INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS DEVELOPMEMT AND REGULATION DIVISION MCDR INSPECTION REPORT Hyderabad regional office Mine file No : AP/KNL/FE-43/HYD Mine code : 30APR11020 (i) Name of the Inspecting : CS10( ) Ch.Suseela Officer and ID No. (ii) Designation : Assistant Mining Geologis (iii) Accompaning mine : Sri. Y. Siva Kumar, Agent Official with Designation (iv) Date of Inspection : 11/02/2016 (v) Prev.inspection date : 19/07/2014 PART-I : GENERAL INFORMATION 1. (a) Mine Name : GUTUPALLI(SY.NO.782 & 873 (b) Registration NO. : (c) Category : B Manual (d) Type of Working : Opencast (e) Postal address State : ANDHRA PRADESH District : KURNOOL Village : GOTOPALLI Taluka : Post office : Pin Code : FAX No. : E-mail : Phone : 08515-227007 (f) Police Station : BANGANAPALLI (g) First opening date : 03/05/2006 (h) Weekly day of rest : SUN 2. Address for : MINE OWNER, NEAR OLD BUS STAND, correspondance BANGANAPALLE-518124 KURNOOL DISTRICT. 3. (a) Lease Number : APR2753 (b) Lease area : 22.98 (c) Period of lease : 20 (d) Date of Expiry : 23/04/2026 4. Mineral worked : BARYTES Associated IRON ORE Main PAGE : 2 5. Name and Address of the Lessee : S.VENKATESHWARA RAO FLAT NO.202,PLOTNO.19, RADHIKA RESIDENCY,RD.NO2,JUBILEE HILLS KRISHNA NAGAR,HYDERABAD. KURNOOL ANDHRA PRADESH Phone: FAX : Owner : S.VENKATESHWARA RAO, M/S.DHIGVIJAY MINERALS,FLAT NO.202, PLOT.NO.19,RADHIKA RESIDENCY,RD.NO. 2,JUBILEE HILLS,KRISHNA NAGAR,HYD. KURNOOL ANDHRA PRADESH Phone: FAX : 6. Date of approval of Mining : Fresh under rule 22 MCR1960 28/10/2005 Plan/Scheme of Mining Modif.of approved Mining Plan 17/12/2013 PAGE : 3 PART - II : OBSERVATION/COMMENTS OF INSPECTING OFFICERS Exploration : Sl.No. Item Proposals Actual work Remarks 1a Backlog of 14 CBH 7 CBH previous year 7 DTH 1b Exploration over 14CBH 7 CBH lease area for 7 DTH geological axis 1 or 2 1c Exploration Lessee Lessee Agencies and Not Specific Rs.5,00,000/- Expenditure in lakh rupees during the year 1d Balance area to About 10.92 About 10.92 ha be explored to ha bring Geological axis in 1 or 2 1e Balance reserve 79, 304 79, 304 tonnes as on 01/04/20 tonnes 1f General remarks ___________ ___________ About 50 percent of inspecting area to be officers on explored. geology, exploration etc Development : Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 2a Location of South East, South East, North, North development North, North West w.r.t.lease area West 2b Separate benches Yes Bench formation is under in topsoil, progress. overburden and minerals (Rule 15) 2c Stripping ratio 1:0.43 1: 0.5 or ore to OB ratio 2d Quantity of No Proposal NIL topsoil generation in m3 2e Quantity of 11,731 tonnes 18, 900 tonnes 18,900 tonnes overburden waste consists of generation in m3 Sand Stone/ Quartzite and Ferrugenous Shale PAGE : 4 2f General remarks ___________ ___________ Development work of inspecting is going on as per officers on the proposals of development of the approved pit w.r.t. type mining plan. of deposit etc Exploitation: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 3a Number of pit One Four Pits There is a proposed for deviation in production number of pits. Hence, violation of rule 13(1) is being pointed out to the party. 3b Quantity of ROM 32, 754 tonnes 30,400 tonnes mineral production proposed 3c Recovery of 58% 80% sailable/usable mineral from ROM production 3d Quantity of 6325 tonnes NIL mineral reject generation 3e Grade of mineral (-45 TO + 30% Not Applicable rejects Fe) generation and threshold value declared. 3f Quantity of sub No Proposal NIL grade mineral generation. 3g Grade of sub Not Applicable Not Applicable grade mineral generation 3h Manual / Manual Manual Mechanised method adopted for segregating from ROM 3i Any analysis or No Proposal NIL beneficiation study proposed and carried out for sub grade mineral and rejects. PAGE : 5 3j Provision of Yes, Jack Jack hammaer drilling & drilling and hammaer Blasting blasting in drilling & mineral benches Blasting 3k Provision of Excavator, Excavator, breaker, JCB, mining tippers dumper, water tanker machineries in etc. mineral benches 3l Whether height Yes Yes of benches in overburden and mineral suitable for method of mining proposed in MP/SOM 3m Total area 3.59 ha About 2.29 ha covered under excavation/pits 3n Ore to OB ratio 1: 0.43 1: 0.5 for the pit/mine during the year. 3o Total area put 6.12 ha About 3.8 ha in use under different heads at the end of year 3p Production of 2010-11--- 2010-11---2097tonnes, ROM mineral 23,654 tonnes, 2011-12---5727 t, 2012- during the last 2011-12---No 13---12903 t, 2013-14--- five year period proposal, -NR, 2014-15---30,400 as applicable 2012-13---No tonnes proposal, 2013-14---- 23,838 tonnes, 2014-15--- 32,754 tonnes 3q General remarks _________ __________ Mining operations of inspecting are being carried officers on out under A Other method of mining than fully etc. mechanised category. Solid Waste Management - Dumping: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 4a Separate dumping Yes Yes of topsoil, OB and mineral rejects (Rule 32,33) PAGE : 6 4b Location of East side East side topsoil, OB and mineral reject dumps 4c Number of dumps Two dumps Two dumps within the within lease within the lease area area and outside lease area of lease area 4d Location of East Side East Side dumps w.r.t. ultimate pit limit (Rule 16) 4e Number of active Two Two and alive dumps. 4f Number of dead NIL NIL dumps. 4g Number of dumps NIL NIL established. 4h Whether Yes Yes Retaining wall or garland drain all along dumps are there. 4i Length of 25m x 1.5m x 300m Retaining wall 0.5m or garland drain all along dumps 4j Number of NIL NIL settling ponds 4k Specific _________ ___________ Two waste dumps comments of are being inspecting maintainted as per officer on waste proposals in the dump management approved mining plan. Solid Waste Management - Backfilling: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 5a Status of part No Proposal Not yet matured or full extraction of mineral from mined out area before starting backfilling. 5b Area under N.A N.A backfilling of mined out area PAGE : 7 5c Concurrent use N.A N.A of topsoil for restoration or rehabilitation of mineral out area (Rule 32) 5d Total area N.A N.A fully reclaimed and rehabilitated 5e General remarks _________ __________ Area not matured of inspecting for reclamation. officers on backfilling and reclamation etc. Progressive Mine Clousre Plan: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 6a Whether Annual ______ Not submitted report on PMCP submitted on time and correctly. Rule 23 E(2). 6b Area available NIL NIL for rehabilitation (ha) . 6c afforestation 0.075 ha N.A done (ha). 6d No. of saplings 100 1000 planted during the year 6f Any other method NIL NIL of rehabilitation 6g Cost incurred on Rs. 6,000/- Rs.1,00,000/- 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 PAGE : 8 6i Compliance on NIL NIL reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (ii) Voids filled by waste / tailings 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 NIL NIL rehabilitation of waste land within lease (i)afforestation 6n Compliance of NIL NIL 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 NIL NIL environmental monitoring (core zone and buffer zone) PAGE : 9 6q General remarks __________ ___________ PMCP operations of inspecting are being carried officers on PMCP out as per the compliance and proposals of the progressive approved PMCP. closure operations etc. Mineral Conservation: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 7a ROM Mineral Grade wise Yes dispatch or sorting within grade-wise the lease area sorting within lease area 7b Method of grade- Manual & Manual & Mechanical wise mineral Mechanical sorting i.e. manual or mechanical. 7c Different grade lumps, pebbles Lumps--40-80mm & 20-40 of mineral and fines mm sorted out at Pebbles--8-20 mm mines. Fines--< 6 mm 7d Any NIL NIL beneficiation process at mines . 7e General remarks _________ _________ Manual grading is of inspecting being practiced. officer on Mineral conservation and beneficiation issues Environment: Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks 8a Separate removal Negligible Very less quantity of and utilization quantity of top soil is being of topsoil (Rule top soil is generated and used for 32) anticipated plantation. and will be used for plantation. PAGE : 10 8b Concurrent use Negligible Very less quantity of or storage of quantity of top soil is being topsoil top soil is generated and used for anticipated plantation. and will be used for plantation. 8c Separate dumps Yes Yes for overburden, waste rock, rejects and fines (Rule 33) 8d Use of Not Applicable Not Applicable overburden, waste rock, rejects and fines dumps for restoring the land to its original use 8e Phased Not Applicable Not Applicable restoration, reclamation and rehabilitation of lands affected by mining operations (Pits, dumps etc) 8f Baseline Yes Yes information on existence of plantation and additional plantation done (Rule 41) 8g Survival rate 80% 80% 8h Water sprinkling Yes Yes on roads to control airborne dust 8i General remarks __________ __________ Nothing to of inspecting highlight.