INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS DEVELOPMEMT AND REGULATION DIVISION Mining Plan Modification REPORT Jabalpur regional office Mine file No : MP/BGT/CU-1/NGP Mine code : 14MPR01001 (i) Name of the Inspecting : K006() NARESH KUMAR KATARIYA Officer and ID No. (ii) Designation : Deputy Controller Mines (iii) Accompaning mine : S/Sh N Shenoy(DGM,Mines) K Hansda (Mine Manager), P.D Official with Designation (iv) Date of Inspection : 09-DEC-19 (v) Prev.inspection date : PART-I : GENERAL INFORMATION 1. (a) Mine Name : MALANJKHAND (b) Registration NO. : 14MPR01001 (c) Category : A Fully Mechanised (d) Type of Working : Underground (e) Postal address State : MADHYA PRADESH District : BALAGHAT Village : KARAMSARA Taluka : BAIHAR Post office : MALAJKHAND Pin Code : 481116 FAX No. : 07637-257038 E-mail : [email protected] Phone : 257032 (f) Police Station : malanjkhand (g) First opening date : 01-JAN-78 (h) Weekly day of rest : SUN 2. Address for : Malanj Khand copper project correspondance Teh: Birsa Dist: Balaghat State: MP 3. (a) Lease Number : MPR0781 (b) Lease area : 480.1 (c) Period of lease : (d) Date of Expiry : 31-MAR-20 4. Mineral worked : COPPER ORE Main PAGE : 2 5. Name and Address of the Lessee : M/S HINDUSTAN COPPER LIMITED MALANJKHAND COPPER PROJECT DISTT BALAGHAT MP BALAGHAT MADHYA PRADESH Phone: FAX : Owner : SK Bhattacharya BALAGHAT MADHYA PRADESH Phone: FAX : Agent : V.K singh BALAGHAT MADHYA PRADESH Phone: FAX : Mining Engineer Name : P.D.BOHRA,Full Time Qualification : BE MINING Appointment/ : Termination date Geologist Name : Dr Bhakat,Full Time Qualification : MSc Geology Appointment/ : 01-JAN-19 Termination date 6. Date of approval of Mining : Renewal under rule 24 MCR1960 23-AUG-12 Plan/Scheme of Mining MP modif under 17(3) MCR 2016 20-FEB-16 MP modif under 17(3) MCR 2016 20-FEB-18 PAGE : 3 PART - II : OBSERVATION/COMMENTS OF INSPECTING OFFICERS Exploration : Sl.No. Item Proposals Actual work Remarks 1a Backlog of Nil Nil previous year 1b Exploration over Not proposed Not done lease area for geological axis 1 or 2 1c Exploration NA NA Agencies and Expenditure in lakh rupees during the year 1d Balance area to Not proposed Balance area to be be explored to explored for G1: 339.605 bring Geological Ha axis in 1 or 2 1e Balance reserve 126.180 X 1.33% Cu as on 01/04/20 Development : Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 2a Location of Yes Location of development development area is per proposal w.r.t.lease area 2b Separate benches separate bench heights in the Violation pointed in topsoil, benches of 12 western side of the out for the same. overburden and m height shall lease (between the local minerals (Rule be maintained grid coordinates E6800 15) in the mine to E7000 & N 6200 to N and bench 6600) have been merged widths at the up resulting height of mine shall not the benches found more be less than than 12 m and bench 6m height. widths found less than 6m at many places between the local grid coordinates E6800 to E7000 & N 6200 to N6600 2c Stripping ratio 1: 3.35 1: 2.55 Striping ratio or ore to OB deviated due to ratio less development. Violation pointed out for the same. PAGE : 4 2d Quantity of Nil Nil topsoil generation in m3 2e Quantity of 26.20 LM3 16.46 LM3 Violation pointed overburden out for the same. generation in m3 2f General remarks The mine- of inspecting development was officers on lagging from the development of proposal for the pit w.r.t. type year 2018-19. of deposit etc Violation pointed out for the same. Exploitation: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 3a Number of pit One pit One pit proposed for production 3b Quantity of ROM 7.80 LM3 9.44 LM3 mineral production proposed 3c Recovery of 18.0 LT X 1.04 18.99 LT X 1.005 %Cu and sailable/usable %Cu and 3.00 6.42 LT X 0.34 %Cu mineral from ROM LT X 0.33 %Cu production 3d Quantity of 3.00 Lt 621634 T mineral reject generation 3e Grade of mineral 0.25% Cu 0.35% Cu rejects generation and threshold value declared. 3f Quantity of sub 3.00 LT 621634 T grade mineral generation. 3g Grade of sub 0.35% Cu 0.348% Cu grade mineral generation PAGE : 5 3h Manual / Mechanized Mechanized Mechanised method adopted for segregating from ROM 3i Any analysis or Yes Yes beneficiation study proposed and carried out for sub grade mineral and rejects. 3j Provision of Yes Yes drilling and blasting in mineral benches 3k Provision of Yes Yes mining machineries in mineral benches 3l Whether height Yes Yes of benches in overburden and mineral suitable for method of mining proposed in MP/SOM 3m Total area 2.758 LM2 2.075 LM2 covered under excavation/pits 3n Ore to OB ratio 1: 3.35 1:2.55 for the pit/mine during the year. 3o Total area put Mining area- Mining area- 132.357 in use under 132.357 Waste Dump site - different heads Waste Dump 137.381 at the end of site - 137.381 Mineral storage - 6.063 year Mineral Irfra, admin buld -8.623 storage - Road - 8.485 6.063 Mineral separation - Irfra, admin 0.73 buld -8.623 Other - 17.859 Road - 8.485 Undisturbed area - Mineral 168.672 separation - 0.73 Other - 17.859 Undisturbed area - 168.672 PAGE : 6 3p Production of 2017-18 12.82 2017-18 11.86 Million ROM mineral Million Tones Tones during the last 2018-19 11.5 2018-19 12.21 Million five year period Million Tones Tones as applicable 3q General remarks of inspecting officers on method of mining etc. Solid Waste Management - Dumping: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 4a Separate dumping Yes Yes of topsoil, OB and mineral rejects (Rule 32,33) 4b Location of Yes As per proposal. topsoil, OB and mineral reject dumps 4c Number of dumps three three within lease area and outside of lease area 4d Location of out side UPL out side UPL dumps w.r.t. ultimate pit limit (Rule 16) 4e Number of active One One and alive dumps. 4f Number of dead Two Two dumps. 4g Number of dumps Nil Nil established. 4h Whether Yes Yes Retaining wall or garland drain all along dumps are there. 4i Length of 680 m 680 m Retaining wall or garland drain all along dumps PAGE : 7 4j Number of Three Three settling ponds 4k Specific dump comments of stabilization, inspecting maintenance of officer on waste green belt etc. dump management are not carried out in accordance to approved PMCP either partially or fully. Violation pointed out for the same. Solid Waste Management - Backfilling: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 5a Status of part Backfilling Backfilling not proposed or full not proposed due to UG working below extraction of due to UG opencast working. mineral from working below mined out area opencast before starting working. backfilling. 5b Area under NA NA backfilling of mined out area 5c Concurrent use NA NA of topsoil for restoration or rehabilitation of mineral out area (Rule 32) 5d Total area NA NA fully reclaimed and rehabilitated 5e General remarks Backfilling and of inspecting reclaimation not officers on proposed in 2018- backfilling and 19 due to UG reclamation etc. working below opencast working. Progressive Mine Clousre Plan: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks PAGE : 8 6a Whether Annual Yes Not submitted Violation pointed report on PMCP out for the same. submitted on time and correctly. Rule 23 E(2). 6b Area available Nil Nil for rehabilitation (ha) . 6c afforestation 1.2 ha 1.2 ha Out side the done (ha). working pit 6d No. of saplings 3000 3250 planted during the year 6f Any other method Not proposed NA of rehabilitation 6g Cost incurred on Not proposed 191.33 Lac watch and care during the year 6h Compliance on Backfilling NA reclamation and not proposed rehabilitation due to UG by backfilling working below (i) Voids open cast pit. available for backfilling ( Lx B x D 6i Compliance on NA NA reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (ii) Voids filled by waste / tailings 6j Compliance on NA NA reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (iii)Afforestati on on backfilled area PAGE : 9 6k Compliance on Not proposed NA reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (iv) Rehabilitation by making water reservoir 6l Compliance on Not proposed NA reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (v)any other specific means. 6m Compliance of 1.2 Ha 1.2 Ha 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 NA NA rehabilitation of waste land within lease (iii)Method of rehabilitation 6p Compliance of Yes Yes environmental monitoring (core zone and buffer zone) 6q General remarks yearly report in of inspecting respect of rule officers on PMCP 26(2) of MCDR 2017 compliance and has not been progressive submitted for the closure year 2018-19. operations etc. Violation pointed out for the same. Mineral Conservation: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks PAGE : 10 7a ROM Mineral 21.00 LT of 25.42 LT ROM handled & dispatch or ROM had to be 6.21 Lt of Lean ore grade-wise handle & 3.0 sorted sorting within LT of Lean Ore lease area had to be sorting 7b Method of grade- Mechanical Mechanical wise mineral sorting i.e. manual or mechanical. 7c Different grade 0.2 to 0.45% 0.2 to 0.45% Cu and of mineral Cu and above above 0.45% Cu sorted out at 0.45% Cu mines.