PRE-FEASIBLITY REPORT

PRE-FEASIBLITY REPORT Project : Jindal Chromite Mine Name of Company / Mine Owner : M/s Jindal Stainless Limited Location Village : Kaliapani Tehsil : Sukinda District : Jajpur State : Odisha 1 Mining Lease Area & Type of land 2 Geographical coordinates Total Mine Lease area is 89.0 Ha. (Forest Land) S No Pillar No Latitude (N) Longitude (E) 1 J1 21 02 03.53184 85 45 30.76020 2 J2 21 01 56.10432 85 45 18.17352 3 J3 21 01 39.80028 85 45 29.13624 4 J4 21 01 52.37472 85 45 50.06628 5 J5 21 01 04.39824 85 46 22.37448 6 J6 21 01 09.93252 85 46 31.69704 7 J6-C 21 01 33.76560 85 46 15.70188 8 J7 21 02 01.48668 85 45 57.09528 9 J7-B 21 01 53.59836 85 45 44.30016 10 J8 21 01 50.68092 85 45 39.48048 3 Name of Rivers/ Nallahs/ DamsalNala, 2.0 km N Tanks/ Spring/ Lakes etc Damsal Canal, 4.5km SW Nadibarana Nala, 5.0 km W Puagaghua Nala, 5.3 km WNW Ragda Reservior, 5.7 km NW Sasubhuashuri Nala, 6.1 km ESE Patharkanchia Nala, 8.3 km ESE Near Natisahi vill. Canal, 9.7 km ESE Petapeti Nala, 9.8 km W Khari Nala, 10.8 km NE Porvajhara, 10.9 km SSW Barangi Nala, 11.8 km NW Gahira Nala, 13.6 km S 4 Name of ReserveRanjaga RF, 5.3 km WNW Forest(s), Wild lifedhalpahra, 5.8 km S Sanctuary/ National parks Birasal RF, 6.5 km S etc. Tipilei RF, 10.9 km SW Bhuban RF 11.4 km S 5 Topography of ML area The altitude within the lease area ranges between 120 m to 305 m above mean sea level 1

6 Project Proposal Increase in Chrome Ore Production from 1,00,000 TPA to 2,15,000 TPA 7 Name of Mineral mined Chromite Ore 9 Mineral Reserve in Million 1.85 Tons 10 Life of mine 9 years 11 Drilling/ Blasting Yes 12 Mining method Opencast 13 GWT intersection Ground Water is already intersected at 108mRL 14 Drainage pattern/ water courses 15 Break-up of Land Utilization Pattern 16 Water requirement & Source The southern part of the area is bounded by a dry nala. The drainage pattern of the buffer zone has natural drainage such as Damsal nala in the near vicinity of the leasehold. The dry nala in the southern part carries the surface run-off during monsoon and ultimately converge with Damsal nala towards north-western part of the lease hold. Provided as Annexure - 1 Total water requirement for the project is 815 KLD out of which 85 KLD will be obtained from Ground Water and 730 KLD from mine quarry accumulated water 17 Solid waste/tailings Waste generation during period 2016-17 shall be utilized for strengthening of haul road, filling the voids created by rain on the side walls of the dumps, berms on haul road and also in plantation areas, filled up in the voids of abandoned quarry 1 on band I and dumped on waste dump No 1. 18 IBM approval : Date Mining scheme approved for the period 2012-13 to 2016-17 vide letter no. 314 (3)/2011/MCCM (CZ) / MS-58 Dated-02.05.2012 The Modified mining Scheme for 2,15,000 TPA of opencast mining had submitted to Indian Bureau of Mines, Bhubaneswar region for approval. 19 Cost of Project (Rs. Lakhs) 1900 20 Public Hearing The earlier proposal for (i) enhancement of production from mines from 0.1 million TPA to 0.215 milion TPA with (ii) additional concentrate 36,000 to 60000 MT per annum was applied to MOEF&CC for obtaining Environment Clearance (EC) and was presented for TOR on 22nd January 2010. EAC has approved TOR for the proposal on 15 February 2010. Based on the Approved TOR - EIA/EMP was prepared and Public Hearing was successfully completed on 31/08/2010 covering both proposals as mentioned above. After Public Hearing was completed for 2.15 LTPA, we have dropped the proposal of expansion from 0.1 million TPA to 0.215 milion TPA due to non availability of area within mining lease for dumping of generated OB. 2

21 Any Other (specify) None Environment clearance for the revised application to increase beneficiation of chrome ore from 36000TPA to 60000TPA was accorded on 24.02.2016 We have also obtained NOC i,e. Consent to Establish (CTE) from SPCB, Odisha for enhancement of production 2.15 LTPA of Chrome Ore on 30.11.2011. Since Public Hearing has been successfully conducted previously for increase of capacity from 0.1 MTPA to 0.215 MTPA, We request the Hon ble Committee to Waive condition of public Hearing for the project. Name and address of the company M/s Jindal Stainless Limited Registered Office O.P. Jindal Marg, Hisar 125 005 Haryana, India Ph: +91 1662 222471-83, Mine office Email Type of Activity Kaliapani, Po-Kalarangiata, Jajpur, Odisha-755028 jindal_mines@yahoo.com Fully Mechanized Opencast Mining with drilling and blasting 3

2) Introduction of the Project / Background Information (i) Identification of Project and Project Proponent Name of the Project: Name of the Project: Jindal Chromite Mine at village: Kaliapani, Sukinda Tehsil, Jajpur District, Odisha of M/s Jindal Stainless Limited. Project Proponent M/s Jindal Stainless Limited, having its registered office at O.P. Jindal Marg, Hisar 125 005, Haryana, India & Mine office at Post: Kaliapani, District: Jajpur, Odisha. The mining lease was executed in favour of M/s Jindal Strips Ltd on 04.01.2002 for 20 years w. e. from 04.01.2002 to 03.01.2022. Subsequently the name of the lessee M/s Jindal strips Ltd., was changed to M/s Jindal Stainless Limited as per Govt. permission and accordingly supplementary mining lease deed executed in favour of M/s Jindal Stainless Ltd., on 26.12.2007 w. e. from 01.04.2002 Mining operations in the area commenced from 28.01.2002 and is continuing since then by Opencast method of mining with deployment of HEMM and categorized under Category A (FM). Scheme of mining for the period 2012-13 to 2016-17 was approved under Rule 12 of MCDR-1988. vide letter No 314 (3)/2011/MCCM (CZ) / MS-58 dated 02.05.2012. Environmental Clearance was also obtained vide letter No: J-11015/12/2000- IA.II (M) dated 13.02.2001 for production of 0.1 million tonnes / annum. The chrome ore production of Jindal Chromite Mines is proposed to enhance 1LTPA to 2.15 LTPA. (ii) Brief Description of the Nature of the Project. Opencast mechanized mining project with drilling and blasting for the maximum production of 2,15,000 TPA of Chrome Ore. (iii) Employment Generation (Direct and Indirect) Due to Project. The total employment generation from the project will be around 395 (skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled) 4

3) Project Description (i) Type of Project (including interlinked and interdependent project, if any) This is an opencast mechanized mining project linked to end use plant in KalingaNagar(Jajpur,Odisha),Hissar(Haryana),Kothavlasa(Andhrapradesh), Raigarh (Chhatishgarh) (ii) Location (map showing general location, specific location and project boundary & project site specific layout) with coordinates. The deposit is situated in Kaliapani village, within Survey of India Toposheet No. 73G/16 to South-East corner of 73G/12. in Sukinda Tehsil, Jajpur District of Odisha. The details of the land are as follows: Khasra No. / Plot No. / Block Range /Survey No/Gut No Survey No/Gut No : Forest block 27 Lease Area (ha) : 89.00 Ha Location Map, Topographical map, google image, surface plan and geological plan of the Mine Lease Area is enclosed in maps section (iii) Details of alternate sites considered and the basis of selecting the proposed site, particularly the environmental considerations gone into should be highlighted. Mining is a site specific project hence no alternate site is considered. (iv) Size or Magnitude of operation. The maximum rated capacity of the project will be 2,15,000 TPA (v)project Description with Process details (a schematic diagram/ Flow chart showing the project layout, components of the project etc. should be given. Mine Production Band I (Band-I & Quarry 1) Quarry-1 mining has been discontinued since March 2013 due to open pit reaching quarriable limit due to boundary constraint. Now it is envisaged to do mining of the locked Chromite ore in the common boundary by doing joint opencast mechanized mining with the neighboring lease owners. Total approximately 1.8 million tones friable chromite ore reserve shall be mined within from the mining lease belonging to Jindal Stainless Limited. 5

Band VI (Quarry 2) Mining in the lease area is being carried out by mechanized opencast method. Drilling and blasting is being carried out to as per requirement. At present the working bench is at 160 mrl and is in operation in the insitu zone, extending over a maximum working length of 306 m in E /W and 233 m in N/S direction following the southern boundary of the lease with top RL at 300 m in south and bottom RL at 160 m. The dimension of the present quarry is around 233 m long and 306 m wide. Salient Features of Existing Mining Method Sl.No Particulars Band-I (Quarry-1) Band VI (Quarry-2) 1 Method of Mining Opencast, Category : A-FM. Opencast, Category : A- FM. 2 Type of ore Friable Chromite ore with intermediate waste and overburden comprising of laterite, silicified chert and ultramafics etc. 3 Means of raising Excavator and dumper combination. 4 Bench height and width Height of the benches are 8 m each with width 12 m. 5 Overall slope angle < 35 O < 30 O 6 Size / co-ordinate / floor mrl Present Quarry- 410 m x 305 m /190S to 800S- 590E to 1050E, Top 138mrl & bottom 57 mrl. Back filled area 280m x 230m/ 558S to 850S-800E to 1120E, Top 130 mrl & bottom 70 mrl. Lumpy Chromite ore with intermediate waste and overburden comprising of Qurtzite and ultramafics etc. Excavator and dumper combination. Height of the benches are 8 m each with width 12 m. Present Quarry- 306 m x 233 m /1230S to 1820S- 1280E to 1680E, Top 302 mrl & bottom 160 mrl. 7 Number of ramps Two (2) ramps in Q-1 Four (4) ramps in Q-2 8 Transportation of ore to By dumper / tipper through By dumper / tipper stack yard/ COBP plant haul road at 1 : 16 gradient through haul road at 1 : 16 9 Nature of Soft consisting of laterite, overburden/waste silicifiedchert and ultramafics. 10 Blasting proposal 8.8 m holes by drill machine of 150 mm hole dia. Nitrate mixture such as Powergel explosive was used for blasting. 11 Total excavation including OB / SB / IB during completed years of scheme period i.e. 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 (1 st April 2012 to Juy 2015) in CuM. 472269.17 CuM (443613 CuM of OB/IB & around 28656.17 CuM of ROM Ore) gradient Hard consisting of Quartzite, silicified chert and ultramafics. 8.8 m holes by drill machine of 150 mm hole dia. Nitrate mixture such as Powergel explosive was used for blasting. 1815922.5 CuM (1766484 CuM of OB/IB & around 49438.50 CuM of ROM Ore) 6

12 ROM (ore and mineral reject) produced during completed years of scheme period i.e. 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 (1 st April 2012 to Juy 2015) in tonnes. 81372.71 tonnes 173034.75 tonnes During the year 2016-17, proposal for development and production from the main quarry has been given with mining operation in the safety zone area on a joint development programme with the adjacent mines of M/s Balasore Alloys Limited. Eastern boundary of M/s JINDAL STAINLESS LIMITED and western boundary of M/s BAL is the target of working on sharing basis from where the blocked ore from the safety zone shall be mined out by both the lessees. The insitu zone has been targeted with a ROM production 50473 CuM during 2016-17. Method of mining will be opencast under category A Fully mechanized, deploying drilling and blasting to loosen the strata and development and production by excavator-tipper combination has been proposed. Mining operation will be continued by both the lessees simultaneously. The quarry shall be in North-South direction. For the purpose of transportation of ROM, 25 tonne capacity tippers will be deployed. Haul road shall be developed wherever required at a gradient of 1:14. Total ROM products of ore zone shall directly be transported to ore stack yards situated inside the lease area beyond working limit List of Machinery Proposed Machinery Band I (Joint Band VI Mining) 2016-17 2016-17 Drill (100/150 mm dia) 3 3 number/s Compressor (7.5 cfm/min) number/s 3 3 Excavator (2.1 CuM) 3 3 number/s Tipper (25 tonner) number/s 12 12 Dozer (275 HP) number/s 1 Same dozer can be utilized Water tanker (20 KL/12 KL) number/s 3 Same tanker can be utilized Jeep (Scorpio or similar) number/s 4 Same jeeps can be utilized 7

(vi) Availability of water, its source, Water Requirement Water requirement, m 3 /d Source 815 m 3 /day 85 m 3 from Ground water and 730m3/d from mine quarries (viii) Quantity of wastes to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme for their management / disposal. (i) Band - I Topsoil (CuM) Waste (OB/SB/IB) Mineral Rejects (CuM) Year Reuse/ Storage Back filling Storage Blending Beneficiation spreading 2016-17 0 0 214729 655123 0 50473 (ii) Band - VI Topsoil (CuM) Waste (OB/SB/IB) Mineral Rejects (CuM) Filling on haul Year Reuse/ Back Storage road/gullies Storage Blending Beneficiation spreading filling of dump walls etc 2016-17 0 0 0 0 955814 0 27762 Topsoil: There is no topsoil in the lease area as all most all the area has been degraded. Disposal of waste (i) Nature of waste Run off mine Friable band and Lumpy band in this area is overlain by laterite, silicified chert and others such as float ore,diorites and piroxinites etc. The wall rock in the area is mainly laterite and weathered serpentinites. For recovery of chromite ore it would be essential to remove Overburden(OB) since opencast mechanized method of mining is continued. A total volume of about 1825666 CuM i.e. 655123 CuM from Qry-1 and 955814CuM from Qry-2 shall be dumped on waste dump No 1. 214729 CuM recovered in 2016-17 from joint mining shall be back filled in quarry 1 on band I. Thus the voids of quarry 1 shall be partly reclaimed. Waste generated in 2016-17 from quarry-2 will 955814 CuM shall be stored on dump 1. (ii) Selection of Dumping Site It has been proposed to dump the wastes on the Dump 1 in advancing manner. Back filling of southern part of Qry-1 and by dumping within the common 8

boundary with M/S BAL. Necessary permission under Reg.111(3) of the MMR,1961 for this dumping within common boundary has already been obtained from Director, Mines Safety vide their letter No. BJA/CH-2&12/P- 111(3)/2015/1699-1700 dt. 08.07.2015 At present about 2360 m long garland drain with and 440 m long retaining wall near northern boundary of low grade dump - 1 is there along with two settling tanks. Towards south side of dump 1 and north side of reclaimed area garland drain of 380 m long each shall be constructed. Retaining wall of 380 m along with garland drain shall also be constructed. Settling tank will remain as it is. Check dams intermittently in the garland drain to check and arrest sediments flowing with water shall also be constructed. Year 2016-17 (iii) Garland Drain (m) Retaining Wall (m) Settling Tank (m) Length Width Depth Length Width Height Length Width Depth 380 1.5 1.0 380 1 1.5 - - - Dump Management Around the waste dumps, retaining wall of substantial strength shall be constructed. Perforation (weep holes) shall be left at intervals to allow for passage of water. Adjacent to this, garland drain shall be provided to prevent any wash off or leaching of dump materials during heavy rains. Dump height will be increase to 15 m (max) from existing one. Individual slopes shall not exceed 37 and the overall shape of the dump shall be 28. Catch drains shall be provided at the inward side of the terrace. Catch drains of the terrace shall be connected to the garland drain outside the periphery of the dump. These catch drains shall have concrete open pipes followed by settling tanks to avoid wash offs. Each terrace shall have provision of berms at the outer end to reduce gully formation due to rainwater wash offs. The area of waste dump is now on 27.594 Ha which will be increased to 28.782 Ha by the end of proposed modified scheme period. In course of time plantation on the dead end slopes of waste dumps with local species shall be done in consultation with forest authorities. (iv) Stacking of subgrade mineral 10 to 40% Cr2O3 containing chrome ore which has no direct market at present, is considered as mineral reject (MR). During the proposed mine working about 63103 CuM MR from joint mining shall be recovered. Besides, a quantity of 47296 CuM of MR is likely to be recovered during mine working from quarry 2 / Band VI. Since the stacking of MR is for a temporary period, it is proposed to stack the minerals within the ore stack yard. There are 3 ore stack yards, the details of which are as below: 9

Stack Yard No. Area (Ha) Max. Height (M) 1 0.949 15 2 0.508 15 3 1.376 15 (v) Selection of Site for Stacking The production of Chromite ore will be stacked in accordance with the Opencast Mining Plan. (vi) Use of Mineral & Mineral Reject ROM available in the lease area are both ore (>40% Cr 2O 3) and mineral reject (10 to 40% Cr 2O 3). Soft/fines chrome ore is available in Band I/Quarry - 1 and hard lump chrome ore is available in Band VI/Quarry - 2. Since this is a captive lease allocated by Govt., chrome ore produced from the lease can only be used in captive chrome based plants. Besides Cr2O3 other components are suitable for ferro chrome/charge chrome/silico chrome plants. The chrome ore produced from the mine is being consumed in end use plants of at Kothavalasa of Andhra Pradesh, Hissar in Haryana, Raigarh (Chhattishgarh) and Duburi, Odisha. Since these plants require high grade ore having around 46% to 48% Cr2O3, the ROM ore with around 44% Cr2O3 is sent to these plants while the ROM mineral rejects (10 to 40% Cr2O3) is stacked separately. A chrome ore beneficiation plant (COBP) is in existence within the leasehold area which is designed to process 10-12 tonnes of beneficiable grade ore (having 30-35% Cr2O3) per hour i.e. 6800 tonnes per month to produce around 2600 tonnes of concentrate at around 38% yield. Process adopted to Upgrade the ROM to suit the used requirement The lessee has set up a chrome ore beneficiation plant (COBP) within the leasehold area to upgrade the MR out of the ROM. The average grade of the feed shall be of 28 to 30% Cr 2O 3. A total of 20 tonnes of MR per hour is being fed in COBP and the concentrate quantity would be about 4 tph with 41 to 43% Cr 2O 3. As such yield is 20%. In this plant the tailing is being fed separately with the following data. When tailing containing 18 to 20% Cr 2O 3 will be processed it will be divided in two circuits i.e. tabling and flotation circuits. From flotation circuit the production will be around 1.2 tph and from tabling the production will be around 2.8 tph with a total production of 4 tph. Feed rate is 20 tph. Concentrate grade is 46 to 47% Cr 2O 3. 4) Site Analysis (i) Connectivity The mine is well connected with Panikoili-Rajamunda National Highway No.215, which is about 55 km east of the granted area. The nearest town and rail head (both for passenger & goods traffic) Jajpur Keonjhar Road is about 55 km from the ML area. 10

Tomka Mangalpur road passes in the northern side of the lease at a distance of 1.0 km. The lease area can be approached from the nearest town Jajpur Road towards south at a distance of about 58 km, via Duburi (being developed as Kalinga Nagar Steel Complex). Also one can approach from Paradeep or Bhubaneswar and from Chandikhol chowk he may reach Duburi on Daitari- Paradeep State Highway. From Duburi there is a road to the lease area via Tomka (Duburi-Daitari road) and another road via Mangalpur (Jajpur Road Kamakhyanagar road). The nearest railway siding is at Manpur near Duburi at about which is 40 km from the lease area. (ii) Land Form, Land use and Land Ownership The mine lease area is forest land (iii) Topography along with maps The chromite lease area of JINDAL STAINLESS LIMITED is situated in a flat valley with part of Mahagiri hill range and is largely covered with Alluvium and thick horizon of laterite. The valley lies between the Mahagiri hill (707.69m) on the south and Daitari range (782.42m) on the north side. The area exhibits peneplained topography marked by linearly disposed mounds of low relief. The maximum elevation in the area is 310 MRL on the southern side while the minimum elevation is 116 MRL on the north-western portion of the area. The overall slope of the area is from SE to NW. Damsala nala is the main perennial nala which flows in the south west direction and is located towards the northern side of the leasehold at a distance of 2.0 km away from the northern boundary. Various tributaries and small nalas both from the northern and southern slopes of mahagiri and daitary hill range join on to the damsala nala which finally discharge in to the Brahmani river. (iv)existing infrastructure Following types of common infrastructure (support) facility are available at the site Electric Sub Station: Mechanical Workshop Mine / Security /Gate office Canteen For Workers Generator Rooms Stores Room for the spares and tools Survey Room (v) Social Activities Employment to local villagers Transportation and Communication facilities Education facilities 11

Medical facilities and Health check-up camps for the public at least once in six months Recreation facilities Business establishments Community facilities Maintenance of the village roads Drinking water facility through bore wells Providing College bus (Shared) for local student going to Sukindagarh College. Providing vehicle for school children 5) Proposed Plantation & Infrastructure Development (i) Afforestation Program About 25.76 ha of area is covered under afforestation with 64400 plants (ii) Social Infrastructure Road facility Loading facilities Staff accommodation Automobile workshop Increase in mining equipment s Addition of new staff 6) Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R & R) Plan There is no resettlement or rehabilitation involved in this project. 7) Blasting Parameters Drilling/ Blasting details Main explosive : Power gel, indomite ANFO Dia. of cartridge : 83/125 mm Powder factor : 9 t/ Kg Requirement of explosive / per hole : 20 Kg Requirement of explosive / single blast : Up to 800 Kg Initiative explosive : Delay Electric detonator Type of blasting : Primary Yield/ hole : 93 CuM A maximum of 40 BHs shall be blasted in one round for which 800 kg of explosives is required. Staggered pattern of drilling and row to row sequence with the help of ordinary /Elec delay detonators will be adopted for the blasting purpose. During blasting of multi-rows or more numbers of holes in a single row, provision of delay detonator and NONEL/RAYDET shall be utilized in order to 12

control ground vibration. Further as per Ground Vibration study report made by ISM, dhanbad it is suggested that the maximum charge per delay is 566 kg & allowed total explosive consumed per round 2900 kg The above calculation & study reports are made keeping in view where the face distance is 500mtr from any structure & peak particle velocity is 15mm/m. Secondary blasting Secondary blasting is proposed. The big size boulders will be fragmented with the help of rock breaker. Type of explosive and detonator to be used Nitrate mixture such as Power gel explosive will be used for blasting. Electric detonator and Nonel system will be used for initiation / ignition. The use of Nonel system of initiation will have the following advantages : High blasting efficiency Minimize ground vibration Control fly rocks Better fragmentation Safe to handle Storage and transportation of explosives An approved and licensed magazine has already been established in the lease area. The license No is E/EC/OR/22/335(E40370) and the capacity of the magazine is as below.. Particulars Nitrate mixture Cast Booster Safety Fuse Detonating Fuse Electronic and/ or Ordinary Detonator Capacity 300 Kg 100Kg 500 Mtrs 2500 Mtrs 2500 Nos. 8) Project Cost Estimates: We have incurred capital expenditure of Rs.19 crore till date and no additional expenditure would be required for the proposed expansion. 13

Sl. No. Land Utilisation Pattern (area in hectares) Head Area put on use at start of proposed scheme period at the beginning of 2016-2017 (in Ha.) Land use at the end of scheme period i.e. at the end of 2016-17 (in Ha.) Annexure 1 Land use at the end of the conceptual period (in Ha.) 1 Area under Mining 23.692 28.692 33.883 2 Storage of Top Soil 0.000 0.000 0.000 3 Waste Dump site 27.594 28.782 36.398 4 Back filling 8.240 8.240 8.240 5 Mineral Storage 2.831 2.831 2.331 6 Infrastructure (Workshop, Building, etc.) 1.560 1.560 1.560 7 Roads 2.668 2.668 1.919 8 Railways 0.000 0.000 0.000 9 Green belt/safety zone 5.040 4.275* 1.899* 10 Tailing Pond 0.700 0.700 0.700 11 Effluent Treatment Plant 0.100 0.600 0.600 12 Mineral separation plant 1.470 1.470 1.470 13 Area to be used 15.105 9.182 0.000 Grand Total 89.00 89.000 89.000 14