INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES MINES CONTROL AND CONSERVATION OF MINERAL DIVISION MCDR INSPECTION REPORT Ajmer regional office Mine file No : RAJ/JPR-63/Fe-8 Mine code : 30RAJ13005 (i) Name of the Inspecting : H011( ) Hada J.S. Officer and ID No. (ii) Designation : Assistant Mining Geologis (iii) Accompaning mine : Shri Santosh Agrawal, Partner Official with Designation (iv) Date of Inspection : 28-NOV-15 (v) Prev.inspection date : 29-NOV-14 PART-I : GENERAL INFORMATION 1. (a) Mine Name : MORIJA NEW (b) Category : B Manual (c) Type of Working : Opencast (d) Postal address State : RAJASTHAN District : JAIPUR Village : MORIJA Taluka : Post office : MORIJA Pin Code : FAX No. : Not available E-mail : Not available Phone : 01574230044 (e) Police Station : Chomu (f) First opening date : 17-FEB-79 2. Address for : M/s Nandlal Agarwal & Sons correspondance PO- Maonda, Tehsil- Neem Ka Thana District Sikar 3. (a) Lease Number : RAJ0028 (b) Lease area : 24.89 (c) Period of lease : 20 (d) Date of Expiry : 16-FEB-99 4. Mineral worked : IRON ORE Main Page 1 of 11 PAGE : 2 5. Name and Address of the Lessee : M/s Nand Lal Agarwal & Sons Maonda , Tah-Neem Ka Thana Sikar SIKAR RAJASTHAN Phone:01574-230044 FAX : Owner : M/s Nandlal Agarwal & Sons PO- Maonda Tehsil- Neem Ka Thana Sikar SIKAR RAJASTHAN Phone: 01574230044 FAX : 6. Date of approval of Mining : 17-APR-12 Plan/Scheme of Mining PART - II : TECHNICAL DETAILS/COMMENTS 1. Details about Average employment : Maximum number of persons employed on any day during the year Employment category No.of employment Av. yearly working days DIRECT Managerial 1 170 CONTRACT Workers 4 170 Page 2 of 11 PAGE : 3 2. Community Development Plan (in and around the mines) : Proposed action and expenditure towords socio-economic development. Action during the year Expenditure in Rs. Lakhs for Remarks previous year current year Proposed Incurred Proposed Incurred General InfrastructureSub total Sub total Others 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 Fodder for Gau S Total 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 3. Status of compliance of MCDR, 1988, including therewith the rectification of the outstanding violation of rules. There is no outstanding violation. During the present inspection violation of Rule 13(1), 16(1), 45(5)(a) were observed and have been pointed out to lessee for compliance. 4. A note on the justification in case of suspension of mining operation under rule 13(2) or prohibition of deployment of any person under rule 56 of MCDR, 19888, if recommended. Not recommented. Page 3 of 11 PAGE : 4 5. Scientific Mining Items Proposal Actual work done Remarks A. Exploration (Rule 13) a.Type of prospecting : Not proposed Not applicable and exploration i.e. during the year pitting, drilling 2015-16 b.Total area covered : Not proposed for Not Applicable the year 2015-16 B. Working (Rule 13) a.Number and size of : One pit - One pit - 160*80*18m each pit (LxWxH) 160*80*18m b.Bench : 6mx6m Regular 6mx6m size(LxWxH)length can be defined as regular/irregular c.Ore to waste ratio : Not mentioned Not applicable pit wise if possible otherwise for mine d.Total area covered : 2.0 hect 2.0 hect under excavation/pits C. Waste disposal (Rule 13) a.Location of dumps : Non mineralised As per the proposal areas e.Yearly generation : 10250 cubic metre About 3000 tonnes. of waste quantity. approx. b.Method of dumping : Advancing method Advancing method whether advancing/retreat c.Total area covered : 2500 SQ.M. 2800 SQ.M. under waste dump. d.No.and size of each : 1.8 ha D-1 60M X 30M X 05M waste dump with No of Singlele lift steps/lift/bench D-2 50M X 20M X 04M Singlele lift D. Production b.Year wise : 2012-13 - 89280 2012-13 - 0 t production of last t 2013-14 - 0 t five year. 2013-14 - 89880 2014-15 - 0 t t 2015-16 - 100 t 2014-15 - 90000 t 2015-16 - 90000 t D. Reserve a.Reserve position as : 5557240 tonnes of Updated reserves as of per latest MP/MS and 111 category date of inspection are at the time of 5557140 tonnes of 111 inspection. category. RESERVE POSITION AS ON 01/04/2015 Page 4 of 11 PAGE : 5 IRON ORE Category Quantity in Tonnes Grade Proved 5557140 Below 55% Fe Probable 1589780 Possible 811490 Total 7958410 PRODUCTION FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR 2014 - 2015 Mineral Production Unit IRON ORE 0 TON Page 5 of 11 PAGE : 6 6. Conservation of Mineral - both quantitative and qualitative Beneficiation (Rule 20 and 26) Efforts for improving low : Manual sorting and sizing by skilled labour. grade and sub grade mineral. Efforts for improving : By way of sorting and sizing the mineral by skilled percentage of recovery of labour. ore. Minearl Rule 15 Percentage of recovery of ore : About 90 % recovery. pitwise w.r.t. ROM and total material Number of benches in ore and : one bench on OB and 3 Nos of benches in ore body waste. Sub/grd mineral/fines (Rule16) Qty of yearly generation and : Not applicable total qty available during inspection with grade Number and size of each stack : Not applicable Location of stacking. : Not applicable Separate stacking from waste : There is no subgrade mineral,hence there is no separate stack. Total area covered for : Not applicable stacking Exploration data as on 31/03/ 2015 No. of Boreholes No. of Pits No. of Trenches 0 0 0 OVERBURDEN HANDLED DURING PREVIOUS YEAR 2014 - 2015 Overbuden/waste removed (in m3) : 0 Utilisation of Sub Grade Mineral and Mineral Rejects Generated Utilised Stacked (In Ton.) Page 6 of 11 PAGE : 7 7. Environment Management - both quantitative and qualitativ A. Land environment a. Landscape. : The lease area is composed of a hillock surrounded by flat land. b. Aesthetic environment : The aesthetic environment of the area has been maintained, as very little area has been degraded by the mining and allied activities. c. Soil and land use : Ther is small pushess in the hill terin and there is pattern no agricultural land. d. Agriculture : No agricultural activities are being carried out within the lease area. In the surrounding area agricultural activities are being undertaken. There is no impact due to mining on agriculture on the surrounding area. e. Forest(flora and fauna) : Not much variety of vegetation and wild animals. f. Vegetation : Thorny Bushes and Shrubs. h. Public building, places : There is no public building, places and monuments and monuments (protected, (protected, historical), placec of worship and places historical), placec of of tourist interest in or near the lease area. worship and places of tourist B Water environment. a. Surface water : Ther is no surface water . b. Ground water : The ground water is reported in the nearby village . c. Quality of water : The well water in the nearby village is potable. C. Air environment a. Noise : No Adverse Impacet due to the mining activity. b. Air : No Adverse Impacet due to the mining activity. c. Climatic condition : Hot and Arid climate D. Socio economic environment a. Social and demographic : The mining has given employment to the nearby profile. village people. b. Recommending health and : The minnig operation does not affect the health of safety. the employees and adjacent village people. c. Human settlement : There are about 11 villages within 1 km radious , the total population of the 11 villages is about 13225. d. Recreational facility. : None 7.1 Comments on the steps taken by the lessee towards maintaining environment and monitoring of environmental parameters to ensure the qualitative improvement in the environment and ecology. Water Management Value Season Station type Station name Parameter Actual Excess Air data for excess parameters Value Season Station name Type of area Parameter Actual Excess Page 7 of 11 PAGE : 8 PLANTATION DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR 2014 - 2015 Area in Hect. TOP SOIL MANAGEMENT Quantity as on 31/03/2015 Page 8 of 11 PAGE : 9 8. Scrutiny of annual returns on cost of production, reserve, production, pit mouth value, stock, land use pattern and fixed assets. Found in order Page 9 of 11 PAGE : 10 PART - III : PERFORMANCE OF MINE OWNER (In case of lease expiring within 2 years - as per guidelines) a. Compliance of terms and conditions of lease deed. Not applicable b. Compliance of the provisions of MCDR, 88 and advise given. The violations pointed out during the current inspection have been complied with. c. Conduct with regard to adoption of safety measures and forest wealth, ecology and environment in the mining lease area. Not applicable d. Whether the mine owner has carried out exploration and exploitation on the basis on surface mapping, pitting, trenching and core drilling taking in to consideration the mode of occurrences of mineral deposit. Not applicable e. Whether production from mining area is commensurate with the reserves and the long term progress of utilization of mineral. Not applicable f. Whether adequate investment has been made by the lessee on the development of mine on mining machinery, operational and administrative building, residential accommodation for the employees. Not applicable g. Measures taken by the lessee for protection of environment and ecology. Not applicable h. In case leases where the mineralisation tends to exhaust within the present period, the status of closing operation in phases and the special issues including human issues to be addressed at the time of closing of mine. Not applicable PART - IV : PROPOSALS FOR FURTHER ACTION FOR : Indian Bureau of Mines (any issue related to CGPB, SGPB, Assistance, Consultancy, Annual Programme and studies, etc.) None for the present. State Government (Illegal mining, mining dispute, infrastructure, Mineral based industry, Mineral policy, etc.) None for the present.