. Water seepage beyond the depth of 6 m is the main problem commonly faced by most of the mine owners and as a result of which most of the mines are kept closed during rainy season.

(viii)Employment Generation (Director and Indirect) due to the project.

(a) A part – time Mining Engineer/ Geologist will be appointed under Rule 42(1). (b) The Manager is assisted by a mate to look after day to day mining operations. The services of surveyor are contractual.

L a b o u r :

All the working is local villagers. The requirement of Man power has been estimated on the basis of production parameters.

Nos. of working days : 200 days in a year. Production : 52.5Tes/day (av) Average Soil/OB removal : 67 Tes/ day(av) With the work load of 1.5 Tes/man/day the nos; of miners require : 35 With the work load of 2.7m3/man/day the number of OB works : 25.

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The requirement of amn power would be as follows :-

Manager : 1 (Part – Time) Mate : 1 OB Workers : 30 Miners : 42 Attendant Clerk/ Register- Keeper 1 Water –Coolie : 1 Total = 76

2. Project Description

(i)Type of project including interlinked and interdependent project, if any.

 No any including interlinked & interdependent of this project

(ii)Location (map showing general location, specific location, and project boundary & project site layout) with coordinates.

Existence of Public Road / Railway Line if any nearby and approximate distance: The area has dry weather approach road. During rains the village road gets cut off. There is no electric supply nearby. The villagers get the portable water from the village well. Nearest post and telegraph facilities available are at Balumath. The nearest railway station is at Tori which is about 37 km from the area.

Topo Sheet No. with Latitude and Longitude: The area of mining lease falls in the Latehar district of Jharkhand State. A total of 283.42 hectares of land is covered under the mining lease for fireclay, and is located in Survey of India Topo Sheet No. 73A/9(Key plan / Location plan as Plate No.1). Latitude between N23°50'56" to N23°52'02.6" & Longitude between E84°39'40.0" to 84°41'26.8"

Location Map:

Key Plan showing the location of the area forming a part of Topo sheet No. 73 A/9 (Part) is given toposheet map.

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Fig. 1: Location of Ghutam Fireclay Mine in toposheet-73 A/9

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(iii)Details of alternate sites considered and the basis of selecting the proposed site, particularly the environmental considerations gone into should be highlighted.

A Key Plan as per Rule 28(5)(a) on a scale of 1:50000 has been prepared incorporating boundary of the mining lease and adjoining area lying within ten kilometers there of contours, natural drainage system, roadways, forests, village boundary, predominant wind direction.

An Environment Plan of the area of mining lease inclusive of the adjoining area within five hundred meters of the boundary of the lease area on 1:5000 scale incorporating the boundary of the mining lease, contour lines, roadways, forests, predominant wind direction, air and water sampling point has been prepared under Rule 28(5).

Water Regime: Palam River is the major perennial river. It is known as Dhobghatwa River near the area under reference. The river bed is flat and normally about 1m deep water flows in it. During rains water level rises to about 4m. About 3 kms north of it, another nalla joins with it which is also perennial. There are various small gullies and ravines forming tributaries to them. At the southern side of this region Ekchatia nalla flows from east to west. Nearest ground water source is a well in Bartoli and Ghutam villages. The water level in the well is normally 10m, from the surface and rises by about 3m.

T a b l e -5 Land – use proposed for the Area.

Sl. No. Land – Use Area in Hect. Percentage

1. Quarry 1.82 0.85% 2. Old Debris 0.163 0.07% 3. Road 3.66 1.70% 4. Nalla 2.12 0.98% 5. Village 10.08 4.67% 6. Waste land 69.833 32.40% 7. Cultivating land 127.858 59.33%

8. Total = 215.534 hect. 100%

(iv)Size or magnitude of operation.

This mining plan has, therefore, been prepared for the area of 222.246 hectares under Rule 24A of MCR, 1960.

Production of This mine for the last ten years has been as given below:-6

YEAR PRODUCTION 2003-2004 4239.000 MT 2004-2005 5301.000 MT 2005-2006 1359.000 MT 2006-2007 1866.080 MT

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2007-2008 2245.640 MT 2008-2009 3802.240 MT 2009-2010 9188.000 MT 2010-2011 8448.000 MT 2011-2012 25700.000 MT 2012-2013 37200.000 MT

(v)Project description with process details (a schematic diagram/flow chart showing the project layout, components of the project etc.should be given)

Flow Chart

Process Details

Drilling

Blasting

Transportation

(vi)Raw material required along with estimated quantity, likely source, marketing area of final products, mode of transport of raw material and Finished Project.

 Not available

(vii) Resource optimization / recycling and reuse envisaged in the project, if any, should be briefly outlined.

While preparing a conceptual mining plan for the Ghutam Lease, the following points and precepts have been kept in view: a)The ore bodies in the leasehold being continuous extraction of fireclay in a new block would be started only after exhausting the block under operation.

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b)The removal of overburden as well as breaking and heaping of fireclay would be done with excavator. As space become available in the excavated area, the overburden generated during mining would be concurrently pushed into voids as backfill.

(c) During the plan period of mining lease will be backfilled by mechanized landscaping, followed by vegetation. Initially, grasses and legumes would be planted, followed by plantation of fast-growing shrubs and trees. During the conceptual plan period concurrent back filling shall be continued in the area. The level of the backfilling shall be maintained up to a moderate height. During the conceptual plan period these reclaimed areas will be afforested with suitable varieties of plants. The other voids so left will be filled with rain water and shall be treated as water reservoir.

(viii) Availability of water its source, Energy / power requirement and source should be given.

Make of water in the quarry is mainly from two sources; (a) Precipitates during rains. (b) Ground water seepage. Mine remains closed during monsoon and restartes after the end of monsoon. Working starts after draining out the accumulated rain water.The practice so long has been to cut drain in the quarry floor graded away from the face and bail out the water through Grain. The unfilled area of the quarry in likely to be above 4050 Sq.m.Total precipation over this area would be about 6100 cu.m. considering the evaporates, run – off in streams, percolats in the ground the rainwater accumulation is taken as 33.3% only. Therefore the quantity of accumulated water would be 3900 cu.m. One 5HP pump has the pumping capacity of 6 litres/ sec about 92 hours or about 12 days of 8 hours of pumping each day to dry out the mine.So far the effect of make of ground water is concerned it would be minimal. About 500m, South of the quarry at ere is a well in Ghutam village where the level of water normally remains at about 10m from the surface. It rises to about 6m, during rains. The quarry will reach that depth at about fifth year. Therefore, there would be no make of water in the quarry from the ground water surface. Anyway, the 5 HP pump will always be available at the mine to deal with any make of water during normal working.The pump will direcly throw water to the surface, which will find its way through the nalls and finally discharge into the river. Water guantity would being little and there would be no adverse impact on the river water.

(IX)Quantity of wastes to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme for their Management/ disposal. Waste Management: Describe the type, quality and quantity of overburden, mineral reject etc. available and their disposal practice. If no utilization of waste material is proposed, the manner in which the waste material will be stabilized should be described. The protective measures to be taken for prevention of siltation, erosion and dust generation from these waste materials should also be described. If toxic and hazardous elements present in the waste material the protective measures to be taken for prevention of their dispersal in the air environment, leaching in the surface and ground water etc should be described: Nature of waste:

Mainly two types of wastes will be generated ie; soil and shale. Soil : Soil cover is about 2m. The texture of the soil is clayey and the colour Varies from yellowish to brown. It supports vegetation. Shale : It is fine grained and slaty. It does not support vegetation.

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Disposal of waste:

(a) Wastes Generated Earlier: Wastes removes is going on far the last so many years. Old wastes lying near the quarries have solidi ied and mingled with the landmass. They will now from the part of overburden which would be removed during the course of mining in future. The overburden currently under removal is being dumped in the quarry and being used for filling the respective quarry voids. (b) Wastes disposal in future: The process of mining will be continuous reclamation mining which implies that the land will be reclaimed and restored as the mining of fireclay progresses. The backfilling with waste/ overburden will be done in such a way that the premining topography is restored. Total overburden during first year is 6212 cu.m. which amounts to 7454 cu.m. after taking into account the swell factor. This will be dumped in the quarry void leaving apart 12m space from the moving front. Thus during this year filled up space would be 142m long x 12m wide and the height of filling would be 4m. During second year the southern side face advances toward south. The top soil removed there from would be spread over the filled up space of first year to a height of 2.5m. Thus the filling would reach the original surface level of 8.5m height. Since the filling would be continuous process the soil spread will follow accordingly. Quarry filling will be done up to 6m height in each year. Taking into account the swell factor the width of filling in each year would be as follows :-

Ist Year - 6m 2nd Year - 7.5m 3rd Year - 9m 4th Year - 9m 5th Year - 10m.

Overburden moistly soil. Therefore filling would be followed by seeding with fast growing grasses to stabilize the ground.

(x)Schematic representation of the feasibility drawing which give information of EIM purpose.

The EIA notification of 2006 stipulates that the application seeking prior enviroment clearance, amongst other things, must provide a capy of the pre-feasibility report along with application in prescribed format .The content of the pre-feasibility report though are generally understood; however ,in order to ensure that the contents of pre-feasilibilty report are comprehensive enough and provide necessary information requir ed for scoping the project, following guidelines are provide.

3. Site Analysis

(i)Connectivity.

Chapter 1(i)-mention

(ii)Land From, Land use and Land ownership.

The key Environment plans shows the area enclosed within its boundary as approximately 132.79 Sq.kms.

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The land uses within this core- zone been estimated to be as given in Table -6.

Table – 6

Sl. No. Land Classification Approximate Percentage Area in Sq. Kms. a) Forest 95.61 72% b) Not available for cultivation: c) Land under non-agricultural uses : - 23.53 17.72% d) Villages - 7.76 e) Netalled road - 2.16 f) Kutcha road - 3.20 g) Trekking path - 3.15 h) River/ nalla/ land - 0.81 i) Mining areas - 0.45 23.53 A.Barren & Uncultivable Land: „Parti‟ not used as pasture 4.58 3.45% (i) Rock Exposure - 2.32 (ii) Barren land - 2.26 4.58 B. Cultivable Waste : 2.12 1.60% (i) Nalla - 1.62 (ii) Pond - 0.050 2.12

C. Cultivable Land 6.95 5.23%

04. T o t a l 132.79 100%

Cultivating lands are of different categories. About 50% of the cultivating lands are Tanr – III lands which are poorly fertile. They require a year or two of rest a ter each harvest. Main crops sown in these lands are Aghani Crops (sarguja, mustard).

The yield per acre low only 3-4 maunds. About 45% of cultivating lands are of Don – II – Tanr – II classes. They are good to medium fertile lands. The main crops in these lands are Bhadai Crops (Paddy, maize, marua and Gondli). The yield of crop in those lands though very low, i.e., 3 -4 mds/ acre, but there is comparative advantage that crop are sown and harvested each year in such lands. The best class of lands are Don – I land which comprises only about 5% of the cultivating land mass. Main crop grown in such lands are paddy. The yield of crop is about 7 – 8 mds/ acre. Coming closer to the area, the class of lands within 500m, are shown in table – 7.

This shows about 60% land under the other mining lease, about 15% of lands as forest land. The nalla & roads cover about 10% of the land. The remaining 15% of the lands are cultivable lands. Existing land use pattern of the area under reference ins given in Table - 7.

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T a b l e - 7 Existing Land Use Pattern of the Lease Area

S.No. Land-Use. Area in hect. Percentage

01 Quarry & Pits. 0.762 0.35% 02 Old debris 0.163 0.07% 03 Road 3.66 1.70% 04 Nalla 2.12 0.98% 05 Village 10.08 4.67% 06 Waste – Land 70.891 32.90% 07 Cultivating Land 127.858 59.33%

Total 215.858 100%

Land ownership

Private land is owned by different private land owners and partly land is owned by.Govt. of Jharkhand

(iii)Topography (along with map).

GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION

This area where fire clay mine is situated & lies in the Chotanagpur area of Jharkhand. The area under reference is located on Survey of India Toposheet No. 73 A/ 9 between the latitude and longitudes of Latitude between N23°50'56" TO N23°52'02.6" & Longitude between E84°39'40.0" TO 84°41'26.8"

S u r v e y :

Surveying has been done by Tachometric method with Theodolite, prismatic compass, tape, ranging rods and Total station.

There is a permanent pillar constructed at the trijunction of village Chiro/Nawada/ Ghutam. As stated in the three mining lease (Lease No. 1, 2 & 3) are in a continuous stretch. This Trijunction pillar is located at the northern boundary of Lease No. 1. The BM has been established at this pillar wherefrom survey of the entire three lease has been carried out. This Bench Mark is about 1 km north of this lease, Lease no. 3.

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The RL 485m has been brought from survey of India point Station RL of 511m at a Tomb in Village Ghutam.

P h y s i o g r a p h y :

Surface of the area represents rolling topography from West to East. The Western side of the area is at 500mRL, it rises to about 510m RL near the middle of the area then with a small depression.

The drainage of the area is facilitated by different nallas flowing along the surface depressions.

The southern side being the forest land there is prolific growth of vegetation at this side. On northern side of the area there is a large tract of cultivable land. Regional Geology :

The area is a part of Chhotanagpur plateau which is mainly composed of Archaeans and Gondwana super groups.

The gondwana formations lie unconformably over the Archaeans. The Geological sequence is as follows :-Table:9

Recent ………… Alluvium Gondwana Barren Fossiliferous ironstone shale. Supergroup. Measures.

Barakar Sandstone interbedded with shale, Series. With shale, fireclay, coal.

Talchir Boulder beds. Series. ….………………………………Unconformity……………………………………………

Local Geology :

The area is located at the south western boundary of North Karanpura Coalfields and the litho units represent the Barakar series of lower Gondwana Super group. The area forms an inlier of Gondwana Rocks and outlier of Archaean Rocks. Sandstone is noted to be the bottom bed in all of the quarries. Sandstone is massive and extensively in the adjacent forest land at the southern side of the area. it is coarse to medium to coarse grained. Overlying sandstone is the fireclay bed. At the western edge of Q-A and Q-B has plastic clay bed 2.8m thick overlying by fireclay non – plastic and Shale. Fireclay bed is exposed in the quarries, Thickness there have been noted to vary from 1m to 2.8m. The shale bed overlying fireclay is slaty to earthy. The shale bed occurring below 2m soil in is carbonaceous shale. The stratigraphic succession as observed in the area is formed as below :-

Recent ……………. Soil/Alluvim Barakar series ………… Carbonaceous shale Fireclay (non plastic/ Plastic Sandstone).

The beds are striking NE-SW and the occurrence of fireclay bed here is almost the flat (40 – 50 dip) towards NW.

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Physical and Chemical Characteristics: Table:10

The ore of this mine as analyzed by ore of the consumers is as given below :- Al2O3 - 38.02 % Fe2O3 - 01.58 % L O I - 13.05 % P. C. E. - 32 +

(iv)Existing land use pattern (agriculture, non-agriculture, forest, water bodies ( including area under CRZ), shortest distances from the periphery of the project to periphery of the forests , national park, wild life sanctuary, eco sensitive areas, water bodies (distance from the HFL of the river), CRZ . In case of notified industrial area, a copy of the Gazette notification should be given.

The land Use Pattern at present exists in the mine is as under:Table:11

Particular Area in Ha. Quarry including backfill 1.5 Ha. 8.94 Road 3.23 Hutment(Village) 3.02 Mineral Stackyard 0.34 Dump 1.35 Total Area in use 16.88 Balance Unused Area 205.366 Total leasehold area applied for renewal 222.246

F o r e s t: No forest area lies within the leasehold area. Therefore there will be no impact on forest area.

Vegetation: No change has been observed on vegetation. Agriculture: Agricultural land has been affected due to mining operation. Agriculture can be compensated by afforestation on backfilled area with different kinds of fruit bearing trees like mango, jackfruit, pears etc, so that the owner of the land can compensate their earnings, which they were getting from agriculture

Public building places and monuments: There is no public building, places or monuments within the leasehold area, so the question of impact on the above does not arise due to mining activity. Water Environment: Surface water : As there is no seasonal nalla or water body within the leasehold area, therefore no change has been observed due to mining operation. Ground Water : Ground water level of the area in general is too low. The mining activity has been restricted up to a moderate depth. Therefore the mining activity in the leasehold area has not made any impact on ground water. Water quality: No change has been noticed due to mining operation as the source of drinking water is far away from the area.

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(v)Existing Infrastructure.

Infrastructure : The existing infrastructural facilities available such as roads, aerial ropeways, conveyer belts, railways, power lines, buildings & structures, water treatment plant, transport, water supply sources in the area etc and their future utilization should be evaluated on case-to-case basis. If retained, the measures to be taken for their physical stability and maintenance should be described. If decommissioning proposed, dismantling and disposal of building structures, support facilities and other infrastructure like electric transmission line, water line, gas pipeline, water works, sewer line, telephone cables, underground tanks, transportation infrastructure like roads, rail, bridges, culverts etc, electrical equipments and infrastructures like electrical cables, transformers to be described in connection with restoring land for further use : The area is highly disturbed for making infrastructure so the lessee has made the entire infrastructure in nearby village. At present power supply is not available at the area. A good road is passing just outside the lease boundary.

(vi)Soil classification.

 Not Available

(vii)Climatic data from secondary sources.

Climatic Condition : The climate of this region can be described as extreme. It is very hot during summer and cold during winter. However because of wide covers of jungles in this region the summer nights are comparatively cooler. During winter the maximum and minimum climate recorded are 28oC and 6.5oC. During summer the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded are 42oC and 19oC. The rainfall data as obtained from the Block office at Balumath is given in Table-12

Months. Rainfall in mm. Nos. of Rainy days.

January 6.75 1 February 20.75 4.5 March 8.15 2 April 6.15 2 May 76.3 5.5 June 194.0 7 July 389.65 24 August 223.85 14 September 300.95 14 October 97.25 4.5 November 18.3 2 December 49.75 2.5

Total annual Rainafall 1391.85 64.0

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(vii)Social Infrastructure available.

Only village Ghutam lies within the lease area, but there are 60 villages within the 10km buffer zone with a total population of 6623. The population comprises Adivasis (about 44%), harizana (about 16%) and other class of people.

Public Place, building and monuments:

No national park or wild life sanctuary is located in the buffer zone. Except one temple in the area, there is no other public building or monument of historical importance in the buffer zone.

Occupational Health and safety :

The mine being an Opencast working the workers are exposed to vagaries of weather. During summer there are chances of falling victim to sun stroke. Sometimes the loaders get injured by slipping while carrying loads.

Agriculture :

Mining would not be carried in cultivating lands. Therefore, there would be no loss of agriculture.

Human Settlement:

All the workers employed are local villagers. Therefore there is no impact on human settlement.

4. Planning Brief.

(i)Planning Concept (type of industries, facilities, transportation etc) Town and Country Planning/ Development authority Classification.

Fireclay of this mine is of fairly good quantity (P C E – 32 +).

The ore is being used by different refractories at Ramgarh, Dhanbad and Kumardhubi.

MINERAL BENEFICLATION Beneficiation as such is not required. The refractories are consuming the lumps as well as fines. But effective supervision is exercised in picking up all the extraneous materials and maintains the grade. Very large lumps are broken up to help in picking.

SURFACE TRANSPORT The transport of mineral from the mine is being done by trucks. Road distances vary according to the destination of consumers. Mine is about 115 km from Ranchi.

(ii)Population Projection.

The demographic data of the population are given in Table – 13. The villagers have cultivation as hasic source of livelihood. But services mostly as workers in mines, civil construction road building and other related activities

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provide substantial contribution to their economy. About 30% of the population are literate primary education facility is available in about 40% of the villages.

There are two high schools and four middle education in the region. The availability of medical amenity in the villages is poor. There is only one primary health centre in this region.

T a b l e - 13 Demographic data of the population

Name of the Popula- Literacy Ageicul- Under Marginal Cultiva- Non- Villages. tion ture Industrial Workers tion % Workers labour % Emply. % %

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Chaura Toli 12 33 36 - 20 30 14 Eurgadag 24 31 22 - 28 33 17 Chiru 308 48 30 4 11 40 15 Bankita 212 38 16 22 8 40 14 Arhara 406 48 34 06 06 30 24 Bartola 276 36 34 06 06 30 24 Matkama 49 34 37 - 13 31 19 Meral 108 34 17 15 12 34 24 Sardhabar 36 16 22 - 12 24 42 Parhiyatola 56 25 28 06 24 27 15 Champatola 247 36 26 15 24 26 09 Rehal 9 24 27 8 48 40 15 Latu 39 44 41 09 10 25 15 Hanjar 22 27 27 02 18 40 13 Hundi 156 26 28 03 24 27 15 Bundatola 62 46 42 - 28 16 14 Khairahi 24 36 36 - 17 27 20 Kumhartoli 86 31 18 02 21 21 38 Pali 273 38 20 11 24 25 20 Tasu 223 46 32 06 26 16 20 Barwatoli 232 28 21 10 14 25 30 Chaititanrtoli 42 34 22 - 24 24 30 Lawagara 158 42 26 05 20 20 29 Hundra 21 33 19 - 18 30 33 Kalkalia 119 38 27 04 22 20 27 Bijra 136 28 21 10 14 25 30 Baridag 311 39 33 08 19 27 13 Dudhimati 104 26 32 00 19 39 19 Diridag 61 20 34 - 12 30 24 Hur 112 20 37 09 04 31 19 Deghwanwatoli 18 16 36 14 06 30 14 Humbu 36 12 38 08 15 27 12 Larhaiatoli 32 34 30 04 11 40 15 Jamuntoli 112 30 27 02 18 40 13 Mosijong 15 26 27 12 11 33 40 Chandbaghar 18 20 60 - 13 07 20 Nawada 112 24 19 03 12 30 36 Hatatoli 321 28 24 06 14 30 26

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Lat 06 24 20 - 18 22 40 Hathartoli 36 21 12 - 24 30 24 Newgditola 42 31 34 - 26 26 15 Dumartoli 16 16 36 14 66 30 14 Pipratanrtoli 36 12 38 08 15 27 12 Manjnkhartoli 38 21 12 - 24 30 34 Turiadih toil 08 24 27 08 10 40 15 Ghutam 168 34 17 13 12 34 24 Tatebar 68 31 18 02 21 21 38 Kusemtola 172 42 26 05 20 20 29 Ichak 48 31 34 - 26 25 15 Madartola 12 26 27 12 11 33 40 Tangaritoli 59 25 28 06 24 27 15 Barahamania 222 36 26 15 24 26 09 Rahum 142 34 17 13 12 34 24 Serka 79 46 42 - 28 16 14 Barwatoli 07 24 27 08 10 40 15 Dainatoli 24 27 27 02 38 40 13 Chunhat 14 16 36 14 06 30 14 Salu 638 39 33 08 19 27 13 Karim Kalan 42 31 34 - 26 25 15 Salaipur 88 31 18 2 21 21 38 Total Population 6623

(iii)Land use planning (breakup along with green belt etc).

With rapid industrialization and consequent deleterious impact of pollutants on environment, values of environmental protection offered by trees are becoming clear. Trees are very suitable for detecting, recognizing and monitoring air pollution effects. Monitoring of biological effects of air pollutant by the use of plants as indicators has been applied on local, regional and national scale. Trees function as sinks of air pollutants, besides their bio-esthetical values, owing to their presence in large numbers. Annual need of oxygen for one person is met by 150 m2 of leaf surfaces i.e. 30-40 m2 of greenery. So, it is necessary to develop green belt in and around the polluted site with suitable species to combat the air pollution effectively.

DETAILS OF GREEN BELT SCHEME:Table-14 Area Number of S. No. Year (Ha) Plants 1 2013-14 0.10 250 2 2014-15 0.11 250 Total 0.21 500

(iv)Assessment of Infrastructure Demand (Physical & Social).

Social demographic profile :

About 44% of the population are adivasis. The average monthly income of these families is low. they are hardly able to keep up to their livelihood. The demographic profiles of this region show on an average the population having;

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(i) Land holding Cultivators - 20% (ii) Landless agriculture labour - 26% (iii) Under Industrial employment - 12% (iv) Marginal workers - 10% (v) Unemployed - 32%

This mine provides jobs to some of the villagers and lower the strength of non – workers. These employed have regular source of earning. This mine therefore has the beneficial impact upon the socio economic condition of the villagers.

Occupational Health and safety :

The mine being an opencast working the workers are exposed to vagaries of weather. During summer there are chances of falling victim to sun stroke. Sometimes the loaders get injured by slipping while carrying loads.

(v)Amenities / Facilities.

Socio – economic Environment: (a) Social and Demographic Profile: As social and demographic profile has been improved by mining activity, taking any remedial measure does not arise.

(b) Occupational Health and Safety: As there is no change in the occupational health and safety no safeguard has been proposed. However, the lessee takes care of the workers and their family and villagers in respect of their health and safety.

(c) Human Settlement: As there is no village within the leasehold area, disturbances due to mining activity does not arise. Rather, it improves the life style and socio – economic condition of the villagers by giving them employment.

(d) Protection of Sites of Religious / Historical and Tourist Place: There are no such places near the leasehold area. No effect due to mining activity is inferred. Therefore taking of any remedy to protect the above does not arise.

5. Proposed Infrastructure

(i) Industrial Area (Processing Area).

PROGRESSIVE MINE CLOSURE PLAN UNDER RULE 23 B (2) OF M.C.D.R., 1988

The name of the lessee, the location and extent of lease area, the type of lease area (forest, non-forest etc) the present land-use pattern, the method of mining & mineral processing operations:

The renewal of lease has been requested for the area of 222.246 hectares (549.17 acres).

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Existing Land use pattern:

The land Use Pattern at present exists in the mine is as under: Table-14

METHOD OF MINING

The mine would be is worked by manual opencast method. Ore and overburden which are soft in nature are cut by pick axes and carried by head load in pans. The ore being hard is broken by explosives. Sequence of cutting benches would be so maintained that overburden benches are always kept ahead of the ore dipping at 5o, the mining would continue simultaneously with backfilling.

Rate of Production/day :

The rate of ore production and OB/waste removal for five years based on 200 working days per year would be as follows :-Table-15

Particulars Years 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th (i) Ore production/day. Tes.38 48 41 51 53

(ii) OB removal /day, Tes. 42 375 44 72 82

Nos. of shifts:

Mine would be worked on single shift basis.

Bench height & width :

In ore and OB - 1.5m height x 1.5m width. Ore - 1m height x 1.5m width.

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Mine Layout :

Mine surface layout showing the existing infrastructure, site services, waste dump etc. The truck transport road is laid up to the quarry. The overburden / waste will be dumped within the quarry filling the quarry voids. Ore cut will be stacked separately wherefrom it would be removed by trucks.

Production Parameters:

Workers are engaged in gangs of six to eight persons who remove the overburden and clean the ore face. Then the same gang raised the ore. In case of use of explosives the drilling and blasting are done separately and then the loosened overburden is removal by the workers.

Work load in IB - 2.7m3/man/day (The material is to be dumped with 20 -25m of the face). Work load in Ore - 1.5 Te/man/day

Nos. of working days - 200 days in a year.

Nos. of working shift - One per day.

MINERAL BENEFICIATION

Beneficiation as such is not required. The refractories are consuming the lumps as well as fines. But effective supervision is exercised in picking up all the extraneous materials and maintains the grade. Very large lumps are broken up to help in picking.

Statutory Obligations:

The legal obligations, if any which the lessee is bound to implement like special conditions imposed while execution of lease deed, approval of mining plan, directives issued by the Indian Bureau of Mines, conditions imposed by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, State or Central Pollution Control Board or by any other organization describing the nature of conditions and compliance position there of:

The lessee is implementing like special conditions imposed while execution of lease deed, approval of mining plan, directives issued by the Indian Bureau of Mines, conditions imposed by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, State or Central Pollution Control Board or by any other organization describing the nature of conditions and compliance position there of. The lessee is going to apply for TOR.

Closure Plan Preparation:

The names and addresses of the applicant and recognized qualified person who prepared the Mine Closure Plan and the name of the executing agency should be furnished. A copy of the resolution of the board of Directors or any other appropriate administrative authority as the case may be on the decision of closure of mine should be submitted.

Mine Description :

Briefly describe the topography and general geology indicating rock types available, the chemical constituents of the rocks / minerals including toxic elements if any, at the mine site.

Geology :

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Detailed geology is already discussed in the mining plan. Reserve

Indicate the mineral reserves available category wise in the lease area estimated in the last mining plan / mining scheme approved along with the balance mineral reserves at the proposed mine closure including its quality available (for final mine closure plan only). Mineable reserve:

Mineable reserve is based on the feasibility studies over Measured Mineral Resources and indicated mineral resources with consideration of modifying factors viz. UPL, 7.5m Boundary Barrier etc.. Mineable ore reserve has been calculated from the resources in the area considering the ore which is not mineable in view of blocked ore in ML boundary and ultimate pit limit as calculated from the Geological plan. Thus the mineable reserve estimated on the basis of measured and indicated category is as tabulated below.

The Summary of Mineable Reserve:Table-16 Plastic clay in Total reserve in Category of Resource Non Plastic clay in tonnes tonnes tonnes 222440 634424 Proved (111) 411984

Probable (122) 418032 191318 634424 TOTAL 830016 413758 1268848

Anticipated life of the mine:

The mineable reserve of plastic clay would be413778 tonnes. The recoverable reserves would be 351694 tonnes after considering@ 15% of mineable reserves as intercalated waste. The mineable reserve of non plastic clay would be830016 tonnes. The recoverable reserves would be 705513 tonnes after considering@ 15% of mineable reserves as intercalated waste. The production of non plastic fire clay in this plan period would be 156043 tonnes. The balance recoverable reserve would be 882416.54 tonne. Considering production @ 85413 tonnes per annum after the plan period the balance reserve will be mined out in 7 years, thus the life of the mine would be about 9 years (2 years + 7 years). The life of the mine is based on the exploration already carried-out. Future exploration programme has been given. Thus the reserve may be enhanced on the outcome of the exploration to be carried-out in the plan period.

Feasibility study based on the geographical conditions and operating conditions:

Infrastructure: Road and railways and is near to the working site. Manpower is cheaply available.

Geology: Geologically the area is potential and the deposit with grade as per requirement by the consuming party.

Legal matters: Leasehold area is valid as per the rule of M.C.R. 1960. There will be no displacement. Land will be acquired as per the rule.

Operating: The lessee has all the mining equipments used for the scientific mining. The mine is eco-friendly.

Economically the ore is mineable as compared to overburden thickness. The ore is also economically viable for its consuming party.

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RESERVES AND RESOURCES ESTIMATED FOR FIRE CLAY AS ON 01.04.2013. Plastic Clay: Table-19 Quantity Classification Code Average Grade in MT Al2O3 -32.23 %, Fe2O3-02.08 % Total Mineral Resources (A+B) 542877 L O I- 11.05 %, P. C. E.-29 + A. Mineral Reserve 222440 Al2O3 -32.23 %, Fe2O3-02.08 % (1) Proved Mineral Reserve 111 L O I- 11.05 %, P. C. E.-29 + Al2O3 -32.23 %, Fe2O3-02.08 % (2) Probable Mineral Reserve 122 191318 L O I- 11.05 %, P. C. E.-29 + B. Remaining Resources Al2O3 -32.23 %, Fe2O3-02.08 % (1) Feasibility Mineral Resource 211 49853 L O I- 11.05 %, P. C. E.-29 + (2) Pre-feasibility Mineral Resource 221 ------Al2O3 -32.23 %, - Fe2O302.08 % Pre-feasibility Mineral Resource 222 79266 L O I- 11.05 %, P. C. E.-29 + (3) Measured Mineral Resource 331 ------(4) Indicated Mineral Resource 332 ------(5) Inferred Mineral Resource 333 ------(6) Reconnaissance Mineral Resource 334 ------

Non Plastic Clay: Quantity Classification Code Average Grade in MT Al2O3 -38.02 %, Fe2O3-01.58 % Total Mineral Resources (A+B) 1055058 L O I -13.05 %, P. C. E.- 32 + A. Mineral Reserve Al2O3 -38.02 %, Fe2O3-01.58 % (1) Proved Mineral Reserve 111 411984 L O I -13.05 %, P. C. E.- 32 + Al2O3 -38.02 %, Fe2O3-01.58 % (2) Probable Mineral Reserve 122 418032 L O I -13.05 %, P. C. E.- 32 + B. Remaining Resources Al2O3 -38.02 %, Fe2O3-01.58 % (1) Feasibility Mineral Resource 211 91210 L O I -13.05 %, P. C. E.- 32 + (2) Pre-feasibility Mineral Resource 221 ------Al2O3-38.02 %, Fe2O3-01.58 % Pre-feasibility Mineral Resource 222 133832 L O I -13.05 %, P. C. E.- 32 + (3) Measured Mineral Resource 331 ------(4) Indicated Mineral Resource 332 ------(5) Inferred Mineral Resource 333 ------(6) Reconnaissance Mineral Resource 334 ------

Mining Method :

Describe in brief the mining method followed to win the mineral, extent of mechanization, mining machinery deployed, production level etc.

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Mineral Beneficiation:

Describe in brief the mineral beneficiation practice if any indicating the process description in short. Indicate discharge details of any tailings / middling and their disposal / utilization practice followed. PRODUCTION FOR FIVE YEARS :

During First year the Ore block worked would be about 142m long x 12.5m wide. During second year the ore would be advanced by 15m. During third, there would be two isolated ore blocks measuring about 1917 sqm. During fourth year the face would be about 10m wide and 242m long. During fourth year the ore face would be about 10m wide and 242m long. During fifth year the average width of the face worked would also be about 10m and length of the block 249m. At the end of fifth year the quarry floor will reach 498m RL, ie, about 6m depth from surface. Production estimated for five years is given in Table –20

T a b l e - 20 Estimated production of Fireclay

Year Production , Tes.

I 7544 II 8925 III 8147 IV 10285 V 10582

Total = 45483

PROPOSED RATE OF PRODUCTION WHEN THE MINE IS FULLY DEVELOPED:

This is a working quarry. Initially the production is low, because of setting right the workings so far developed unsystematioaly.

Keeping in view the conservation of mineral the workings would remain concentrated at one part of the area. after removing the ore completely from this section the working would shift to the next section.

The projected production of 10500 Tes/ annum of fireclay would be attained by the fifth year. In case the demand of ore increases in future, the production can be increased in short notice.

There is long line of exposure of ore faces and besides, the overburden in also low, over and above the mine and the management have the infrastructure to increase the production.

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T a b l e - 21 Summarised Estimates of production and Stripping Ratio

Particulars. Years Total I II III IV V

1. Fireclay Production in Tes. 7544 8925 8147 10285 10582 45483

2. Overburden in Cu.m. (i) Soil 6212 5250 6451 10890 12450 41253 (ii) Ore Waste 666 788 769 908 934 4015

3. Overburden in ,Tes. 8453 7482 8820 14430 16341 58526

4. Stripping Ratio Ore: Overburden 1:1.12 1:0.94 1:1.09 1:1.40 1:1.54 1:1.28

Tonnage factor for soil - 1.2 Te/m3. Waste - 1.5 Te/m3

Mined-Out Land:

Describe the proposals to be implemented for reclamation and rehabilitation of mined-out land including the manner in which the actual site of the pit will be restored for future use. The proposals should be supported with relevant plans and sections depicting the method of land restoration / reclamation / rehabilitation. Production:Table-22

Year Fireclay MT 2013-14 70630 2014-15 104177

Total 174807 After the conceptual mining period, on the basis of proposed production planning and available reserve position, the ultimate pit area, ultimate pit depth, ultimate generation of waste, final pits slope, afforestation program me is given in the following table:Table-23

Ultimate pit area for Fireclay including reclaimed area 31.20 Ha Average Ultimate pit depth for Fireclay

Ultimate generation of waste 2 years plan period =233081 Cum After five years Up to the life of The mine =815783 Cum Total =1048864Cum Total No. of plantation during the plan period 500 saplings Total No. of plantation at the conceptual Stage 4000 saplings

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Year Total generation of wastes during the course of excavation of ore. (m3) 2013-14 58030 2014-15 175051 Total 233081 th From 6 year onward 815787 Total 1048868 After considering 20 % swelling factor total 1258642 waste

Reclamation and rehabilitation –

Total generation of waste during the life of the mine:

During the year 2013-14 entire top soil and overburden will be dumped at the separate dumping yard as earmarked and next year it will be used to spread over the backfilled area for reclamation. During conceptual planning period minerals will be exploited in mineralized zone by the lateral as well as depth wise extension of proposed Quarry. The reclamation process will be concurrent with the working started from first year itself in the void created during the past working and it will be rehabilitated. During this plan period the backfilling and reclamation of worked out area will be continued concurrently. Similarly; entire soil of soil dump yard will be spread over the reclaimed area in conceptual period. These backfills were started away from edge of the quarry face and are suitably benched for stability. The height of backfills in the ease varies from 4m to 5m.

B L A S T I N G

Overburden of soil and shale are soft in nature. They do not require blasting. Blasting would be done to break fireclay band because it is band in nature.

Blasting would be done with burden and spacing of 0.75m. The depth of hole would be 1.5m. Therefore the rock broken per hole would amount to above 0.84 cu.m. With the average production 10500 Tes/ annum the daily production would amount to about 52.5 Tes.

Considering 50% of this would be broken manually and 50% by explosives, about 4.5 kg. of explosives would be required per day. This is within the carrying capacity of the explosive carrier under Reg. 157(4) of MMR, 1961.

(i) Residential Area (Non Processing Area).

No any residential area of this processing mines.

(ii) Green Belt.

Chapter 4(iii)-mention

(iii) Social Infrastructure.

Chapter 4 (viii)-mention

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(iv) Connectivity (Traffic and Transportation Road/ Rail/Metro/Water ways etc).

The area has dry weather approach road. During rains the village road gets cut off. There is no electric supply nearby. The villagers get the portable water from the village well. Nearest post and telegraph facilities available are at Balumath. The nearest railway station is at Tori which is about 37 km from the area.

(v) Drinking water Management (Source & Supply of water).

Chapter 2(viii)- mention

(vi) Sewerage System.

Not available (vii) Industrial Waste Management.

Waste Management :

Describe the type, quality and quantity of overburden, mineral reject etc. available and their disposal practice. If no utilization of waste material is proposed, the manner in which the waste material will be stabilized should be described. The protective measures to be taken for prevention of siltation, erosion and dust generation from these waste materials should also be described. If toxic and hazardous elements present in the waste material the protective measures to be taken for prevention of their dispersal in the air environment, leaching in the surface and ground water etc should be described: Type of Wastes : Mainly two types of wastes will be generated i.e.; soil and shale.

Soil : Soil cover is about 2m. The texture of the soil is clayey and the colour varies from yellowish to brown. It supports vegetation.

Shale : It is fined grained and slaty. It does not support vegetation.

The estimated generation of soil, shale and wastes are given under following table :25

Over Total 15% Total Soil in Year burden Waste in Waste in cum Overburden in in cum cum cum cum 2013-14 28736 23062 51798 6232 58030 2014-15 126707 41755 168462 6589 175051 Total 155443 64817 220260 12821 233081

Selection of Dumping Site :

During the year 2013-14 entire top soil and overburden will be dumped at the separate dumping yard as earmarked and next year it will be used to spread over the backfilled area for reclamation. During conceptual planning period minerals will be exploited in mineralised zone by the lateral as well as depth wise extension of proposed Quarry. The reclamation process will be concurrent with the working started from first year itself in the void created during the past working and it will be rehabilitated. During this plan period the backfilling and reclamation of worked out area will be continued concurrently. Similarly; entire soil of soil dump yard will be spread over the reclaimed area in conceptual period.

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These backfills were started away from edge of the quarry face and are suitably benched for stability. The height of backfills in the ease varies from 4m to 5m.

(viii) Solid waste Management.

 Not solid waste.

(ix) Power Requirement & Supply / source.

 Not available

6. Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R &R) Plan

Chapter1.(viii)-mention

7. Project Schedule & Cost Estimates

(i) Likely data of start of construction and likely data of completion (Time schedule for the project to be given).

The details of time schedule of all abandonment operations as proposed in Para – 4 should be described here. The manpower and other resources required for completion of proposed job should be described. The schedule of such operations should also be supplemented by PERT (Programme Evaluation & Review Technique), bar chart etc. Time schedule of all abandonment operations as proposed is given below in self explanatory bar chart. Table-26 Activities Tentative time frame for completion of jobs for mine closure operation (in months) from date of cessation. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Reclamation & During the year 2013-14 entire top soil and overburden will be dumped at the separate dumping yard as earmarked Rehabilitation of mined and next year it will be used to spread over the backfilled area for reclamation. During conceptual planning period out land minerals will be exploited in mineralised zone by the lateral as well as depth wise extension of proposed Quarry. The reclamation process will be concurrent with the working started from first year itself in the void created during the past working and it will be rehabilitated. Waste management Entire Waste during the year 2013-14 will be dumped at the stacking yard temporarily. Similarly soil will also be dumped at the stacking yard temporarily. Parapet wall and garland drain will be made around the waste and soil dump. Decommissioning of infrastructure Safety & Security Safety and security will be maintained by the company. Monitoring of air & water Disposal of mining m/c. At this stage it is not required.

(ii) Estimated project cost along with analysis in terms of economic viability of the project.

Abandonment Cost:

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Cost to be estimated based on the activities required for implementing the protective and rehabilitation measures including their maintenance and monitoring programme.Table-27 Description Quantum of work to be done Approx. total cost of process (in Rs.) in each year. Reclamation and Rehabilitation of The reclamation of worked out area will be under progress 262000 excavated pits and it will be continued during 2014-15 and area covered will be 2.62 Ha. Waste dump Management Waste will be dumped at the dumping yard during the 2013- 280000 14 covering an area of 0.7 Ha and topsoil dump will cover 0.7 Ha. Parapet wall covering 0.03 Ha & garland drain covering 0.03 Ha will be made. Afforestation for green Belt covering the area of 0.20 Ha Air and water Quality monitoring One year every quarter in 4 locations for air and 2 locations 150000 for water and 2 Location for noise. Decommissioning of infrastructure Not applicable 00 Disposal of mining machineries Not applicable 00 Tentative cost of abandonment Rs. 692000

8. Analysis of proposal (Final Recommendations)

(i) Financial and social benefits with special emphasis on the benefit to the local people including tribal population, if any, in the area.

Financial Assurance:

The financial assurance can be submitted in different forms as stated in Rule 23(F) (2) of Mineral Conservation and Development (amendment) Rules, 2003. In the mine closure plan, the manner in which financial assurance has been submitted and its particulars have to be indicated. : The land use plan of proposed plan period is given in above para of the mining plan. The total breakup of the post operational stage land use will be as under and is the basis for arriving financial assurance. Table:27 Sl. Head Area put on Additional Total Area considered Net area No use at start requirement Ha. as fully considered for of plan during plan reclaimed & calculation Ha. period rehabilitated Ha. Ha. Ha. A B C D E F G E=(C+D) G= (E-F) 1. Area to be 8.94 3.50 12.44 00 12.44 excavated 2. Storage for top soil 00 00 00 00 00 3. Overburden / dump 1.35 1.06 2.41 00 2.41 4. Mineral storage 0.34 00 0.34 00 0.34 5. Infrastructure 3.02 00 3.02 00 3.02 (Workshop, administrative building)

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6. Roads 3.23 00 3.23 00 3.23 7. Railways 00 00 00 00 00 8. Green belt 00 0.21 0.21 00 0.21 9. Tailing pond 00 00 00 00 00 10 Garland drain 00 00 00 00 00 11 Toe Wall 00 00 00 00 00 12 Effluent treatment 00 00 00 00 00 plant 13 Mineral separation 00 00 00 00 00 plant 14 Township area 00 00 00 00 00 15 Others to specify 00 0.06 0.06 00 0.06 Parapet wall etc.

Total 16.88 4.83 21.71 00 21.71

Total area in use : 21.71 Hectares Rate of Financial Assurance : Rs. 25000/- per hectare Amount of Financial Assurance : 21.71 Hectares @ Rs.25000/- per hectare = Rs.542750/- The financial assurance in the form of Bank Guarantee will be submitted to the concerned authority before the approval of the mining plan.

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