Project Feasibility Report for Malka Granite Quarry (3.836hect) PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1 Executive Summary The Granite deposit quarry is located at village –Malka Taluka – Nowgaon, Chhatarpur District (MP). 3.836 Ha quarry lease area with production capacity of 1500cubic meter per annum or 5250 MTPA is proposed by lessee M/s Swastik Enterprises having office at 117/P/16, Kakadev, Kanpur (UP). The applicant is a partnership firm. The fresh lease was grant to M/s Swastik Enterprises for 20 years. Lease agreement will be executed after environmental clearance. 1.2 Salient features of the project Project Name Malka Granite Deposit Location of mine Village - Malka Tehsil - Nowgaon District - Chhatarpur State - MP Latitude 25006’40” North Longitude 79045’07” East Topo sheet number 63C/7 Minerals of mine Granite Total geological 95760 Tonnes reserves Total Mineable 81396 Tonnes reserves Life of mine 20 years Proposed production of 5250 TPA mine Method of mining Opencast mechanized. No of working days 250 days Water demand Total water requirement is about 12.85 KLD = 1.67 KLD (Drinking & Domestic Uses) + 0.39 KLD (Plantation) + 0.8 KLD (Dust Suppression)+ 10Kld for wire saw unit. Sources of water Drinking water will be brought from the nearby well and water for dust suppression and plantation will be Pre Feasibility Report for Malka Granite Quarry (3.836hect) collected from nearby villages and stored rainwater during monsoon season. Man power 37 Nearest railway station Singhpur Dumra – 15Km ESE Nearest airport Khajuraho Airport – 35.0km SE Seismic zone Zone II 1.3 Proposed Planning Mining method - Opencast mechanized. Project cost - Rs. 1.0 Crores Production - Granite – 5250 TPA 1.4 Conclusion The production of mineral will benefit to the State in the form of Royalty. Apart from this, the project will generate direct and indirect employment opportunities to the tune of about 37 persons from the nearby villages. Also, the mine management will conduct medical camps at regular interval in the nearby villages and will help the nearby villages in providing infrastructure like school furniture, water tankers, etc. 2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/BACKGROUND INFORMATION 2.1 Identification of Project and Project Proponent The Granite deposit quarry is located at village –Malka Taluka – Nowgaon, Chhatarpur District (MP). 3.836 Ha quarry lease area with production capacity of 1500cubic meter per annum or 5250 MTPA is proposed by lessee M/s Swastik Enterprises having office at 117/P/16, Kakadev, Kanpur (UP). The applicant is a partnership firm. The fresh lease was grant to M/s Swastik Enterprises for 20 years. Lease agreement will be executed after environmental clearance. 2.2 Brief description of nature of the project 2 Pre Feasibility Report for Malka Granite Quarry (3.836hect) Granite mining will be done by fully mechanized way with deployment of heavy machineries. During the lease period total 2.70ha areas will be excavated. During lease period about 2.0ha area will be afforested. 2.3 Need for the project and its importance to the country and or region Stones have been adored from time immemorial for its natural beauty, varied colours, durability, hardness and permanency. Madhya Pradesh; the sole producer of Diamonds in the country, is richly endowed by nature with a variety of "STONES" besides significant deposits of Coal, Phyrophyllite-Diaspore etc. Multicolour and Black Granites, exotic varieties of Marble as well as Sandstone (Flagstone) constitutes the most important stone wealth of the State. From the lofty Vindhyan Sandstones the GWALIOR FORT to the world renowned majestic KHAJURAHO TEMPLES have been built. In today's fast paced world, where art is struggling to keep up with the technology, there is a need for material that combines natural beauty, vivid colours of nature and strength. Obviously the best choice is Granite which has played a vital role in intriguing structures of Yesteryears in the form of sculptures is now also sought after as the best-polished material for floors and walls among other things. The Chhatarpur, Panna, Sagar, Datia and Shivpuri districts of Bundelkhand region host massive medium to coarse grained equigranular as well as porphyritic varieties of pink, red and grey granites. The most promising areas for multicolour and black granites in the Bundelkhand region are Pista, Bira, Laulas and Baruli in Panna district; Katera, Garhi-Malhera, Hardwar in Chhatarpur district; Bagrohi and East Shahgarh in Sagar district; Janakpur-Nargarh, Malkhanpur, Sikaua and Baruni in Datia district and Sarh in Shivpuri district. The Satpura region of the State also holds a good potential for “exclusive patterned varieties" of diamension stones. In Balaghat, Seoni and Betul districts of Satpura region besides common varieties similar to "Jhansi Red" "Sira Grey" and "Disco-Grey" which are massive variety with uniform colour and grain size, patterned varieties similar to "Tiger-Skin" "Ranjita Zuparana", "Paradiso" are also available. The most promising areas for granites in Satpura region are Kachewara, Bhuriyagaon, Nagarwara, Kholwa, Maneri and 3 Pre Feasibility Report for Malka Granite Quarry (3.836hect) Kanjai in Balaghat district; Berghat block in Seoni district and Kesai, Jamundhana and Kacharboh in Betul district. A tentative possible reserve of 0.861 million cubic meters of Black Granite and 21.279 million cubic meters of Multicolour Granite down to a depth of 10 meters has already been estimated by none other than the Geological Survey of India. 2.4 Demand –Supply gap Minerals are the chief source of present phase of industrialization, and play an important role in the present phase of the national economy and overall development of the nation. India is endowed with significant mineral resources. India produces 89 minerals out of which 4 are fuel minerals, 11 metallic, 52 non- metallic and 22 minor minerals. The value of metallic minerals in 2009-10 at `32274.29 crore decreased by about 10.52% over the previous year. Among the principal metallic minerals, iron ore contributed `26864.84 crore or 83.24%, zinc concentrate `1290.85 crore or 4.0%, manganese ore `1269.54 crore or 3.93%, chromite `1183.41 crore or 3.67%, bauxite `456.36 crore or 1.41%, copper (concentrate) `362.54 crore or 1.12%, silver `338.84 crore or 1.05% and gold `331.39 crore or 1.03%, while the remaining was shared by Lead Concentrates and Tin Concentrates. The production of iron ore at about 218.64 million tonnes in 2009-10 registered an increase of 2.67% over the previous year. About 27% of the total production was shared by Public Sector Companies like SAIL (including IISCO), NMDC, etc. The share of Private Sector was 63% which includes Tata Steel (formerly TISCO) (8%). Almost the entire production of iron ore (96%) accrued from Orissa, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Goa and Jharkhand during the year. The remaining 4% production was reported from Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. The production of copper concentrate was at 124 thousand tonnes in 2009-10 which got decreased by about 9.48% as compared to the previous year. Average metal content in copper concentrate was 22.9% Cu. The production of chromite was at 3.41 million tonnes in 2009-10 which got decreased by 16.22% as compared to the previous year. Orissa reported almost entire output of chromite (99%) in the country. A nominal production was 4 Pre Feasibility Report for Malka Granite Quarry (3.836hect) reported from Karnataka. Mining of chromite was mostly dominated by private sector producers; viz, Tata Steel (formerly TISCO), IMFAL, Balasore Alloys Ltd., Jindal Strips Private Ltd. and FACOR which have their own plants and jointly accounted for 63% of total production during 2009-10. Three Public Sector Companies; viz, Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC), Mysore Mineral Ltd. (MML) and Industrial Development Corp. of Orissa Ltd. (IDCOL) together reported 18% of the total production in 2009-10. The production of manganese ore at 2.44 million tonnes in 2009-10 decreased by about 12.52% compared to that in the previous year. MOIL continued to be the largest producer of manganese ore with a share of 42% of the total production in 2009-10 followed by Tata Steel (10%), SMIOR (10%), OMC (9%), and R.B.S.S. Durga Prasad & F.N. Das 5%. Of the total production of manganese ore in 2009-10, Orissa contributed 25%, Maharashtra 24%, Madhya Pradesh 25%, Karnataka 13% and Andhra Pradesh 10%. The remaining 2% was jointly shared by Goa, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Jharkhand. The production of primary gold at 2106 kg (excluding by-product gold recovery from imported concentrates) in 2009-10 registered decrease of about 13.62% as compared to the previous year. Karnataka was the leading producer of gold accounting for 99% of the total production. The remaining production was reported from Jharkhand. The production of bauxite at 13.95 million tonnes in 2009-10 decreased by 9.76% compared to the previous year. The four major companies; namely, NALCO, HINDALCO, BALCO and Bombay Minerals Limited engaged in bauxite mining in the country, jointly contributed 66% of the total production of bauxite in 2009-10. Orissa accounted for 35% of the total output of bauxite during 200910 followed by Gujarat (19%), Maharashtra (14%) Chhattisgarh (12%) and Jharkhand (12%). During 2009-10, the production of lead concentrate at 136 thousand tonnes increased by 1.74% and that of zinc concentrate at 1277 thousand tonnes showed an increase of 4.33% over the previous year. Average metal content in lead concentrate was 61.82% Pb and that in zinc concentrate was 52.86% Zn. Rajasthan accounted for the entire production of lead concentrate and zinc concentrate during 2009-10. The value of production of non-metallic minerals at `4286.94 crores during 2009-10 5 Pre Feasibility Report for Malka Granite Quarry (3.836hect) increased by 5.41% as compared to the previous year.