INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS DEVELOPMEMT AND REGULATION DIVISION MCDR INSPECTION REPORT Chennai regional office Mine file No : TN/TNL/LST-34.MDS Mine code : 38TMN31008 (i) Name of the Inspecting : T028( ) T.PHALTHURAIRAJHEN Officer and ID No. (ii) Designation : Assistant Mining Geologis (iii) Accompaning mine : MR.JATEESAN MINING ENGINEER Official with Designation (iv) Date of Inspection : 12-OCT-17 (v) Prev.inspection date : PART-I : GENERAL INFORMATION 1. (a) Mine Name : SIVALARPATTI(GO.382) (b) Registration NO. : (c) Category : A Mechanised (d) Type of Working : Opencast (e) Postal address State : TAMIL NADU District : THOOTHUKUDI (TUTICORIN) Village : SIVALARPATTI Taluka : VILATHIKULAM Post office : PUDUR Pin Code : 628905 FAX No. : E-mail : Phone : (f) Police Station : (g) First opening date : 14-SEP-83 (h) Weekly day of rest : SUN 2. Address for : SIVALARPATTI VILL correspondance VILLATHIKULAM TK TUTICORIN DT 3. (a) Lease Number : TMN0224 (b) Lease area : 7.34 (c) Period of lease : 20 (d) Date of Expiry : 06-FEB-19 4. Mineral worked : LIMESTONE Main PAGE : 2 5. Name and Address of the Lessee : M/S LOVELY CHEMICALS 43-B,VELAYUTHAM ROAD SIVAKASI VIRUDHUNAGAR TAMIL NADU Phone:20141/27241 FAX :04562 - 23141 Owner : K.BALAMURUGAN, M/S LOVELY CHEMICALS 43-B, VELAYUTHAM ROAD SIVAKASI THOOTHUKUDI (TUTICORIN) TAMIL NADU Phone: 04562 - 20141/2 FAX : 04562 - 23141 6. Date of approval of Mining : Mining Scheme rule 12 MCDR1988 01-DEC-14 Plan/Scheme of Mining PAGE : 3 PART - II : OBSERVATION/COMMENTS OF INSPECTING OFFICERS Exploration : Sl.No. Item Proposals Actual work Remarks 1a Backlog of 8 HOLES NIL - previous year 1b Exploration over 1.87 Ha 1.87 Ha - lease area for geological axis 1 or 2 1c Exploration - - - Agencies and Expenditure in lakh rupees during the year 1d Balance area to Nil Nil - be explored to bring Geological axis in 1 or 2 1e Balance reserve 0.104 Mil. 0.104 Mil. Tons - as on 01/04/20 Tons 1f General remarks - - - of inspecting officers on geology, exploration etc Development : Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 2a Location of ML-20.30 to - NIL DEVELOPMENT development 221.6 DURING THE YEAR w.r.t.lease area 2b Separate benches YES YES NIL DEVELOPMENT in topsoil, DURING THE YEAR overburden and minerals (Rule 15) 2c Stripping ratio 1:0.11 - NIL DEVELOPMENT or ore to OB DURING THE YEAR. ratio 2d Quantity of NIL NIL - topsoil generation in m3 2e Quantity of - - NIL DEVELOPMENT overburden DURING THE YEAR generation in m3 PAGE : 4 2f General remarks - - NIL DEVELOPMENT of inspecting DURING THE YEAR officers on development of pit w.r.t. type of deposit etc Exploitation: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 3a Number of pit 1 - - proposed for production 3b Quantity of ROM 68926 168.04 - mineral production proposed 3c Recovery of 90% - - sailable/usable mineral from ROM production 3d Quantity of 2499 - - mineral reject generation 3e Grade of mineral Less than35 Less than35 CaO - rejects CaO generation and threshold value declared. 3f Quantity of sub NIL NIL - grade mineral generation. 3g Grade of sub NA NA - grade mineral generation 3h Manual / MECHANIZED - - Mechanised method adopted for segregating from ROM 3i Any analysis or NIL - - beneficiation study proposed and carried out for sub grade mineral and rejects. 3j Provision of YES - - drilling and blasting in mineral benches PAGE : 5 3k Provision of YES - - mining machineries in mineral benches 3l Whether height 9 m 9 m - of benches in overburden and mineral suitable for method of mining proposed in MP/SOM 3m Total area 1.50 Ha 1.50 Ha - covered under excavation/pits 3n Ore to OB ratio 1:3.17 - - for the pit/mine during the year. 3o Total area put 4.72 Ha 4.72 Ha - in use under different heads at the end of year 3p Production of 2012-13=62500 2012-13=NIL - ROM mineral 2013-14=NIL 2013-14=190.94 during the last 2014-15=20998 2014-15=NIL five year period 2015-16=22528 2015-16=177.01 as applicable 2016-17=22491 2016-17=168.04 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 Existing Dumps Complied as per the - of topsoil, OB to be used Proposal and mineral rejects (Rule 32,33) 4b Location of OB Dump ML-18 - - topsoil, OB and to ML-20 mineral reject dumps 4c Number of dumps Inside ML-3 Inside ML-3 Nos - within lease Nos area and outside of lease area PAGE : 6 4d Location of Yes Yes - dumps w.r.t. ultimate pit limit (Rule 16) 4e Number of active 3 2 - and alive dumps. 4f Number of dead - - - dumps. 4g Number of dumps 3 2 - established. 4h Whether Provided As per Proposal - Retaining wall or garland drain all along dumps are there. 4i Length of NA NA - Retaining wall or garland drain all along dumps 4j Number of 1NO - - settling ponds 4k Specific - - - comments of inspecting officer on waste dump management Solid Waste Management - Backfilling: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 5a Status of part NIL NIL - or full extraction of mineral from mined out area before starting backfilling. 5b Area under NIL NIL - backfilling of mined out area 5c Concurrent use NIL NIL - of topsoil for restoration or rehabilitation of mineral out area (Rule 32) 5d Total area NIL NIL - fully reclaimed and rehabilitated PAGE : 7 5e General remarks - - - of inspecting officers on backfilling and reclamation etc. Progressive Mine Clousre Plan: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 6a Whether Annual PRIODIALLY PRIODIALLY SUBMITTED - report on PMCP SUBMITTED submitted on time and correctly. Rule 23 E(2). 6b Area available NIL NIL - for rehabilitation (ha) . 6c afforestation NIL NIL - done (ha). 6d No. of saplings NIL NIL - planted during the year 6e Cumulative no NIL NIL - .of plants 6f Any other method NIL NIL - of rehabilitation 6g Cost incurred on NIL NIL - watch and care during the year 6h Compliance on NIL NIL - reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (i) Voids available for backfilling ( Lx B x D 6i Compliance on NIL NIL - reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (ii) Voids filled by waste / tailings PAGE : 8 6j Compliance on NIL NIL - reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (iii)Afforestati on on backfilled area 6k Compliance on NIL NIL - reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (iv) Rehabilitation by making water reservoir 6l Compliance on NIL NIL - reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (v)any other specific means. 6m Compliance of 220 Nos - - rehabilitation of waste land within lease (i)afforestation 6n Compliance of - - - rehabilitation of waste land within lease (ii)Area rehabilitation (ha) 6o Compliance of NIL NIL - rehabilitation of waste land within lease (iii)Method of rehabilitation 6p Compliance of PERIODICALLY PERIODICALLY MONITORED - environmental MONITORED monitoring (core zone and buffer zone) 6q General remarks - - - of inspecting officers on PMCP compliance and progressive closure operations etc. Mineral Conservation: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks PAGE : 9 7a ROM Mineral NIL NIL - dispatch or grade-wise sorting within lease area 7b Method of grade- NIL NIL NIL wise mineral sorting i.e. manual or mechanical. 7c Different grade NIL NIL - of mineral sorted out at mines. 7d Any NIL NIL - beneficiation process at mines . 7e General remarks - - - of inspecting officer on Mineral conservation and beneficiation issues Environment: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 8a Separate removal NIL NIL - and utilization of topsoil (Rule 32) 8b Concurrent use NA NA - or storage of topsoil 8c Separate dumps OB Dump OB Dump Provided - for overburden, Provided waste rock, rejects and fines (Rule 33) 8d Use of NOT AT THIS NA - overburden, STAGE waste rock, rejects and fines dumps for restoring the land to its original use PAGE : 10 8e Phased NIL NIL - restoration, reclamation and rehabilitation of lands affected by mining operations (Pits, dumps etc) 8f Baseline 220 Nos - - information on existence of plantation and additional plantation done (Rule 41) 8g Survival rate - - - 8h Water sprinkling 10 KL Water As per Proposal - on roads to Tanker control airborne dust 8i General remarks - - - of inspecting officer on aesthetic beauty in and around mines area Compliance of Rule 45: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 9a Status of SUBMITTED SUBMITTED - submission of Monthly and Annual returns 9b Scrutiny of As per filed Shri Shaik Bhaji (Mining - Annual return Annual Return Engineer) & Shri . for information S.Vijayakumar on Mining (Geologist) Engineer, Geologist and Manager 9c Scrutiny of NIL NIL - Annual return on land use pattern for area under pits, reclaimed area, dumps etc. 9d Scrutiny of NIL NIL - Annual return on afforestation PAGE : 11 9e Scrutiny of NIL NIL - Annual return on mineral reject generation (Grade and quantity) 9f Scrutiny of NIL NIL - Annual return on ROM stock and/or graded ore 9g Scrutiny of - - - Annual return on sale value, Ex. Mine price and production cost 9h Scrutiny of 16395000 AS PER FILED ANNUAL - Annual return on RETURN fixed assets 9k Scrutiny of PROVIDED As per filed Annual - Annual return on Return. mining machineries PAGE : 12 Details of violations observed during current inspection and compliance position of violation pointed out Violation observed Show couse position Rule NO. Issued on Compliance on Rule NO. Issued on Compliance on Date : (T.PHALTHURAIRAJHEN) Indian Bureau of Mines.