INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS DEVELOPMEMT AND REGULATION DIVISION MCDR INSPECTION REPORT Gandhinagar regional office Mine file No : GUJ/JUNA/LST-228 Mine code : 38GUJ08273 (i) Name of the Inspecting : 003( ) MANISH GUPTA Officer and ID No. (ii) Designation : Assistant Mining Engineer (iii) Accompaning mine : Sh. Ashwini kumar, Manager, Sh. R.K.Pathak,Geologist Official with Designation (iv) Date of Inspection : 08/07/2017 (v) Prev.inspection date : 14/10/2015 PART-I : GENERAL INFORMATION 1. (a) Mine Name : SUTRAPADA- D (S.NO 1483) (b) Registration NO. : IBM/5292/2011 (c) Category : A Other than Fully Mech. (d) Type of Working : Opencast (e) Postal address State : GUJARAT District : JUNAGARH Village : SUTRAPADA Taluka : SUTRAPADA Post office : SUTRAPADA Pin Code : 362275 FAX No. : E-mail : [email protected] Phone : 02876-80071 (f) Police Station : SUTRAPADA (g) First opening date : 08/07/2000 (h) Weekly day of rest : SUN 2. Address for : VILL-SUTRAPADA correspondance DISTT- GIR SOMNATH, PS-SUTRAPADA GUJARAT 3. (a) Lease Number : GUJ1385 (b) Lease area : 34.29 (c) Period of lease : 50 (d) Date of Expiry : 28/05/2048 4. Mineral worked : LIMESTONE Main PAGE : 2 5. Name and Address of the Lessee : GUJARAT HEAVY CHEMICALS LTD. SUTRAPADA TALUKA-VERAVAL DISTRICT - GIR SOMNATH GIR SOMNATH GUJARAT Phone:02876263401 FAX :079-26423623 Owner : RAMAN CHOPRA GHCL, House, Swastik Society, Opp. Punjabi Hall, Navrangpura Ahmedabad (Gujarat) AHMEDABAD GUJARAT Phone: (079) 26427818 FAX : (079)26423623 Agent : MANISH KUMAR GHCL LTD. SUTRAPADA,VERAVAL GIR SOMNATH GUJARAT Phone: (02877) 287851 FAX : (079)26423623 6. Date of approval of Mining : Mining Scheme rule 12 MCDR1988 12/01/2006 Plan/Scheme of Mining Mining Scheme rule 12 MCDR1988 14/10/2011 PAGE : 3 PART - II : OBSERVATION/COMMENTS OF INSPECTING OFFICERS Exploration : Sl.No. Item Proposals Actual work Remarks 1a Backlog of N.A. No backlog for previous Inspection for previous year year. Star rating validation. 1b Exploration over N.A. As per company record lease area for entire area has covered geological axis 1 under geological axis 1 or 2 & 2. 1c Exploration N.A. Company itself. Agencies and Expenditure in lakh rupees during the year 1d Balance area to N.A. NIL. be explored to bring Geological axis in 1 or 2 1e Balance reserve N.A 642556M.T as on 01/04/20 1f General remarks N.A. As per the geology of of inspecting deposit exploration officers on carried out is geology, satisfactory. exploration etc Development : Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 2a Location of 3 Pits. Development work has development been carried out in w.r.t.lease area three pits. 2b Separate benches Proposed. Separate benches has in topsoil, been developed. overburden and minerals (Rule 15) 2c Stripping ratio N.A. NIL. There is no OB in or ore to OB the area. ratio 2d Quantity of N.A. Marginal. Area is almost topsoil free from Top generation in m3 soil. 2e Quantity of N.A. NIL. Area is free from overburden overburden. generation in m3 PAGE : 4 2f General remarks N.A. Deposit has been of inspecting developed by opencast officers on semi mechanized method. development of Development of pits is pit w.r.t. type satisfactory. of deposit etc Exploitation: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 3a Number of pit Three. Three. proposed for production 3b Quantity of ROM 112574MT. 14667MT. mineral production proposed 3c Recovery of 75553MT 12907MT. Production is less sailable/usable than proposal. mineral from ROM production 3d Quantity of N.A. NIL. mineral reject generation 3e Grade of mineral N.A. NIL. rejects generation and threshold value declared. 3f Quantity of sub 37021MT. 1760MT. grade mineral generation. 3g Grade of sub N.A. Cement grade (undersize grade mineral limestone) generation 3h Manual / Manual. Manual hand picking Mechanised method has been method adopted practised. for segregating from ROM 3i Any analysis or N.A. NIL. beneficiation study proposed and carried out for sub grade mineral and rejects. 3j Provision of N.A. Drilling & blasting has drilling and not been practised. blasting in mineral benches PAGE : 5 3k Provision of Proposed. JCB & tippers/trucks mining combination observed machineries in during inspection. mineral benches 3l Whether height N.A. Yes. Suitable for this of benches in semi opencast working. overburden and mineral suitable for method of mining proposed in MP/SOM 3m Total area 15.05 hect. 14.80 hect. covered under excavation/pits 3n Ore to OB ratio N.A. NIL. Area is free from for the pit/mine OB. during the year. 3o Total area put Pits : 15.05 Pits : 14.80 hect. in use under hect. Others : 2.75 hect. different heads Others : 2.75 at the end of hect. year 3p Production of 2011-12: 2011-12: 26760MT, 2012- ROM mineral 1,00,000MT, 13: 31630MT, 2013-14: during the last 2012-13: 25289MT, 2014-15: five year period 1,00,000MT, 21453MT, 2015-16: as applicable 2013-14: 14667MT 1,00,000MT, 2014-15: 1,00,000MT, 2015-16: 1,00,000MT 3q General remarks N.A Method of working semi of inspecting mechanized opencast is officers on suitable for this type method of mining of deposit. Benches has etc. been developed properly. General method of mining is satisfactory. Solid Waste Management - Dumping: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 4a Separate dumping Proposed. Topsoil has been used in of topsoil, OB plantation. Area is free and mineral from OB & mineral rejects (Rule rejects. 32,33) 4b Location of N.A. NIL. Topsoil has been topsoil, OB and used in mineral reject plantation. dumps PAGE : 6 4c Number of dumps N.A. NIL. within lease area and outside of lease area 4d Location of N.A. NIL. dumps w.r.t. ultimate pit limit (Rule 16) 4e Number of active N.A. NIL. and alive dumps. 4f Number of dead N.A. NIL. dumps. 4g Number of dumps N.A. NIL. established. 4h Whether N.A. NIL. Retaining wall or garland drain all along dumps are there. 4i Length of N.A. NIL. Retaining wall or garland drain all along dumps 4j Number of N.A. NIL. settling ponds 4k Specific N.A. Area is free from comments of overburden & waste inspecting material. Overall waste officer on waste dump management is dump management satisfactory. Solid Waste Management - Backfilling: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 5a Status of part Fully Chemical grade limestone or full extraction. has been extracted in extraction of full depth. mineral from mined out area before starting backfilling. 5b Area under N.A. 23.517 hect area has backfilling of been levelled and mined out area developed as agriculture field. 5c Concurrent use N.A. Topsoil has been used in of topsoil for plantation. restoration or rehabilitation of mineral out area (Rule 32) PAGE : 7 5d Total area N.A. 23.517 hect area has fully reclaimed been levelled and and developed as agriculture rehabilitated field. 5e General remarks N.A. Waste material for of inspecting backfilling/reclamation officers on is not available at mine backfilling and site. Total 23.517 hect reclamation etc. area has been levelled and developed ads agriculture field. Plantation has done on it. Overall backfilling and reclamation practise is satisfactory. Progressive Mine Clousre Plan: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 6a Whether Annual N.A. Yearly report for the report on PMCP year 2016-17 has not submitted on been submitted. time and correctly. Rule 23 E(2). 6b Area available N.A. NIL. for rehabilitation (ha) . 6c afforestation YES. Plantation has been done (ha). carried out. 6d No. of saplings 200. 206 planted during the year 6e Cumulative no N.A. 600. .of plants 6f Any other method To develop as Area has not been of water matured for this rehabilitation reservoir. process. 6g Cost incurred on N.A. Not available at mine. watch and care during the year 6h Compliance on N.A. NIL. reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (i) Voids available for backfilling ( Lx B x D PAGE : 8 6i Compliance on N.A. 23.517 hect area has reclamation and been levelled and rehabilitation developed as agriculture by backfilling field. (ii) Voids filled by waste / tailings 6j Compliance on N.A. Plantation has been reclamation and done. rehabilitation by backfilling (iii)Afforestati on on backfilled area 6k Compliance on N.A. Not mature for this reclamation and process. rehabilitation by backfilling (iv) Rehabilitation by making water reservoir 6l Compliance on N.A. NIL. reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (v)any other specific means. 6m Compliance of N.A. Plantatiopn has been rehabilitation carried out. of waste land within lease (i)afforestation 6n Compliance of N.A. NIL. rehabilitation of waste land within lease (ii)Area rehabilitation (ha) 6o Compliance of N.A. NIL. rehabilitation of waste land within lease (iii)Method of rehabilitation 6p Compliance of N.A. Environmental monitoring environmental has been done. monitoring (core zone and buffer zone) PAGE : 9 6q General remarks N.A. PMCP compliance and of inspecting progressive closure officers on PMCP operations are compliance and satisfactory. progressive closure operations etc. Mineral Conservation: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 7a ROM Mineral 112574MT 14667MT. dispatch or grade-wise sorting within lease area 7b Method of grade- Manual. Manual hand picking has wise mineral been practised. sorting i.e. manual or mechanical. 7c Different grade Chemical grade Chemical grade & Cement of mineral & Cement grade. sorted out at grade. mines. 7d Any N.A. NIL. beneficiation process at mines . 7e General remarks N.A. Mineral conservation and of inspecting benefication practise is officer on satisfactory. Mineral conservation and beneficiation issues Environment: Sl.No.