EIA Report for 4.03 ha Keolari manganese ore, Summary laterite, iron ore and yellow ocher mine SUMMARY 1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Introductions The lease area was granted to M/s Shobha Minerals having office at 765/1, Napier, Jabalpur (M.P.) 482001, for 20 years from 19.06.2007 to 18.06.2027. Since the Govt. of India amended Mines and Mineral Development Act 1957 now called MMRD 2015 under section 8 A (5), the mining period is now 50 years from lease sanction date i.e. 19.06.2007 to 18.06.2057 in case of subject proposal. The lessee has already obtained the consent letter from State Pollution control board MP for present production capacity of 99892 MT/Y vide letter no. 4973/RO/PCB/MINE/JBP/2009 dated on 18/09/2009. M/s Shobha Minerals is a Partnership firm registered under company act. List of Partner is given below: 1. Shri Nitin Sharma 2. Shri Ravindra Sharma 3. Shri Manish Kothari 4. Shri Ashish Bothra Shri Nitin Sharma is declared as nominated owner of the concerned mining lease. The committee suggested Terms of References (‘ToR’) for the preparation of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management Plan (EMP) through its letter no. 1231/PS-MS/ MPPCB/ SEAC- II/M/TOR (041)/ 2016 Bhopal date 04/06/2016, which are incorporated in the EIA/EMP report at their respective places. Details of the project Table –1 S. No. Particulars Details 1. Locations Village Keolari Tehsil Sihora District Jabalpur State MP 2. Latitude 23o22’47.8” to 23o22’53.7” North Longitude 80o03’02.1” to 80o03’11.4”East 3. General ground level 395 mRL 4. Elevation range Highest - 406 m RL Lowest - 395 m RL 5. Nearest National/ State NH-7 - 0.30 km - WNW M/s Shobha Minerals, Jabalpur (MP) Ex. 1 M/s CES, Bhopal EIA Report for 4.03 ha Keolari manganese ore, Summary laterite, iron ore and yellow ocher mine Highway 6. Nearest Railway Station Gosalpur - 0.60 km - E 7. Nearest Airport Jabalpur - 22.0km - S 8. Nearest Tourist Place None within 10km radius. 9. Archaeological Important None Place within 10km radius. 10. Ecological Sensitive Areas (Wild Life Sanctuaries) None within 10km radius. 11. Nearest hill range within None 10km radius 12. Reserved / Protected Borha RF - 4.9 km - SE Forest within 10km radius 13. Nearest major city with Jabalpur 100000 population within 10km radius 14. Nearest Town/City within None 10km radius 15. Nearest Village Keolari - 0.20 km - SE 16. Nearest River with 10km Heron River - 3.50 km - NW radius Barrne river – 7.75 km - ESE 17. Nearest other Surface Budhsagar reservoir – 3.70 km - SW Body Canal - 5.60 km - SE Marel reservoir - 8.80 km - ESE Moheri Reservoir – 9.10 km - S Barene Reservoir –6.60 km - SSE 18. Other mines within 2 km 1. M/s Narayan Metals (running) radius 2. M/s RMG Super Mines Pvt Ltd. 19. Industry within 10 km M/s Sagar Stone, Beneficiation plant, radius Dhamki M/s Rajeev Chhadha, Beneficiation plant, Dhamki M/s Jakodia Minerals , Beneficiation plant, Dhamki 20. Surrounding features East – Agriculture land, Gosalpur within 500m Railway Station South east- Old pit, Keolari village South – Waste land South west – Waste land West- Waste land, Dhamdha village North– Agricultural land, Keolari Turning Source: Field Survey Mining lease status M/s Shobha Minerals, Jabalpur (MP) Ex. 2 M/s CES, Bhopal EIA Report for 4.03 ha Keolari manganese ore, Summary laterite, iron ore and yellow ocher mine The subject mine lease area is located in village – Keolari, Taluka - Sihora, Jabalpur District (M.P.). Land use of the area is defined as Govt. waste land. The lease was granted for period of 20years from 19.06.2007 to 18.06.2027. Mining Details Table –2 S. No. Particulars Details 1 Type of Mine Open Cast 2 Mining Lease Area 4.03 ha 3. Mineable Area 2.6143 ha 4. Existing Pits & Quarries 1.6886 ha 5. Existing Dumps Nil 6. Existing Infrastructure and Road 0.15 ha 7. Mineral Storage Nil 8. Plantation 0.10 ha 9. Method of mining OTFM 10. Present depth of mining 20m bgl (375 m MSL) 11. Ultimate Depth of Mining 25m bgl (370 m MSL) 12. Ultimate Pit Slope 45o 13. Expected Life of Mines 6 years 14. Lease Period 20 year (19.06.2007 to 18.06.2027) 15. Thickness of lateritic soil Minimum 0.0 m Maximum 0.0 m 16. Stripping Ratio Nil 17. Mode to transportation Road 18. Area to be covered under dumps in Nil conceptual period 19. Area covered under pit in 2.6143 ha conceptual period 20. Area to be reclaimed by conceptual Nil period 21. Area to be covered under plantation 1.85 ha by conceptual period 22. Area to covered under water 1.9969 ha reservoir 23. Area to covered under Infrastructure 0.11 ha 24. Area to covered under road 0.01ha 25. MSL 406-395 AMSL 26. Ground water table Monsoon period 35 m bgl (360m AMSL) Dry month 40 m bgl (355m AMSL) 27. Total production per day 1024 MT 28. Dumper requirement per day 24 M/s Shobha Minerals, Jabalpur (MP) Ex. 3 M/s CES, Bhopal EIA Report for 4.03 ha Keolari manganese ore, Summary laterite, iron ore and yellow ocher mine (24tonne capacity) Source: Approved Mining Plan by IBM Mineable Reserves and Life of Mine Mining losses (Loss of mineral during loading, transportation and other handling operation=negligible) Although the proposals are given with OTFM ‘A’ category, keeping mineral importance and past mining activity experience the manual means of working will be on higher side hence the mineral loss will be negligible therefore not considered. Mine life estimated by taking mineable reserves and maximum yearly production of minerals is 307235 MT per year. Total Mineable Reserve is 1657710 MT Balance reserve = Total Minable reserve – Next two year production of (SOM period) Balance reserve = 1657710 – 664593 Balance reserve = 993117 Life = Balance reserve / Proposed production Life = 3.2324 Mine life = 3.2324 + SOM period production Mine life = 3.2324 + 2 Mine life = 5.23 say 6 years The life of the mine is worked out on the basis of the production projected presently. This will change depending upon the market conditions as well as the increase in reserves after proposed exploration. Method of Mining As per the exploration data and geological setup of the region, reserves of Manganese ore, Iron ore, Laterite, Manganese ore and yellow ocher are calculated up to 25 m depth from surface RL. Present mineralization is considered up to 370 mRL and accordingly the workings have been conceptualized. As per present knowledge of the area, the blue dust zone likely to be continued below 370 mRL hence exploration is proposed in ensuring period. For calculation of reserves, 0 to 35 m of mineral thickness is considered. As per the criteria for selection of method of mining, when deposits are not difficult to reach from the surface (depth, cliffs permitting side access), the opencast mining method is adopted for the mining. M/s Shobha Minerals, Jabalpur (MP) Ex. 4 M/s CES, Bhopal EIA Report for 4.03 ha Keolari manganese ore, Summary laterite, iron ore and yellow ocher mine In present case, minerals are occurring at surface level, excavation of the mineral from the surface will not have difficulties. Thus opencast mining method for the excavation of subject mines is proposed. The mining operations will be mainly carried out by opencast other than fully mechanized method. Presently opencast method of mining (A category, fully mechanized) method is already in operation. Operation of mining is being carried out by manual and deployment of heavy earth moving machineries for excavation, loading and transportation on single shift basis in the iron ore, Mn ore and laterite deposit at the east central part of the quarry. 3 to 4 development cum production benches of 2-6 m height have developed at the South-Eastern side pit-1. The use of rock breaker has been done to loosen the boulder and massive formation. Loading of mineral in trucks and dumper is being done mechanically. Detail of existing pit available in the lease area is given as follows: Pit no. Broken Pit Surface Pit Benches Over area bottom MSL-m bottom all ha area ha RL Type Bench (AV) (AV) slope no HT-M WIDTH -M 406-400 386 Ore B1 2-6 10-12 PIT-A 1.5020 1.00 zone B2 2-4 6-10 B3 2-6 6-10 600 0.1866 401-400 399 Ore B1 2-3 M 2-3 M Pit-B 0.1860 zone Total 1.6886 1.1860 - - - - - - - Requirements for the project Land Requirement Total mining lease area is 4.03 Ha. The status of the land is given below: Table -3 District/ State Tehsil Village Khasara No Area Ownership Jabalpur (MP) Sihora Keolari Part 99 4.03 ha Govt. revenue land Source: Approved Mining Plan by IBM & P-II form Water Requirement The total water requirement is about 18.50 KL per day. In which, dust suppression consumes 14.0 KL/D, in Domestic activity 1.50 KL/D and for green belt 3.0 Kl/D water will be required. Some quantity of water for dust suppuration and green belt will be taken from the existing mine pit, hand pump and settling tank. Manpower Requirement Estimated requirement of manpower for this project will be about 80-90. Details has been given in chapter -2 Power Requirement M/s Shobha Minerals, Jabalpur (MP) Ex.