PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT OF KALAMANG WEST (NORTHERN PART) IRON ORE MINE FOR TERMS OF REFERENCE Village Kalamang, Ghodabudani & Gandalpada Tehsil Koida and Rugudi (Barbil) District Sundergarh & Keonjhar State Odisha Capacity 5.0 MTPA Lease Area 92.875 Ha Category of Project ‘A’ Project Cost Rs. 92 Crores Name of Project Proponent: M/s Bhushan Steel Limited Address: Bhushan Center, Ground Floor, Hyatt Regency Complex, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066 SUBMITTED BY M/S BHUSHAN STEEL LIMITED Address: Bhushan Center, Ground Floor, Hyatt Regency Complex, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Mining area is situated in three villages namely Kalamang, Ghodabudani of Sundargarh District & village Gandalpada of Keonjhar District, Tehsils Koida and Rugudi (Barbil), Districts Sundergarh and Keonjhar, State Odisha, over an area of 92.875 hectares which involves 42.608 Ha of forest land and 50.267 Ha of non-forest land. Forest Clearance application is filed on 26.07.2017 vide proposal no. FP/OR/MIN/27286/2017. The concerned mining lease is proposed by M/s Bhushan Steel Limited. The Government of Odisha, Department of Steel & Mines has issued Letter of Intent as per vide letter no. IV (MISC) SM-53/2017/5285/SM dated 24.06.2017 as per 10(2) rules of mining lease for Kalamang West (Northern Part) Iron Ore Block in favour of M/s Bhushan Steel Limited. The company is globally renowned and one of the prominent leading player in Steel Industry of India, under the Chairmanship of Shri Brij Bhushan Singhal and Shri Neeraj Singhal, Vice Chairman & Managing Director of the company. Shri Neeraj Singhal, has authorized Shri. Sanjeev Kapoor to file sign/execute all related applications regarding this project. (Document is attached as Additional documents). The aforesaid mine lease area measuring 92.875 ha is for extraction of Iron Ore. The annual production is targeted at 5.0 Million Tonnes. Open cast mechanized mining method is proposed. Sizing, sorting and blending will be carried out manually by raising & crushing. The cost of the project is Rs 92 Crores.(Approved Mine Plan is attached as Additional documents). This mining project falls under Category “A” Project or activity 1(a) as per EIA Notifications 2006 and its subsequent amendments. 1.1 Salient features of the project Project Name Kalamang West (Northern Part) Block Iron Ore Mine Location of Mine Site Near Villages - Kalamang, Ghodabudani of Sundergarh District & Gandalpada of Keonjhar District Tehsil - Koida and Rugudi (Barbil) District - Sundergarh and Keonjhar State - Odisha Latitude & Longitude Pillar Name Longitude Latitude A 85° 17' 21.45" E 21° 56' 50.03" N B 85° 17' 27.44" E 21° 56' 53.35" N C 85° 17' 31.00" E 21° 56' 47.75" N D 85° 17' 48.99" E 21° 56' 57.69" N E 85° 17' 52.54" E 21° 56' 52.10" N F 85° 17' 57.53" E 21° 56' 54.85" N G 85° 17' 57.12" E 21° 56' 58.28" N H 85 17' 51.02"E 21 57' 07.89"N I 85 17' 52.52"E 21 57' 08.63"N ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ 1 J 85 17' 49.26"E 21 57' 11.90" N K 85 17' 39.78"E 21 57' 11.37"N ⁰ ⁰ L 85 17' 36.45"E 21 57' 11.82"N ⁰ ⁰ M 85 17' 33.72"E 21 57' 12.52"N ⁰ ⁰ N 85 17' 30.93"E 21 57' 12.91"N ⁰ ⁰ O 85 17 '33.75"E 21 57' 18.00"N ⁰ ⁰ P 85 17' 34.21"E 21 57' 18.97"N ⁰ ⁰ Q 85 17' 36.00"E 21 57' 22.14"N ⁰ ⁰ R 85 17' 37.80"E 21 57' 25.35"N ⁰ ⁰ S 85 17' 40.39"E 21 57' 30.04"N ⁰ ⁰ T 85 17' 41.64"E 21 57' 32.34"N ⁰ ⁰ U 85 17' 06.65"E 21 57' 13.30"N ⁰ ⁰ Topo-sheet number 73 G/5 Minerals of mine Iron Ore ⁰ ⁰ Total Geological reserves 92973749 MT (92.97Million Tonnes) Total Mineable reserves 71886002 MT (71.88 Million Tonnes) Life of mine 15 years Proposed production of 5.0 MTPA mine Method of mining Mechanized Opencast Method No of working days 300 Water demand Total water requirement is about 197 KLD = 65 KLD for Drinking & Domestic Uses + 132 KLD for Mining Operations and Plantation Sources of water From bore wells and nearby surface streams. Man power 120 Nearest railway station Barbil Railway Station is about 18 km in NE direction Nearest State Highway/ NH-215 is about 2 km in NW direction National highway Nearest airport Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar is about 196 km in SE direction. Seismic zone Zone II, as per seismic zone map of India. 1.2 Proposed Planning Mining method - Fully Mechanized Opencast Estimated Project Cost - Rs. 92 Crores Production is - 5.0 MTPA 1.3 Conclusion The production of mineral will benefit the State in the form of Royalty and dead rent. Apart from this, the project will generate direct and indirect employment opportunities to the tune of about 120 persons from the nearby villages. Also, the mine owner will conduct medical camps at regular intervals in the nearby villages and will also develop much needed infrastructure like 2 construction of toilets, providing furniture and RO water system to the nearby schools. 2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/BACKGROUND INFORMATION 2.1 Identification of Project and Project Proponent 2.1.1 Identification of Project The Mining area is falling near three villages namely Kalamang and Ghodabudhani of Sundargarh District & village Gandalpada of Keonjhar District of two Tehsils Koida and Rugudi (Barbil), in two districts Sundergarh and Keonjhar of Odisha over an area of 92.875 hectares in which 42.608 Ha land is forest land and rest 50.267 Ha land is non forest land. Forest Clearance application is filed on 26.07.2017 vide proposal no. FP/OR/MIN/27286/2017. The concerned mining lease is proposed by M/s Bhushan Steel Limited. The Government of Odisha, Department of Steel & Mines has issued Letter of Intent as per vide letter no. IV(MISC)SM-53/2017/5285/SM dated 24.06.2017 as per 10(2) rules of mining lease for Kalamang West (Northern Part) Iron Ore Block in favour of M/s Bhushan Steel Limited. The company is globally renowned and one of the prominent leading player in Steel Industry of India, under the Chairmanship of Shri Brij Bhushan Singhal and Shri Neeraj Singhal, Vice Chairman & Managing Director of the company. Shri Neeraj Singhal, has authorized Shri. Sanjeev Kapoor to file sign/execute all related applications regarding this project (Document is attached as Additional documents). The aforesaid mine lease area measuring 92.875 ha is for extraction of Iron Ore. The annual production is targeted at 5 Million tonnes per annum. Open cast fully-mechanized mining method is proposed to be adopted to mine out the mineral. Sizing, sorting and blending will be carried out manually by raising & crushing through mechanical means. The cost of the project is Rs 92 Crore. (Approved Mine plan is attached as Additional documents). This mining project falls under Category “A” Project or activity 1(a) as per EIA Notifications 2006 and its subsequent amendments. 2.1.2 Identification of Project Proponent The mining project is proposed by M/s Bhushan Steel Limited having its Registered Office at Bhushan Center, Hyatt Regency Complex Bhikaji Cama Place, and New Delhi-110066. The company is globally renowned and one of the prominent leading player in Steel Industry of India, under the Chairmanship of Shri Brij Bhushan Singhal and Shri Neeraj Singhal, Vice Chairman & Managing Director of the company. 3 2.2 Brief Information about the Project: The Mining area is falling near three villages namely Kalamang and Ghodabudhani of Sundargarh District & village Gandalpada of Keonjhar District of two Tehsils Koida and Rugudi (Barbil) in two districts Sundergarh and Keonjhar of Odisha over an area of 92.875 hectares in which 42.608 Ha land is forest land and rest 50.267 Ha land is non forest land. The method of mining will be open cast fully mechanized mining. The expected life of the mine is 15 years. Water requirement for the proposed project for drinking, dust suppression and other uses will be around 197 KLD. The mine will extract Iron Ore only. The production is proposed to be around 5.0 million tonnes per annum. Open cast (OTFM) fully mechanized mining is proposed. Sizing, sorting and blending will be carried out manually by raising & crushing. The cost of the project is Rs.92 Crores. 2.3 Need for the Project and Its Importance to the Country or Region Iron ore rocks and minerals from which metallic Iron can be economically extracted. Ore are usually rich in Iron Oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The Iron itself is usually found in the form of Magnetite (Fe3O4, 72.4% Fe), Hematite (Fe2O3, 69.9% Fe), Goethite (FeO(OH), 62.9% Fe), Limonite (FeO(OH)·n(H2O), 55% Fe) or Siderite (FeCO3, 48.2% Fe). Metallic Iron is virtually unknown on the surface of the Earth except as Iron-Nickel alloys from meteorites and very rare forms of deep mantle xenoliths. Although Iron is the fourth most abundant element in the Earth's crust, comprising about 5% of the vast majority is bound in silicate or more rarely carbonate minerals. The thermodynamic barriers to separating pure Iron from these minerals are formidable and energy intensive, therefore all sources of Iron used by human industry exploit comparatively rarer.