INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES MINES CONTROL AND CONSERVATION OF MINERAL DIVISION MCDR INSPECTION REPORT. Goa regional office

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1 Mine file No INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES MINES CONTROL AND CONSERVATION OF MINERAL DIVISION MAH/RTG/BX-6/GOA (i) Name of the Inspecting Officer and ID No. (ii) Designation (iii) Accompaning mine Official with Designation Goa regional office J3 ( ) JANGID G K (iv) Date of Inspection 18/9/213 (v) Prev.inspection date MCDR INSPECTION REPORT Deputy Controller Mines Mine code 7MSH22 Sh Sudheer Godebole, Dy. G.M. and Sh Pradeep Shinde, PART-I GENERAL INFORMATION 1. (a) Mine Name UMBARSHET BAUXITE MINE (b) Category A Fully Mechanised (c) Type of Working Opencast (d) Postal address State MAHARASHTRA District RATNAGIRI Village UMBERSHET Taluka DAPOLI Post office KELSHI Pin Code FAX No. rbp@ashapura.com Phone , (e) Police Station DAPOLI (f) First opening date 2/1/25 2. Address for correspondance VILLAGE-UMBERSHET, Post-Kelshi, TALUKA-DAPOLI, DISTRICT-RATNAGIRI, PIN (a) Lease Number MSH312 (b) Lease area (c) Period of lease 2 (d) Date of Expiry 3/1/ Mineral worked BAUXITE Main Page 1 of 1

2 PAGE 2 5. Name and Address of the Lessee Owner Agent Mining Engineer Name Qualification Appointment/ Termination date ASHAPURA MINECHEM LIMITED 278, 3rd FLOOR, JEEVAN UDYOG BUILDING, D.N. ROAD, FORT, MUMBAI (SUBURBAN) MAHARASHTRA Phone , FAX CHETAN N. SHAH JEEVAN UDYOG BUILDING, 278, D.N. ROAD, FORT, MUMBAI GREATER BOMBAY MAHARASHTRA Phone FAX Rajnikant B. Pajwani Ashapura Minechem Ltd. Jeevan Udyog Building, 3rd Floor, 278, D.N. Road, Fort,Mumbai MUMBAI (SUBURBAN) MAHARASHTRA Phone , FAX Chandrasekhar Aikat,Full Time B.E. (Mining) 2nd Class Certificate 1/7/213 Geologist Name Qualification Appointment/ Termination date Shakti S. Dhage,Full Time M.Sc (Geology) 26/4/ Date of approval of Mining 1/7/211 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 Supervisory CONTRACT Plant Ministrial Others Workers Page 2 of 1

3 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 Health Sanitation Water supply Safety Medical facility Housing Sub total Infrastructure 4.93 Communication.5 Public transport Electricity Roads Training Recreation Employment Sub total Environment management Sports activities Others Total Status of compliance of MCDR, 1988, including therewith the rectification of the outstanding violation of rules. Mine was last inspected on for SOM and no violation was observed of MCDR Violation for rule 13(1) was issued after current inspection. 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. Suspension of mining operations under rule 13(2) or prohibition of deployment of any person under rule 56 of MCDR, 1988 is not recommended. However, if lessee failed to comply rule 13(1) within stipulated time, followup action will be initiated for logical end. Page 3 of 1

4 PAGE 4 5. Scientific Mining Items Proposal Actual work done Remarks A. Exploration (Rule 13) a.type of prospecting and exploration i.e. pitting, drilling b.total area covered B. Working (Rule 13) Additional exploration was not proposed. Additional exploration was not proposed. Additional exploration was not carried out. Till date 78 boreholes drilled at 5m X 5m grid interval. Additional exploration was not carried out. Till date 78 boreholes drilled at 5m X 5m grid interval. a.number and size of each pit (LxWxH) b.bench size(lxwxh)length can be defined as regular/irregular c.ore to waste ratio pit wise if possible otherwise for mine d.total area covered under excavation/pits C. Waste disposal (Rule 13) Development & Production over 85m X 2m X 5m was proposed at the end of Regular one bench was proposed in mineral. Ore to waste ratio for mine was estimated as 41. Area proposed under pit was around 25ha. There are three pits within lease area of 285 m X 8 m X 4.5 m, 175 m X 59 m X 4.1 m and 12 m X 65 m X 4.1 m over the proposed area. Another abandoned pit on west side of lease area is there. Shape of the lease area has been changed in 211 and nonlease block (shown in approved SOM) is not there inside the lease area due to adoption of Gat number instead of S.F. number. Regular one bench is there in all the three pits in mineral. Ore to waste ratio for mine during last three years is 21. Area covered under pits is 23.53ha as on date. a.location of dumps e.yearly generation of waste quantity. Simultaneous backfilling was proposed over 8.277ha and 6.944ha of mined out area during and Reclaimed & rehabilitated area is hardly 2.25ha of the total 23.53ha area put in use under pits. Reject generation from ROM is below 5% during last three years compared to 2% estimated in approved SOM. It was proposed to 12t intercalated waste generate 1,25,t was generated 2% of ROM as getting 2252t bauxite Page 4 of 1

5 PAGE 5 b.method of dumping whether advancing/retreat c.total area covered under waste dump. d.no.and size of each waste dump with No of steps/lift/bench D. Production intercalated waste every year. Simultaneous backfilling was proposed over mined out area during and Not applicable. Not applicable. production in Reject generation from ROM is below 5% during last three years. Reject generation from ROM is below 5%. Reclaimed & rehabilitated area is hardly 2.25ha of the total 23.53ha area put in use under pits due to less reject generation. Backfilled as reclaimed & rehabilitated area is hardly 2.25ha. Not applicable. b.year wise production of last five year. D. Reserve Year wise production tearget of last five year were 5,,t per annum. Production reported during last five year were Nil, Nil, 225t, 2259t, 2252t from 28-9 to a.reserve position as per latest MP/MS and at the time of inspection. Estimated reserves were t under 111 category. RESERVE POSITION AS ON 1/4/213 Balance reserves as on is t. BAUXITE Category Quantity in Tonnes Grade Proved Probable Possible Al2O3-46% Al2O3-46% Total PRODUCTION FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR Mineral Production Unit BAUXITE 2252 TON Page 5 of 1

6 PAGE 6 6. Conservation of Mineral - both quantitative and qualitative Beneficiation (Rule 2 and 26) Efforts for improving low grade and sub grade mineral. Efforts for improving percentage of recovery of ore. Minearl Rule 15 Percentage of recovery of ore pitwise w.r.t. ROM and total material Number of benches in ore and waste. Sub/grd mineral/fines (Rule16) Reject generation from ROM is below 5% during last three years as against 2% anticipatated in SOM. All efforts were made to recover salable mineral. Reject generation from ROM is below 5% during last three years as against 2% anticipatated in SOM. All efforts were made to recover salable mineral. Mobile screening plant is used for improvement of low grade and sub grade mineral. Reject generation from ROM is below 5% during last three years and percentage of recovery of ore pitwise w.r.t. ROM and total material is 95%. There is one bench in mineral of 4-6m height. Topsoil and OB is not there. Qty of yearly generation and total qty available during inspection with grade Number and size of each stack Location of stacking. Separate stacking from waste Total area covered for stacking Six stacks of different grade of mineral were observed and total quantity is t. Grade of the mineral is abover 45% Al2O3. Six stacks of different grade of mineral were observed and total quantity is t. Stacks size were 5m X 5m X 2m, 3m X 35m X 1.8m etc. Mineral stacks as well as reject has been stacked inside the pit. Reject material is backfilled inside the mined out area. Six stacks of different grade of mineral were observed and total quantity is t. Exploration data as on 31/3/ No. of Boreholes No. of Pits No. of Trenches OVERBURDEN HANDLED DURING PREVIOUS YEAR Overbuden/waste removed (in m3) 327 Utilisation of Sub Grade Mineral and Mineral Rejects BAUXITE Sub Grade Mineral -> Mineral Rejects -> Generated Utilised Stacked (In Ton.) Page 6 of 1

7 PAGE 7 7. Environment Management - both quantitative and qualitativ A. Land environment a. Landscape. b. Aesthetic environment c. Soil and land use pattern d. Agriculture e. Forest(flora and fauna) f. Vegetation h. Public building, places and monuments (protected, historical), placec of worship and places of tourist B Water environment. a. Surface water b. Ground water c. Quality of water C. Air environment a. Noise b. Air c. Climatic condition D. Socio economic environment The Lease area is in mount shape and top of the deposit is in the form of platue. The overburden laterite capping is dumped properly and levelled and subsequently used for backfilling. Maximum RL m, Minimum RL m Afforestation is carried out on the Backfilled area, 325 saplings have been planted so far. The Lease area is covered with Laterite which is acting as topsoil for plantation. The Lease area is mostly barren Land. No agricultural area within lease, Rice, Millets, Mango,Cashew are agricultural crops cultivated in surrounding lease areas. There will be no impact on agricultural activity due to the mining. The area is Private non-forest revenue Land. There is no forest land in surrounding area. Natural vegetation in the form of shrubs is there in lease area. Surrounding Lease area occupied by vegetation like Mango, Kokum, Cashew, Chikku. Sri Devi Mandir, Umbershet is there at 2kms distance. Bauxite mining operation does not dispose off any effluent in the surrounding watercourses. Surface water is not going to be affected either qualitatively & quantitatively. The area receives normal rainfall & it is hilly terrain. The bauxite mining operations are confined to 4 to 6m from surface, which is above the ground water table. The bauxite mining operations on the plateau does not have adverse impact on either yield or movement of ground water. There are no any effluents generated from Mining Operation. During monsoon period water is naturally stored in settling pond and discharged through seepage. Most of the mining operations are either manual or with small excavator. Noise level is within permissible limit. Continuous air quality monitoring is carried out,there is proper maintenance of tar-road for transportation of minerals and permanent water sprinkling system has been installed throughout the length of the main road. The climatic condition of the area is hilly terrain and receive more than 4mm rain. Dense afforestation is there in surrounding area. Page 7 of 1

8 PAGE 8 a. Social and demographic profile. b. Recommending health and safety. c. Human settlement d. Recreational facility. The mine is situated in the coastal area, where the socio- economic level of the people is not satisfactory. The main occupation of the people is rain depended farming. Due to uneven topographic condition & less availability of the soil, the agricultural output is comparatively low & there are no major industries in the area. This might have forced the local people to migrate towards the cities. The mining operations is providing direct & indirect employment to more than 5 persons. Moderate amount of dust generated is being suppressed by water sprinkling system and by water tankers.training relating to Health and Safety is been given to Employees. Medical Camp is been Organized in Villages. Bauxite does not contain any toxic elements. Hence the possibility of any health hazards is minimum. There is No Human Settlement in Lease area. Nearby Surrounding villages are Umbershet, Kelshi, Wanjloli and Occupied with thin Human Settlements. There is Rest Shelter, canteen, Toilets constructed for Mine Officials in the Mine. Temporary arrangement for Playing Volleyball is present at Site. Indoor games are also encouraged (Chess). Provision of Television is there for Mine Officials. 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 Season Station type Station name Parameter Value Actual Excess Air data for excess parameters Season Station name Type of area Value Parameter Actual Excess PLANTATION DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR Within lease area Outside lease area Area Trees planted Survival rate Area Trees planted Survival rate Area in Hect. TOP SOIL MANAGEMENT Quantity as on 31/3/213 Cumulative quantity in tonne Generated Utilised Balance.1.1 Page 8 of 1

9 PAGE 9 8. Scrutiny of annual returns on cost of production, reserve, production, pit mouth value, stock, land use pattern and fixed assets. The annual return submitted for is found in order. Page 9 of 1

10 PAGE 1 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. State District Taluka Village Post office Pin Code Police Station Landmark Mahrashtra Ratnagiri Dapoli Umbarshet Kelshi Dapoli temple Sri Devi Lease Number (TC details) MMM-12/CR51/IND-9 dated 21/12/24 Lease area of each TC Ha Forest / Non-forest area Non-Forest area/patta Land. Period of each lease 2 years Date of Expiry 3/1/225 Status (Fresh Grant / renewal / deemed renewal) Fresh Grant b. Compliance of the provisions of MCDR, 88 and advise given. Letter Number and Date of approval of Mining Plan MP/MAN-568(MAH)/GOA/24-5 Dated 16-Dec-4 Letter Number and Date of approval of Scheme of Mining MS/RTNG/GOA (MAH)/BX-51- SZ/328.Dated 1/7/211. 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 at present. State Government (Illegal mining, mining dispute, infrastructure, Mineral based industry, Mineral policy, etc.) None at present. The Central Government (Infrastructure, Development, Mineral policy and Legislation, Mineral based industry, etc.) None at present. Date (JANGID G K) Indian Bureau of Mines Page 1 of 1