ZAYFMining Plan ML3

MINING PLAN
alongwith
PROGRESSIVE MINE CLOSURE PLAN
OF
SONADIH LIMESTONE DEPOSIT ML-3
Area 19.219 Ha
VILLAGE – KHAPRI, TEHSIL – BALODA BAZAR,
DISTRICT – BALODA BAZAR-BHATAPARA (CHHATTISGARH)
CATEGORY “A” FULLY MECHANIZED
Govt. Land – 1.284 Ha

Private Land – 1.819 Ha
Forest Land – 16.116 Ha (bade jhad ka jungle)
State Govt. letter AF 3-42/2010/12, Naya Raipur dated 17/10/2016
SUBMITTED TO THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY FINAL SUBMISSION

(INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES, RAIPUR REGIONAL OFFICE) FEB 2017
UNDER RULE 16 (1) OF MINERALS

(OTHER THAN ATOMIC AND HYDROCARBON ENERGY MINERALS) CONCESSION RULES 2016
AND
UNDER RULE 23 B OF MCDR 1988
Applicant:
M/s Lafarge India Private Limited
IBM/378/2011
Sonadih Cement Plant, Post- Raseda, Tahsil- Baloda Bazar,
District- Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara, Chhattisgarh 493332
Email: [email protected]
Qualified Person:
Shalabh Saha
(Director)
Geo Solutions (P) Ltd.
HIG-21, Hudco Colony, Amdi Nagar, Bhilai,
District – Durg, Chhattisgarh - 490009
Tel.: 09425123191, 0788-2242913 & Email: [email protected]
MINING PLAN
alongwith
PROGRESSIVE MINE CLOSURE PLAN
OF
SONADIH LIMESTONE DEPOSIT ML-3

Village- Khapri, Tehsil-Baloda Bazar,
District – Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara
(Chhattisgarh)
CATEGORY “A” MINE FULLY MECHANIZED
Area 19.219 Ha
Govt. land – 1.284 Ha

Private land – 1.819 Ha
Forest land – 16.116 Ha
State Govt. letter No. AF 3-42/2010/12, Naya Raipur dated 17/10/2016
SUBMITTED TO THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY

(Indian Bureau of Mines, Raipur Regional Office)
Under Rule 16 (1) of

Minerals (Other Than Atomic and Hydrocarbon Energy Minerals) Concession Rules 2016
And
Under Rule 23 B of MCDR 1988
Applicant: Qualified Person:

M/s Lafarge India Private Limited Shalabh Saha
IBM/378/2011 Geo Solutions (P) Ltd.
HIG-21, Hudco Colony, Amdi Nagar,
Correspondence Address: Bhilai, District – Durg (C.G.)-490009.
Sonadih Cement Plant, Phone: 0788-2242913
Post-Raseda, Tehsil-Baloda Bazar Email: [email protected]
District-Baloda Bazar- Bhatapara,
Chhattisgarh - 493332
CHAPTER PAGE
No.
1.0 Introduction 1-3
2.0 General 4-6
3.0 Location and accessibility of area / mines 7-9
4.0 Details of approved Mining Plan (if any) 10-10
5.0 Review of Earlier Approved Proposal 11-11
6.0 Geology and Exploration 12-33
7.0 Mining 34-55
8.0 Underground Mining 56-56
9.0 Mine Drainage 57-59
10.0 Stacking of Mineral Reject/Sub Grade Material and Disposal of waste 60-61
11.0 Use of Mineral and Mineral Reject 62-64
12.0 Processing of ROM and Mineral Reject 65-67
13.0 Other 68-72
14.0 Progressive Mine Closure Plan-Under Rule 23 of MCDR’ 1988 73-103

Annexure No. Documents and Annexure Page No.
Annexure I Consent letter Certificate/Undertaking from the applicant 104-104
Annexure II Certificate from Qualified Person (Shalabh Saha) 105-105
Annexure II A Certificate from Qualified Person (Nitesh Raghuvanshi) 106-106
Annexure III Photographs of the area 107-108
Annexure IV Experience Certificate of Qualified Person (Shalabh Saha) 109-110
Annexure IV A Experience Certificate of Qualified Person (Nitesh Raghuvanshi) 111-112
Annexure V Certificate of Incorporation of the company 113-113
Annexure VI List of Board of Directors 114-114
Annexure VII Copy of the Board of Resolution for appointment of the owner 115-115
Annexure VIII ID and address proof of the Nominated owner 116-116
Annexure IX Copy of recent LOI issued by the State Govt. for submission of 117-120
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Annexure X Copy of the Prospecting Report alongwith “Form –K” 121-141
Annexure XI Pre-Feasibility Report 142-181
Annexure XII Chemical Analysis Report from NABL 182-184
Plans & Sections
S. Plans & Plates Scale

No. Section No.
1 I KHASRA PLAN SHOWING AREA UNDER M.L. 1:4,000
2 II KEY PLAN 1:50,000
3 II A LOCATION MAP Not to

scale
4 III ENVIRONMENT PLAN 1:5,000
5 IV SURFACE PLAN 1:1,000
6 V SURFACE GEOLOGICAL PLAN 1:1,000
7 V -A GEOLOGICAL CROSS-SECTIONS 1:1,000
8 VI COMPOSITE DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION PLAN AND SECTIONS 1:1,000
9 VI -A FIRST YEAR DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION PLAN 1:1,000
10 VI -B SECOND YEAR DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION PLAN 1:1,000
11 VI -C THIRD YEAR DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION PLAN 1:1,000
12 VI -D FOURTH YEAR DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION PLAN 1:1,000
13 VI -E FIFTH YEAR DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION PLAN 1:1,000
14 VII CONCEPTUAL PLAN 1:1,000
15 VII -A CONCEPTUAL SECTIONS 1:1,000
16 VIII RECLAMATION PLAN 1:1,000
17 IX FINANCIAL AREA ASSURANCE PLAN 1:1,000

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SONADIH LIMESTONE DEPOSIT, ML-3 (area 19.219 Ha),
District – Baloda Bazar Bhatapara (Chhattisgarh)
M/s Lafarge India Pvt.Limited
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Details of the Company:

Lafarge India Private Limited (LIPL) is a subsidiary of Lafarge, a world leader in building
materials, with Headquarter in Paris (France) and top-ranking position in the Cement,
aggregates & Concrete businesses. In 1833 Lafarge started its operations and contributed to
the first major project - the Suez Canal in Egypt in 1864. With over 180 years of experience
and knowledge gained from operations across the world, Lafarge contributes to the
construction of cities by providing innovative solutions.
LIPL is operating six cement plants in India, two integrated plants in the state of
Chhattisgarh, one in Rajasthan and one each grinding/ blending stations in West Bengal,
Jharkhand and Haryana. LIPL produces and sells Ordinary Portland Cement, Portland Slag
Cement, and Portland Pozzolana Cement. The Total cement production capacity of LIPL in
the Indian market currently stands at around 11 million tonnes per year.
Sonadih Cement Plant, a unit of LIPL, is located near Sonadih village, Balodabazar Tehsil of
Balodabazar-Bhatapara District in Chhattisgarh state. The present plant capacity is 3.5 mtpa
clinkers which require 5.5 million tonne per annum of limestone. This new mine with
production capacity of 0.1 million tonnes per annum will full-fill the part of requirement.
Out of the total clinker production, about 12-15% clinker is utilized at Sonadih Cement Plant
for manufacturing of Portland Pozzolana Cement, while 85-88% clinker would continue to be
sent to Jojobera grinding unit.
Lafarge India Pvt. Ltd (mines and plants) have received various awards from MOEF,
GreenTechnical Foundation, NCBM, MOCCM, CII in relation to energy saving and mines have
received awards from IBM and DGMS during MEMCW and mines safety week celebrations.
Nitesh Raghuvanshi Shalabh Saha

Qualified Person Qualified Person
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Details of the lease held by LIPL in the state of Chhattisgarh.
S. No. Name Location Area (Ha) Validity

1 Sonadih Limestone District- Baloda 444.763 15/01/1986 to
Mines bazaar Bhatapara 14/1/2026
2 Arasmeta Limestone District- Janjgir 499.987 31/05/1979 to
Mines (Lease 1 & 2) Champa 31/03/2030
Mines, Lease no.- 3 Champa 17/06/2047
4 Kirari Limestone Mines District- Janjgir 167.048 26/8/2000 to
Champa 25/8/2050
5 Chilhati Limestone District- Janjgir 1085.365 15/12/2015 to
Mines Champa 14/12/2065
Chronological history of the applied mining lease:

S. Referred Document
Chronology of PLs & ML Date
No. No
Prospecting License granted over an area of
1 24-Apr-02 F 2-126/2001/M
86.35 Ha
2 25-Jan-06 F 2-28/2002/12
180.012 Ha
3 13-Jan-06 F 2-38/2002/12
21.959 Ha
4 18-Jan-06 F 2-80/2003/12
128.147 Ha
5 13-Jan-06 F 2-125/2001/12
92.165 Ha
Received at
6 Applied for Mining Lease in Form D 31-Jul-06
Collectorate Raipur
26-May-16
District Mining Office recommended 19.219 Letter forwarded to
7 &
Ha area out of total applied 25.019 Ha MoM, Naya Raipur
20-July-16

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Mineral Resource Department, Govt. of

Chhattisgarh issued letter of intent to grant
mining lease for limestone with period of 50 AF3-42/2010/12
8 17-Oct-16
years over an area of 19.219 Ha in village Dated 17.10.2016
Khapri, Tehsil - Baloda Bazar, Dist – Baloda
Bazar - Bhatapara
The State Govt. has issued a letter of intent for sanction of mining lease vide letter No. AF 3-
42/2010/12, Naya Raipur dated 17/10/2016. The sanctioned mining lease is a part of
Prospecting license areas of 92.165 Ha and 21.959 Ha, during the recommendation for
mining lease, the area has been reduced to 19.219 Ha (copy of the letter is enclosed as
Annexure No. IX).
Earlier the prospecting license was granted to the company and accordingly prospecting
report has been submitted. (copy of the Prospecting Report is enclosed as Annexure No. X).
The Mining Plan is being submitted for approval under Rule 16(1) of Minerals (other than
atomic and hydrocarbon energy minerals) Concession Rules 2016.
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1.0 GENERAL
2.1 Name of applicant / lessee M/s Lafarge India Private Limited (LIPL)
2.2 Rule 45 IBM registration Number IBM/378/2011
2.3 Local correspondence Address Sonadih Cement Plant
Post – Raseda, Tehsil - Balodabazar
District BalodaBazar - Bhatapara
State Chhattisgarh
Pin code 493332
Phone Phone +91-7727-227226
Fax +91-7727-272227
Email [email protected]
2.4 Status of applicant/lessee Private Limited Company
2.5 Registered Office of the Equinox Business Park (Peninsula Techno Park),
Tower 3, East Wing, 4th Floor, Off Bandra-Kurla
Company
Complex, LBS Marg, Kurla-West, Mumbai-400070
Email: [email protected]
Phone/fax: 02261202628
2.6 Correspondence Address Sonadih Cement Plant
2.7 Name of the Directors with full address
Email: [email protected], Phone/fax: 02261202628
S.N. Name of the Directors Designation Address
1 Ujjawal Batria Managing Flat No. 302, 3rd floor, Wilnomona B/62,
Director Pali Hills, Nargis Dutt Road, Bandra West,
Mumbai-400050
2 Renu Sud Karnad Director BB-14, Greater Kailash, Enclave –II, New
Delhi-110048
3 Vinayak Chaterjee Director E-2278, Palam Vihar, Gurgaon-122017
Haryana-
4 Indu Ranjit Shahani Director Flat No. 56, Hill Park, A G Bell Road,
Malabar Hill, Mumbai-400006
5 Jean Desazars De Director 17, Baulevard Delessert 75016 Parris,
Montgailhard France
6 Fredric Guimbal Director 71, Oceanside, Carter Road, Bandra West,
Mumbai-400051

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Note:- Shri Ujjawal Batria is the nominated owner of the Company.
Certificate of Incorporation is enclosed as Annexure No. V.
List of Board of Directors is enclosed as Annexure No. VI.
The Board of Resolution for appointment of Shri Ujjawal Batria as Owner of the mines is
enclosed as Annexure No. VII.
Copy of ID & address proof of the Nominated Owner is enclosed as Annexure No. VIII.
2.8 Mineral(s) which is /are included in Limestone

the prospecting licence (for fresh grant)
2.9 Mineral(s) which is /are included in Limestone
the letter of intent / lease deed
2.10 Mineral(s) which is the applicant / Limestone
lessee intends to mine
2.11 Name of qualified person under Shalabh Saha
rule 15 of MCR, 2016 preparing Mining
Plan
Address Geo Solutions (P) Limited
HIG-21, Amdi Nagar, HUDCO Colony,
Bhilai, District- Durg (C.G.), PIN-490009
Phone- 09425123191
Email:- [email protected]
Copy of the qualification certificate is enclosed as Annexure No. IV.
2.12 Name of person employed under Nitesh Raghuvanshi
clause (c) of sub rule (1) of rule 42 of
MCDR 1988
Address Lafarge India Private Limited
Sonadih Cement Plant, Post – Raseda,
District - Balodabazar
Copy of the qualification certificate is enclosed as Annexure No. IV A.
2.12 Name of person employed under Will be employed during the execution of the
clause (c) of sub rule (1) of rule 42 of lease.
MCDR 1988

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2.13 Reference letter of State Govt. The State Govt. has issued a letter of intent for
/Letter of Intent for lease. sanction of mining lease vide letter No. AF 3-
42/2010/12, Naya Raipur dated 17/10/2016.
(copy of the same is enclosed as Annexure No. -
IX).
2.14 prior approval of central Not applicable
government reference if any.
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3.0 LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY OF AREA / MINES
3.1 Name of the Mine Sonadih Limestone Mine, ML-3

3.2 Lease No. & Mine code After, approval of this Mining Plan, the mine code will
be granted.
3.3 Date of grant of lease After, approval of this Mining Plan, the lease will be
granted.
3.4 Period / Expiry Date Not applicable
3.5 Location of Mine/ area
Village Khapari
Tahsil Baloda Bazar
Police station Baloda Bazar
District Baloda Bazar - Bhatapara
Pin code 493332
3.6 Postal Address for mines
Post Raseda
Tahsil Baloda Bazar
Pin code 493332
Phone Phone- +91-7727-227226
Fax Fax- +91-7727-272227

e-mail nitesh.raghuvanshi@ lafargeindia.in
3.7 Details of Details of applied / lease area with location plan (type of land-reserve
forest, protected forest, other forest, waste land, grazing land, agricultural land
and other specify)

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3.7.1 a) Non-Forest area

with Area Khasra
(Ha) No.
khasra / survey no.
1.284 140/2 & 141/1 (Govt. land)
1.819 141/3, 141/17 & 141/7( Private lands)
3.7.2 b) Forest area with khasra / Area Khasra
survey no. (Ha) No.
16.116 140/1 (bade Jhad ka Jungle)
Total (a + b) 19.219 Ha
3.8 Wheter the area falls under N. A.
Coastal Regulation Zone
(CRZ) if any, details thereof
3.9 Existing of public road / railway line, if any nearby and approximate distance
a) Approach route / railway The nearest Railway Station is Bhatapara at a
line, if any nearby and distance of about 40 km.
approximate distance
b) Approach route from The District Headquarter Balodabazar is about 12
District Headquarter to area/ km from the lease area.
mine site
c) Approach route from IBM The lease-hold area can be approached by own
Regional office to area / conveyance from Raipur via Simga-Balodabazar-
mine site Raseda. The distance from Raipur to lease area is
about 100 km.
3.10 Toposheet No. The area falls in Toposheet No. 64 K/1 and K/2.
Lat /Long of any boundary The area falls between
point /pillar fixed reference
Latitudes 210 43’ 31” to 210 44’ 25” N
point (FRP)
Longitudes 820 11’ 47” to 820 12’ 36” E
The Khasra Plan is enclosed as Plate no. I, Key plan is enclosed as location plan as Plate no.
II and Location Plan is enclosed as Plate no. II A.

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Summary of the land use is as under (Area in Hectares):
Forest land Non- Forest land

Type Area Type Area
(i) Reserve Forest Nil (i) Govt. waste land Nil
(ii) Protected Forest Nil (ii) Govt. grazing land 1.284
(iii)Wild Life Sanctuary Nil (iii)Pvt. Agriculture irrigated land 1.819
(iv)Bird Sanctuary Nil (iv)Pvt. Agriculture non-irrigated land Nil
(v) Others (bade Jhad ka Jungle) 16.116 (v) Pvt. other land Nil
-- -- (vi)Others (specify) Nil
Total 16.116 Total 3.103
G. Total 19.219 Ha
The co-ordinates of boundary pillars have been taken by GPS (WGS/84) are as under:
BP Nos. Latitudes Longitudes BP Nos. Latitudes Longitudes

BP -1 210 44’ 33.14” 820 13’ 03.25” BP -13 210 44’ 31.80” 820 12’ 44.59”
BP -2 210 44’ 33.31” 820 13’ 00.47” BP -14 210 44’ 34.52” 820 12’ 44.98”
BP -3 210 44’ 34.44” 820 13’ 00.41” BP -15 210 44’ 37.78” 820 12’ 44.92”
BP -4 210 44’ 35.03” 820 12’ 52.90” BP -16 210 44’ 41.60” 820 12’ 51.35”
BP -5 210 44’ 34.17” 820 12’ 52.94” BP -17 210 44’ 42.28” 820 12’ 53.89”
BP -6 210 44’ 34.02” 820 12’ 50.62” BP -18 210 44’ 44.14” 820 12’ 56.92”
BP -7 210 44’ 32.40” 820 12’ 50.82” BP -19 210 44’ 44.87” 820 12’ 59.53”
BP -8 210 44’ 18.18” 820 12’ 50.78” BP -20 210 44’ 44.05” 820 12’ 59.37”
BP -9 210 44’ 18.02” 820 12’ 49.65” BP -21 210 44’ 43.90” 820 13’ 02.15”
BP -10 210 44’ 21.98” 820 12’ 47.22” BP -22 210 44’ 37.99” 820 13’ 01.21”
BP -11 210 44’ 22.96” 820 12’ 46.82” BP -23 210 44’ 34.47” 820 13’ 03.04”
BP -12 210 44’ 25.94” 820 12’ 46.33” BP -24 210 44’ 33.63” 820 13’ 04.36”
Note: The co-ordinates are not authenticated by the State Govt.

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4.0 DETAILS OF APPROVED MINING PLAN/ SCHEME OF MINING (if any)
4.1 Date and reference of earlier approved MP/SOM.

S. Type of Approval Lease area Proposal
No Document & Letter No. & Date for which from - to
rule which approval
under prepared given (ha)
This is a fresh Mining Plan, and being submitted for approval
4.2 Details of last modifications if any (for previous approved period) of approved MP/SOM,
indicating date of approval, reason for modification.
Modification Approval Reason for Area Period for
(MP/SOM) Letter No. & Date modification (ha) modification
Rule under
modified
This is a fresh Mining Plan, and being submitted for approval
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5.0 REVIEW OF EARLIER APPROVED PROPOSAL

(Exploration, Development, Reclamation, etc.)
This is a fresh Mining Plan, and being submitted for approval, hence review of earlier
proposal does not arise.
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6.0 GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION
6.1 Estimated mineral resources in last approved Mining plan/ scheme of mining documents:
This is a fresh Mining Plan, and being submitted for approval, hence resources of earlier
approved Mining Plan does not arise.
6.2 Depletion / Production of mineral in last five years period from ………. to ……..
Since, the mining operation is not started, hence no depletion in earlier approved quantity.
6.3 Balance estimated mineral (6.1 minus 6.2):

This is a fresh Mining Plan, and the reserves and resources of limestone have been estimated
fresh.
6.4 Briefly describe the topography, drainage pattern, vegetation, climate, rainfall data of the
area applied/ mining lease area.
6.4.1 Physiography: The topography of the area is almost a flat having gentle slope towards
northern direction. The maximum contour level is 242 mRL near the southern boundary and
minimum is 236 mRL near the northern boundary.
6.4.2 Drainage Pattern: The Shivnath River flows from north to south and suddenly takes turn
near the northern boundary of the existing lease of the company which is about 1.5 km from
this lease area and flows towards ESE direction.
The River Shivnath and its tributaries viz Khorsi Nala and Jamuniya nala control drainage of
the area. Various streams originate from this and forms a network to join this nala, which
finally flows in SW-NE direction and meets the river Shivnath exhibiting dendritic pattern in
the most of the area. Beloda branch of the Mahanadi canal enters the area from SSW part of
the lease area and passes towards northern part distributing water to the villages in its
course. All the seasonal nalas flow into the Shivnath River.
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6.4.3 Vegetation: The common species in nearby villages are Babool, Neem, Pipal, Bargad, Imli,
Amla, Gulmohar, etc.
6.4.4 Climate: The area has sub-tropical climate. May is the hottest part of the year with
temperature reaching upto 470C; while the usual temperature ranges between 270C and
420C. January is the peak winter with temperature varying between 280C and 130C.
Rainfall: The average annual rainfall ranging from 800 to 900 mm. The rainy season starts
from June to September with maximum rain fall in the month of August. Sometimes
intermittent showers accompanied by storm are experienced in March and April before the
on-set of monsoon.
The ground water-level monitored around the area was found to be in the range of 30 - 35
m, which corroborates from the finding of adjacent existing operation. The limestone is hard,
compact and massive in nature and devoid of any secondary porosity like joint, fissures etc
and to have potential ground water occurrence. Adjacent mining operation has reached upto
a depth of 32 m and ground water has not yet encountered.
6.5 Regional Geology: Brief description of Regional Geology with reference to location of
lessee/ applied area.
The limestone and associated formation which is occurring near the village a part of
Chhattisgarh Synclinorium and belonging to Chandi Formation of the Raipur Group of
Chhattisgarh Supergroup. The limestone deposit is almost horizontally bedded with local dip
from 20 to 50 towards north. The general strike of the limestone bed is east-west. The
interacratonic Chhattisgarh Basin is crescent shaped and covers about 33,000 sq km area in
almost the center of Chhattisgarh and adjoining parts of Orissa. The basin has a maximum
length of about 300 km along ENE-WSW direction. The maximum thickness of sediments is
estimated to more than 2 km and is epicontinental or stable shelf type.
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GEOLOGY IN BRIEF: LITO-STRATIGRAPHY OF CHHATTISGARH BASIN (SOURCE: GSI MISCELLANEOUS

PUBLICATION NO. 30, PART XXI, 2ND REVISED EDITION, 2006)
Group Formation Member
Intrusives Dolerite dyke
Maniyari Purple shale with dolomite, dolomitic limestone and gypsum
Hirri(70 m+) Grey dolomite, argillaceous dolomite
Terenga Bilha Purple dolomitic argillite
(180 m ?) Dagauri Green clay, chert and shale intercalation (tuffaceous?)
Kusmi Pink to purple calcareous shale
Chandi Nipania Purple and bedded limestone
Raipur Group
(67 m) Purple argillaceous stromatolitic dolomite

Pendri / Purple and grey stromatolitic limestone and dolomite with flaggy
Deodongar limestone-shale intercalation / ferruginous glauconitic arenite and
shale
SUPERGROUP
Gunderdehi Newari Pink and buff stromatolitic limestone and dolomite

Andha / Predominantly pink, purple and grey shale with limestone
Dotopar intercalation / arenite / buff to green shale member in the middle
Charmuriya Bagbura Purple limestone (phosphatic)
(490 m) Kasdol Dark grey bedded limestone / argillaceous limestone with minor
shale intercalations
CHHATTISGARH
Ranidhar Cherty limestone and dolomite (phosphatic at places)

Sirpur Chert and clay intercalation
Kanspather White to pinkish glauconite quartz arenite
Chadrapur
Chapordih Purple, green, grey and black shale with fine quartz arenite
intercalation
Group
Lohardih Ferruginous purple arkose and gritty wacke arenite with shale
(20 m) partings and conglomerate at the base
Unconformity
Chhuipali Stromatolitic limestone and dolomite at the upper part
(300 m?) Variegated shale with minor bedded limestone, chert, siltstone
Singora Group
intercalations
Bhalukona Quartz arenite / siltstone and minor shale
Saripali Variegated shale with minor siltstone and limestone
Porcellanite, tuff / tuffite
Rahikhol Feldspathic arenite, arkose and conglomerate at the base
Unconformity
Basement Archaean and Lower Proterozoic rocks
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6.6 Local Geology: Detailed description of geology of the lease area such as shape and size of
the mineral/ ore deposit, disposition variation various litho-units indicating structural
features if any etc.
Generally grey limestone are found on the northern part of the area followed by purple grey
limestone and purple shale successively towards south and similarly the same sequence has
been confirmed from borehole drilled during exploration. Thickness of limestone increases
from SE towards NW direction in the direction of dip. The deposit is structurally undisturbed
since having basin deposition. The local succession of the area is as under:
Soil (alluvial)
Dolomite
Grey Limestone Chandi Limestone formation
Purple - Grey Limestone
Purple Limestone
Purple Shale Gunderdehi Shale
Major portion of the area is covered by lateritic soil with grayish clayey/sandy soil at some
places with an average thickness of 1 m.
Limestone is extremely fine grained, anhedral and occurs as massive, hard compact body.
Colour of limestone generally has a close relationship with quality. It is observed that the
grey limestone have higher CaO content and less MgO content than the underlying purple
limestone which has the intercalation of purple shale in depth.
6.7 Name of the prospecting agency:

Lafarge entrusted the job of exploration to M/s. Drilltech Consultant, Kolkata under work
order no SCP/O1N95/259056/1/1 dated 5th Jul 2002 and later vide Work Order No. LIPL/CPO-
SER/EOO/GEO/SCP/05/5370 dated 18th May 2005. The address of the prospecting agency is:
Drilltech Consultant, Pratapadiya road, Ground Floor, Kolkata- 700026.
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6.8 Details of prospecting/ exploration already carried out:

The area covers under Prospecting license of 92.165 Ha and 21.959 Ha areas, and the area
applied for ML was 25.019 Ha, but during the recommendation for mining lease, the area has
been reduced to 19.219 Ha.
(Copy of the Prospecting Report is enclosed as Annexure No X).
A systematic geological investigation over the recommended lease area was conducted by
LIPL. The geological investigations include topographic survey, geological mapping, diamond
core drilling and surface sample analyses.
Subsequent to the grant of the PL, LIPL formulated an exploration program for the PL area.
The execution of the exploration campaign was carried out under supervision of LIPL. The
exploration activities were carried out in two different phases in the years 2002-2003 and
2006, respectively.
Initially, a thorough reconnaissance of the PL area was carried out, in order to assess the
potential area to start with the prospecting operations and exploration restricted within
recommended ML potential limestone-bearing area with no mining constraints. As stated
earlier, the entire area is concealed beneath soil cover, hence the lithologies exposed in dug
wells/ dug pits formed the basis for borehole planning and subsequent exploration activities.
Total of 9 vertical core boreholes were drilled with a total meterage of 270 m in the applied
lease area. The summary of exploration activities carried out by LIPL during geological
exploration campaign is given in the table below:
Exploration Activity Quantum of work

No. of Core Boreholes 9 nos.
Grid pattern 150 m x 150 m
Total meterage 270 m
Sample analysis for 8 radicals (CaO, MgO, SiO2,
142 nos.
Al2O3, Fe2O3, Na2O, K2O and LOI)
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6.8.1 Number of pits and trenches indicating dimensions, spacing etc along and across the
strike/ foliation with reference to geological plan.
No pit / trench were dug for exploration.
6.8.2 Number of boreholes indicating type (Core/RC/DTH), diameter, spacing, inclination,

collar level, depth etc with standard borehole logs duly marking on geological plan
/sections.
The area has explored by drilling of 9 nos. of borehole with a 150 x 150 m grid pattern. (Bore-
holes log and their analyses is enclosed alongwith the Prospecting Report as Annexure No X).
The details of boreholes are as tabulated below (Source: Form K):
S. BH No. Collar RL Diameter Co- ordinate Total Depth Inclination

No. (m) of core N E (m)
1 CN_1 239.471 NX 2400 2600 30 Vertical
2 CN_2 238.526 NX 2550 2600 30 Vertical
3 CN_3 236.886 NX 2700 2600 30 Vertical
4 CN_4 236.874 NX 2700 2750 30 Vertical
5 CN_5 235.621 NX 2850 2750 30 Vertical
6 CN_6 237.058 NX 2700 2900 30 Vertical
7 CN_7 235.739 NX 2850 2900 30 Vertical
8 CN_8 238.659 NX 2550 3050 30 Vertical
9 EN_1 240.24 NX 2250 2600 30 Vertical
Total 9 nos. -- -- -- -- 270 m --
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6.8.3 Details of samples analysis.

A total of 142 nos. of borehole samples were collected for analyses of 8 radicals (CaO, MgO,
SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, Na2O, K 2O and LOI.
Core samples recovered from the boreholes were preserved systematically in wooden core boxes
during 2006, the entire cores of a particular borehole were splitted longitudinally into two halves.
One half was sampled and sent for chemical analysis and the other half of the cores were kept
with appropriate marking. Two meter length of homogeneous core was considered for
preparation of sample unless there was a change in lithological characteristics.
Proper sampling equipment (PW 4400 AXIOF- XRF) was used to ascertain iron-free milling
and pulverization subsequent to chipping by jaw crusher. Two sets of powdered samples
were prepared from the split–half core by standard method of coning and quartering and
sieving to 100 mesh powder. The standard practice of levelling envelopes was followed. One
set of sample was utilized for conducting chemical analysis and the other set was preserved
for future reference. The sampling was done by LIPL’s expert.
6.8.4 Expenditure incurred in various prospecting operations.

LIPL has invested an amount of Rs. 1.04 Crores for systematic and scientific exploration of all
the 5 nos. of sanctioned PL areas, submitted Mining Plan is part of one of the sanctioned PL.
6.9 Method of mineral resource estimation (surface area method, cross section area method
or software method).
6.9.1 Parameters for reserve estimation: Reserves and Resources as per UNFC with respect to
the threshold value notified by IBM may be furnished in a tabular form as give below: (area
explored under different level of exploration may be marked on the geological plan and
UNFC code for area considered for different categories of reserves/ resources estimation
may also be marked on geological cross-sections).
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Submit a feasibility/ pre-feasibility study report along with financial analysis for economic
viability of the deposit as specified under the UNFC field guidelines may be incorporated.
The reserves and resources of limestone has been estimated as per the UNFC guidelines by
cross-sectional method. In consideration of the intensity of exploration carried out, the
geological/ structural setup of the deposit and configuration of concession area clubbed with
a number of constraints, estimation of limestone resources on the basis of geological cross
sectional method has been adopted for limestone resource estimation. The cross sectional
area was multiplied by 150 m, considering 75 m aerial extent on either side of the section
line on north south. The quantity of overburden and rejects to be mined along with
limestone has also been calculated by cross sectional method.
The cross sections have been drawn along the section lines trending East-West on drilling
grid and attitude of beds. In order to know the lateral and depth wise extent of
mineralization, the lateral limits of mineralization on the cross sections have been marked on
the basis of correlation with subsurface geology based on structural disposition and chemical
analysis of core samples generated during drilling.
The parameters considered for reserve estimation are as under:
i) The total applied lease area is 19.219 Ha.
ii) Mapping: The lease area has been surveyed by Total Station and preparing detailed
topographical-cum-geological map including all surface geological features, extent of
deposit, structural features, location of bore-holes and the assay-plan has been prepared on
1 : 1,000 scale with contour interval of 1 m, accordingly the Surface Plan has been prepared.
iii) The grid along with temporary survey station points have been marked on the maps.
iv) The general surface level of the area is 239 mRL, maximum surface level of the area is 242
mRL and minimum is 236 mRL.
v) A total 9 vertical core bore-holes were drilled in the area, at 150 x 150 m grid interval.
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vi) The reserve has been estimated by cross-sectional method. The limestone bearing areas
have been estimated by cross-sectional method and its influence area.
vii) The depth continuity of mineralization has been considered limited to the depth upto
which direct evidence on mineralization is established through the boreholes.
viii)The quality requirement of limestone for Cement Plan is under:
CaO% 42 ± 2
MgO% 3± 1
SiO2% 10± 2
ix) Limestone occurring in this area has been divided into three different categories so that
the required feed to the cement plant is achieved by proper blending, to achieve the
required quality obtained on day to day basis.
Classification CaO % MgO%

Cement grade limestone (CGL) + 42 Max 4
Blendable limestone (BLST) 38 – 42 Max 4
Sub-grade limestone (SUB) 34 - 38 Max 4
x) The bulk density of limestone has been considered as 2.5.

xi) The recovery of limestone has been considered as 90%.
xii) The area covered under 150 x 150 m grid exploration has been considered under
category G-1 and remaining area has been considered under category G-3.
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The criteria and their complacence for exploration as per the Minerals (Evidence of Mineral
Contents) Rules, 2015:
Guideline Work carried out during Consideration

prospecting
1. Arial Reconnaissance: Not carried out --
Satellite imagery / remote
sensing / airborne geophysical
survey, etc. using appropriate
technology (applicable for G-4
level)
2. Topographical & geological Topographical cum geological Considered under
survey (mapping): mapping have been carried out G-1 level of
Mapping on a 1: 2,000 or larger on a scale of 1:1,000. exploration
scale for detailed exploration (G-
1) stage.
3. Ground Geophysical and Not carried out --
Geochemical survey:
Geophysical and geochemical
survey using appropriate
techniques as may be necessary.
4. Technological: 9 nos. of core boreholes have Considered under
Exploration and sampling using been drilled at 150 x 150 m G-1 level.
appropriate technique intervals.
5.Sampling & sub sampling: Geological logging and 495 nos. Considered under
of samples have been collected. G-1 level.
6. Assay data & Laboratory test: The samples have been Considered under
analysed. G-1 level.
7. Petrolographic & Not required --
Mineragraphic studies:
8. Bulk Density study: Bulk density for limestone has Considered under
been taken as 2.5. G-1 level.
9. Bulk Sampling for Not required --
Beneficiation studies:
10. Environmental setting: The information regarding Considered under
environmental settings has been G-1 level of
collected during prospecting. exploration
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11. Any other relevant data: Not required --

Ground water, geotechnical and
rock characteristics etc. that may
be relevant.
The limestone of the area is stratiform, stratabound, tabular of regular habit and as per
detailed exploration by drilling boreholes on 150 x 150 m spacing on grid pattern has been
carried out over the entire lease area, the resources estimated has been categorized under
Measured Mineral Resources, Code (331).
But, some portion of the applied lease area is more than 150 m from boreholes, thus these
areas have been considered under Inferred Mineral Resources, code (333).
The Geological Resources under G-1 level of Exploration:

For Cement-grade Limestone
Cross- Sectional Area of Volume B.D. Tonnage

Section Area influence
Line
(sqm) (m) (cum) (Tonnes)
C1 – C1’ 870 95 82650 2.5 206625
C2 – C2’ 2020 125 252500 2.5 631250
C3 – C3’ 1210 142 171820 2.5 429550
C4 – C4’ 970 134 129980 2.5 324950
C5 – C5’ 295 152 44840 2.5 112100
Total -- -- 681790 2.5 1704475
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For Blendable-grade Limestone

Line
C1 – C1’ 0 95 0 2.5 0
C2 – C2’ 2500 125 312500 2.5 781250
C3 – C3’ 2550 142 362100 2.5 905250
C4 – C4’ 2400 134 321600 2.5 804000
C5 – C5’ 980 152 148960 2.5 372400
Total -- -- 1145160 2.5 2862900
For Sub-grade Limestone

Line
C1 – C1’ 0 95 0 2.5 0
C2 – C2’ 6495 125 811875 2.5 2029688
C3 – C3’ 295 142 41890 2.5 104725
C4 – C4’ 200 134 26800 2.5 67000
C5 – C5’ 0 152 0 2.5 0
Total -- -- 880565 2.5 2201413
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The Geological Resources under G-3 level of Exploration:
Out of the G-1 level of exploration, some part of the lease area is more than 150 m from
drilled boreholes, these areas have been considered under G-3 level of exploration. The
estimation of limestone resources in these areas are as under:
Limestone

Line
C3 – C3’ 11485 83 953255 2.5 2383138
C4 – C4’ 1840 122 224480 2.5 561200
C5 – C5’ 2125 183 388875 2.5 972188
Total -- -- 1566610 2.5 3916526
Total Mineral Resources of Limestone:
S. No. Particulars Resources of Net Resources

limestone considering
(tonnes) 90% recovery
(tonnes)
Measured Mineral Resources (331)
1 Cement grade limestone 1704475 1534028
2 Blendable grade limestone 2862900 2576610
3 Sub grade limestone 2201413 1981272
Total 6768788 6091910
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Inferred Mineral Resources (333)

4 Limestone (all grade) 3916526 3524873
G. Total 10685314 9616783
6.9.2 Geological Axis:
Level of exploration Area Upto level

covered (mRL)
(Ha)
mRL/Level or area considered for G -1 -Detailed exploration 12.828 209 m
mRL/Level or area considered for G -2 General exploration -- --
mRL/Level or area considered for G -3 prospecting 6.391 209 m
mRL/Level or area considered for G -4 Reconnaissance -- --
Total 19.219 --
6.9.3 Mineral resources & Associated waste calculation table-
Mineral Resources of Limestone (considering 90% recovery):
S. No. Particulars Resources

(tonnes)
Measured Mineral Resources (331)
1 Cement grade limestone 1534028
2 Blendable grade limestone 2576610
3 Sub grade limestone 1981272
Total 6091910
Inferred Mineral Resources (333)
4 Limestone 3524873
G. Total 9616783
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6.9.4 Mineral Reserves/ Resources as per Geological axis of UNFC:

The total resources of limestone are as under:
Level of exploration Area covered Resources Average grade

(Ha) (Tonnes) CaO MgO
G -1, detailed exploration 12.828 6091910 Mini 34% Max. 4%
G -2 General exploration -- -- -- --
G -3 prospecting 6.391 3524873 Mini 34% Max. 4%
Total 19.219 9616783 Mini 34% Max. 4%
6.9.5 Feasibility Axis of UNFC: feasibility / pre-feasibility considerations for blocked mineral
resources in barrier zone, benches, non-mineable part, etc in different categories and there
calculation as under:
After the estimation of Measured Mineral Resources (331) as above, an exercise has been
done to bifurcate the Measured Mineral Resources under Probable Mineral Reserves –
UNFC Code (121) for the mineable part of the mineral resources which fall under the
Ultimate Pit Limit (UPL) and is above the threshold value having +34% CaO content and
above after conducting a Feasibility Study and Economic Viability of the project; and under
Pre-Feasibility Mineral Resources – UNFC Code (221) for the remaining part of the resources
which either fall outside the UPL within the statutory barrier becoming non mineable.
Before exercising the above mentioned bifurcation a Pre-Feasibility Study has been done as
per the parameters provided as guidelines in the Mineral Evidence Rule 2015 and circulars
issued by the IBM as the density of exploration done in the area confirms the UNFC norms
and allows to carry out Feasibility Study which correspondence to the Feasibility Axis (F-2).
Pre-Feasibility Report is enclosed as Annexure No. XI.
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Feasibility / prefeasibility considerations for blocked mineral resources in barrier zones,

benches, non-mineable part etc. indifferent categories is summarized below:
x Blocked due to statutory barrier: Blocked in 7.5 m barrier in lease boundary
x Blocked due to UPL: Blocked due to stripping limit of 5 m.
Estimation of Blocked resources for G-1 category:
(1) Estimation of Blocked resources within the 7.5 m of non-mining zone:

Line
C1 – C1’ 330 95 31350 2.5 78375
C2 – C2’ 190 125 23750 2.5 59375
C3 – C3’ 65 142 9230 2.5 23075
C4 – C4’ 60 134 8040 2.5 20100
C5 – C5’ 26 152 3952 2.5 9880
Total -- -- 76322 2.5 190805

Line
C1 – C1’ 0 95 0 2.5 0
C2 – C2’ 203 125 25375 2.5 63438
C3 – C3’ 138 142 19596 2.5 48990
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C4 – C4’ 158 134 21172 2.5 52930

C5 – C5’ 87 152 13224 2.5 33060
Total -- -- 79367 2.5 198418
(2) Estimation of Blocked resources due to pit slope:

Line
C1 – C1’ 152 95 14440 2.5 36100
C2 – C2’ 161 125 20125 2.5 50313
C3 – C3’ 50 142 7100 2.5 17750
C4 – C4’ 70 134 9380 2.5 23450
C5 – C5’ 5 152 760 2.5 1900
Total -- -- 51805 2.5 129513

Line
C1 – C1’ 0 95 0 2.5 0
C2 – C2’ 190 125 23750 2.5 59375
C3 – C3’ 520 142 73840 2.5 184600
C4 – C4’ 575 134 77050 2.5 192625
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C5 – C5’ 150 152 22800 2.5 57000

Total -- -- 197440 2.5 493600
Blocked out Mineral Resources of Limestone:
S. Particulars within the 7.5 m due to pit Total Net resources

No. of non-mining slope blocked Blocked out
zone (tonnes) out considering
(tonnes) resources 90% recovery
(tonnes) (tonnes)
Pre-Feasibility Mineral Resources (221)
1 Cement grade 190805 129513 320318 288286

limestone
2 Blendable 198418 493600 692018 622816
grade limestone
Total 389223 623113 1012336 911102
6.9.6 Summary of blocked Mineral reserve /resources from in different category:
Blocked out Mineral Resources of Limestone:
S. Particulars within the 7.5 m of non-mining zone

No. and due to pit slope
(tonnes)
Pre-Feasibility Mineral Resources (221)
1 Cement grade limestone 288286
2 Blendable grade limestone 622816
Total 911102
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Out of these, the sub-grade mineral will also be considered as blocked out Mineral
Resources, due to below the cut-off grade for cement grade limestone. This will be stacked
separately for future use.
Sub grade limestone Blocked out due to

below cut-off grade
(tonnes)
Pre-Feasibility Mineral Resources (221) 1981272
Thus, total Mineral Reserves / Resources of Limestone is as under:
Mineral Reserves / Resources of Limestone for G-1 level
S. No. Particulars Resources of Blocked out Mineable

limestone resources Reserve
(tonnes) (tonnes) (tonnes)
1 Cement grade limestone 1534028 288286 1245742
2 Blendable grade limestone 2576610 622816 1953794
3 Total 4110638 911102 3199536
4 Sub-grade 1981272 -- --
Mineral Resources of Limestone for G-3 level
5 Inferred Mineral Resources 3524873 -- --
Grand Total 9616783 -- --
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6.9.7 Economical axis details as per UNFC:
a) The deposit has been explored in a square grid of 150 m and reserve has been
established under proven category.
b) The mine will be a captive mine and catering to the need of limestone to plant for
manufacturing cement on a constant basis since inception. For mining the limestone from
captive quarry in a systematic manner an approved mining plan, subsequently reviewed
through schemes has been in place.
c) The reserve established meets the threshold of manufacturing the cement as prescribed
under NCCBM Norms.
d) On the basis of the detailed exploration (G-1) done over the entire lease area, Mining Plan
has been prepared, having enough experience specific and end use grade of reserves and
specific knowledge of forest/non-forest and other land use data, the economic viability of
the mining project has been proved beyond doubt and thus the mineable part of the mineral
resources which fall under the Ultimate Pit Limit (UPL) and is above the threshold value and
as bifurcated correspond to the Economic Axis (E-1) and the remaining resources as
bifurcated above falling outside UPL that is falling within the statutory barrier correspond to
the Economic Axis (E-2).
e) As per the Pre-Feasibility Study done, cost of limestone production will be ` 250/- which is
comparable being incurred by existing cement plants in the region which being operated
probability in the region. Hence, operating the mining lease is economically viable.
Thus, considering the entire above points/aspects as per the Guideline issued by Govt. of
India, Ministry of Mines, Indian Bureau of Mines, the Feasibility Axis is comes considered as
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6.9.8 Total estimated mineral reserves /resource in different categories of UNFC are given
below:
Classification Code Quantity Geological

(tonnes) Grade
A. (1) Proved Mineral Reserve 111 --- --
Mineral
(2) Probable Mineral Reserve 121 31,99,536 +38% CaO
Reserve
(3) Probable Mineral Reserve 122 --- --
B. (1) Feasibility Mineral Resources 211 --- --
Remaining
(2) Prefeasibility Mineral Resources
Resources 221 9,11,102 +38% CaO
(due to blocked out)
(2) Prefeasibility Mineral Resources
221 19,81,272 34-38% CaO
(sub-grade)
(3) Prefeasibility Mineral Resources 222 --- --
(4) Measured Mineral Resources 331 --- --
(5) Indicated Mineral Resources 332 --- --
(6) Inferred Mineral Resources 333 35,24,873 +34% CaO
(7) Reconnaissance Mineral Resources 334 --- --
--
Total Mineral Resources (A+B) 96,16,783
Anticipated Life: The mineable reserves of limestone is 31,99,536 tonnes (say 3.199 million
tonnes) and proposed maximum production rate is about 1.5 lakh tonnes per annum. But,
during the first five years the tentative proposed will be 4,06,350 T and thereafter annual
production rate will be 1.5 lakh TPA will continue, thus, the anticipated life of the mine will
be (31,99,536 – 4,06,350 = 27,93,186/1,50,000 =18.62) about 23.62 years or say 24 years
including first five years.
The life of the mine will likely be increased after the proposed exploration is completed.
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6.9.9 Broadly indicate the future programme of exploration with due justification (duly
marked on Geological Plan year wise location in different colours) taking into consideration
the future tentative excavation programme planned in next five years as in the table
below:
Almost the lease area has been covered under 150 x 150 m grid interval, however, some part
of the lease area which is away from boreholes and considering under category G-3, the
exploration will be proposed in these areas so as to entire lease area will be under G-1 level
of exploration. The exploration by drilling 6 nos. of vertical core boreholes have been
proposed covering a grid interval of 150 m x 75 m and the depth of some boreholes will be
kept upto the limestone strata or 50 m. Location of the proposed boreholes have been
marked on the Surface Geological Plan, Plate No. V.
S. No. PBH No. Drilling Location Expenditure

depth N E
First Year
1 PBH-1 50 m 2150 2775 1,00,000/-
2 PBH-2 50 m 2250 2775 1,00,000/-
3 PBH-3 50 m 2400 2775 1,00,000/-
4 PBH-4 50 m 2550 2775 1,00,000/-
5 PBH-5 50 m 2625 2850 1,00,000/-
6 PBH-6 50 m 2625 3000 1,00,000/-
7 PBH-7 50 m 2625 2700 1,00,000/-
8 PBH-8 50 m 2550 2690 1,00,000/-
9 PBH-9 50 m 2475 2700 1,00,000/-

Total 9 nos. 450 m -- -- 9,00,000/-
Note: The expenditure given is tentative.
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7.0 MINING
7.1 A. OPEN CAST MINING
a) Briefly describe the existing as well as proposed method for excavation with all design
parameters indicating on plans/ sections.
The company is having cement plant of 3.5 MTPA clinker capacity in village Sonadih, for this
5.5 million tonnes of limestone will be required, this mine will fulfill a part of the
requirement.
There will be four limestone mines of the company in this area and the production rate of
limestone will depend upon production of limestone from all the mines of the company.
The mine will be designed and the deposit will be exploited with minimum damage to
environment and optimum utilization of limestone for captive use in the Cement Plant.
The salient features of mine design will be as under:
(i) The overburden is in the form of top soil cover, murrum, yellow soil and clayey material
of variable thickness. The overburden will be removed by dozer, and loaded by excavator
into dumpers and transported to the temporary stock yard and will be utilized for plantation.
(ii) The surface level varies from 242 – 236 m. Therefore, from mining point of view, a level
of 239 m has been taken for making the lower benches of 5 m each and, the accordingly the
bench-wise production will be taken up.
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(iii) The working will be carried out in 2 shifts with staggered roaster manpower deployment
in 350 days in a year.
(iv) Limestone is bedded deposit, massive & compact in nature, hence, the ultimate pit slope
of 500 will be quite stable. For a bench of 5 m height, floor width of 3.5 m will be maintained.
Presently, the working width will be maintained at about 20 m.
(v) The rain-water and seepage water collected in the pit will be stored in the lower benches
and will be used for spraying on the haul-roads and for plantation.
(vi) The floor of the working faces will be kept slightly sloping to facilitate flow of water
towards the sump during the rainy season to keep the working faces dry.
(vii) For blasting, 104 mm dia and 8 m (+0.5 m perihole) will be drilled with compressed-air-
operated wagon drills. The blasting will be done by ANFO/SME/Slurry as column charge and
slurry /cast booster explosive as booster charge. Controlled blasting will be practiced by
using Nonel detonators.
(viii) Hydraulic rock breaker will be used for breaking oversized boulders in place of
secondary blasting.
(ix) Hydraulic excavator of 3.5 cum capacity will be used in combination with 35 tonner
dumpers for loading and transportation of limestone.
(x) The limestone ROM will be directly transported to the cement plant after crushing and
screening (if required).
(xi) The haul distance from mine site to crusher is about 3 to 5 km.
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(xii)For the purpose of grade control, samples will be drawn from each blast/blast holes and
will be analysed for its grade.
(xiii) The requirement for making clinker, the average chemical composition of limestone
should be maintained is as under:
CaO% 42 ± 2
MgO% 3± 1
SiO2% 10± 2
(xiv) The limestone occurring in this area has been divided into four different categories so
that the required feed to the cement plant is achieved by proper blending at the crushing
plant, so that the graded quality is achieved on day to day basis.

Cement grade limestone (CGL) +42 Max 4
(xv)The sub-grade of limestone produced from the mine will be separately stacked and
processed by suitably blending as per requirement. The blending ratio will vary according to
parameters of raw mix from time to time.
(xvi) The Staker – Reclaimer and Raw-Mills operations will be governed by Production and
Quality Control department of the Cement Plant, which will also co-ordinate with Mine
Management to dispatch particular quality of crushed limestone as may be required, so that
the Raw-Mix design suits the required parameters i.e. LSF, SM and AM, etc.
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(xvii) All efforts will be made considering eco-friendly mining in the area. For this, dense
plantation will be done all around the lease area in the non-mining zone to improve aesthetic
beauty and for development of green belt.
(xviii) The mining loss during the mining of limestone is expected as about 10% of the total
ROM due to intercalations, fractures, clay pockets, voids, cavities, etc.
(xix) Out of this, 5% will be considered as waste/intercalations and kept separately and
remaining 5% will be due to voids and cavities. This will be temporary stocked within the
lease area and utilized for road maintenance from time to time.
7.2 Indicate year-wise tentative excavation in cubic meters indicating development, ROM, pit
wise as in the table below:
The Proposed development by removal of OB for first five years is tabulated as under:
Year Working Av Av Area Average Volume Location

level Face Face thickness
(mRL) length width (sqm) of OB (cu m)
(m) (m) (m)
I YEAR 239-238 310 102 31,500 1.0 31,500 N-E side
During the first five years, about 3.150 Ha area will be developed as pit.
The tentative excavation program of first five years is as under:
Year Pit Total Top Total ROM Mineral ROM/

no tentative soil OB + Ore Mineral reject waste
excavation waste reject ratio
(cum) (cum) (cum) (cum) (cum) (cum)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
I YEAR 1 45,000 -- 32,850 12,150 -- -- 1 : 2.70
II YEAR 1 22,000 -- 2,200 19,800 -- -- 1 : 0.11
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III YEAR 1 33,500 -- 3,350 30,150 -- -- 1 : 0.11

IV YEAR 1 45,000 -- 4,500 40,500 -- -- 1 : 0.11
V YEAR 1 66,600 -- 6,660 59,940 -- -- 1 : 0.11
The tentative excavation program of first five years is as under:
Year Pit Volume of Total ROM Net Volume Volume of side Total
no OB 90% of the burden / inter OB + waste
(Lateritic ROM burden/reject
Murrum) /waste (10% of
the ROM)
(cum) (cum) (cum) (cum) (cum)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7 = 3+6)
I YEAR 1 31,500 13,500 12,150 1,350 32,850
II YEAR 1 -- 22,000 19,800 2,200 2,200
III YEAR 1 -- 33,500 30,150 3,350 3,350
IV YEAR 1 -- 45,000 40,500 4,500 4,500
V YEAR 1 -- 66,600 59,940 6,660 6,660
Total -- 31,500 180,600 162,540 18,060 49,560
Note: The tentative tonnage of the ore may be arrived by computing approximate bulk
density and recovery factor as these data are variable and may be established on time series.
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First Five Year tentative proposed production of the Limestone:
Year Working Area to be Bench ROM Net Volume B.D Tonnage Net
level excavated height Volume 90% of the (T) Production
(mRL) (sqm) (m) (cu m) ROM
(cu m)
I YEAR 238-233 2,700 5 13,500 12,150 2.5 30,375 30,375
II YEAR 238-233 4,400 5 22,000 19,800 2.5 49,500 49,500
III YEAR 238-233 6,700 5 33,500 30,150 2.5 75,375 75,375
IV YEAR 238-233 9,000 5 45,000 40,500 2.5 101,250 1,01,250
238-233 7,800 5 39,000 35,100 2.5 87,750
V YEAR 1,49,850
233-228 5,520 5 27,600 24,840 2.5 62,100
Total -- -- -- 180,600 1,62,540 2.5 4,06,350 4,06,350
7.2.1 INSITU TENTATIVE EXCAVATION

a) Year-wise Development Proposal:
Year Pit no Volume of Volume of side Total Total

OB (Lateritic burden/ inter OB + waste OB + waste
Murrum) burden/reject /waste (B.D. = 2.0)
(10% of the ROM)
(cum) (cum) (cum) (T)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5 = 3+4) (6)
I YEAR 1 31,500 1,350 32,850 65,700
II YEAR 1 -- 2,200 2,200 4,400
III YEAR 1 -- 3,350 3,350 6,700
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IV YEAR 1 -- 4,500 4,500 9,000

V YEAR 1 -- 6,660 6,660 13,320
Total -- 31,500 18,060 49,560 99,120
b) Year-wise Production Proposal:
Year Pit no Total ROM Volume of Volume of Mineral

(cum) Limestone Reject/waste (tonnes)
(90% of ROM) (10% of the ROM)
(cum) (cum)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (7)
I YEAR 1 13,500 12,150 1,350 30,375
II YEAR 1 22,000 19,800 2,200 49,500
III YEAR 1 33,500 30,150 3,350 75,375
IV YEAR 1 45,000 40,500 4,500 1,01,250
V YEAR 1 66,600 59,940 6,660 1,49,850
Total -- 180,600 162,540 18,060 4,06,350
c) Year-wise Development & Production:
Year Ore Total OB / waste Ore To OB Ratio

(tonnes) (cum) t /cum
(1) (2) (3) (4)=(3)/(2)
I YEAR 30,375 32,850 1 : 1.081
II YEAR 49,500 2,200 1 : 0.044
III YEAR 75,375 3,350 1 : 0. 044
IV YEAR 1,01,250 4,500 1 : 0. 044
V YEAR 1,49,850 6,660 1 : 0. 044
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7.2.2 Dump re-handling (for the purpose of recovery of mineral): Estimated available material
(Cum)
Dump no Year wise handling Estimated recovery of saleable Rejects

material
1 Nil Nil Nil
1 Nil Nil Nil
1 Nil Nil Nil
1 Nil Nil Nil
7.2.3 At a glance Year-wise Production:
Year Ore In Ore In Tonnes Total ore Remark

Tonnes from dump production in
insitu working tonnes
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
I 30,375 0 30,375
II 49,500 0 49,500
75,375 75,375 No stock/dump has
III 0
been maintained.
IV 1,01,250 0 1,01,250
V 1,49,850 0 1,49,850
7.2.4 Enclosed individual year-wise development plans and sections showing pit layouts,
dumps, stacks of mineral reject, if any, etc, in case of ‘A’ category mine.
The Composite Year-Wise Development and Production Plan and sections has been prepared
on a scale of 1:1,000 and enclosed as Plate No. VI.
The Year-Wise Development and Production plans for each year have been prepared on a
scale of 1:1,000 and enclosed as Plate No. VI A (for first year), Plate No. VI B (for second
year), Plate No. VI C (for third year), Plate No. VI D (for fourth year) and Plate No. VI E (for
fifth year).
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7.3 Describe briefly giving salient features of the proposed method of working indicating
category of mine.
The method of mining will be open cast mechanized method under category ‘A’ by using DTH
drills for drilling and sub-sequent blasting as described earlier.
i) Method of mining This mine will be fully mechanized and under category ‘A’
mine as per MCDR 1988 and the limestone will be extracted
through opencast mining.
ii) Bench parameters Mining activity will be concentrated in only one pit with
two production benches and one development bench of
variable height. Bench parameters of the mine are given in
section 7.1.
iii) Bench height in The height of OB bench will be about 1m.
OB/ore The height of benches in Limestone will be 5 m.
iv) Bench width Minimum bench width would be kept as 5 m from the faces
at the end of ultimate pit limit and working bench width as
per stipulation of DGMS.
v) Bench slope 800
vi) Over all pit slope Below 450
vii) Bottom mRL
proposed during plan 228 mRL
period
viii) Grid reference of
proposed working N 2300 to N 265, E 2630 to E 2800
location
ix) Drilling Drilling will be carried out by IR drilling machine of 104 mm
dia
x) Blasting Blasting will be carried out by Ordinary detonator/ Delay
detonator, Site mixed Emulsion /Ammonium Nitrate/ Large
dias explosive and Safety fuse
7.4 Blasting:
During the blasting, all Rules, Regulations and Precautionary and safety measures will be
taken. The blasting area will be covered by red flags at appropriate safety distance.
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Operators and workers will be removed to safety distance and blasting will be conducted by
a qualified /certified blaster.
Broad Blasting Parameters is as under:
(i) The blasting will be carried out in three-row blasting pattern.
(ii) The blasting will be carried out during the lunch break (1 to 1.30 PM). Siren will be blown
before blasting in addition to posting of guards with red flags at strategic points to ensure
that all persons take adequate shelter and to prevent unauthorized entry.
(iii) Preferably wet drilling will be carried out for suppressing dust and muffle blasting for
suppression of noise.
(iv) Ground vibration will be kept under control by optimum charge per delay and controlled
blasting technique.
(v) Spacing to Burden ratio (1.2 : 1.5) will as per Broad Blasting Parameters.
(vi) Stemming length will be kept one third of the hole.
(vii) The inclination of blast-holes will be kept towards free face to avoid air-blast.
(viii) The area to be drilled / blasted will be clear of loose fragments to avoid fly rocks.
(ix) Increasing no. of delay per blast reduces charge weight / delay thereby reducing vibration
level; only multi-second delay detonators will be used.
(x) Site mixed Emulsion will be used 90 – 95% of the total charge as it is considered as safe
and economical. Existing operating mines is also using.
(xi) All precautions for blasting and safety measures will be taken at the time of blasting and
will be carried out by qualified/certified blaster.
(xii) During blasting, the safety zone will be barricaded by red flags so that unauthorized
entry in the blasting zone is checked.
(xiii) All safety measures as stipulated in MMR 1961 and Indian Explosive Rule 2008 will be
strictly adhered to during blasting.
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Broad blasting parameters like charge per hole, blasting pattern, charge per delay,
maximum number of holes blasted in a round, manner and sequence of firing, etc.
Blasting parameter will be as under:
Following blasting parameters are recommended for achieving the required production for
the Cement Plant. Drilling is proposed to be done by DTH drill.
1 Diameter of the hole 104 mm
2 Diameter of the cartridge 83 mm
3 Length of the cartridge 400 mm
4 Depth of the hole 5.0 m
5 Sub-drilling to avoid toe formation 0.5 m
6 Burden x Spacing 2.6 x 2.8 m
7 No. of row 2.0
8 Stemming column 1.5 m

Output per hole = Spacing × Burden × depth
9 Say 36 cum
2.8 × 2.6 × 5.0 = 36.4
10 Output per hole = 36 x 2.5 = 90 T 90 T
11 Production per annum 1,50,000 T = 6 0,000 cum 60,000 cum
12 Total handling per day (300 working day) 200 cum
13 Nos. of holes per day (200 / 36 = 5.56) Say 6 nos.
14 Meterage required per day (6 × 5.5 = 33) 33 m
15 Charge per hole 16.68 kg
16 Explosive consumption / day (16.68 x 6 holes = 100.08) Say 100 kg
17 Powder factor (90 T / 16.68 kg = 5.39) 5.4 T/ kg
18 Type of initiation = multi second detonators
19 Sequence of blasting = Cord relay with electric detonators / Nonel
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20 Details of the drilling

21 Per hour output of 104 mm dia drill 16 m/hr
22 Working shift 2
23 Working hours per day (0.85 availability & utilization factor) 13 hours
24 Per day output of a drill ( 16 x 13 = 208 m) 208 m
25 Hence no of 104 dia drill machine required (33 / 208 = 0.15) Say 1 no.
7.5 Drilling machineries:
S. Type Nos. Dia of hole Make Motive H.P.

No. (mm) power
1 ICM 260 1 104 IR Diesel 250
2 DH 150 1 104 SANDWIK Diesel
7.6 Explosive requirement for overburden removal:

Since, the OB is lateritic murrum, being soft in nature and will be directly removed by
excavator/Dozer, hence no drilling required.
7.7 Explosive requirement for ore zone:
Total ROM proposed to be handled in cum/annum (x) 60,000 cum

i)
ROM proposed to be handled in cum / day y = x/300 days 200 cum
ii)
Drilling pattern in ROM zone (Spacing * Burden* depth ) = z 36 cum
iii)
Yield per holes in ROM Zone (T) 90 T
iv)
No of holes required to be blasted per day = y/z 6 nos.
v)
Frequency of blasting in a week - 2 nos.
vi)
Maximum number of holes blasted in a round. 10 nos.
vii)
Charge per hole (kg) 16.68 kg
viii)
Charge per round (Kg) 167 kg
ix)
Explosive requirement per month for ROM zone blasting 5,000 kg
x)
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7.8 Type of Explosive to be used:

(i) Ordinary detonator/ Delay detonator
(ii) Site mixed Emulsion /Ammonium Nitrate/ Large dias explosive
(iii) Safety fuse
7.9 Powder factor in ore and overburden / waste:

The powder factor for ore is about 5.4 T/kg.
7.10 Whether secondary blasting is needed, if so, describe it briefly.

No secondary drilled will be required, oversize boulders of size ranging more than 1.2 m
generated from the primary blasting is being broken by 20 T class Rock Breaker to avoid the
environmental nuisance of secondary blasting.
7.11 Storage of explosive (like capacity and type of explosives (like capacity and type of
explosive magazine)
Explosive van of 1 MT capacity will be used for transportation of explosive. Details of the
type and capacity of Magazine are as below.
S. Name and Description Class & Sub-Division Quantity at any

No Division (if any) one time
1 Nitrate Mixture – Slurry and 2,0 0 4500 kg
emulsion explosives.
2 Cast Booster 3,2 0 500 kg
3 Detonators 6,3 0 20000 nos.
4 Detonating Fuse 6,2 0 50000 m
5 Safety Fuse 6,1 0 5000 m
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7.12 Excavation: Drilling and blasting will be carried out for the excavation of the ore. Blasted
material will be loaded by 3.5 cum capacity hydraulic excavator of Komatsu make (Model PC
800-8R).
7.13 Loading: The loading of ROM into dumpers will be carried out by loader/Excavator.
A. Total maximum handling of ore 60,000 cm

B. Per day handling of ore & waste assuming 350 working days in a year Say 171 cm
(A/350) = 60,000 / 350 = 171.42
C. Per shift handling (2 shift working) 171 / 2 = 85.5 Say 86 cm
D. Working hours for one loading equipment/shift 6.5
E. Expected Output / hour of one loading machine (3.5 m3 bucket 100 cm
capacity) considering the availability and utilization factors of 85%
F. Output from one excavator in a shift (E x D) 1170 cm
G. Hence no of loading machine required (C/F) 0.13 (SAY 1)
List of loading equipment required
Sl. Type Nos. Bucket Make Motive H.P.

no. capacity (m3) power
1. Hydraulic excavator 1 3.5 TELCO Diesel 272
(EX600 V)
2. Pay loader 1 3.1 H .M. Diesel 218
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7.14 Transportation: The transportation of ROM to the crushing and screening (if required) plant
will be carried out by the dumpers of 35 T capacity.
Calculation for Transportation equipment
A. Total handling of ore 60,000 m3

B. Per day handling of ore assuming 350 working days in a year (A/350) Say 171 m3
= = 60,000 / 350 = 171.42
C. Per shift handling (2 shift working) 86 m3
D. Working hours for one dumper/shift 6.5
E. Expected Output / hour of one dumper (35 tonner) considering the 45 m3
availability and utilization factors of 70% and increased hauling
distance upto about 3 to 5 km
F. Output of one dumper in m3 in a shift 200
G. Requirement of nos of dumper (C/F= 86 / 200 = 0.43) Say 1 no.
List of Transporting equipment required:
S. Type Nos. Size/ capacity Make Motive H.P.

No. power
1 HAUL PAK 2 35 MT BEML Diesel 380
EACH
7.15 Crushing /screening: Crushing and screening plan has already installed within the existing
mining lease area of the company. The details ROM will be transported to the C & S plant for
further processing. The details of C&S Plant is as under:
MAKE/SUPPLIER: CIMMCO-KHD, V-Belt Drive
SPECIFICATIONS: Type: Impact Crusher, Feed Size < 1.2 Meter, Output size - <75 mm, Motor:
900 KW, Speed: 350 RPM, Designed Capacity: 650 TPH, Operating Capacity: 900 TPH.
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7.16 Extent of mechanization: Describe briefly with calculation for adequacy and type of
machinery and equipment proposed to be used in different activities of drilling, material
handling in development, surface transportation and any other operation.
Salient features of Mining:
Since, the mine will be open-cast “Fully Mechanized”. The requirement of mining
machineries has been calculated to handle the optimum production of 1.5 lakh tonnes of
limestone annually. The detailed calculations have been given on para 7.4, 7.13 and 7.14.
The equipments / machineries required for mining and allied operations related to Mining
are as under:
Name Nos Type/ make Purpose Motive
/Capacity Power
DTH /wagon 1 ICM 260/ IR For drilling limestone bed Diesel
1 /104 mm Engine
drill
DTH /wagon 1 DH 150 / 104 For drilling limestone bed Diesel
2 mm Engine
drill
Hydraulic 1 TELCO (EX600 V) For loading OB and excavation of Diesel
3 Excavators / 3.5 cum limestone and loading the same Engine
bucket capa. into dumpers
Pay Loader 1 H .M. / 3.1 cum For loading OB and excavation of Diesel
4 buck capa. Engine
limestone and loading
Dumpers 2 HAUL PAK / For transportation of limestone to Diesel
5 BEML/35 T C & S plant Engine
Dozer 1 -- For dozing of OB Diesel
6 Engine
Hydraulic rock 1 -- For reduction of oversized Diesel
7 Engine
breaker boulders
Water Tanker 2 10,000 liters For sprinkling of on quarry road Diesel
8 Engine
and blasted mass
Water pump 2 75 HP For dewatering the working pit Electrical
9 pumps
during the rainy season
Explosive van 1+1 -- For transporting the explosive and Diesel
10 Engine
and Jeep supervision
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7.17 Describe briefly the layout of mine workings, pit road layout of faces and sites for
disposal of overburden/ waste alongwith ground preparation prior to disposal of waste,
reject etc. A reference to the plans and sections may be given. UPL or ultimate size of pit is
to be shown for identification of the suitable dumping.
(i) Bench Height – The top bench will have a floor level of 239 mRL with variable height,
thereafter, the bench height of 5.0 m will be maintained, which is suitable for 3.5 cu m
bucket capacity excavator. The soil/OB available over the deposit will be scraped with dozer.
(ii)Bench Width – For a bench of 5 m, working width of 12 m will be required to
accommodate for easy movement of HEMM equipments, dumpers and blasted material. As
per MMR & Circulars of DGMS, the width of the benches should not be less than:
(a) Width of the widest machine playing on the bench plus 2 m extra.
OR
(b) If the dumpers ply on the bench, 3 time the width of the dumpers.
OR
(c)Not less than the height of the bench.
(iii) Bench Alignment – In this area, the grade variation is along the strike, therefore, it has
been decided to open the benches along the strike-direction for production of all grades of
limestone, so that suitable blending can be done as required.
(iv) Face length – The face length is selected in such a way that it could produce desired
quality of limestone without any interruption. Thus, the planning of designed pit, the face
length of exposed limestone will be more than 100 m for each bench. Two faces will be
maintained for proper deployment of machineries for day to day grade control.
(v)Road – (a) An adequate net work of roads will be maintained for transportation of
limestone from face to crusher site. For free movement of vehicles (dumpers), it is proposed
to have one way traffic on all haul roads.
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(b) For two-way traffic, the haul roads will be preferably be at least 3 times, plus 5 meters,
the width of dumpers, thus the width of the road will be maintained at 17 m.
(c) As per statute, the gradient of ramps should not exceed 1 : 16. In this planning, all ramps
have been designed with a gradient of 1 : 20, however, a small stretch of 10 m length after
the ramp will be kept level for easy movement of dumpers before another ramp starts to join
the next bench below.
(d) A minimum turning radius of 10 m on inner side is proposed for roads at turning points.
Adequate super elevation will be provided at the curves for safe turning of dumpers.
(e) All the haul roads will be constructed with water bound macadam and water spraying will
be done regularly to minimize generation of air-borne dust during movement of vehicles.
Year-wise Development Proposal:
Year Pit no Volume of OB Volume of side burden/ Total

(Lateritic inter burden/reject OB + waste
Murrum) /waste
(10% of the ROM)
(cum) (cum) (cum)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5 = 3+4)
I YEAR 1 31,500 1,350 32,850
II YEAR 1 -- 2,200 2,200
III YEAR 1 -- 3,350 3,350
IV YEAR 1 -- 4,500 4,500
V YEAR 1 -- 6,660 6,660
Total -- 31,500 18,060 49,560
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7.18 Conceptual Mine Planning upto the end of lease period taking into consideration the
present available reserves and resources describing the excavation, recovery of ROM,
Disposal of waste, backfilling of voids, reclamation and rehabilitation showing on a plan
with few relevant sections.
The mineable reserves of limestone is 31,99,536 tonnes (say 3.199 million tonnes) and
proposed maximum production rate is about 1.5 lakh tonnes per annum. The anticipated life
of the mine will be about 24 years.
The life of the mine will likely be increased after the proposed exploration is completed.
7.19 Exploration programme: After the completion of proposed borehole during the first year,
the deposit will be fully explored and hence no need for further exploration.
7.20 Excavation: Presently, the area is virgin land.

During the first five years, about 3.15 Ha area will be developed as working pit upto a level of
228 mRL.
Land use for per five years breakup upto 20 years.
Area in Hectares
Present End of End of End of End of End of
Description
5 years 10 years 15 years 20 years 24 years
1 Area under Pit 0 3.15 5.30 7.50 9.50 10.05
2 Area under roads 0 1.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 0
3 Area under infrastructure 0 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.100 0
4 Area under Top soil stack 0 0.500 0.500 0.500 0.500 0
5 Area under OB /waste
0 1.89 1.89 1.89 0 0
Dump
6 Area under Crusher 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Area under Plantation 0 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85
8 Total Nil 27.006 11.64 13.84 13.95 11.90
Upto conceptual period, the ultimate pit area will be about 10.05 Ha upto a level of 209 mRL.
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7.21 Rated production capacity of mines:

The proposed production rate of limestone is about 1,50,000 TPA.
7.22 Life of the mine:

The anticipated life of the mine will be about 45 years.
7.23 Ultimate pit limit:

At the end of life total mined out area will be 17 Ha upto a level of 209 mRL.
7.24 Waste disposal:

During the first five years, the quantity generated of OB/waste will be 49,560 cum and the
area covered for generated OB /waste dump will be about 1.20 Ha.
Generation of OB/ waste and their management as per five years breakup.
First Second Third fourth Upto life of

Description
5 year 5 year 5 year 5 year the mine
1 generation of 49,560 30,000 30,000
30,000 cum 170000 cum
OB/waste cum cum cum
2 Area for dumping 1.20 Ha 1.20 Ha 1.20Ha 0 0
3 Covering by grass- 1.20 Ha 1.20 Ha 1.20Ha 0 0
shrubs
These dumps will be covered by deep rooted grass, shrubs and other species and protected
by retaining wall & garland drain.
Note: After the 8th year, the some of the pit will be exhausted, hence the generated OB
/waste will be backfilled in mined out land.
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7.25 Afforestation:
During the plan period, about 1.85 Ha area will be covered by plantation, @ 2,000 saplings
per hectares. Karanj, Khamar, Akesia, Gulmohar, Sal, Mango, Jamun, Amrud, etc, are the
common species which are planted.
The Year-wise afforestation will be as under:
Year Area for Nos. of saplings
afforestation (Nos.)
(Ha)
I Year 0.37 740
II Year 0.37 740
III Year 0.37 740
IV Year 0.37 740
V Year 0.37 740
Total 1.85 3,700
During the first five years, entire available area within the 7.5 m of barrier zone will be
covered by plantation. Thereafter, only maintenance will be carried out.
7.26 Reclamation and Rehabilitation:

Land degradation is one of the major adverse impacts of open-cast mining activities and any
effort to control adverse impacts would be incomplete without appropriate land reclamation
strategy. After the exhaustion of entire mineable limestone, part of mined out pit will be
backfilled by generated OB/waste and remaining mined out pit will be converted in to water
tank for utilization in for irrigation purpose. The water reservoir will be properly fenced by
barbed wire or a bund will be constructed outside the water reservoir during the closure of
the mine.
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7.27 Post mining land use conceptualized.
Description Area in Hectares

Present Additional End of the End of the
area required 5 year conceptual
during this period
plan period
1 Area under Pit 0 3.15 3.15 10.05
2 Area under roads 0 1.00 1.00 0
3 Area under infrastructure 0 0.10 0.10 0
4 Area under Top soil stack 0 0.50 0.50 0
5 Area under OB/waste Dump 0 1.20 1.20 0
6 Area under Crusher 0 0 0 0
7 Area under Plantation 0 1.85 1.85 1.85
8 Total 0 7.80 7.80 11.90
Conceptual Plan is enclosed as Plate no.-VII and Its sections is in Plate no.-VII A.
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8.0 UNDERGROUND MINING
The entire working is being carried out by opencast mechanized method and this will
continue in future, hence underground working will not be required.
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9.0 MINE DRAINAGE
a) Minimum and maximum depth of water table based on observations from nearby wells
and water bodies.
The ground water level monitored around the applied area was found to be in the range of
30 - 35 m, which corroborates from the finding of adjacent existing mines. The limestone is
hard, compact and massive in nature and devoid of any secondary porosity like joint, fissures
etc. to have potential ground water occurrence. Adjacent mining operation has reached up
to a depth of 32 m and ground water has not yet encountered.
b) Indicate maximum and minimum depth of working.

During the first five years, the workings are expected to be done up to average 11 m depth
from surface level which is above from the water table.
c) Quantity and quality of water likely to be encountered, the pumping arrangement and
places where the mine water id finally proposed to be discharge.
Regionally in the area, the source of surface water is Shivnath River. The HFL of the Shivnath
River is 237 mRL. The River is about 1.5 km from the northern part of the lease area, Hence,
there will be no encroachment of surface water in the mine.
The rain water accumulated during the rainy season will be pumped out through proper
arrangement of water pumps.
d) Describe regional and local drainage pattern. Also indicate annual rain fall, catchments
area, and likely quantity of rain water to flow through the lease area, arrangement for
arresting solid wash off etc.
The Shivnath River flows from north to south and suddenly takes turn near the northern
boundary of the existing lease of the company which is about 1.5 km from this applied lease
area and flows towards ESE direction.
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The River Shivnath and its tributaries viz Khorsi Nala and Jamuniya nala control drainage of
the area. Various streams originate from this and forms a network to join this nala, which
finally flows in SW-NE direction and meets the river Shivnath exhibiting dendritic pattern in
the most of the area. Beloda branch of the Mahanadi canal enters the area from SSW part of
the lease area and passes towards northern part distributing water to the villages in its
course. All the seasonal nalas flow into the Shivnath River.
In the lease area, the terrain is almost flat with gentle slope towards northern direction,
almost the entire lease area is covered with soil and limestone is out cropping at few places.
The mining by opencast method will be worked throughout the year and hence effective
arrangements for drainage during entire year for seepage water and rain water, hence
provisions for adequate dewatering arrangements in the mining pits so as to keep the
working floor free from water accumulation.
In open cast pit, water reaches the working faces due to following reasons.
(i) From surface run off rain water, sub-surface and seepage.
(ii) By direct precipitation over workings during rainy season.
These can be controlled by:

(i) Preventing surface run-off water from entering the active working pit. The water should
either be diverted to temporarily standby/unused pit to serve as a water reservoir.
(ii)Pumping of percolated and direct precipitated water from the pit to temporarily un-used
pit/low lying area of the pit as a water conservation measure and to use it for dust
suppression and plantation.
Annual Rain fall:

The average annual rain-fall in the area is about 900 mm which comes to be 22.5 mm/day
considering 40 rainy days in a year. For calculating pump capacity, it has been assumed that
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the average quantity of rain water collected in the pit during one day will be handled during
the same day within 8 hours.
Pumping load:
The mine workings are proposed up to 30 m depth and up to end of life of mine. The mine
benches will be aligned in such a manner that water always flows down to bottom most
point and the main workings remain dry. The daily pumping load has been calculated from
the approximate catchment area from which the water is likely to flow into the pit. The
working’s are proposed in 3.15 Ha during the first five years planning. Therefore in the
planning the catchment area has been considered 50 percent more than the area proposed
to be used in mining in this planning, which comes to about 1.575 Ha or 15,575 sqm.
Catchment Area = 15,757 sqm
Pumping Load/day = 70,850 x 0.03 = 473 cum
Hourly Load/day (8 hr. working) = 3,784 or say 3,800 cum
Pumping capacity:
The hourly pumping load has been calculated 3,800 cum. Therefore one pump of 5 HP
capacity with 50 m head will be installed and one additional will be kept standby.
Sump:
A sump of 20 m x 20 m and 3 m deep will be made at suitable lower most point at the
bottom bench for storage of precipitated water and installation of pump.
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10.0 STACKING OF MINERAL REJECT/ SUB-GRADE MATERIAL AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE
10.1 Indicate briefly the nature and quantity of top soil, overburden/ waste and Mineral reject
to be disposed off.
Generation of top soil /OB and interburden: The overburden in the area is consisting of top
soil, murrum, yellow soil and clayey material and about 10% of the total ROM will be
generated as intercalations. The removal of OB and generated waste for first five years is
tabulated as under:
Year Pit no Volume of Volume of side Total
OB (Lateritic burden/ inter OB + waste
Murrum) burden/reject /waste
(10% of the ROM)
(cum) (cum) (cum)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5 = 3+4)
I YEAR 1 31,500 1,350 32,850
II YEAR 1 -- 2,200 2,200
III YEAR 1 -- 3,350 3,350
IV YEAR 1 -- 4,500 4,500
V YEAR 1 -- 6,660 6,660
Total -- 31,500 18,060 49,560
10.2 The proposed dumping ground within the lease area be proved for presence or absence
of mineral and be outside the UPL unless simultaneous backfilling is proposed or purely
temporary dumping for a short period is proposed in mineralized area with technical
constraints & justification.
Top soil: The thickness of fertile top soil will be 0.5 m only, this will be stacked separately and
utilized for plantation, for this about 0.5 Ha area will be marked.
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OB/waste dumping: During the first five years, the OB/ waste will be temporary dumped on
the southeastern side of the lease area. The area required for dumping will be as under:
Year Volume of Net volume Net volume Height Area bench

OB / considering (cum) of the required
waste 15% as swell dump for
(cum) factor (m) dumping
(cum) (sqm)
24,000 2 12,000 I bench
I YEAR 32,850 37,778
13,778 2.5 5,511 II bench
II YEAR 2,200 2,530 2,530 2.5 1,012 II bench
III YEAR 3,350 3,853 3,853 2.5 1,541 II bench
IV YEAR 4,500 5,175 5,175 2.5 2,070 III bench
V YEAR 6,660 7,659 7,659 2.5 3,064 III bench
Total 49,560 56,995 56,995 7.0 m 12,000* --
Note: The OB and waste will be dumped within the lease area in 12,000 sqm (1.20 Ha) with 3
tiers.
10.3 Attach a note indicating the manner of disposal of waste, configuration and sequence of
year-wise buildup of dumps alongwith the proposals for protective measures.
The OB and waste will be dumped within the lease area in 1.20 Ha with a maximum height of
7.0 m in 3 tiers.
These dumps will be covered by deep rooted grass, shrubs and other species and protected
by retaining wall & garland drain.
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11.0 USE OF MINERAL AND MINERAL REJECT
11.1 Describe briefly the requirement of end-use industry specifically in terms of physical and
chemical composition.
The entire limestone mined out from this mine will be utilized in the lessee’s Cement Plant
and this will be captive mine for the Plant which is installed about 2 km from the mine.
11.2 Give brief requirement of intermediate industries involved in up-gradation of mineral

before its end-use.
No intermediate industry will involve for up-gradation of limestone, only suitable blending of
different-grade mineral will be carried out on the crushing unit at the plant site.
11.3 Give detail requirements for other industries, captive consumption, export, associated
industrial use etc.
The entire produced limestone will be captive consumption in the lessee’s Cement Plant.
11.4 Indicate precise physical and chemical specification stipulated by buyers.

The specification of Cement grade limestone has been standardized and accepted all over by
Cement industries. The norms evolved by National council of Cement and Building Materials
are given in the following table:
Oxide components Acceptable range for

manufacture of
clinker
CaO 42 ± 0.5%
MgO 3± 0.5%
SiO2 9± 0.5%
Al2O3 2.4 % ± 0.4%
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For determining acceptable range of SiO2, Al2O3 and Fe2O3 in the limestone, the following
factors of modulus values for ultimate raw mix for manufacturing cement has been
considered by the company.
Item Formula Range

Silica modules SiO2
--------------------- 2.2 ± 2
Al2O3 + Fe2O3
Alumina Modulus Al2O3

--------------------- 1.6 ± 2
Fe2O3
Lime Saturation Cao

Factor (LSF) -------------------------------------- 1.2 to 1.5
2.8 SiO2 + 1.2 Al2O3 + 0.67 Fe2O3
Based on the above criteria, limestone occurring in this mine has been divided into four
different categories so that required feed to the cement plant is achieved by proper blending
at the crushing plant while transportation, so that the graded quality is achieved on day to
day basis.

Cement grade limestone (CGL) 42 – 44 Max 4
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11.5 Give details of processes adopted to upgrade the ROM to suit the user requirements.
The blending of above different types of limestone will be carried out from time to time as
per daily requirement of Plant.
During this first five years period, blending of high MgO limestone is not required; hence at
that time blending proposal is not anticipated, this may be estimated after this five years
period.
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12.0 PROCESSING OF ROM AND MINERAL REJECT
12.1 If processing / beneficiation of the ROM or Mineral Reject is planned to be conducted,

briefly describe nature of processing/ beneficiation. This may indicate size and grade of
feed material and concentrate (finished marketable product), recovery etc.
There is no proposal for mineral beneficiation, only crushing and screening of limestone will
be carried out. A Crushing and screening plan has already installed within the existing mining
lease area of the company. The details ROM will be transported to the C & S plant for further
processing. The details of C&S Plant is as under:
MAKE/SUPPLIER: CIMMCO-KHD, V-Belt Drive
SPECIFICATIONS: Type: Impact Crusher, Feed Size < 1.2 Meter, Output size - <75 mm, Motor:
900 KW, Speed: 350 RPM, Designed Capacity: 650 TPH, Operating Capacity: 900 TPH.
It is envisaged to transport crushed limestone directly to the cement Plant. During mining, if
clay mixed limestone is generated, it is proposed to installed mobile screen inside the pit to
ensure better utilization of the limestone.
12.2 Give a material balance chart with a flow sheet or schematic diagram of the processing
procedure indicating feed, product, recovery, and its grade at each stage of processing.
The Process flow chart for sizing and quality improving is given below.
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ROM
-700 C & S Plant
HOPPE
R
Qualified Person
ARRESTO
Nitesh Raghuvanshi
VIBRATI R
NG
+125
JAW mm
CRUSH
SET
-160 mm 127
+50
BC- mm
SINGLE
DECK
+50 mm 101
-125 mm 73
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+50 mm 43 BC- CRUSH
TRIPPLE +50
DECK mm
+50
+30- 10 mm
+10-
50
30
BC-
-50 mm 180
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+30-50 mm 71 TPH mm BC-
BC- DOUBLE
DECK
+10-30 mm 74
-10 mm
BC- 35 TPH
-10 mm 55
Shalabh Saha
Qualified Person
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12.3 Explain the disposal method for tailing or reject from the processing plant.
Not applicable, since no wet mineral beneficiation process is involved, hence there will no
tailing pond.
12.4 Quantity and quality of tailing /reject proposed to be disposed, size and capacity of
tailing pond, toxic effect of such tailings, if any, with process adopted to neutralize any
such effect before their disposal and dealing of excess water from the tailings dam.
Not applicable, since there will no tailing pond.
12.5 Specify quantity and type of chemicals if any to be used in the processing plant.
Not applicable, since there will no processing plant.
12.6 Specify quantity and type of chemicals to be stored on site / plant.
Not applicable.
12.7 Indicate quantity (cum per day) of water requirement for mining and processing and
sources of supply of water, disposal of water and extent of recycling. Water balance chart
may be given.
The quantity of water requirement per day is tabulated below as water balance chart.
Water balance chart
Water sources:- Tube well and other secondary sources

Dust suppression Green Belt Drinking and Miscellaneous
Domestic use
6 cum 3 cum 2 cum 1 cum
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13.0 OTHER
Describe briefly the following:
13.1 Site services:
The following site services will be provided for the systematic and smooth running of mines:
(i) Office Buildings: Office premises is already available for the existing mines (adjacent to
this lease) and having enough rooms to house the office of the technical, administrative,
general personnel's and technical & general office stores to run both the mine systematically
and smoothly.
(ii) Workshop: Suitable workshop with all necessary equipments and facilities are available
for the existing mines and will be utilized for both the mines for maintenance and repair of
all the mine machineries, equipment’s, vehicles and auxiliary machinery deployed for mining,
and allied activities.
(iii) Technical and general store: Technical and general office store is already available for
the existing mines and maintained with all the requisite inventories of technical items/spares
and stationery to support the work-shop and office activities quickly and effectively and
efficiently for both the mines.
(iv) Power supply: Power sub-station is already available with all necessary auxiliaries and
enough supporting staff to meet out the power requirement of mine, office, workshop,
stores and all other related allied activities in totality to run both the mines.
(v) Water supply: An integrated water resource development and supply management
system will be established which will evaluate the water resources availability from the open
pit of the mine water (both ground water and rain water harvesting) and other ground water
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resource generation by digging tube wells etc., its proper storage in the sump made in the
mine pit, over head tanks and its supply to the different consumption points through a well
managed networking of pipe lines to meet out the water requirement of mine and all
related allied activities including drinking water.
(vi) Transportation: A self sustainable transport system of the company of its own is
available consisting of transport vehicle to attend to the exigencies which will exclusively
manage to transport the employees to bring them from one destination to the other
destination will be required.
(vii) Communication: Necessary facility of communication like telephones, telefax, mobile

phones, and internet connectivity for sending/receiving E-mails are already available for
running the office, mine and allied activities smoothly.
(viii) Dak: Arrangements for the transportation of Dak to the nearest post office, company
own administrative offices are available. Daks are transported timely and safely to the
desired destinations.
(ix) Storage of explosive: Licensed Explosive Magazine for the storage of explosive is already
available for the existing mines (adjacent to this lease) and the same will be used for this
mines also for the purpose of storage of explosives.
(x) Safety and security: A full-fledged system of safety and security of the mine, office
premises, stores, power and water works, explosive magazine and all others related
with mining has been established and maintained which ensures safety and security of all
above round the clock throughout the year.
(xi) Vocational Training Centre (VTC): A vocational training center housed in the office
premises with enough trained and experienced staff supported with all necessary
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equipments and facilities to conduct regular training programmers as and when required to
impact training and awareness to all the personals of all disciplines (who require it) to update
and improve their knowledge in their fields for discharging their duties efficiently and
effectively.
(xii) First aid and emergency services: A first aid center with all necessary equipments,
accessories and medicines etc. will be provided within the mine premises. A trained and
experienced staff of the medical discipline will be appointed. An ambulance or other suitable
vehicle as an alternative will be put on service as and when required for transportation of
affected person to the nearest hospital as the case may be.
(xiii) Dispensary: A fully equipped dispensary with a qualified medical officer (Doctor) and
compounder with all necessary medical facility are available in the colony.
(xiv) Fuel Storage: All necessary infrastructure for storage of fuel (diesel) like fuel tanks etc.
with enough capacity sufficient for attest 15 days will be kept for smooth running of all
the machinery and ultimately to ensure regular and uninterrupted production achievement.
(xiv) Canteen: Existing Canteen will serve the employees of all the mines.
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13.2 Employment potential:

(i) Management & Supervisory Personnel:
To run the mine systemically and scientifically and to achieve the target of limestone
production uninterrupted, it is imperative to have a team of highly- skilled officials well
supported by, trained and experienced skilled technical and non technical officials and
backed by a team of semi-skilled staff and a fleet of unskilled workers.
The breakup of total employment (Highly Skilled, Skilled, Semi-Skilled and Un-Skilled) is as
under:
S. No. Highly Skilled Man power No.
1 Mines Manager (Ist class certificate holder) 01
2 Asstt. Manager Mines (Ist or IInd class certificate holder) 01
3 Geologist 01
4 Mining Engineer 01
4 Mechanical Engineer 01
5 Electrical Engineer 01
Total 06
S. No. Skilled Man power No.

1 Mining Foreman (certificate holder) 04
2 Blasting Foreman 01
3 Mechanical Foreman 03
4 Electrical Foreman 03
5 Store Officer 01
6 Security Officer 01
7 Mine Surveyor 01
Total 14
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S.No. Semi-Skilled Man power No.

1 Drill machine operator (experienced) 02
2 Excavator operator (experienced) 02
3 Dumper operator (experienced) 02
4 Compressor operator (experienced) 01
5 Rock breaker operator (experienced) 01
6 Dozer operator (experienced) 01
7 Mechanical, Electrical, Blasting 02
8 Time Keeper 02
9 Security 05
Total 18
1 Unskilled labour for housekeeping, plantation 10

Total 10
Note: Apart from the above, for maintenance of roads, making drains, fencing & other
miscellaneous jobs will be done up on contractual basis.
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14.0 PROGRESSIVE MINE CLOSURE PLAN UNDER RULE 23 OF MCDR’1988
14.1 Environment Base line information: Attach a note on the status of baseline information
with regard to the following.
a) Existing Land use Pattern indicating area already degraded due to quarrying / pitting,
dumping, roads, Processing plant, work-shop, township etc.
The applied lease area comes under, private land, Govt. land and forest land (bade jhad ka
jungle), but cultivation in the lease hold area is very limited and most of the land is devoid of
vegetation. The land is still virgin and no mining activity has been done in the area till date.
Summary of the land use is as under (Area in Hectares):
Forest land Non- Forest land
Type Area Type Area

(vi)Reserve Forest Nil (vii) Govt. waste land Nil
(viii) Protected Forest Nil (vii) Govt. grazing land 1.284
(viii) Wild Life Sanctuary Nil (ix) Pvt. Agriculture irrigated land 1.819
(x) Bird Sanctuary Nil (ix) Pvt. Agriculture non-irrigated land Nil
(x) Others (bade Jhad ka Jungle) 16.116 (xi) Pvt. other land Nil
-- -- (xii) Others (specify) Nil
Total 16.116 Total 3.103
(b) Water Regime: Water is the primary requirement of all human beings and their activities.
Information about its availability and quality in the leasehold area and its surrounding is
necessary and important. The water resources in the mining lease hold area and surrounding
may be placed into two major categories –
Surface water resources: In this area river Shivnath is the main surface water source. It flows
from NNW to East direction. It is a major tributary of river Mahanadi. The villagers have
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generally 2 to 3 kachha (unlined mud) ponds which are used for bathing, clothes washing etc.
These nallahs and ponds are dry except during monsoon period.
Ground water resources: In area confined to mining lease, the limestone is hard, compact
and massive in nature and devoid of any secondary porosity like joints, fissures etc. to have
potential ground water occurrence. However, regionally ground water occurs under water
table to semi- confined and confined conditions. In the shale the weathered / jointed zones
and bedding planes constitute the water table aquifer. In general, the shale is considered as
poor aquifers yielding only small quantities of water in wells. The limestone and dolomite are
the principal aquifers in the area.
Discharged Water: No affluent will be discharged to the river. During rainy season, a garland
bund all along the mining area will be provided to restrict the surface runoff. However water
gets accumulated in pit sump through rain. Pit sump acts as a settlement tank where water
will be allowed to store for adequate time to settle down its entrained solid. Finally clean and
clear water will be discharged to the river through harvesting pit through nala where check
dam is provided to check the siltation to discharge in-to river.
(c) Flora and Fauna: With the operation of plant & mine over a period of two decade
adjoining to the proposed mining lease area, there has been seen changes in the form of
general aesthetic and ecology in the area under the control of LIPL. Initially the area was
witnessing mixed land uses with barren land, double crop, major and minor. There are only
few mahua, sal and Plumb trees and other species scattered over the area and the adjoining
area. No wild life is conspicuous within the area. Rabbits are seen in the nearby area of the
lease. List of flora & fauna authenticated from District Forest Officer is enclosed. Now nearly
6.2 lac trees have been flourishing adjoining to the proposed mining lease area and within
and outside of the present operating mining lease boundary, with the survival rate of 80%.
Species planted are as Babool, Sheesham, Gulmohar etc. along with the local species.
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(d) Quality of air, Ambient Noise level and water: Under the EIA notification as per
environment (Protection) Act 1986, environmental clearance has become a mandatory for
any mining operation. LIPL shall obtain valid clearances before starting mining operation in
the proposed Mining Lease area
Area is predominantly an agricultural land. Within 10 km radius, no industries other than
mining activities and cement plant of LIPL are located. The baseline environment quality
represents the background environmental scenario of various environmental components
such as air, noise, land, water status of the area. To assess the prevailing environment
condition regular air and water samples are taken and analysed by the MoEF approved
agency M/s ANACON LABORATORIES PVT LTD, Nagpur. Outcome of the analysis report is
briefly discussed below:
Air Quality: The sources of emission in the area are mainly the activity of Sonadih cement
plant & mine, vehicular traffic, agricultural fields, unpaved roads and domestic fuel burning.
SUMMARY OF WIND PATTERN ON A PARTICULAR DAY
Duration (Hrs) Predominant Wind Speed

Wind Direction KMPH
00:00 – 08:00 hrs N-NNE-NE-ENE Sector
08:00 – 16:00 hrs NE-ENE-E-ESE Sector
1-15
16:00 – 24:00 hrs NW-NNW-N-NNE Sector
00:00 – 24:00 hrs NNW-N-NNE-NE Sector
Ambient Air Quality: To assess the background value, 8 locations has been identified and
quality of various environmental parameter has been monitored. The basis of identification
of stations is as under:
Identification of various industrial operations in the study area: The following activities are
present in the 10 Km radius of the lease area, which are responsible for the background air
quality.
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- 3.5 MTPA dry process and recliner based cement plant

- Present Limestone production from the mines of LIPL of 5.5 MTPA
- Local activities & roads
- Vehicular movement
LIPL has implemented various pollution control systems and maintaining the emissions far
less than those of the prescribed standards at both cement plant and mine area. Water
sprinkling to suppress dust is being carried out in mines.
Identification of Ambient air Quality Monitoring Stations: Ambient air quality of the mining
lease area and within a radius of 10 KM has been assessed through a network of 8 ambient
air quality locations. Of the 8 locations, 3 ambient air quality stations are located in the
buffer zone and 5 stations within lease area in such a way that some of the stations were in
the upwind direction based upon the prevailing conditions at the time of sampling. Few
stations outside the lease area, in downwind direction were selected to ascertain the impact
of mining and associated operations on ambient air quality beyond the mine boundary.
These stations are designed keeping in view of the climatologically conditions of the study
region and mine operations of LIPL.
Details of ambient air quality Monitoring locations:
Station Location Of the Station Distance Direction

Code w.r.t mine (km) w.r.t mine
Buffer zone
BA-1 Near River Bank 1.5 N
BA-2 Village Raseda 0.5 SE
BA-3 Village Sonadih 0.5 N
Core zone
CA-1 Near Electrical Substation --- ---
CA-2 Near Raseda School --- ---
CA-3 Near Trijunction --- ---
(Railway/Nalah)
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CA-4 Near Sonadih Village --- ---

CA-5 Raseda-Sonadih Road --- ---
(Milestone)
NOISE ENVIRONMENT: Noise survey was carried out in the existing mining area to measure
the noise produced due to operation of heavy earth moving machineries, Noise level has
been monitored in core and buffer zone to measure the present level and to assess the
impact on the neighboring human settlements. Noise levels were measured near highways,
residential areas and other settlements located within 10 km radius around the mine area.
Noise levels were monitored at 5 Locations near the Mining Lease area. The noise recording
stations in the buffer zone are given in the following table. The day equivalent noise levels
were found to be relative high due to local activities in the villages. Noise levels recorded in
the night time were found to be less than 51 dB (A) which is well within the threshold value
of Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board.
Noise Monitoring stations (Buffer zone)
Measured Noise level dB(A)
S. No. Location Day Time Night Time

6 AM-10 PM 10 PM-6.0 AM
01. MINE OFFICE 50 44

02. AT SONADIH VILLAGE 40 30
03. AT TOWNSHIP 42 34
04. RIVER BED 50 44
05. RASEDA VILLAGE 48 44
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Spot Noise Level (Core zone)
Location Noise Level in dB(A)

Near Electrical Substation 52
Near Raseda School 42
Near Trijunction
45
(Railway/Nalah)
Near Sonadih Village 38
Raseda-Sonadih Road
44
(Milestone)
WATER ENVIRONMENT: Assessment of baseline data on Water environment includes

Identification of surface water sources - Seonath River is main surface water body and the
same has been identified for Surface water quality monitoring and water sample has been
taken. Analyzing water samples collected for physico-chemical and biological parameters and
found that the associated parameters are well within the norm stipulated under IS 10500.
(e) Climatic Condition: The Lease area experiences warm temperature climate. The mercury
touches the level of 48º C during summer and goes down to 10qC during winter. Winter lasts
for short period only. The mean wind speed over the last 20 years was ranging from 1 kmph
in December to 15 km/h in June. The relative humidity over the last 20 years range between
34 in May to 87 in August.
(f) Human Settlement: The lease area falls under Balodabazar Tehsil of Balodabazar -
Bhathapara District. Most of the villagers are socially and economically backward. The main
occupation of the villagers is agriculture. Population statistics in above mentioned villages
falling under the vicinity of applied lease area, is collected from National Informatics Centre,
Raipur. The collected data is based on 2011 Senses.
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Villages-wise Population with in 10 kms radius of the mining lease
SL. NO. Name of the Distance from Direction Population

Village Lease boundary
(KMS )
1 Sonadih 0.5 N 2533
2 Boiradih 2.00 N-W 180
3 Dhabadih 1.00 W 742
4 Kesdabri 2.00 S-W 217
5 Mohtara 2.60 S-W 2287
6 Jokha 4.50 S 767
7 Latwa 5.10 S 5363
8 Raseda 0.50 S 2883
9 Rasedi 1.00 S-E 3608
10 Khairi 3.90 S 509
11 Khainda 4.20 S 1750
12 Semradih 4.75 S-E 540
13 Boirdih 3.75 S-E 542
14 Bemetara 3.10 S 509
15 Muriadih 3.50 S 360
16 Mendh 3.00 S-E 1613
17 Khapri 2.5 N-E 612
18 Kokri 2.40 N-E 2025
19 Gobri 1.10 N 1050
20 Hardi 2.60 N-W 1783
21 Kesla 2.70 N-W 2250
22 Achanakpur 5.20 S 895
(g) Public Building, Places of Worship and Monuments:
Nil
(h) Does area fall under notified area under water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act
1974.
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14.2 Impact Assessment: Attach an Environmental Impact Assessment Statement describing

the impact of mining and beneficiation on environment on the following:
EIA basically involves the study of prevailing environmental condition and the effects lay on
the environment due to ongoing mining activities. Existing mining obviously gives rise to
change in topography, marginal change in air quality, slight increase in noise level and may
induce moderate ground vibration. EIA basically deals with the above factor and establish
the relation in the light of existing mining activity. Following paragraphs describes the
impact assessment over the next five year and upto conceptual plan period.
LAND ENVIRONMENT:
The lease area is still virgin and no mining activity has been carried out in the area except
some boreholes drilled during the prospecting. N-W part of the lease is non mineralized area
and will be utilized for reject and waste dump. The measures taken by LIPL are likely to bring
forth positive impact on the landscape, although the degraded land cannot be fully
reclaimed. The aesthetic environment of the area will have a positive impact by the time
mining ceases in the area with proposed thick afforestation. At the end of the next five year
plan and up to end of conceptual plan, the land use pattern with in lease hold area is likely to
be as follows:
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LANDUSE PATTERN OF THE MINE AREA (Ha.)
Content Land use at the end Land use up to the

of 1st five year conceptual period
A. Area under mining lease 19.219 Ha 19.219 Ha
B. Mineralized area where mining 19.219 Ha 19.219 Ha
would be carried out
C. Quarrying 3.15 Ha 10.05 Ha
D. Dumping of OB waste 1.20 Ha Nil
E. Stacking of top soil 0.50 Ha
F. Haulage road, workshop, mines 1.10 Ha Nil
office, etc.
G. Area for green belt 1.85 Ha 1.85
TOTAL 7.80 Ha 11.90 Ha
IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY:

Air quality will be affected due to total handling of limestone and movements of vehicles.
Various non point sources in mining like drilling, blasting, excavation, haulage over internal
roads, stock pits, loading and unloading etc. produces gaseous pollutants like SPM, SO2, CO
and Nox. By adopting appropriate monitoring and control measures as suggested in
Environment Management Plan pollutants will be well within the safe limit.
IMPACT ON WATER QUALITY:

There would not be any adverse effect on water quality due to mining. There will not be any
effluent discharge to main water course. The HFL of the Shivnath River is located at an RL of
237 m. A series of check dams are proposed for trapping the silt of mines discharge water
during rainy season. The water overflow from the check dam will drain to Shivnath River
through the existing seasonal nala.
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IMPACTS ON GROUND WATER TABLE:

Detailed hydro geological studies have been carried out in the existing operating mine area
which is adjoin to the proposed mining lease area to know the ground water table and its
interaction with the mining activities. Ground Water levels were monitored by establishing
the observatory wells within 10 km radius of the study area. The ground water levels
monitored around the mine lease area were found to be in the range of 30-35 m.
IMPACT ON WATER QUALITY:

As the mining will progress horizontally and vertically, the rain water precipitating within the
work area shall be stored in the bottom most bench. During mining of the limestone, top
soil/mineral reject will be generated and the same will be disposed off all around the mining
lease boundary for formation of bund all along the boundary.
During monsoon there is some possibility of transportation of the silt and sediments into the
nallas from the mine, thus causing pollution of the natural drainage system. In order to avoid
soil erosion and also the possibility of carryover of the material with rainwater, a retaining
wall with garland drain will be provided. Hence adverse impact on water quality is not
envisaged.
WATER CONSUMPTION AND WASTE WATER GENERATION:

LIPL will use around 50 m3/day of water in the following areas:
1. For water sprinkling on main mine haul roads and feeder roads.
2. For greenbelt development.
WASTE WATER GENERATION:

The wastewater generated from the domestic front is mainly from toilets and canteen. This
water is treated in septic tank followed by Soak pit.
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IMPACT ON NOISE LEVEL:

Noise will be produced due to drilling, blasting, compressors, pumps, movement of vehicles
and other machinery. The noise generated by the mining activity will be dissipated within a
small zone around the mines. There will not be any major impact of the mining activity in the
vicinity. However, pronounced effect of above noise levels will be felt only near the active
working area and on the personnel working in the vicinity.
The impact of noise on the villages is negligible as the villages are far located from the
applied lease area. LIPL will provide a greenbelt of 15 m width all along the mine lease
boundary.
IMPACT ON VIBRATION LEVEL DUE TO BLASTING:

The lease is located near village Raseda which is located at 0.5 km distance from mine
boundary. Blasting at the lease area will be conducted by adopting the latest technology of
Shock Tube Initiation System which lower down the ground vibration to a great extent and
the same method will be followed in future as well, hence there will be no impact on the
nearby dwellings and structure as well. Therefore there is no danger on account of ground
vibration induced by blasting.
IMPACT ON SOCIO-ECONOMICS:
NO REHABILITATION: The lease area does not cover any habitation. Hence the mining
activity in the area will not involve any displacement of human settlement. The mining
operations will not disturb/relocate any village or need resettlement. Thus no adverse
impact is anticipated.
IMPROVEMENT IN SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS: The mining activity will improve the
economic status of the people around the applied lease area. Continued mining activities will
benefit the local people due to provision of more infrastructure facilities provided by local
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industry as mining industry boost the local market, which will invite people from different
places to install their ancillary units. Socio economically the area is typically rural and
backward. The impact of the mining on the socio-economic environment of the nearby
villages will be positive. Take-over of cement plant and mines by Lafarge India (P) Ltd in 1999,
has brought a positive-change in the socio-economic conditions of this region.
To uplift the economic status of this area, LIPL has set up multi dimensional Rural
Development Programme which has helped in building up the overall socio-economic
structure of population of villages adjoining.
The salient features of Rural Development Programme are to provide over the period of next
five years and up to end of conceptual plan:
1. Health and hygiene through mobile medical clinic
2. Agricultural extension
3. Drinking water project
4. Educational programme
5. Woman and youth development activities
6. Income generating schemes
7. Sports and cultural activities
LIPL is keen in welfare of its employees and employees are covered by number of benefit
schemes, which has changed the entire set-up in relation to education, housing, transport,
social features, marketing, recreation, sports etc. where employees and their family are
involved.
LIPL with their cement plant and captive limestone mine have also had their significant
contribution to this all round social and economic growth of the immediate neighborhood.
The company has provided housing, educational and medical facilities and drinking and
running water supply to the employees in the cement plant and mines.
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The impact on socio-economic environment is found to be positive. The factory is located in

economically backward area in district Baloda Bazaar Bhatapara. Plenty of job opportunities
have been made available to local people which has increased the living standard.
Communication and transport facility has been made available. Management has set up full
fledged township with all facilities of Public school, market, recreation club, health centre,
community hall, guest house, road, street lights, water supply and sewerage system etc.
There by quality and per capita income has improved.
IMPACT ON HISTORICAL MONUMENTS ETC.

No impact as no public buildings, places, monuments etc exist within the applied lease area
or in the vicinity
14.3 Progressive reclamation Plan:
To mitigate the impacts and ameliorate the condition, describe year wise steps proposed
for phased restoration, reclamation of lands already/to be degraded in respect of following
items separately for 5 years period.
14.3.1. Mined-Out Land: Describe the proposals to be implemented for reclamation and
rehabilitation of mined-out land including the manner in which the actual site of the pit
will be restored for future use. The proposals may be supported with yearly plans and
sections depicting yearly progress in the activities for land restoration/
reclamation/rehabilitation, afforestation etc, called “Reclamation Plan”.
Mined out Pit: The mined out pit, after confirming the exhaustion of entire limestone upto
the economic depth will be converted into a water reservoir, and a part of pit will be
backfilled through generated OB/waste.
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Plantation Programme: During this plan period, the plantation will be carried out on the
southern side in the non-mineralized zone which will be as under:
Year Plantation Nos. of saplings

area
(sq m)
I Year 3,700 740
II Year 3,700 740
III Year 3,700 740
IV Year 3,700 740
V Year 3,700 740
Total 18,500 3,700
A Reclamation Plan has been prepared and enclosed as Plate No. VIII.
14.3.2. Topsoil Management: The topsoil available at the site and its utilization may be
described.
The generated top soil will be temporary stacked along the lease boundary and covered by
plantation.
14.3.3. Tailings Dam Management: The steps to be taken for protection and stability of tailing
dam, stabilization of tailing material and its utilization, periodic desilting measures to
prevent water pollution from tailings etc, arrangement for surplus water overflow along
with detail design, structural stability studies, the embankment seepage loss into the
receiving environment and ground water contaminant if any may be described.
Since there will be no beneficiation plant, the question of tailing dam management does not
arise.
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14.3.4Acid mine drainage, if any and its mitigative measures.

There is no mineral of such nature hence there is no chance of acid mine drainage, since the
water is potable.
14.3.5. Surface subsidence mitigation measures through backfilling of mine voids or by any
other means and its monitoring mechanism.
Backfilling of mined out pit does not possible, at this stage after the 8th year mined out pit of
will be backfilled by generated overburden and part of the mined out pit will be converted
into water reservoir.
14.3.6. The information on protective measures for reclamation and rehabilitation works year
wise may be provided as per the following table.
SUMMARY OF YEARWISE PROPOSAL FOR ITEM NO. 8.3
Items Details Proposed Area in Hectares Actual Remarks

YEAR 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Area afforested (ha) --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Managemen
No of saplings planted --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

Dump
t
Cumulative no of plants --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

Cost including watch and care during the year --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Area available for rehabilitation (ha) --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
of worked out
Management
Afforestation done(ha) --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

benches
No of saplings planted in the year --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Cumulative no of plants --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Any other method of rehabilitation (specify --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Cost including watch and care during the year --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Void available for Backfilling (L x B x D) pit
ion Rehabilitation by
--- --- --- --- --- --- ---

Reclamation
wise /stop wise

backfilling
Void filled by waste /tailings

and
Afforestation on the backfilled area --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Rehabilitation by making water reservoir --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Any other means (specify) : --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Area available (ha) --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
bilitat
Reha
of
Area rehabilitated 0.37 0.37 0.37 0.37 0.37 --- ---
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Method of rehabilitation (Green belt) --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Others --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
(specify) --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
14.3.7 Disaster Management and Risk Assessment: This may deal with action plan for high risk
accidents like landslides, subsidence flood, inundation in underground mines, fire, seismic
activities, tailing dam failure etc. and emergency plan proposed for quick evacuation,
ameliorative measures to be taken etc. The capability of lessee to meet such eventualities
and the assistance to be required from the local authority may also be described.
LIPL has already provided adequately safe and healthy conditions for carrying out the mine
operation as per the Mines Act 1952. The Safety Department of LIPL has formulated Disaster
Management Plan (DMP) for implementation in case of disaster.
The following natural/industrial problems are envisaged during normal operation.
x Possibility of fire & explosion at the Mine Magazine
x Toppling of oil Tanker
x Collapse of benches inside mine.
x Flooding of Mines with water
x Possibility of catching fire at the mine & plant garage Maintenance – Lubricants storage
and petrol / Diesel Dispensing Pump.
LIPL has formulated preventive and emergency measures for each of the above disaster.
The Cement Plant has the following arrangements for prevention and fighting the fire :
a) Main Reservoir : Capacity-2000 m3
b) Diesel Pump : Discharge- 171 m3/hr x 2 Nos
c) Overhead Tank : Capacity-250 m3
d) Fire Fighting Installation : 14 places
e) Fire tender : 01 No
f) Self propelled water sprinklers 2KL : 02 Nos.
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Potential Hazards, Prevents and Emergency Measures:
Possible Preventive measures Emergency measures

Emergency
1.Possibility of 1.Storage and handling of explosive at 1. Inform immediately to control
fire & the magazine is done in accordance room, Mines Managers
explosion at with the provisions made under the 2. In case of fire and Explosive
the Mine
Indian Explosive Act and Mines Act. evacuate personnel to a safe
Magazine
2.No persons shall smoke and no fires, distance and no try should be
lights, or articles or substances of made to extinguish the fire.
flammable nature or liable to 3. The details regarding the
spontaneous ignition or to cause or accident should be
communicate fire or explosion shall be communicated to the DGMS DMS
allowed at any time within 15 m from and District authorities
magazine. 4. Debris will be removed and
3.A distance of 15 m surrounding the buried by digging a ditch.
magazine shall be kept cleared of
dried glass or bush or flammable
materials.
4.Fire extinguisher and sand buckets
are provided near the mine magazine.
5.Magazine has efficient lightening
conductor whose resistance is tested
quarterly by a qualified Electrical
Engineer.
2.Toppling of 1. Daily check up of condition of tyres 1. Cordoned off the area to avoid
oil Tanker and air pressure before starting any flammable material.
2. Restricting the movement of tankers 2. Immediate communications to
in the leveled area only Limiting the Mines Manager, HOD (security)
speed to 20 KM/Hr safety in charge and Works
3. Suitable locking arrangements of Manager.
the covers of the tanks. 3. Erecting tanker right
4. in place by applying crane as
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Emergency
early as possible to avoid diesel
flow.
5. Diesel soaked material will be
scrapped properly and buried in a
ditch
3.Collapse of 1. Avoiding back break during blasting. 1. Withdrawal of men and
benches 2. Dozing out any back break before machinery.
inside mine. lifting of material. 2. Fencing the area to avoid any
3. Providing suitable drainage to avoid inadvertent entry
water accumulation near the edge of 3. Immediate communication to
benches. Manager (Mines) and safety
4. Visual monitoring and no Inchage Removal of debris after
deployment of men and machinery collapse of benches
where any likelihood of collapse of
benches are observed.
4.Flooding of 1.Proper maintenance of garland 1. Stoppage of work in the mine –
Mines & drainage surrounding mine before withdrawal of man and machinery
neighboring monsoon – Installation and from
village with
maintenance of water pumps – 2. area suspected to be affected
water
Everyday monitoring of level of to a safe place – Round the clock
sumps and pump operation in: working of all
2.Construction of bund around 3. Installed 2 pumps 150HP
active mining area (Discharge 171 m3/hr x 2 nos.).
3.Excavating sump of pit bottom 4. Information to the district
4.Dewatering of pit as per Authorities.
requirement.
5.Possibility Fire extinguishers and sand buckets 1. In addition to it all security
of catching are provided at Lubricant storage and guards are exposed in fire fighting.
fire at the Petrol / Diesel Dispensing Pump. Workmen have also been trained
mine & plant for fire fighting.
garage 2. For prevention of fire and
Maintenance maintenance of fire equipment
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Emergency
– Lubricants Sonadih Cement Plant has the
storage and following manpower-
petrol / Safety Officer, 2 Nos. and
Diesel Safety Inspector 4 Nos.
Dispensing
Pump.
Medical Facilities: AVAILABLE AT SONADIH CEMENT PLANT/MINES HOSPITAL

Doctors & para-medical staff to provide round the clock services in case of any emergency.
This hospital has equipped with 16 beds and has the modern facilities.
Medical Facilities in the LIPL – Hospital at Sonadih
Pathology Full fledged pathology laboratory is present with routine and

specialized investigation facilities
Facilities for Minor Minor surgical procedures like fracture, stitches, foreign body
Surgical Procedures removal from eye, nose, ear, burns and electrical injuries are
performed at the Hospital.
Ambulance Services The medical setup is provided with an ambulance in each shift to
bring patients from works to hospital in emergency. Also, if the
accident is very serious in nature the patients are sent to
Balodabazar, Raipur and Bhilai.
Referral Services The cement plant has got liaison with Modern Medical Institute,
Raipur and Hospital of Bhilai Steel Plant for admission of serious
accident cases like head injuries, burns, lacerated injuries etc.
Medicines & Injections: Morphine, Pethedine, Fortwin, Betnesal, Coramine,
Equipments at the Atropine, Tetanus toxoid.
Medical Centre Mixture and pulv. for treatment of common ailments.
Sterilized dressing materials, antiseptic locations, splints.
General surgical instruments like forceps, scalpel, artery forceps,
needle holder, needles, suturing material and tourniquets.
Blood pressure measuring instrument for estimation of COHB in
blood, breathanalyzer for detection of alcohol in expired air.
Resuscitator – Oxygen cylinders
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ECG facilities
Spirometer & Audiometer
First-Aid Boxes First aid boxes are provided at prominent places in the mines &
plant with following items :
a) Sterilized Dressings (small, medium & large)
b) Sterilized Cotton Wool
c) Antiseptic Solution (Dettol/Savlon)
d) Mercurochrome Solution (2%)
e) Sal-Volati/Sodium Chloride Solution
f) Scissor
g) Adhesive Plaster (Small & Large)
h) Sterilized eye pads
i) Desprin Tablets
j) Snake-Bite Lancet/Blade
k) Potassium Permanganate Crystals
l) First Aid Leaflet
Manning of There are well qualified and experienced medical officers to look
Hospital/Medical after the health of employees and their family members. They are
Centre assisted by a team comprising of pharmacist, dressers, staff nurses,
pathology technicians, attendants etc.
Activities in case of emergency:

A) Giving of warning Siren.
B) Withdrawal of persons & machinery.
C) Restriction of employment: No person other than those duly authorized by
Management shall enter the Mine for the purpose of dealing with emergency..
D) Dealing with Emergency.
E) Enforcement of the order: A copy of the order shall be posted at the mine office
attendance cabin, telephone operator's room and in the room of all senior officers.
Periodical Mock rehearsal .
F) Resumption of work: Normal work in the mine shall not be resumed except with the
prior permission of the manager.
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Onsite emergencies
The following officers of the factory are responsible for co-ordination in case of emergency.
They will be called as a “Key Personnel”. Their organisation positions are indicated as below:
KEY PERSON ORGANISATION TELEPHONE NOS.
POSITION OFFICE RES. MOBILE No
Site Controller Senior Vice -President 321/322 461 7023777726
Shri Sanjay Joshi /Agent
(Sonadih Cement Plant)
Incident Controller
Shri Nitesh Raghuvanshi AGM/Mines Manager 229 472 7869962751
Administrative Officer
AGM (P & A) 817 401 9981509785
Shri Ravi chandra Shekhar
Fire & Security
Manager
Officer/Fire Brigade 328 431 9893019633
(Security)
Capt. Hemant Thakur
Telephone Operator Shift In charge (Security
216 550 8962975122
Shri D K Saha Main Gate)
Medical Officer Sr.Registrar
490 471 9893019655
Dr.D.Mondal (Medical )
Radiological Safety Officer PC Ranka
353 405 9893019639
Prakash Ranka ( E&I )
Env Health & Safety AGM ( Env, Health & 265/816 466 9893019650
Manager Safety )
Shri Vinay Kale
Mine Safety Manager Safety Manager (Mines)
226 - 9893019617
Shri Swapan Kumar Roy
Electrical Engineer Shift In-charge
235 ,236 446 9981997935
Shri Santosh Mahajan (E & I)
Attendance clerk
218 - 7898918014
Shri B B Mishra Sr Executive ( P&A)
Store in-charge Manager ( Store &
338 - 9831596472
Shri R Singh Inventory )
Store Keeper Sr Executive ( Store &
251 - 9993669797
Shri Amit Mishra Inventory )
Fire Pump Attendant Shift Operator
231 - 9981997949
Shri Dani Ram Sahu (Water Pump House)
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Shift Incharge
Shift Executive In-charge
(Production)
Emergency Controller Security Officer 111 - 9752489121
Emergency Medical Occupational Medical
222 - 9752489122
Centre
CCR Official Central Control Room 333 - 9752489120
Police station Baloda-bazar - 7727200100
Responsibility of Key personnel
1. Site controller
Senior Vice president or his nominated deputy will retain overall responsibility for the plant
and its personnel in case of emergency. As soon as he is informed of the emergency, he shall
proceed to the control room and meet the Administrative Officer. His duties shall be:
- Assess the magnitude of the situation and decide if employees need to be evacuated from
their working points.
- Exercise direct operational control over the area other than that which is affected.
- Maintain a continuous review of possible development and assess in consultation with
incident controller and other key personnel as to whether shutting down of the plant and
evacuation of personnel is required.
- Give necessary instruction to Admn. Officer to co-ordinate with Sr. officials of Police, Fire
Brigade, Medical and Factory Inspectorate /DGMS . Provide advice on possible effects on
area outside the factory premises.
- Control rehabilitation of affected area and persons on discontinuous of emergency.
- Issue authorized statement to news media and ensures that evidence is preserved for
statutory inquiries to be conducted by authorities.
- In absence of Site Controller, Vice President (Operations) will take over the responsibilities
of site controller.
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2. Incident controller
The Mines Manager of the incident area will act as Incident Controller jointly. On hearing of
emergency alarm he will rush to the scene of occurrence and take overall charges and report
to site controller. He will assess scale of emergency and inform the communication officer
accordingly. He will:
- Direct all operation within the effected area with the priorities for safety of personnel,
minimize damage to the plant, property and environment.
- Pending arrival of site controller assume the duties of his post and in particular direct the
shutting down and evacuation of plant and area likely to be adversely affected. Ensure that
all-key personnel and outside help are called in.
- Provide advice and information to the Fire & Security Officer and the local fire service as
and when required.
- Ensure that all non-essential workers / staff of the area affected are evacuated to the
appropriate assembly point.
- In the event of failure of electric supply, internal telephones, Mobile phones etc setup
communication points and establish contact with emergency control centre.
- Report to communication officer on all significant developments.
- Have regard to need for preservation of evidence to facilitate any inquiry.
- In absence of Incident Controller, Site Controller (Sr.Vice President) will take over the
responsibilities.
- On receipt of information about emergency the Manager shall send information to DGMS
(c) Senior Officers of Management (d) District Magistrate (e) Police Authorities and also
establish a "control room" with one Asst. Manager in charge of the control room with proper
briefing. All instructions to deal with emergency should issue from the Apex body at the
control room consisting of i) Representative of DGMS ii) Senior of Management iii)
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Representative of Rescue station if any iv) Representative of Trade Unions v) Experts on the
particular emergency dealing.
3. Administrative officer
HOD (P&A) will act as Administrative Officer / Liaison Officer/Welfare officer and will be
stationed at the main entrance of Plant during the emergency. He will, under the direction of
the Site Controller, handle Police, Press and other inquiries, receive reports from roll-call
leaders from assembly points and pass on the absentee information to the Incident
Controller. His responsibilities shall be:
- To ensure that causalities receive adequate attention/to arrange additional help if
required and inform relatives/nearest family members by appropriate mode of
communication i.e phone, telegram, e-mail address
- To control traffic movements inside the factory and ensure that alternative transport is
available when need arises
- When emergency is prolonged, arrange for the relief of personnel and organize
refreshments / catering facility.
- In absence of Administrative Officer, Communication Officer ( Sr. Manager- Personnel) will
take over the responsibilities.
4. Communication officer
AGM (Administration) will work as a Communication Officer. He will proceed to emergency
control center on hearing alarm and maintain communication with Incident Controller and
site controller and administrative officer and Safety Manager. He will:
- Pass information to the Site Controller , Incident Controller and other departmental HODs
. Recruit suitable persons to act as runner between incident controller and himself if
telephone fails due to any reason.
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- Maintain a log of the incident in a register kept for the purpose at the emergency control
room.
- Inform out side agency for mutual aid if required.
- In case of a prolonged emergency involving risk to outside area by wind-blown materials –
contact local meteorological office to receive early notification of changes in weather
conditions.
- In absence of Communication Officer, Administrative Officer (HOD P&A) will take over the
responsibilities.
5. Fire & Security officer

In charge (Security) will act as Fire and Security Officer. On hearing Siren / receiving
information he will reach at site immediately and advise fire and security personnel in the
factory about the incident zone.
He will direct the Fire Brigade and Emergency services at the incident site.
He will convey message to the Communication Officer, Incident Controller, Site Controller
and Safety Manager about the Incident Zone. He will open the gates near to the incident
Zone and stand by to direct the emergency services.
The Procedure of emergency response of Fire Mock Drill will be followed in the case of actual
fire/Emergency situation and filled in the proforma attached. A detail investigation report to
be made to ascertain the cause of fire/Emergency situation and suggest measures to prevent
its recurrence in
In absence of fire and Security Officer, Unit commander of Hired Security agency will take
over the responsibilities.
Fire Bridge personnel

Most of the Security guards are trained for fire fighting operation and these people form the
factory fire brigade team. On receipt of information the fire in-charge who is on duty at the
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time will proceed to incident site with his crew. The crew will carry out the operation under
instruction of fire in-charge
Fire pump attendant
The Shift Operator of Pump House will act as Fire Pump Attendant. On hearing the fire alarm
they will immediately proceed to the pump house to ensure that pumps are operating and
stand by to maintain continues supply of fire water pumps are ready.
6. Telephone operator
Shift In-charge (Security Main Gate) will act as Telephone Operator. On hearing the
emergency alarm/message, he will immediately contact Security in-charge/CCR (Central
control room) and communication officer.
In case mobile phone, internal / external telephone system becomes inoperative; he shall
inform the Communication Officer/ CCR officer through a messenger. In case fire is detected
and the alarm is not in operation, he shall receive information about location from the
person who detected the fire and thereafter immediately informed to CCR to spread
message further to pump house and incident controller. He will blow emergency siren for
three times of duration 25 seconds each. On hearing of emergency siren all persons will
assemble to nearest assembly points till all clear siren blown. Once the incident come under
control the all-clear siren will be blown. The incident controller/Site controller is authorized
to communicate the clearance to security in charge.
7. Medical officer
The Medical Officer of Lafarge Occupational Health Centre will work as Medical Officer. He
will arrange all possible help to victim at hospital and refer those to Raipur Main Hospital or
at other place, as he thinks fit. He has to preserve minimum quantity of medicine and
medical equipment to meet the requirement at the time of emergency for immediate relief.
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He shall report to the control room, requisition services of doctors from the adjoining
mines/areas, be ready with medical staff to attend to the injured, inform central or district
hospitals to receive serious cases, requisition Ambulances from adjoining mines/hospitals,
and arrange for blood collection (visit of blood donors shall be maintained in each mine)
First Aid Teams

The Administrative Officer keeps the roll call lists for the Fire and First Aid team on duty. Roll
call leaders and first aiders are appointed by each Departmental Head for his shift team. Roll
call leaders shall check their rolls as members of services and report for emergency duty.
Names of unaccounted persons or absentees are informed to the Fire & Security Officers.
Members of the First-Aid teams report to the Incident Controller on hearing the alarm and
follow his directions.
8. Electrical Engineer
Shift In-charge (E&I) works as a Electrical Engineer. He will assist and act according to
Incident Controller. He will arrange for substitute power supply in emergency and arrange
for shutting down of plant if required.
9. Manager (Environment & Safety)

Manager (Env. Health & Safety) will reach at site immediately after getting information from
communication/Security in charged.
He will assess the health and safety aspect of incidents and advice the incident controller to
take further action to control the situation.
10.Duty of security personnel: He shall report to the control room; cordon off the entrances
to the mine; maintain law and order and assist police and arrange for guarding the dead
bodies till those are sent for post-mortem.
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11.Central control room officer

CCR officer will immediately inform to pump house operator and concern House leader/
Departmental head about the incidents to take action to control the incidents
12.Duty of store in-charge: He shall check the materials on the emergency list; shall send the
list to the control room; wait for instruction for procurement of more materials and promptly
issue materials on receipt of requisition slip.
13.Duty of transport officer: He shall report to the control room; keep all light and heavy
vehicles ready; if necessary, requisition for more vehicles from adjoining mines; organize
transport of men and materials from other mines / places.
14. Duty of Canteen Manager: He shall report to control room; arrange supply of tea, snacks
and meals for all involved in emergency work.
15.Duty of Union Leader: He shall maintain peace, assist management in rescue and
recovery work by organizing volunteers; help in controlling the affected families.
Other Departmental Heads

The all departmental heads will reach the affected area immediately after hearing telephone
or alarm. They will assist the Emergency team / Incident Controlled as required.
MOU: Sharing of Resources during emergencies during emergency /office of the District
Magistrate.
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14.3.8 Care and maintenance during temporary discontinuance: An emergency plan for the
situation of temporary discontinuance due to court order or due to statutory requirements
or any other unforeseen circumstances may indicate measures of care, maintenance and
monitoring of status of discontinued mining operations expected to re-open in near future.
An emergency plan for the situation of temporary discontinuances or incomplete
programme due to court order or due to statutory requirement has been drawn and
executed depending upon the situation. The entire mining work will be under the
supervision of qualified Mines Manager, who will responsible for any emergent situation.
However, the following steps will be taken during temporary discontinuance of the mine.
1. Security guards will be posted at strategic points.
2. The maintenance of plantation area will be ensured.
3. Periodical inspection of the mine will be carried out by competent persons during
temporary discontinuance period.
4. Notice and Returns will be sent as per Rules, Regulation, and Act.
14.3.9 Financial Assurance: The financial assurance can be submitted in any encashable form
preferably a Bank Guarantee from a Scheduled Bank as stated in Rule 23(F)(2) of Mineral
Conservation and DevelopmentRules,1988 for five years period expiring at the end of
validity of the document. The amount calculated for the purpose of Financial Assurance is
based on the CCOM’s Circular no. 4 dated 2006 as below.
Total amount of the financial assurance will be ` 1,48,750/-, this will be submitted to the
Raipur Regional Office, before the execution of the mining lease.
The Financial Area Assurance Plan has been enclosed as Plate No. X.
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Table showing the area “put to use” area to be reclaimed and financial assurance to be paid:
S.No. Head Area put Additional Total Area Net area
On use at Requirement considered Considered
the start of during plan (Ha) As fully for
plan Period reclaimed & Calculation
(Ha) (Ha) Rehabilitated (Ha)
(Ha)
A B C = (A+B) D E=(C-D)
1 Area under mining -- 3.15 3.15 -- 3.15
Storage for Top
2 -- 0.50 0.50 -- 0.50
soil
3 Waste dump site -- 1.20 1.20 -- 1.20
4 Mineral storage -- -- -- -- --
Infrastructure-
5 workshop, admin. -- 0.10 0.10 -- 0.10
Build. etc
6 Roads -- 1.00 1.00 -- 1.00
7 Railways -- -- -- -- --
8 Tailing pond -- -- -- -- --
Effluent treatment
9 -- -- -- -- --
plant
Mineral separation
10 -- -- -- -- --
plant
11 Township area -- -- -- -- --
12 others -- -- -- -- --
Grand Total Nil 5.95 5.95 Nil 5.95
Amount of Financial Assurance will be 5.95 × 25,000 = ` 1,48,750/-.
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14.3.10 Financial Assurance details:

The details of Bank Guarantee are as under:
Amount: ` 1,48,750/-
Bank Name:
Branch:.
Bank Guarantee No.
Guarantee period from:
Valid upto:
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PROSPECTING REPORT
For
Applied ML area 25.019 Ha in village Khapri & Sonadih

of Tehsil Baloda Bazar , District Raipur, Chhattisgarh
State - India
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Broad contents..
Introduction
Regional Geology
Local Geology
Scheme of Investigation
Analysis of Limestone
Reserve
Borehole Log
Plates :
Key Map
Cadastral Map
Surface geological map
Longitudinal and Transverse Section
lease Map showing all the Blocks
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1.0 Introduction
With a view to sustain the present capacity of Sonadih Cement Plant owned by
Lafarge India Private Limited at Sonadih in Balodabazar Tehsil of Raipur Distrist in
Chhattisgarh state for an adequate period and also to withstand the proposed
increased production capacity of 3.5 MTPA of clinker, geological investigation was
undertaken under prospecting license held by Lafarge India Private Limited at
B,C,D,E,& F Blocks measuring a total of about 508.633 hects covering parts of Sonadih,
Kesdabri, Dhabadih and Raseda villages to make quantitative and qualitative
assessment of the deposit and establish additional limestone reserve to increase the
life of mine to cater smooth raw material supply to the cement plant for a prolonged
period. Lafarge was granted the prospecting license over B,C,D,E& F Blocks bearing
given reference measuring a total of about 508.633 hects by Govt. of Chhattisgarh
prior to undertaking the prospecting activities.
a) B ²Block- Letter No- 2-126/2001/M dt 24/04/2002 over an area of 86.350 Hects

b) C-Block - Letter No- 2-125/2001/12 dt 13 /1/2006 over an area of 92.-165 Hects
c) D-Block - Letter No- 2-28/2004/12 dt 25 /1/2006 over an area of 180.-012 Hects
d) E-Block - Letter No- 2-38/2002/12 dt 18 /1/2006 over an area of 21.459 Hects
e) F-Block - Letter No- 2-80/2003/12 dt 18 /1/2006 over an area of 128.147 Hects
Keeping in view of the above, Lafarge entrusted the job of exploration to

M/s.Drilltech Consultant, Kolkata under work order no SCP/O1N95/259056/1/1
dated 5th Jul 2002 and later vide Work Order No.LIPL/CPO-
SER/EOO/GEO/SCP/05/5370 dated 18th May 2005 subsequent to which detailed
prospecting of the area was undertaken in two field sessions by Topographical
Survey, Geological Mapping of the area followed by diamond core drilling, logging of
the core samples and preparation of the samples in 100 mesh for chemical analysis.
During this exploratory work, the laboratory facility of Sonadih Cement Plant and
Arasmeta Cement Plant was availed by Lafarge for conducting chemical analysis of
all the samples by XRF techniques. All these activities were carried out during the
period from August 2002 to March 2003 and later during the period from February
2006 to May 2006. After completion of field work and availability of chemical analysis
results from Lafarge, a detailed prospecting report has been prepared comprising of
reserve and ROM quality of limestone for all the prospecting licenses held.
After studying the technical and economic feasibility of the prospected area Lafarge
management decided to go for mining lease over the abovementioned areas in form of
three different ML applications i.e. 464.766 Hect, 71.449 Hects & 25.019 Hects.The
Applied ML area under reference includes the following blocks:
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Applied ML Area in 'HWDLOVRIWKHDUHDXQGHU3/·V Remark
Hects falling in the applied ML
Area (Ha)
20.716 Prospecting license for 92.165
Hect (Block C)
25.019
4.303 Prospecting license for 21.959
Hect (Block E)
1.0.1 Location
The PL area demarcated as Block ,¶&· ¶(· falls in the villages of Raseda & Khapri in
Tehsil Balodabazar, District Raipur are located at about 100 km NNE of Raipur city
and 10 km. from Baloda Bazar Town in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh State.
However the applied ML area 25.019 ha falls in the village of Khapri only. The nearest
railway station Bhatapara, is located at about 35 km. from the PL areas on Mumbai-
Howrah main line of South-Eastern Railway. The areas constitute a part of Toposheet
No.64K/1 and 64K/2 of Survey of India and are bounded by Longitude 820·µWR
820·µDQG/DWLWXGH0·µWR0·µ
Road
The distances from PL area to major areas are as follows:
1. Baloda Bazar (nearest town) : 10 km.

2. Bhatapara (nearest railway station) : 35 km.
3. Nipania (nearest railhead) : 24 km.
4. Raipur (State Capital) : 100 km.
1.0.2 Physiography
The topography of the region is characterized by plain and flat with a gentle slope
towards South-West direction. The average elevation is around 237.930 Mtrs above
MSL with the maximum being around 240.240 M. While most of the areas are under a
cover of lateritic soil the other parts are outcropping. The present land use being
UHFRUGHGDVWKH¶%DGHMKDGNHMXQJOH· and government and private land in the revenue
records, however the PL areas are practically devoid of any forest with occasional
existence of big trees and has some sparsely distributed vegetation comprising of
Acacia arebacia trees and wild berry.
1.0.3 Climate
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The area has sub-tropical climate with average annual rainfall in the range of 80 to
90.00cm. The rainy season persists from June to September with maximum rain fall in
the month of August. Sometimes intermittent showers accompanied by storm are
experienced in March and April before the on-set of monsoon. May is the hottest part
of the year with temperature going upto 470C while the usual temperature ranges
between 270C and 420C. January is the peak winter with temperature varying between
280C and 130C.
Water table is very near to the surface particularly during monsoon (1.0m depth in
most places) gradually going down to 6.5m below surface during hot summer.
1.0.4 Scope of Work
The scheme for the geological investigation was suitably framed to demarcate the
potential area of cement grade limestone and estimation of mineable reserve along with its
quality. The scope of work broadly included:
Topographical Survey in 1:2000 scale with 1.0 m contour interval of the individual PL
blocks with grid lines at 150 metre interval through N-S & E-W direction and
determination of grid levels taking reference coordinate (3000,3000) from borehole 11/86
of Block-A.
Geological mapping in 1:2000 scale along with surface sampling
Diamond Core Drilling (270 metres in 9 boreholes) in the Applied ML Area
i) C north & E middle Block : 09 No. of boreholes
Geological logging of all the boreholes and sampling of the cores.
Chemical analysis of all the samples were conducted at the laboratory of Arasmeta
and Sonadih Cement Plant by XRF.
2.0 Regional Geology
The area forms a part of Central Indian Peninsular Shield of which the oldest rock
formations encountered are the schists and gneisses of Archean age. The other
formations found in the district are of Proterozoics and Carboniferous limestone,
sandstone, coal seams and the laterite etc.
2.0.1 CHATTISGARH BASIN:
The crescent shaped Chattishgarh basin covers an area of about 33,000km2 in the
central India craton, and lies mostly in the southeastern part of Madhya Pradesh, with
marginal extensions into Orissa.
Ball (1877) and King (1885) described the Geology of the Chattishgarh basin on the
basis of regional traverses, and considered the Chattishgarh sediments as equivalents
of the Vindhyan. Dutt (1964) carried out traverse mapping in the southern part of the
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RAIPUR DESCRIPTION OF THE LITHO-UNITS

THICKNESS
SERIES
Greenish grey, shaly limestone, fine grained in the
RAIPUR lower part and purple in the upper (seen in the area
450m
LIMESTONE around Raipur and at at shallow depth in wells in
Bhilai.)
KHAIRAGARH VARIABLE Current bedded sub-arkose, with 10-15% feldspar.
SANDSTONE (RANGE?) Outcrop is arcuate.
GUNDERDEHI Splintery calcareous shale with thin sandstone
180m
SHALE laminae near the top.
Grey, fine-grained thin-bedded limestone, becomes
CHARMURIA shaly towards the top. The Mahanadi follows the
300m
LIMESTONE junction of this with the lower sandstone between
Dhamtari and Mohdi.
Medium feldspathic sandstone or sub-arkose with
CHANDARPUR
300m conglomerate at the base. Shale layers in the upper
SANDSTONE
part.
Schniner (1969,1971) made a valuable contribution to the stratigraphy of the

Northeastern part of the Chattishgargh Basin. He established the cyclic nature of the
sedimentation and identified each cycle by a local geographic name.
Ghosh and Shah (1965), Sen (1966), Chanda and Bhattacharya (1973) and Jairaman
and Banerjee (1978) studied the stromatolites of the Raipur Limestone. Kreuzer et al.
(1977) carried out geochronological studies of the Chandarpur group. Verma et al
(1977) carried out the Palaeomagnetic studies on the Gundertdehi Shale.
2.0.2 GEOLOGICAL SET-UP
The Chattisgarh sediments rest unconformably on the basement of Archiean granites

and Gneisses with associated metavolcanic ² metasedimentery belts known locally as
Chilpi and Sonakhan Groups. In the eastern part of the basin in the Raigarh area,
outliers of Gondowana formations are noticed from Amaldiha to Kantahardi, around
Tundri and Bendhrojharia. The Gondowana is represented by Talchir conglomerate
and sandstone and Barakar sandstone. The Basin shows evidences of structural
disturbances along the eastern, northern and western margins. In the eastern part of
the basin, the sediments are intensely folded and faulted especially in the Barapahar
area. Northwest of Saragarh, a dome is noticed in the sediments around Siroli Dongar.
Along the northern margin, which trends E-W, evidences of disturbances are noticed
at a number of places. Near Kharsia, the hill range exposes Chandarpur sandstone,
which is a partially faulted dome. The western margin of the basin is faulted against
Chipli Group of metavolcanics and metasediments and granites. The southern and
southeastern margins of the basin do not show any signs of disturbance. In the central
part, gentle rolling dips are noticed.
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2.0.3 LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY
Detailed stratigraphic and sedimentological studies in the central part of the basin by
Murti, 1980 led to the division of the Chattisgarh Basin into a lower Chanderpur Group
and an upper Raipur Group of the Chattisgarh Supergroup. Murti (1980) broadly adopted
the stratigraphic nomenclature of Dutt (1964) but refined it further by introducing
additional lithostratigraphic units following the norms of the code of Stratigraphic
Nomenclature of India (1977). The detailed stratigraphic succession shown in the table.
A brief description of various litho units is given below :
2.0.3.1 Chandarpur Group
The Chandarpur Group is divided into Lohardih, Chaporadih and Kansa Pathar/
Kondkera Formations on the basis of lithologic characteristics. In the flat ² topped hills of
Raitam- Aorai area of Raipur district, these units are well developed and the full sequence
is revealed.
Lohardih Formation: The basement below the Lohardih, as noticed in a number of scarp
sections in the area, is characterized by the development of paleosol. Broadly, the
Lohardih can be differentiated into three lithounits viz. (1) basal conglomerate (2)
arkosic/subarkosic sandstone and (3) lenses of conglomerate within the sandstone.
Basal Conglomerate: Overlying the granite basement is a thin horizon of poorly-bedded

basal conglomerate which is generally ill-sorted and polymictic. Locally, it shows graded
bedding and consists of angular to subangular clasts of vein quartz, microcline and granite
derived from a granitic provenance. The clasts are usually
about 2-3 cm long but rarely reach upto 25 cm. The conglomerate is friable and poorly
cemented, the matrix being very fine sand and light green clay. The grain size of the
conglomerate decreases towards the top and grades into coarse-grained sandstone.
Sandstone: The sandstone is arkosic to subarkosic and consists of sub-rounded grains of

quartz and slightly altered microcline. A few fragments of granites are occasionally seen.
The sandstone shows sedimentary structures like cross-bedding, ripple marks, worm
tracks etc.
Conglomerate Lenses in the Sandstone: The surface of the sandstone is at places studded
with conglomeratic lenses, which measure 20-50 m. The conglomerate is oligomictic,
unlike the basal conglomerate, and consists of angular-to sub-angular pebbles of vein
quartz.
Chaporadih Formation: It is medium to very fine grained, thinly laminated sandstone

with micaceous sheen and overlies the Lohardih conformably. It is reddish-brown in the
western part, olive green in the eastern part and is characterized by authigenic glauconite.
The Chaporadih has a thickness of about 15 m and forms a marker horizon in the
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stratigraphy of the area. The sandstone is characterized by micro-cross-lamination. Other
sedimentary structures include desiccation cracks, clay galls, flute-casts etc.
Kansa Pathar/ Kondkera Formation: These are time-equivalents and overlie the
Chaporadih conformably.
Kansa Pathar Formation: It is represented by sandstone which is white, massive and

coarse-to medium-grained. The conglomerate lenses, which are so frequent in the
Lohardih, are absent here. It is ortoquartzite in composition with well rounded quartz
grains. Detrital glauconite grains are observed occasionally. Various sedimentary
structures like cross-bedding and ripple marks are noticed.
Kondkera Formation: The Kansa, Pathar shows gradational contact with the Kondkera
and represents a prominent lateral facies change. This formation is represented by
ferruginous sandstone, which is reddish brown, coarse-to medium-grained, massive and
compact. Te individual grains in the sandstone are rounded to sub rounded. The
sandstone essentially consists of quartz grains and is ortoquartzite or subarkosic.
Microcline, slightly altered, is occasionally present. Quartz grains are iron-coated and the
cementing material is siliceous. Sedimentary structures like cross bedding and ripple
marks are noticed.
2.0.3.2 Raipur Group
The Raipur Group of sediments overlie the Chandarpur Group with errosional
disconformity. The disconformable nature of the content is very clear between Birkoni and
Tumgaon, where limestone has been deposited on the eroded surface of the sandstone.
The Raipur Group comprises four Formations viz., Charmuria, Gunderdehi, Chandi and
Tarenga.
Charmuria Formation: The Charmuria Formation is represented mainly by limestone with

basal clay horizon (Sirput Member). The basal clay horizon is gritty and the color varies
from dirty white to buff. The clays are interbedded with cherts which are white, crypto-
crystalline and subvitreous. The Sirpur clays grade into the overlying limestone that is
cherty in its basal part. The limestone is uniform in texture and lithology. It is micritic
(calcilutite), well laminated, grey and pyritiferous. Sedimentary structures such as ripple
marks are noticed occasionally. It corresponds to the Sarangarh limestone of Schnitzer
(1969). Towards the top, the limestone grades into the pink shale of Gunderdehi
Formation.
Gunderdehi Formation: Gunderdehi Formation in the area is represented by pink and

grey shales, the latter occurring as a member in the middle of the sequence. The pink shale
is medium ²to very fine grained, thinly-laminated and occasionally purple with mottled
appearance. It is characterized by the presence of authigenic glauconite. Towards the top,
excellent development of sedimentary structures like ripple marks, mud cracks and intra-
formational shale-pebble conglomerate is noticed. This formation corresponds to
Seorinarayan shale of Schnitzer (1969).
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Dotopar Member: This is represented by the grey shale and occurs as a tongue within the
shale showing gradational contact. The Dotopar is fine grained, thinly laminated, friable
and calcareous. An intersecting feature of this member is the presence of authigenic
barytes occurring as infillings in the septarian nodules which are noticed near Dotopar
and Gabod. The barytes is intimately associated with chlorite. The nodules are dense,
compact, oval-shaped, and range in diameter from 2 to 15cm. The long axes of the nodules
lie parallel to the bedding. These nodules, with the network of the radiating cracks, look
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2.0.3.3 Chandi Formation:
The Gunderdehi Formation is succeeded conformably by Chandi Formation

(comprising three limestone Members) with a gradational contact. This Formation is
characterized by prolific growth of stromatolites which occur as extensive reef
complexes in the area. The Chandi Formation can be broadly divided into three
Members viz., (1) Newari (2) Pendri and (3) Nipana, on the basis of lithological
considerations. Dolomitization transgresses lithological boundaries. The Chandi
formations constitutes a potential source of raw material for lime-based industries.
The Khairagarh sandstone of Dutt (1964) which precedes the Raipur shale-limestone
in the southern part of Chattisgarh is not noticed in the area, where as sandstone is
occasionally seen at the base of the Akaltara limestone sequence of Schnitzer (1969) in
the area further northeast. Moreover, the Karuid I, and Karuid II and Akaltara-
Lilagarh sequence constituting Cycle 2 and 3 overlying the Sarangarh-Seorinarayan
cycle of Schnitzer (1969) are not present in the area.
2.0.3.4 Newari Member:
The pink, purple and medium-grained limestone representing the Newari Member
conformably overlies the Gunderdehi Formation with a gradational contact. Near the
contact with shale, the limestone is friable. Dolomitisation is noticed along the joints.
Generally, the limestone does not show bedding particularly away from the contact of
Gunderdehi Formation. Stromatolites, intraformational conglomerate and stylolites
are the most common sedimentary structures in the limestone. Stromatolites are
poorly-developed near the Gunderdehi contact but well developed away from it.
Stromatolite columns are separated by calcareous mud and, on weathering, they stand
out prominently. The Newari Member gradually grades into the Pendri Member
towards west.
2.0.3.5 Pendri Member:
It consists of a fine-grained and grey limestone which is stomatolitic. A characteristic

feature of the Pendri Member is its invariable intercalation with grey shale and grey
flaggy limestone. Clay pockets which are associated with shale intercalations in the
limestone show the presence of illite and montmorillonite. There is preferential
dolomitization in this algal limestone. The dolomite is coarse grained, porous, friable,
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closely-jointed, and cream coloured. Dolomitisation is noticed along joints in limestone.
Stromatolites tend to be stunted, show branching and are ill-preserved because of very fine
lamination. Stylolites are commonly observed. The limestone grades into the overlying
Nipania Member. The Pendri Member Corresponds to Bhatapara Limestone of Schnitzer
(1969).
2.0.3.6 Nipania Member:
The Nipania Member consists of limestone which is coarse- to medium-grained, purple

with mottled appearance. Sedimentary structures like stromatolites and stylolites are very
common. Dessication cracks are noticed occasionally. The Nipania member gradually
grades into the Tarenga Formation towards the top. It corresponds to Nandini limestone
of Schnitzer (1969).
2.0.3.7 Tarenga Formation:
This Formation is represented by pink shale with inter-bedded chert. The shale shows
pink and green colour banding and is glauconitic at places. Near Singarpur the cherts are
inter-bedded with pure montmorillonite clays. The clay is olive-green, fine-graine, free
from clastics and showing swelling of about 2-3 times. The clays are noticed upto a depth
of 3m and analyse 9.48% K2O. The shale shows sedimentary structures like
intraformational conglomerate. The cherts near Singarpur show casts of warm
burrowings. The Tarenga Formation correspomnds to Patharia Umaraya series of
Schnitzer (1969).
3.0 LOCAL GEOLOGY
Within the PL areas , grey to purple grey Chandi limestone underlain by purple
Gunderdehi shale is found as established by the borehole studies. These rocks belong
to the Raipur Group and are described under local geology.
Generally, grey limestone occurs on the top followed by purple-grey limestone,

purple limestone and purple shaley limestone. The general strike is NE-SW with very
low dip towards NW direction. The limestone shows excellent development of
stromatolytes. Lack of clear and continuous bedding planes in the limestone indicate a
period of continuous deposition under similar conditions without any parent break.
Thickness of limestone broadly increases from SE towards NW.
The local lithological disposition is as under:
Laterictic Soil
Dolomite
Grey Limestone
Greyish Purple/Purplish Grey Limestone
Purple Limestone
Purple Shaly Limestone
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3.0.1 Description of different Lithounits (Blockwise) :
3.0.1.1 Overburden Soil
Major portion of the area is covered by lateritic soil with grayish clayey/sandy soil at
some places. The clayey soil is more fertile in this area.
Minimum Maximum Average

Block
Thickness (m) Thickness (m) Thickness (m)
C&E 0.10 2.6 0.92
3.0.1.2 Dolomite and Dolomitic Limestone:
The presence of dolomite and dolomitic limestone was not witnessed in the area:
Within limestone (encountered in

Block Occurrence in patches
boreholes)
C&E Nil Nil
3.0.1.3 Grey/grayish purple/purplish grey Limestone:
These are fine grained, stomatolytic, hard and massive in nature with CaO
content>45% and MgO <3%. Stomatolytes are columnar in habit with diameter of
each column varying from 1 to 8 cm. Sometimes interstices of stromatolyte columns
are filled with dolomite. Calcite crystals have been found to occur within the
limestone unit as vug filling. Thickness of this unit in different blocks is as follows :
3.0.1.4 Purple Limestone:
The parent material remaining same, this unit has been classified separately based on
its magnesia content being more than 5% which occurs in varied depth below the
Purple grey limestone. The range of chemical composition is as follows :
Constituents Range
Min Max
CaO % 27.08 51.36
MgO % 0.00 18.83
SiO2 % 0.80 38.58
Al2O3 % 1.65 10.27
Fe2O3 % 0.57 15.82
LOI % 27.13 39.96
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3.0.1.5 Purple Shaly Limestone:
This unit occurs below limestone and has been encountered in almost all the holes.
Nowhere this shaley limestone is exposed in the field within the investigated area.
This is fine grained compact and horizontally bedded. The range of chemical
composition of this unit is as under.
Constituents Range
Min Max
CaO % 12.95 44.95
MgO % 0.60 11.78
SiO2 % 1.30 48.70
Al2O3 % 2.17 14.97
Fe2O3 % 1.17 5.35
LOI % 3.77 38.61
4.0 SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION
The scheme of investigation for proving cement grade limestone at C & E block in
Sonadih was suitably framed by Lafarge involving topographical survey, geological
mapping, diamond core drilling , logging & sampling, chemical analysis and
preparation of prospecting report. The investigation was carried out over a total area
of 508.633 hectres divided into 5 no. of blocks. Core drilling was carried out on a grid
interval of 150m x 150m, in the same line as it was done for proving Block-A, existing
mining lease. A composite topographical map covering the total area with indivudual
blocks demarcated on it was prepared by topographical survey in 1:5000 scale and 1
metre contour interval followed by geological mapping on the same scale. The entire
area was prospected block-wise with 214 vertical boreholes covering 6920.6 metres of
cumulative drilling to achieve the qualitative and quantitative assessment of the
deposit. The various activities undertaken for prospecting are as under :
4.0.1 Topographical Survey
The entire area (508.633 hectare) was surveyed with the help of Total station taking
reference coordinate N ² 3000, E ² 3000, RL ² 234.550 M from borehole 11/86 of Block
² A (existing mining lease). Surveying and plotting on the drawing were done for all
the ground features and structures falling within the survey limit. However, the area
being more or less flat and devoid of any major structure, the survey work mainly
consisted of drawing on perpendicular grid lines at 150 Mtr intervals at field in the
same line as it was done for proving Block-A, existing mining lease. All the grid
intersection points were established on the field by fixing pillars with their respective
coordinates and their respective reduced levels . All the surface features were noted
and contour map was prepared in 1:5000 scale.
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4.0.2 Geological Mapping
Geological mapping of the entire area was carried out to produce a geological map on the
same scale as that of the topographical map. During mapping 200 no. of samples from the
surface outcrops were drawn from the entire area and analyzed. The geological map was
prepared incorporating all major structural and lithological details present over the area
along with dip, strike etc.
4.0.3 Diamond Core Drilling
Drilling was undertaken over all the PL blocks on prefixed grid interval of 150 Mtr
with the help of 13 diamond core drilling rigs. A total of 214 boreholes were drilled
distributed over all the PL blocks covering 6920.60 Mtrs cumulative drilling. The
borehole numbers, co-ordinates of the boreholes as well as the depth of each borehole
were prefixed by Lafarge and are shown in the following table. It is worth mentioning
here that out of 263 no. of scheduled boreholes spread over B,C,D,E & F blocks at 150
m interval, 214 boreholes were selected for drilling at the mineralized zones only to
economize the cost of project as well as to cope up with the extremely squeezed time
schedule for evaluation of cement grade limestone in the above PL blocks in Sonadih.
However, areas falling beyond the selected borehole locations were delineated after
establishing the formation boundary of different litho-units by geological mapping
followed by few confirmatory boreholes.
C & E BLOCK
Co-ordinates Total
Sl.No BH.No RL(m)
N E depth(m)
1 EM-1 2250 2600 30.00 240.240
2 CN-1 2400 2600 30.00 239.471
3 CN-2 2550 2600 30.00 238.526
4 CN-3 2700 2600 30.00 236.886
5 CN-4 2700 2750 30.00 236.874
6 CN-5 2850 2750 30.00 235.621
7 CN-6 2700 2900 30.00 237.058
8 CN-7 2850 2900 30.00 235.739
9 CN-8 2550 3050 30.00 238.659
4.0.4 Logging & Sampling
Core samples recovered from the boreholes were preserved systematically in wooden core
boxes, and logged lithologically on the basis of visual inspection. The entire cores of a
particular borehole were splitted longitudinally into two halves. One half was sampled
and sent for complete analysis of major and minor constituents to laboratory of Lafarge at
Sonadih & Arasmeta where as the other half of the cores and samples were kept at
Sonadih for future reference in wooden core boxes with appropriate marking. Two meter
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length of homogeneous core was considered for preparation of sample unless there was a
change in lithological characteristics.
4.0.5 Computation of quality & reserve
After completion of all the above activities, compilation of data generated from field work
and chemical analysis were done and geological sections were drawn for computation of
quality of the deposit along with estimation of reserve.
5.0 QUALITY OF LIMESTONE
The primary objective of the investigation being qualitative and quantitative

assessment of cement grade limestone along with its reserve within PL areas held by
Sonadih Cement Plant, it has been accomplished following the technical specifications
stipulated by Lafarge keeping the objective in view.
In this report, an estimate of cement grade limestone has been made satisfying the
limiting value of 44.5 % CaO as an weighted average with acceptable MgO and SiO 2.
This limiting value is not for individual samples. Any CaO value which on being
averaged in a specific thickness would result in the average quality of a band above
44.5 % CaO, has been considered for the purpose of this investigation as cement grade
limestone. However, as quality deteriorates with depth as revealed by individual bore
logs, and in view of the possibility of getting blended of lower grade material from
lower benches with the higher grade stone available from the top benches, a cutoff
values for CaO has been taken as 40% and for MgO 4.0%. Whereas limestone falling
on the grade below 40% CaO and above 4% has been considered as mine rejects and
has not been included in the reserve estimation.
5.0.1 Chemical Analysis
As per scope of work, all the individual samples prepared from the drill cores were
analysed for their 8 radical constituents viz. CaO, MgO, SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, Na2O, K2O
and L.O.I in the laboratory of Arasmeta & Sonadih Cement Plant of Lafarge. The
weighted average core quality for CaO and MgO of the cement grade limestone was
calculated from the analythical results supplied by Lafarge by taking cut-off value of
CaO more than 40% for each borehole separately.
5.0.2 Average Chemical Analysis
Major components along with minor ones viz. CaO, MgO, SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, Na2O,
K2O & LOI have been assessed for the entire deposit area since these components play
the vital role in quality manufacturing of cement. The values of these weighted
average of these components are given in separately.
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5.0.3 Observations
The deposit is simple, without any geological, structural, topographical and

chemical complexity. The overall Weighted Average core quality of the cement
grade limestone for PL Area C & E Block is as under :
PL Block Constituents(%)
CaO MgO SiO2 Al2O3 Fe2O3 LOI
C&E
40.41 2.98 12.36 3.60 1.22 32.54
6.0 Reserve
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considered to be the best suited for such type of deposit. The present geological report
incorporates the complete data generated by drilling of 09 boreholes distributed in
the parts of blocks, C & E along with analytical results of the core samples available
from Lafarge. While limestone reserve has been estimated separately for each block,
total limestone reserve in the entire area under investigation has been estimated by
addition of reserves estimated in individual blocks. From each of these sections, the
sectional areas of soil overburden, hard rock over burden and inter-burden
(Dolometic limestone) and cement grade limestone were calculated separately for
each of the block. Since estimation of reserve has been done by cross-sectional method
with section lines drawn in East ² West direction, length of each section line has been
generally considered from eastern to western boundaries of the individual PL blocks
unless there exists any unworkable/restricted zone like pond, public road, canal etc.
falling along the boundary lines or on the section lines. In such cases, length of section
lines has been considered leaving the unworkable zone. Also, A block have not been
considered while evaluating the total reserve under present scope of investigation.
Moreover, stipulations laid down in Metalliferous Mines Regulation, 1961 were
followed while doing this exercise.
6.0.1 Methodology used for Calculation
From each section, the sectional areas of soil overburden, hard rock over burden and
inter-burden (Dolometic limestone) and cement grade limestone were calculated
separately for each of the block. The sectional area of each of the rock type were
multiplied by the lengths of influence of each section in order to arrive at their
respective intersectional volumes. Since the boreholes have been drilled and
geological sections are prepared at 150 m interval, each sectional area has been
multiplied by 150 m , taking the aerial extent of influence as 75 m on either side viz. 75
m on the North and South, half ²way to the adjacent section lines to get the
intersectional volume. The volume of cement grade limestone along each section line
in each block was multiplied by its specific gravity (taken as 2.5) to achieve the
geological reserve. For assigning the quality parameters, the weighted average of
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individual bore falling on a particular section line has been determined. Afterwards,
the weighted average of all the boreholes on a particular section line has been worked
out. To work out the weighted average quality of the material of a particular section
the weighted average quality of all the boreholes falling on the section line is
multiplied by its total sectional quantity (Tones). Cumulative of weighted qualities
and quantities of all the sections give the weighted average quality and reserve of the
area. The detailed block-wise estimation of reserve are presented in the subsequent
pages. However, 10 m reserve on either side of the road leading to Sonadih village
and 50 m on either side of the canal has also been deleted from the gross reserve to
determine net mineable reserve.
6.0.2 Net Geological Reserve
Considering 10% mining loss & 5% recovery loss, the net geological reserve may be
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a) Gross Geological reserve of Cement Grdae
Limestone (Million MT)- 4.5
b) Less 15% towards cavities , calculation
error etc- (in Million MT) 0.675
c) Reserve blocked due to canal , road etc.-(In
Million MT)
0
d) Net Geological reserve of Cement grade
Limestone (a-b+c) in proved category - 3.825
Stripping Ratio Ore:OB 1:0.02
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ANNEXURE-XI
REPORT ON
PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY REPORT

As per Guidelines under ‘The Mineral Evidence Rules, 2015’
In respect of
Sonadih Limestone Deposit ML-3

Area – 19.219 Ha
Villages –Khapri, Tahsil –Baloda Bazar,
District – Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara,
State – Chhattisgarh
Prepared for
M/s Lafarge India Pvt. Limited
Sonadih Cement Plant, Post- Raseda
District – Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara (Chhattisgarh)
Prepared by
M/s Geo Solutions (P) Ltd.

Bhilai,
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1.0 GENERAL
Name of applicant / lessee M/s Lafarge India Private Limited (LIPL)
Rule 45 IBM registration Number IBM/378/2011

Local correspondence Address Sonadih Cement Plant
District BalodaBazar - Bhatapara
State Chhattisgarh
Pin code 493332
Phone Phone +91-7727-227226
Fax +91-7727-272227
Email [email protected]
Status of applicant/lessee Private Limited Company
Registered Office of the Company Equinox Business Park (Peninsula Techno Park),
Tower 3, East Wing, 4th Floor, Off Bandra-Kurla Complex,
LBS Marg, Kurla-West, Mumbai-400070
Location of Mine/ area

Village Khapri
Tahsil Baloda Bazar
Police station Baloda Bazar
Pin code 493332
Toposheet No. The area falls in Toposheet No. 64 K/1 and K/2.
Lat /Long of any boundary The area falls between
point /pillar fixed reference
point (FRP) Latitudes 210 43’ 31” to 210 44’ 25” N
Longitudes 820 11’ 47” to 820 12’ 36” E
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1. Mineral Resource estimation for conversion to Mineral Reserve:
1.1 Details of the Mine:
Chronological history of the applied mining lease area:
S. Referred Document
Chronology of PLs & ML Date
No. No
1 24-Apr-02 F 2-126/2001/M
86.35 Ha

2 25-Jan-06 F 2-28/2002/12
180.012 Ha

3 13-Jan-06 F 2-38/2002/12
21.959 Ha

4 18-Jan-06 F 2-80/2003/12
128.147 Ha

5 13-Jan-06 F 2-125/2001/12
92.165 Ha
Received at
6 Applied for Mining Lease in Form D 31-Jul-06
Collectorate Raipur
26-May-16
District Mining Office recommended 19.219 Ha Letter forwarded to
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area out of total applied 25.019 Ha MoM, Naya Raipur
20-July-16
Mineral Resource Department, Govt. of
Chhattisgarh issued letter of intent to grant
mining lease for limestone with period of 50 AF3-42/2010/12
8 17-Oct-16
years over an area of 19.219 Ha in village Dated 17.10.2016
Khapri, Tehsil - Baloda Bazar, Dist – Baloda
Bazar - Bhatapara
During the preparation of the Mining Plan, under the provisions of MCR 2016, this
Pre-Feasibility Study report has been prepared in fulfill the points given in the
Mineral Evidence Rule 2015 and is submitted considering the complete project.
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1.2Details of the Applicant / Company:
Lafarge India Private Limited (LIPL) is a subsidiary of Lafarge, a world leader in

building materials, headquartered in Paris (France) with top-ranking positions in its
Cement, aggregates & Concrete businesses. In 1833 Lafarge began its operations and
contributed to the first major project - the Suez Canal in Egypt in 1864. With over
180 years of knowledge gained from operations across the world, Lafarge
contributes to the construction of cities by providing innovative solutions.
LIPL is operating six cement plants in India, two integrated plants in the state of
Chhattisgarh, one in Rajasthan and one each grinding/ blending stations in West
Bengal, Jharkhand and Haryana. LIPL produces and sells Ordinary Portland Cement,
Portland Slag Cement, and Portland Pozzolana Cement. The Total cement
production capacity of LIPL in the Indian market currently stands at around 11
million tonnes per year.
Sonadih Cement Plant, a unit of LIPL, is located near Sonadih village, Balodabazar
Tehsil of Balodabazar-Bhatapara District in Chhattisgarh state. The present plant
capacity is 3.5 mtpa clinkers which require 5.5 million tonne per annum of
limestone.
Out of the total clinker production, about 12-15% clinker is utilized at Sonadih
Cement Plant for manufacturing of Portland Pozzolana Cement while 85-88%
clinker would continue to be sent to Jojobera grinding unit.
Lafarge India Pvt. Ltd (mines and plants) have received various awards from MOEF,
GreenTechnical Foundation, NCBM, MOCCM, CII in relation to energy saving and
mines have received awards from IBM and DGMS during MEMCW and mines safety
week celebrations.
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Other mining leases held by the company:
S. No. Name Location Area (Ha) Validity
1 Sonadih Limestone Mines District- Baloda 444.763 15/01/1986 to

bazaar Bhatapara 14/1/2026

Mines (Lease 1 & 2) Champa 31/03/2030

Mines, Lease no.- 3 Champa 17/06/2047
4 Kirari Limestone Mines District- Janjgir 167.048 26/8/2000 to

Champa 25/8/2050
5 Chilhati Limestone Mines District- Janjgir 1085.365 15/12/2015 to

Champa 14/12/2065
Details of License:
LIPL has been granted Prospecting License over B, C, D, E & F Blocks admeasuring a
total of about 508.633 Ha. by Govt. of Chhattisgarh prior to undertaking the
prospecting activities.
B–Block- Letter No- 2-126/2001/M dt 24/04/2002 over an area of 86.350 Ha.
C-Block - Letter No- 2-125/2001/12 dt 13 /1/2006 over an area of 92.165 Ha.
D-Block - Letter No- 2-28/2004/12 dt 25 /1/2006 over an area of 180.012 Ha.
E-Block - Letter No- 2-38/2002/12 dt 18 /1/2006 over an area of 21.959 Ha.
F-Block - Letter No- 2-80/2003/12 dt 18 /1/2006 over an area of 128.147 Ha.
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After successful completion of prospecting operation in two phases i.e. in 2002 &
2006, LIPL submitted 3 mining lease applications on 31.07.2006 covering all the
above prospecting licenses. The details of ML applications are as under:
Lease Taluk Village Area (Ha.) Ownership/

No. Occupancy
1 Baloda Bazar Sonadih, Raseda, 462.783 Govt. & Private
(Chhattisgarh) Dhabadih, (Recommended Ownership
Kesdabri & Boirdih area 294.16 Ha.)
2 Baloda Bazar Raseda 71.449 Forest Land
(Chhattisgarh)
3 Baloda Bazar Khapri 25.019 Forest Land &
(Chhattisgarh) Private land
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Details of exploration agency:
After execution of the prospecting licenses, Lafarge entrusted the job of exploration
to M/s. Drilltech Consultant, Kolkata under work order no SCP/O1N95/259056/1/1
dated 5th Jul 2002 and later vide Work Order No. LIPL/CPO-
SER/EOO/GEO/SCP/05/5370 dated 18th May 2005. The address of the prospecting
agency is as follows:
Drilltech Consultant,
Pratapadiya road,
Ground Flooor,
Kolkata- 700026
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Details of the area (Location and extent of Applied ML area):
District & State Tehsil Village Area Ownership of

(Ha) land
Balodabazar- Baloda Private land,

Bhatapara & Bazar Khapri, 19.219 Govt. land and
Chhattisgarh State Forest land
Infrastructure & Environment

The applied ML area falling in the village Raseda in Tehsil Balodabazar, District
Balodabazar-Bhatapara are located at about 100 km NNE of Raipur city and 10 km.
from Baloda Bazar Town in the district of Balodabazar- Bhatapara, Chhattisgarh
State.
The nearest railway station Bhatapara, is located at about 35 km from the applied
ML areas on Mumbai-Howrah main line of South-Eastern Railway.
The nearest airport is Raipur about 100 km towards south west from the applied ML
area and is well connected by flights from Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Nagpur,
Bhubaneshwar, Vishakhapatnam, Hyderabad etc.
The distances to important nearby cities/ towns from applied ML area are as follows
and location is shown below:
Baloda Bazar (nearest town) 10 km
Bhatapara (nearest railway station) 35 km

Nipania (nearest railhead) 24 km
Raipur (State Capital) 100 km
No historical sites, sanctuaries, national park or eco sensitive areas are present in
and around the recommended ML area.
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Location of applied ML area
1.3Geology & Reserves:
Topography: The topography of the area is almost a flat having gentle slope toward
northern direction. The maximum contour level is 242 mRL and minimum is 236
mRL.
Drainage pattern: The Shivnath River flows from north to south and suddenly
takes turn near the northern boundary of the existing lease of the company which is
about 1.5 km from this lease area and flows towards ESE direction.
The River Shivnath and its tributaries viz Khorsi Nala and Jamuniya nala control
drainage of the area. Various streams originate from this and forms a network to
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join this nala, which finally flows in SW-NE direction and meets the river Shivnath
exhibiting dendritic pattern in the most of the area. Beloda branch of the Mahanadi
canal enters the area from SSW part of the lease area and passes towards northern
part distributing water to the villages in its course. All the seasonal nalas flow into
the Shivnath River.
Vegetation: The common species in nearby villages are Babool, Neem, Pipal, Bargad,
Imli, Amla, Gulmohar, etc.
Climate: The area has sub-tropical climate with average annual rainfall ranging
from 80 to 90 cm. The rainy season starts from June to September with maximum
rain fall in the month of August. Sometimes intermittent showers accompanied by
storm are experienced in March and April before the on-set of monsoon. May is the
hottest part of the year with temperature going upto 47 0C while the usual
temperature ranges between 270C and 420C. January is the peak winter with
temperature varying between 280C and 130C.
The ground water level monitored around the applied area was found to be in the
range of 30 - 35 m, which corroborates from the finding of adjacent existing
operation. The limestone is hard, compact and massive in nature and devoid of any
secondary porosity like joint, fissures etc. to have potential ground water
occurrence. Adjacent mining operation has reached up to a depth of 32 m and
ground water has not yet encountered.
Regional geology:
The Regional Geology has been from the miscellaneous publication No. 30, PART
XXI, 2ND Revised addition, 2006 of Geological Survey of India, “Geology and Mineral
Resources of Chhattisgarh”.
The limestone and associated formation which is occurring near this village a part of
Chhattisgarh Synclinorium and belonging to Chandi Formation of the Raipur Group
of Chhattisgarh Supergroup. The limestone deposit is almost horizontally bedded
with local dip from 20 to 50 towards north. The general strike of the limestone bed is
east-west.
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The interacratonic Chhattisgarh Basin is crescent shaped and covers about 33,000
sq km area in Raipur, Durg, Rajnandgaon, Bilaspur and Raigarh district of
Chhattisgarh and adjoining parts of Orissa. The basin has a maximum length of
about 300 km along ENE-WSW direction. The maximum thickness of sediments is
estimated to more than 2 km and is epicontinental or stable shelf type.
Local Geology (Lithology of the area):

Generally grey limestone are found on the northern part of the area followed by
purple grey limestone and purple shale successively towards south and similarly the
same sequence has been confirmed from borehole drilled during exploration. The
deposit is structurally undisturbed since basin deposition.
The local succession of the area is as under:
Soil (alluvial)
Dolomite
Grey Limestone Chandi Limestone formation
Purple - Grey Limestone
Purple Limestone
Purple Shale Gunderdehi Shale
Limestone is extremely fine grained, anhedral and occurs as massive, hard compact
body. Colour of limestone generally has a close relationship with quality. It is
observed that the grey limestone have higher CaO content and less MgO content
than the underlying purple limestone which has the intercalation of purple shale in
depth.
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Technological Investigation (Exploration):
Details of technological investigation (pitting/trenching/drilling etc.):
A systematic geological investigation over the recommended ML area was
conducted by LIPL. The geological investigations include topographic survey,
geological mapping, and diamond core drilling and surface sample analysis.
Subsequent to the grant of the PL, LIPL formulated an exploration program for the
PL area. The execution of the exploration campaign was carried out under
supervision of LIPL. The exploration activities were carried out in two different
phases in the years 2002-2003 and 2006, respectively.
Initially, a thorough reconnaissance of the PL area was carried out, in order to
assess the potential area to start with the prospecting operations and exploration
restricted within recommended ML potential limestone bearing area with no mining
constraints. As stated earlier, the entire area is concealed beneath soil cover, hence
the lithologies exposed in dug wells/ dug pits formed the basis for borehole
planning and subsequent exploration activities.
Altogether a total of 9 vertical boreholes were drilled with a total meterage of 940 m
in granted total PL area. The summary of exploration activities carried out by LIPL
during geological exploration campaign is given in the table below:
Exploration Activity Quantum of work

No. of Core Boreholes 9 nos.
Grid pattern 150 m x 150 m
Total meterage 270 m
Sample analysis for 8 radicals (CaO, MgO, SiO2,

142 nos.
Al2O3, Fe2O3, Na2O, K2O and LOI)
Data spacing for reporting of Exploration Results:

The scheme of investigation for proving existence of cement grade limestone at
granted PL blocks was suitably framed by Lafarge involving topographical survey,
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geological mapping, diamond core drilling, logging & sampling, chemical analysis
and preparation of prospecting report.
Topographical survey of entire area was done with the help of total station.
Surveying and plotting on the drawing were done for all the ground features and
structures falling within the survey limit. However the area being contiguous to
existing operating mine and more or less flat and devoid of any major structures, the
survey work mainly consisted of drawing of grid lines at 150 meter intervals at field
in the same line as it was done for proving existing mining area. All the surface
features were noted and contour map was prepared in 1:1000 scale with 1 m
contour interval.
Since the area is adjacent to existing mine working, therefore pitting and trenching
was not done. During the course of detailed exploration, total 9 boreholes were
drilled in the area on a grid pattern of 150 m X 150 m.
The grid pattern for regular deposits like limestone should be less than 200 m X 200
m for considering the reserve under G-1 category, thus the exploration work carried
out by LIPL at the area held under prospecting license and established reserve can
be considered under the G-1 category.
Location of Data Points:

The recommended ML area of 19.219 Ha has been covered under topographical survey.
The topographic map was prepared on a scale of 1:1000 with a contour interval of 1.0 m.
Considering this, locations of the total 9 nos. of bore holes were placed and collar were
identified during the exploration campaign.
The topographic plan has formed the base for the geological plan. The entire geological
setup of the recommended ML area comprising of the existing lithological sequence and
their structure is superimposed on the topographic plan to generate the geological plan.
- Quality and adequacy of topographic control.
Survey was carried out with the help of Total Station with reference to the coordinate N
– 3000, E – 3000, RL – 234.550 M from borehole 11/86 of Block – A (existing mining
lease).
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Surveying and plotting on the drawing were done for all the ground features and
structures falling within the survey limit. However, the area being more or less flat and
devoid of any major structure, the survey work mainly consisted of drawing on
perpendicular grid lines at 150 m intervals at field in the same line as it was done for
Block-A, the existing mining lease. All the grid intersection points were established on
the field by fixing pillars with their respective co-ordinates and their respective reduced
levels. All the surface features were noted and contour map was prepared in 1:1000
scale.
Sampling Technique:
Core samples recovered from the boreholes were preserved systematically in
wooden core boxes. The entire cores of a particular borehole were splitted
longitudinally into two halves. One half was sampled and sent for chemical analysis
and the other half of the cores were kept for future reference in wooden core boxes
with appropriate marking. Two meter length of homogeneous core was considered
for preparation of sample unless there was a change in lithological characteristics.
Proper sampling equipment (PW 4400 AXIOF- XRF) was used to ascertain iron-free
milling and pulverization subsequent to chipping by jaw crusher. Two sets of
powdered samples were prepared from the split –half core by standard method of
coning and quartering and sieving to 100 mesh powders. The standard practice of
levelling envelopes was followed. One set of sample was utilized for conducting
chemical analysis and the other set was preserved for future reference. The
sampling was done by LIPL’s expert.
Drilling Technique & Drill Sampling Employed:

Diamond core drilling was undertaken in vertical boreholes in NX size by double
tube core barrel arrangement. Drill rigs of Voltas and L & T make (Model- Joy 12 B,
LT 175) having a capacity of 100 – 300 m along with all relevant accessories and
well-trained drill crew were employed during the exploration campaign.
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The minimum and maximum run wise core recovery achieved in the bore holes
drilled is 0% (in overburden soil region, where sludge samples were collected) and
100% respectively.
Drilling was undertaken over entire area on prefixed grid interval of 150 m with the
help of 13 diamond core drilling rigs.
-Whether core and chip sample recoveries have been properly recorded and
results assessed.
The run wise recovery from each of the boreholes was properly recorded and
analyzed for their LOI, SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, CaO, MgO, Na2O and K2O contents. The
individual lithounits along with the contacts as established from the core was noted
and sample intervals marked.
-Measures taken to maximise sample recovery and ensure representative
nature of the samples.
Diamond core drilling machine of reputed make Voltas and L & T make (Model- Joy
12 B, LT 175) having a capacity of 100 – 300 m with double tube core barrel,
connected to a consumable core drilling bit, typically made with synthetic diamonds,
which is the core cutting tool were used for drilling to maximise sample recovery
and ensure representative nature of the samples.
- Whether a relationship exists between sample recovery and grade and
whether sample bias may have occurred due to preferential loss/gain of
fine/coarse material.
Core recovery in the overburden soil region, where sludge samples were collected
are very less, whereas core recovery over massive limestone is up to 100%. In case
of Dolomite and Dolomitic limestone also the core recovery is high. Limestone in
contact with the soil, clay, clay pockets and shaley limestone are encountered less
recovery with inferior grade.
-Logging: -Whether core and chip samples have been logged to a level of detail
to support appropriate Mineral Resource estimation, mining studies and
metallurgical studies.
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Core samples recovered run wise from the boreholes were logged throughout the
length of the borehole lithologically on the basis of visual inspection. The individual
lithounits along with the contacts as established from the core was noted and
sample intervals marked.
Sub-Sampling Technique and Sample Preparation:

-If core, whether cut or sawn and whether quarter, half or all core taken.
Individual core samples representing thickness of lithological units of interest or
part thereof were drawn by splitting the core in two equal parts.
-If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled, rotary split etc. and whether
sampled wet or dry.
Not Applicable
-For all sample types, the nature, quality and appropriateness of the sample
preparation technique.
One half of the core was retained in the core box and other was crushed and two
sets of powdered samples were prepared from the split – half core by standard
method of coning and quartering and sieving to 100 mesh powders. The standard
practice of levelling envelopes was followed. One set of sample was utilized for
conducting chemical analysis and the other set was preserved for future reference.
-Quality control procedures adopted for all sub-sampling stages to maximize
representivity of samples.
Half split core samples were systematically crushed, coned quartered by applying
grain size/quantity principles for forming representative powder sample. PW 4400
AXIOF- XRF sampling equipment was used to ascertain iron-free milling and
pulverization subsequent to chipping by jaw crusher.
-Measures taken to ensure that the sampling is representative of the in situ
material collected.
Diamond core drilling was conducted and all the samples were collected from the
drilled bore holes to ensure the sampling is representative of the in situ.
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-Whether sample sizes are appropriate to the grain size of the material being
sampled.
Since limestone grain size is medium to fine, all the samples were sieved to 100
mesh powders for chemical analysis purpose.
Quality of Assay Data and Laboratory Tests:

All the individual samples prepared from the drill cores were analysed for their 8
radical constituents viz CaO, MgO, SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, Na2O, K2O and LOI in the
laboratory of Sonadih Cement Plant of Lafarge by using most advanced sampling
technique of XRF analysis using PW 4400 AXIOF instrument.
The weighted average core quality for the CaO & MgO of the cement grade limestone
was calculated from the analysis results.
Limestone CaO (%) SiO2 (%)
Grey Limestone 42.00-48.00 08.00 – 11.50
Moisture: The tonnages are estimated with the natural moisture content.
Bulk Density:
The Specific Gravity (SG) of limestone has been assumed as 2.5 which is the standard
value for limestone. In general Specific Gravity of limestone varies from 2.3-2.7. One
cubic meter of in-situ limestone by volume has been considered to be equivalent of
2.5 tonnes by weight. OB soil bears a SG of 1.8, the interstitial clay bears the SG of
1.2, Shale bears a SG of 2.2, whereas all other lithounits bears the SG of 2.5 (same as
limestone).
Resources Techniques:
The methodology adopted for estimation of resources is as follows:

Geological Cross Sectional Method
In consideration of the intensity of exploration carried out, the geological/
structural setup of the deposit and configuration of concession area clubbed with a
number of constraints, estimation of limestone resources on the basis of geological
cross sectional method has been adopted for limestone resource estimation. The
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cross sectional area was multiplied by 150 m, considering 75 m aerial extent on
either side of the section line on north south. The quantity of overburden and rejects
to be mined along with limestone has also been calculated by cross sectional
method.
The cross sections have been drawn along the section lines trending East-West on
drilling grid and attitude of beds. In order to know the lateral and depth wise extent
of mineralization, the lateral limits of mineralization on the cross sections have been
marked on the basis of correlation with subsurface geology based on structural
disposition and chemical analysis of core samples generated during drilling.
Surface Area
The explored area falls under different
categories were drawn in plan on the
basis of their limits on cross sections and
lateral limits extended. In addition to this,
polygons for different constraints were
also drawn and superposed over the
exploration category polygons in order to calculate the area blocked under different
category. All the polygons so made were assigned separate identity.
Specific Gravity (SG)
The Specific Gravity (SG) of limestone has been assumed as 2.5. One cubic meter of
in-situ limestone by volume has been considered to be equivalent of 2.5 tonnes by
weight. OB soil bears a SG of 1.8, the interstitial clay bears the SG of 1.2, Shale bears a
SG of 2.2, whereas all other lithounits bears the SG of 2.5 (same as limestone).
The SG values, for tonnage calculation, were applied to the litho units which were
estimated.
Tonnage Calculation
The formula used for resource estimation is given below:
Tonnage = CA x AE x Sp. Gr.
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Where, CA = Cross sectional Area of limestone/ other litho unit (m2)
AE = 150 m Aerial Extent of section line of limestone/ other litho unit (m)
Sp. Gr.= Specific Gravity
Further work:
The exploration work carried out at recommended mining lease, already covered
lateral extension and depth of the area as per UNFC classification under G1 Category,
hence no further exploration has been proposed in applied ML area.
Any Other Information:

LIPL has invested an amount of Rs. 1.04 Crores for systematic and scientific
exploration of the all sanctioned PL areas.
Mineral Resource Estimation For Conversion To Mineral Reserve

Categorization Of Resources:
The reserves and resources of limestone has been estimated as per the UNFC
guidelines by cross-sectional method. In consideration of the intensity of exploration
carried out, the geological/ structural setup of the deposit and configuration of
concession area clubbed with a number of constraints, estimation of limestone
resources on the basis of geological cross sectional method has been adopted for
limestone resource estimation. The cross sectional area was multiplied by 150 m,
considering 75 m aerial extent on either side of the section line on north south. The
quantity of overburden and rejects to be mined along with limestone has also been
calculated by cross sectional method.
The cross sections have been drawn along the section lines trending East-West on
drilling grid and attitude of beds. In order to know the lateral and depth wise extent
of mineralization, the lateral limits of mineralization on the cross sections have been
marked on the basis of correlation with subsurface geology based on structural
disposition and chemical analysis of core samples generated during drilling.
The parameters considered for reserve estimation are as under:
i) The total applied lease area is 19.219 Ha.
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ii) Mapping: The lease area has been surveyed by Total Station and preparing
detailed topographical-cum-geological map including all surface geological features,
extent of deposit, structural features, location of bore-holes and the assay-plan has
been prepared on 1 : 1,000 scale with contour interval of 1 m, accordingly the
Surface Plan has been prepared.
iii) The grid along with temporary survey station points have been marked on the
maps.
iv) The general surface level of the area is 239 mRL, maximum surface level of the
area is 242 mRL and minimum is 236 mRL.
v) A total 9 vertical core bore-holes were drilled in the area, at 150 x 150 m grid
interval.
vi) The reserve has been estimated by cross-sectional method. The limestone
bearing areas have been estimated by cross-sectional method and its influence area.
vii)The depth continuity of mineralization has been considered limited to the depth
upto wich direct evidence on mineralization is established through the boreholes.
viii) The quality requirement of limestone for Cement Plan is under:
CaO% 42 ± 2
MgO% 3± 1
SiO2% 10± 2
ix) Limestone occurring in this area has been divided into three different categories
so that required feed to the cement plant is achieved by proper blending, so that the
required quality is obtained on day to day basis.
Cement grade limestone (CGL) + 42 Max 4
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x) The bulk density of limestone has been considered as 2.5.
xi) In the major part of the area, the top surface level varies from 242 - 236m.
Therefore, from mining point of view, a level of 239 m has been taken for making
the lower benches of 8 m each and, the accordingly the bench-wise reserve has been
estimated.
xii)The reserve has been estimation block-wise and bench-wise separately.
The limestone of the area is stratiform, stratabound, tabular of regular habit and as
the detailed exploration by drilling boreholes on 150 x 150 m spacing on grid
pattern has been carried out over the entire lease area covering all the eight blocks,
the resources estimated has been categorized under Measured Mineral Resources,
Code (331).
But, some portion of the applied lease area is devoid of boreholes or very far away
from the borehole drilled, thus these areas has been considered under Inferred
Mineral Resources, code (333).
The total reserves and resources are as under:
Mineral Reserves / Resources of Limestone for G-1 level
S. No. Particulars Resources of Blocked out Mineable

limestone resources Reserve
(tonnes) (tonnes) (tonnes)
1 Cement grade limestone 1534028 288286 1245742

2 Blendable grade limestone 2576610 622816 1953794
3 Total 4110638 911102 3199536
4 Sub-grade 1981272 -- --
Mineral Resources of Limestone for G-3 level
5 Inferred Mineral Resources 3524873 -- --
Grand Total 9616783 -- --
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2. Cut off parameter:
The quality requirement of limestone for Cement Plan is under:
CaO% 42 ± 2
MgO% 3± 1
SiO2% 10± 2
Limestone occurring in this area has been divided into four different categories so
that required feed to the cement plant is achieved by proper blending at the
crushing plant, so that the required quality is obtained on day to day basis.

High grade limestone (HLST) +44 Max 3.5
Cement grade limestone (CGL) 42 – 44 Max 4
3. Mining Method:
3.1Mining:
The company is having cement plant of 3.5 MTPA clinker capacity in village Sonadih,
for this 5.5 million tonnes of limestone will be required.
The production rate of limestone will be depends upon production of limestone
from all the mines of the company.
The mine will be designed and the deposit will be exploited with minimum damage
to environment and optimum utilization of limestone for captive use in the Cement
Plant.
The salient features of mine design will be as under:
(i) The overburden is in the form of top soil cover, murrum, yellow soil and clayey
material of variable thickness. The overburden will be removed by dozer, and
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loaded by excavator into dumpers and transported to the temporary stock yard and
will be utilized for plantation.
(ii)The surface level varies from 242 – 236 m. Therefore, from mining point of view,
a level of 239 m has been taken for making the lower benches of 5 m each and, the
accordingly the bench-wise production will be taken up.
(iii) The working will be carried out in 2 shifts with staggered roaster manpower
deployment in 350 days in a year.
(iv) Limestone is bedded deposit, massive & compact in nature, hence, the ultimate
pit slope of 500 will be quite stable. For a bench of 5 m height, floor width of 3.5 m
will be maintained. Presently, the working width will be maintained at about 20 m.
(v)The rain-water and seepage water collected in the pit will be stored in the lower
benches and will be used for spraying on the haul-roads and for plantation.
(vi) The floor of the working faces will be kept slightly sloping to facilitate flow of
water towards the sump during the rainy season to keep the working faces dry.
(vii) For blasting, 104 mm dia and 8 m (+0.5 m perihole) will be drilled with
compressed-air-operated wagon drills. The blasting will be done by
ANFO/SME/Slurry as column charge and slurry /cast booster explosive as booster
charge. Controlled blasting will be practiced by using Nonel detonators.
(viii) Hydraulic rock breaker will be used for breaking oversized boulders in place of
secondary blasting.
(ix) Hydraulic excavator of 3.5 cum capacity will be used in combination with 35
tonner dumpers for loading and transportation of limestone.
(x)The limestone ROM will be directly transported to the cement plant after
crushing and screening (if required).
(xi) The haul distance from mine site to crusher is about 3 to 5 km.
(xii) For the purpose of grade control, samples will be drawn from each blast/blast
holes and will be analysed for its grade.
(xiii) The requirement for making clinker, the average chemical composition of
limestone should be maintained is as under:
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CaO% 42 ± 2
MgO% 3± 1
SiO2% 10± 2
(xiv) The limestone occurring in this area has been divided into four different
categories so that the required feed to the cement plant is achieved by proper
blending at the crushing plant, so that the graded quality is achieved on day to day
basis.

Cement grade limestone (CGL) +42 Max 4
(xv) The sub-grade of limestone produced from the mine will be separately stacked
and processed by suitably blending as per requirement. The blending ratio will vary
according to parameters of raw mix from time to time.
(xvi) The Staker – Reclaimer and Raw-Mills operations will be governed by
Production and Quality Control department of the Cement Plant, which will also co-
ordinate with Mine Management to dispatch particular quality of crushed limestone
as may be required, so that the Raw-Mix design suits the required parameters i.e.
LSF, SM and AM, etc.
(xvii) All efforts will be made considering eco-friendly mining in the area. For this,
dense plantation will be done all around the lease area in the non-mining zone to
improve aesthetic beauty and for development of green belt.
(xviii) The mining loss during the mining of limestone is expected as about 10% of
the total ROM due to intercalations, fractures, clay pockets, voids, cavities, etc.
Out of this, 5% will be considered as waste/intercalations and kept separately and
remaining 5% will be due to voids and cavities. This will be temporary stocked
within the lease area and utilized for road maintenance from time to time.
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Year Wise Production Proposal:
Year Pit Total ROM Volume of Volume of Mineral

no (cum) Limestone Reject/waste
(tonnes)
(90% of (10% of the
ROM) ROM)
(cum) (cum)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (7)

I YEAR 1 13,500 12,150 1,350 30,375
II YEAR 1 22,000 19,800 2,200 49,500
III YEAR 1 33,500 30,150 3,350 75,375
IV YEAR 1 45,000 40,500 4,500 101,250
V YEAR 1 66,600 59,940 6,660 149,850
Total -- 180,600 162,540 18,060 406,350
3.2Equipments for allied operation and Machineries related to Mining of

deposit are as under:
Name Nos. Type/ Purpose Motive

make Power
/Capacity
DTH /wagon drill 1 ICM 260/ IR For drilling limestone bed Diesel
1
/104 mm Engine
DTH /wagon drill 1 DH 150 / For drilling limestone bed Diesel
2 SANDWIK/ Engine
104 mm
Hydraulic 1 TELCO For loading OB and excavation of Diesel
Excavators (EX600 V)/ limestone and loading the same Engine
3
3.5 cum into dumpers
bucket capa.
Pay Loader 1 H .M. / 3.1 For loading OB and excavation of Diesel
4 cum bucket limestone and loading the same Engine
capa. into dumpers
Dumpers 2 HAUL PAK / For transportation of limestone Diesel
5 BEML/35 T to C & S plant Engine
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Dozer 1 -- For dozing of OB Diesel
6
Engine
Hydraulic rock 1 -- For reduction of oversized Diesel
7 boulders
breaker Engine
Water Tanker 2 10,000 liters For sprinkling of on quarry road Diesel
8 and blasted mass Engine
Water pump 2 50 HP For dewatering the working pit Electrical
9 during the rainy season pumps
Explosive van 1 -- For transporting the explosive Diesel
10 Engine
Jeep /Pool car 1 -- For supervision Diesel
11 Engine
3.3Employment potential:
(i) Management & Supervisory Personnel: All mining operations will be under
the charge of General manager (Mines). The following managerial, technical &
qualified staff will be employed.
S. No. Highly Skilled Man power No.

1 Mines Manager (Ist class certificate holder) 01
2 Asstt. Manager Mines (Ist or IInd class certificate holder) 01
3 Geologist 01
4 Mining Engineer 01
4 Mechanical Engineer 01
5 Electrical Engineer 01
Total 06
S. No. Skilled Man power No.
1 Mining Foreman (certificate holder) 04
2 Blasting Foreman 01
3 Mechanical Foreman 03
4 Electrical Foreman 03
5 Store Officer 01
6 Security Officer 01
7 Mine Surveyor 01
Total 14
S. No. Semi-Skilled Man power No.
1 Drill machine operator (experienced) 02
2 Excavator operator (experienced) 02
3 Dumper operator (experienced) 02
4 Compressor operator (experienced) 01
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5 Rock breaker operator (experienced) 01
6 Dozer operator (experienced) 01
7 Mechanical, Electrical, Blasting 05
8 Time Keeper 02
9 Security 05
Total 18
1 Unskilled labour for housekeeping, plantation 10
Total 10
Note: Apart from the above, for maintenance of roads, making drains, fencing &
other miscellaneous jobs will be done up on contractual basis.
Infrastructure and Services:

The essential facilities like first-aid station, drinking water arrangement, canteen,
rest shelter, urinal, mine office, maintenance shed etc will be provided in the mine.
4. Metallurgical factor:
The limestone produced in this mine will be directly sent to cement plant, thus the
metallurgical factor does not apply.
5. Cost and revenue factor:
The Mining Lease is captive to the Cement Plant. The details of Economic Evaluation
is tabulated below:
Capital Cost:
S. N Head Expenses
i Cost of land (NPV, Compensation, afforestation, safety zone
` 102,19,000/-
management etc) (@ ` 10/- lakh /Ha)
ii Cost of Mining Equipment ( Inclusive of Taxes & Excise duties
` 5,00,00,000/-
as applicable)
iii Crushing& screening unit with Environment control
Equipments(Inclusive of Taxes, Duties, Insurance as --
applicable, erection &Commissioning cost)

iv Construction of Crusher Hopper, Crushing plant & Load
--
Centre Building
v Construction of Mine Office Workshop, garage building,
` 1,00,000/-
canteen, VT center, hospital etc
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vi Construction of first aid station ` 1,00,000/-
vii Cost of Misc. items ` 10,00,000/-
viii Water pipeline, Bore wells, Sprinklers for dust suppression
` 100,00,000/-
& water reservoir for harvesting
ix Cost of Mining plan and EIA/EMP studies etc ` 10,00,000/-
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Total investment required ` 8,14,19,000/-
(say ` 8.14 crore)
* Since the area is under forest land, the cost of land is tentative.
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Depreciation and profit & interest
Head / Year 1 year 2 year 3 year 4 year 5 year 6 year 7 year 8 year 9 year 10 year
Depreciation
for Eqpt
Depreciation
5000000 5000000 5000000 5000000 5000000 5000000 5000000 5000000 5000000 5000000
Cost
Depreciation
for Site Services
Depreciation
1600000 1600000 1600000 1600000 1600000 1600000 1600000 1600000 1600000 1600000
Cost
Depreciation
for Mine Plan,
& EMP
Depreciation
100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000
Cost
Mine Closure
Cost
Plantation Cost 500000 500000 500000 500000 500000 500000 500000 500000 500000 500000
Mine Closure
200000 200000 200000 200000 200000 200000 200000 200000 200000 200000
Cost
Total Cost (Rs) 700000
Mine Closure
140000 140000 140000 140000 140000 140000 140000 140000 140000 140000
Cost per Year
Operating Cost
Mining Cost 250 250.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 250.00
Transportation
10 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
Cost
Royalty 90 90.00 90.00 90.00 90.00 90.00 90.00 90.00 90.00 90.00
Environment
Cess on Royalty 5 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00
@5%
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Infrastructure
Cess on Royalty 5 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00
@5%
Welfare Cess 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Income Tax on
1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85
Royalty @ 2.06%
ROM Cost 362.85 362.85 362.85 362.85 362.85 362.85 362.85 362.85 362.85 362.85
Closure Cost 4.67 4.67 4.67 4.67 4.67 4.67 4.67 4.67 4.67 4.67
Rehabilitation
16.67 16.67 16.67 16.67 16.67 16.67 16.67 16.67 16.67 16.67
Cost
Plantation Cost 6.67 6.67 6.67 6.67 6.67 6.67 6.67 6.67 6.67 6.67
Depreciation
223.33 134.00 89.33 67.00 44.67 44.67 44.67 44.67 44.67 44.67
Cost
Production
30000 50000 75000 100000 150000 150000 150000 150000 150000 150000
(Mine) (T)
Total Production
614.19 524.85 480.19 457.85 435.52 435.52 435.52 435.52 435.52 435.52
Cost (Rs)
Assumed Selling
2000 2000 2000.00 2000.00 2000.00 2000.00 2000.00 2000.00 2000.00 2000.00
Cost
Profit Rs /
1385.81 1475.15 1519.81 1542.15 1564.48 1564.48 1564.48 1564.48 1564.48 1564.48
Tonnes
Profit before
41574380 73757300 113985950 154214600 234671900 234671900 234671900 234671900 234671900 234671900
Interest
Interest Rate 12% 12% 12% 12% 12% 12% 12% 12% 12% 12%
Interest on
81419000 49614900 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Amount
Interest Amount 9770280 5953788 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Profit after
31804100 67803512 116168583 170337463 271235259 303783490 340237509 381066010 426793931 478009203
Interest
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Thus, total cash flow, NPV, IRR and payback period will be:
Based on the return on equity/cash flow this project is of good economic viability.
Capital Cost:- ` 8,14,19,000/- (say ` 8.14 crore /-)

Production Cost:- 450/- per Tonnes.
Transportation Cost:- 10/- per Tonnes.
Royalty:- 250/- per Tonnes.
NPV:- 499781443/-
IRR:- 96%.
Pay Back Period:- 3 years.
Other Factors:
All the statutory provisions relating to labour, land acquirement, mining and
taxation are being complied. The labour are well paid and taken care of health and
also taken care at that time of any injuries/ accidents. The Mining operations are
carried out as per the DGMS and Central Govt. and State Govt. norms. The Lessee is
not have any dues to the State Govt. All the taxes are paid.
The Lessee has been holding mining lease, since more than two decades. It did not
encounter any legal problem related to tribal issues or National Park or Forest
department so far, since neither of these issues exist at all. Thus the company has
been enjoying hassle free possession of the property and no trouble in this context
is possible.
6.0 Market Assessment:

a. Type of Commodity with use:
Limestone produced from the mine will be utilized for captive requirement of the
cement plant. Final product of the cement plant is various grades of cement.
b. Prospective Buyers :
Housing, Infrastructure, Commercial Construction and Industrial segments
(Cement).
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c. Present Sale Price:
Based on the market study, the target market for sale of cement produced from this
plant will be Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh (Central region),
Jharkhand and Bihar. The target market has been identified based on most likely
distance that the plant will cater to and location of other supplying clusters.
d. Forecast:
In India the cement consumption during 2010-11 was 165.63 million tonnes against
158.25 million tonnes during 2009-10 registering a growth of 4.7%. Region wise
growth in demand is as follows:
Region Cement consumption
2010-11 2009-10 Growth (%)
South 50.86 52.66 -3.4

West 31.35 28.07 + 11.7
East 28.54 25.87 + 10.3
North 27.50 26.68 + 3.1
Central 27.38 24.97 + 9.7
Total 165.63 158.25 + 4.7
An analysis of growth in demand region wise indicate that the Western region and
Eastern region continued with a double digit growth at 11.7% and 10.3%
respectively; the North registered a growth of 3% and the Central 9.7% while in the
South there was a negative growth of 3.4%. The negative growth in the South was
primarily due to the fall in demand in Andhra Pradesh by 17% and a nil growth in
Kerala while Tamil Nadu and Karnataka registered a growth of only 4%.
Markets:
The target market for Lafarge’s plant at Sonadih, Chhattisgarh is envisaged to be
states of Eastern India. The market has been identified based on most likely distance
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that the plant will cater to, location of other supplying clusters and existing
dispatches of the Lafarge plant.
Cement Demand:
The estimated future growth rates for different markets, in the next 5-7 years, in
the target region are given in the following table:
Market Future CAGR (%)

Assam 10.4%
Bihar 11.6%
Jharkhand 6.4%
Orissa 8.1%
West Bengal 8.7%
Chhattisgarh 6.3%
Other North East states 10.3%
The Table shows the trend of future demand in different markets of the target
region.
Figures in million tonnes

Year FY 16 FY 17 FY 18 FY 19 FY 20
Assam 4.87 5.36 5.89 6.48 7.13
Bihar 12.37 13.73 15.24 16.92 18.78
Jharkhand 4.53 4.90 5.29 5.71 6.17
Orissa 10.25 11.27 12.40 13.64 15.01
West Bengal 15.11 16.47 17.95 19.56 21.32
Chhattisgarh 5.88 6.29 6.74 7.21 7.71
Other North East states 3.64 4.01 4.41 4.85 5.33
Total 56.66 62.03 67.92 74.37 81.45
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From a level of around 48 mt in FY 14, cement demand in the target region is likely
to reach around 82 mt in FY 20 growing at a CAGR of ~9 % pa.
Current market share of Lafarge in East India market is between 15 – 17%. Lafarge
has a very strong presence and brand equity in this market. Thus Lafarge should be
able to maintain its market share and sell its entire cement produced in the future
also.
Infrastructure:
Road:
Infrastructure facilities like road transport post & telegraph communication,
banking and medical facilities etc. will be improved and economic development
would be catalysed.
The employment from existing mines will be continue for uneducated and unskilled
workers. The existing cement plant will result in number of benefits and will
continue the jobs directly /indirectly of the surrounding villagers. It will also
continue opportunities for business and other activities like groceries, farm &
agricultural products etc., thus resulting in gross economic up-liftment.
The project authorities will continue medical facilities in the form of dispensary /
hospital in the plant area for their employees. These facilities will also be continue
to be available to local population in emergencies. This along with rural welfare
schemes have a positive health care impact
With increase in population and industrial activity, public transport will be more
frequent, thereby having a positive impact resulting in improvement of
communication facilities. Besides transport, communication facility such as phone
etc. will also be continue made available resulting in positive impact.
Power:
Required power for the cement plant as well as mines is obtained from Central
Power Distribution Corporation Limited.
Labour Supply & Skill: Adequate skilled labour is available in the region.
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7.0 Other Modifying Factors:
At present no national parks, historical monuments exist in the proximity of
proposed mining lease area and no tribal issues are foreseen. The applied ML area of
19.219 Ha. comprises of mostly private land owned by local villagers and some
government land. No mining activities will be carried out before grant of Mining
Lease and before land acquisition.
LIPL will implement the statutory and legal obligations and special conditions
imposed, if any, by the following statutory agencies:
a) During grant and execution of lease deed by Directorate of Mines and Geology,
Govt. of Chhattisgarh
b) Directives issued by Indian Bureau of Mines
c) Directives issued by Directorate General of Mines Safety
d) Conditions imposed by Ministry of Environment and Forests
e) State or Central Pollution Control Board
f) Any other statutory organization describing the nature of conditions and
compliance position thereof.
The mine will be working systematically and scientifically since decades in profit
and it has never faced any major problem which might have affected the mining
project and put it at any kind of risk. Therefore, looking for the past history for the
mining project for such a longer period no assessment of risk at the moment or in
near future is considered necessary.
Statutory Provisions Relating to-

Labour: All applicable Labour Laws are inforced and will be implemented. The
labourers will be getting all benefit as per Provisions of Mines Rule 1956, ID Act
1980, Contract Labour (Reg & Abolition ) Act, Bonus Act, Maternity Benefit Act,
Payment of Wage Act, Minimum Wage Act, persons (labourers) will be employed
strictly as per the provisions of the prevailing Labour Laws and Rules there under.
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Land: Almost the lease area belongs to Private land and some part is belongs to
Govt. land. The compensation and other statutory formalities will be complied as
per norm of the State Govt.
Mining: Mining will be done strictly as per the approved Mining Plan/ Scheme of
Mining as applicable and the provisions of all Acts, Rules and regulations made there
under and the same practice will be followed.
Taxation: Taxes and cess as applicable will be paid as per the laws
Environmental Management
LIPL’s commitment with special emphasis on the protection of environment is given
below:
Air Quality
Wet drilling to suppress the dust emission from the drill machines at its source by
inbuilt water injection system
Fixed continuous water spraying system on the haul road from working pit to the
crushing plant
Automised water spray system at Limestone hoppers
Regular water sprinkling on blasted heaps and haul roads with water tankers.
Use of sharp drill bits for drilling holes and arrangements for bit regrinding.
Charging the holes by using optimum charge and using time delay detonator.
Avoiding blasting during high windy periods, night times and temperature inversion
periods.
Regular grading of haul roads and service roads to clear accumulation of loose
material.
Excavation operations are suspended during periods of very strong winds.
Avoiding over filling of dumpers and consequent spillage on the roads
The vehicles and machinery are kept in well-maintained condition so that emissions
are minimized.
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Afforestation for control of dust. To arrest the amount of airborne dust, extensive
plantation will be carried out within the mines and outside the mining lease.
Plantation of wide leaf trees, creepers, tall grass along approach roads, and on safety
barrier zones will help suppress dust.
Road berms and dumps will be turfed and planted.
Operator cabins in all items of major HEMM equipment will be enclosed, to
minimize dust exposure of the operators.
Noise Levels
The following noise abatement measurements will be adopted:
Proper and regular maintenance of vehicles, machinery and other equipment.
Carrying out blasting only during day time and not on cloudy days
Limiting time exposure of workers to excessive noise.
The noise generated by the machinery to be reduced by proper lubrication of the
machinery and equipment.
The workers employed will be provided with protection equipment, earmuffs and
ear-plugs, as a protection from the high noise level generated at the plant site
wherever required.
Noise levels are also controlled by using optimum explosive charge, proper delay
detonators and proper stemming to prevent blow out of holes.
Proper and timely maintenance of mining machinery
Speed of trucks entering or leaving the mine will be limited to moderate speed of 25
kmph to prevent undue noise from empty trucks
Water Pollution Control Measures

Mining activities may cause adverse impacts due to mine drainage, siltation due to
storm water and contaminated water from workshops and domestic sewage water.
In order to mitigate the likely impacts the following management has been
proposed.
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Storm Water Management
Apart from construction of the bund, a garland drain will be provided outside the
bund to stop water from entering into the mine. A check dam is proposed at the end
of the drain for trapping the silt. The water overflow from the check dam will drain
to Shivnath river through the existing seasonal nalla.
A garland drain surrounding the temporary dump area with sedimentation pits will
be provided. The silt free water will be discharged to the natural drainage pattern.
Waste Water Management

Open cast mining of the limestone will not generate any waste water. As there is no
mineral processing, no waste water will be generated. However, small quantities of
domestic waste water will be released from the mines site.
At the workshop area, an oil separation tank will be used to segregate oil & grease
from the outlet water of service ramp. Only clean water will be let out after
skimming the oil and grease. This treated water will be used for plantation purpose.
Proposed Afforestation
Extensive plantation will be carried out at the following locations:
7.5m wide greenbelt all along the mine lease area.
Each side of the proposed haul road and road leading to crusher
Occupational Health and Safety

LIPL has established its own well equipped occupational health center at the site. All
the employees in the mine undergo periodical medical examination.
LIPL has also attained the Occupational Health & Safety assessment system 18001
certification. All the mining operations are and will continue to be carried out
strictly in accordance with the Mines Act, Rules & regulations. These practices will
continue at the new mines also.
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8.0 Classification:
The subject area is fall under “Stratiform, Stratabound and Tabular Deposit of
Regular Habit” as per UNFC classification and suitable for working with opencast
method of mining. Preliminary mine design / conceptual plan may be prepared after
obtaining all necessary approvals from statutory authorities for working of mine.
Since, LIPL is operating existing mine adjoin to recommended ML area and has
obtained all necessary permits it is expected that permits for recommended ML area
will be obtained within a reasonable time frame after grant of Mining Lease.
Considering the above study Reserve at recommended ML area can be classified
under 121 and 122 category of UNFC.
After the pre-feasibility study and economic axis study the limestone has been
categorized as per the norm of UNFC is as under:
Classification Code Quantity Geological

(tonnes) Grade
A. (1) Proved Mineral Reserve 111 --- --
Mineral (2) Probable Mineral Reserve 121 31,99,536 +38% CaO
Reserve (3) Probable Mineral Reserve 122 --- --
B. (1) Feasibility Mineral Resources 211 --- --
Remainin (2) Prefeasibility Mineral Resources
221 9,11,102 +38% CaO
g (due to blocked out)
Resources (2) Prefeasibility Mineral Resources
221 19,81,272 34-38% CaO
(sub-grade)
(4) Measured Mineral Resources 331 --- --
(5) Indicated Mineral Resources 332 --- --
(6) Inferred Mineral Resources 333 35,24,873 +34% CaO
(7) Reconnaissance Mineral Resources 334 --- --
Total Mineral Resources (A+B) 96,16,783
The mineable reserves of limestone is 31,99,536 tonnes (say 3.199 million tonnes)
and proposed maximum production rate is about 1.5 lakh tonnes per annum.
6. Conclusion:
a. The deposit has been explored in a square grid of 150 m and reserve has been
established under proven category.
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b. The mine will be captive mine and catering to the need of limestone to plant for
manufacturing cement in a constant basis since inception. For raising the limestone
from captive quarry in a systematic manner an approved mining plan, subsequently
review through schemes has been in place.
c. The reserve established is meeting the threshold of manufacturing the cement as
prescribed under NCCBM Norms.
d. On the basis of the detailed exploration (G-1) done over the entire lease area,
Mining Plan has been prepared, having enough experience specific and end use
grade of reserves and specific knowledge of forest/non-forest and other land use
data, the economic viability of the mining project has been proved beyond doubt
and thus the mineable part of the mineral resources which fall under the Ultimate
Pit Limit (UPL) and is above the threshold value and above as bifurcated correspond
to the Economic Axis (E-1) and the remaining resources as bifurcated above falling
outside UPL that is falling within the statutory barrier correspond to the Economic
Axis (E-2).
e. This project required investment of about ` 8.14 crore and the NPV will be about
` 499781443/-, IRR about 96% and payback period will be about 2 years per the
Pre-Feasibility Study done, cost of limestone production will be ` 250/- which is
comparable being incurred by existing cement plants in the region which are
operating probability in the region. The operating the mining lease is economical
viable.
f. Thus, considering the entire above points as per the Guideline issued by Govt. of
India, Ministry of Mines, Indian Bureau of Mines, the Feasibility Axis is comes
considered as E-1.
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SHALABH SAHA
Geo Solutions (P) Ltd.
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TEST REPORT QR/5.10/01
&XVWRPHU¶V1DPHDQG$GGUHVV Page: 1 of 1
M/S. LAFARGE INDIA LTD. PLPL/170213042 To
Test Report No. :
SONADIH LIMESTONE MINE PLPL/170213046
P.O: RASEDA VIA BALODA BAZAR, Issue Date : 21/02/2017
BHATAPARA-493332, CHATTISHGARH. &XVWRPHU¶V5HI : Verbal
Description of Sample : Lime Stone# Quantity/No. of Samples : 500 gm/05

Date of Sampling : 11/02/2017 Protocol (purpose) : QC
PLPL/170213042 To
Sample Receipt Date : 13/02/2017 Lab ID :
PLPL/170213046
Packing/ Seal : Sealed Test Parameters : As per Table
Date of Starting of Test : 13/02/2017 Date of Completion of Test : 21/02/2017
RESULT TABLE
TEST
RESULT
METHOD
SR. NO. PARAMETERS UNIT SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE
NO NO NO NO NO
1CN_7# 2CN_7# 3CN_7# 4CN_7# 5CN_7#
1 Calcium Oxide as CaO % 46.73 46.51 45.88 44.25 44.54
Magnesium Oxide as
2 % 2.32 2.33 2.11 2.45 2.25
MgO
3 Silica as SiO2 % 9.58 9.5 10.22 11.43 11.8
Aluminium Oxide as
4 % 2.31 2.33 2.84 3.16 3.32
Al2O3 Indian
Standard
5 Iron Oxide as Fe2O3 % 0.64 0.63 1.22 1.35 1.39
Potassium Oxide as
6 % 0.55 0.54 0.77 0.88 0.91
K2O
7 Sodium Oxide as Na2O % 0.19 0.2 0.18 0.16 0.15
8 Loss In Ignition % 37.13 37.48 36.68 35.97 35.42
9 LSF % 155.9 156.3 140 120.9 117.6

# : Detail given by customer.
H. T. Shah Dr. Arun Bajpai

Lab Manager Lab Manager (Q)
Note: This report is subject to terms & conditions mentioned overleaf.
Test Report No. :

PLPL/170213047 To
PLPL/170213051
RESULT TABLE
TEST
RESULT
METHOD
SR. NO. PARAMETERS UNIT SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE
NO NO NO NO NO
6CN_7# 7CN_7# 8CN_7# 9CN_7# 10CN_7#
1 Calcium Oxide as CaO % 44.46 45.07 35.44 31.54 31.19
Magnesium Oxide as
2 % 2.13 2.3 5.25 6.2 6.47
MgO
3 Silica as SiO2 % 11.69 11.09 17.88 20.46 21.4
Aluminium Oxide as
4 % 3.28 2.76 5.16 5.33 5.65
Al2O3 Indian
Standard
5 Iron Oxide as Fe2O3 % 1.38 1.25 2.14 2.11 2.17
Potassium Oxide as
6 % 0.91 0.74 1.44 1.5 1.58
K2O
7 Sodium Oxide as Na2O % 0.16 0.1 0 0 0
8 Loss In Ignition % 34.98 36.59 30.86 31.15 31.02
9 LSF % 118.6 128.3 61.6 48.6 45.9


Test Report No. :

PLPL/170213052 To
PLPL/170213057
RESULT TABLE
TEST
RESULT
METHOD
SR. NO. PARAMETERS UNIT SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE
NO 11 NO 12 NO 13 NO 14 NO 15 NO 16
CN_7# CN_7# CN_7# CN_7# CN_7# CN_7#
1 Calcium Oxide as CaO % 35.01 35.72 35.14 22.97 22.96 35.97
Magnesium Oxide as
2 % 4.13 3.99 4.08 3.98 4.06 4.75
MgO
3 Silica as SiO2 % 19.91 19.54 19.38 32.37 32.05 18.25
Aluminium Oxide as
4 % 5.64 5.51 5.49 9.14 9.11 5.15
Al2O3 Indian
Standard
5 Iron Oxide as Fe2O3 % 2.05 2.01 2.04 3.03 2.99 2.03
Potassium Oxide as
6 % 1.53 1.49 1.52 2.5 2.49 1.4
K2O
Sodium Oxide as
7 % 0 0 0 0 0 0.01
Na2O
8 Loss In Ignition % 31.25 31.3 30.55 22.38 23.28 32.44
9 LSF % 54.9 57.1 56.6 22.2 22.4 61.5



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MINING PLAN

CATEGORY “A” FULLY MECHANIZED

Govt. Land – 1.284 Ha

State Govt. letter AF 3-42/2010/12, Naya Raipur dated 17/10/2016

SUBMITTED TO THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY FINAL SUBMISSION

UNDER RULE 16 (1) OF MINERALS

SONADIH LIMESTONE DEPOSIT ML-3

CATEGORY “A” MINE FULLY MECHANIZED

Govt. land – 1.284 Ha

State Govt. letter No. AF 3-42/2010/12, Naya Raipur dated 17/10/2016

SUBMITTED TO THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY

Under Rule 16 (1) of

Applicant: Qualified Person:

2.0 General 4-6

3.0 Location and accessibility of area / mines 7-9

4.0 Details of approved Mining Plan (if any) 10-10

5.0 Review of Earlier Approved Proposal 11-11

6.0 Geology and Exploration 12-33

7.0 Mining 34-55

8.0 Underground Mining 56-56

9.0 Mine Drainage 57-59

11.0 Use of Mineral and Mineral Reject 62-64

12.0 Processing of ROM and Mineral Reject 65-67

13.0 Other 68-72

14.0 Progressive Mine Closure Plan-Under Rule 23 of MCDR’ 1988 73-103

S. Plans & Plates Scale

2 II KEY PLAN 1:50,000

3 II A LOCATION MAP Not to

5 IV SURFACE PLAN 1:1,000

6 V SURFACE GEOLOGICAL PLAN 1:1,000

7 V -A GEOLOGICAL CROSS-SECTIONS 1:1,000

8 VI COMPOSITE DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION PLAN AND SECTIONS 1:1,000

9 VI -A FIRST YEAR DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION PLAN 1:1,000

10 VI -B SECOND YEAR DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION PLAN 1:1,000

11 VI -C THIRD YEAR DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION PLAN 1:1,000

12 VI -D FOURTH YEAR DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION PLAN 1:1,000

13 VI -E FIFTH YEAR DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION PLAN 1:1,000

14 VII CONCEPTUAL PLAN 1:1,000

15 VII -A CONCEPTUAL SECTIONS 1:1,000

16 VIII RECLAMATION PLAN 1:1,000

17 IX FINANCIAL AREA ASSURANCE PLAN 1:1,000

Details of the Company:

Nitesh Raghuvanshi Shalabh Saha

Details of the lease held by LIPL in the state of Chhattisgarh.

S. No. Name Location Area (Ha) Validity

Chronological history of the applied mining lease:

Nitesh Raghuvanshi Shalabh Saha

Mineral Resource Department, Govt. of

Nitesh Raghuvanshi Shalabh Saha

Nitesh Raghuvanshi Shalabh Saha

Note:- Shri Ujjawal Batria is the nominated owner of the Company.

Certificate of Incorporation is enclosed as Annexure No. V.

List of Board of Directors is enclosed as Annexure No. VI.

2.8 Mineral(s) which is /are included in Limestone

Nitesh Raghuvanshi Shalabh Saha

Nitesh Raghuvanshi Shalabh Saha

3.0 LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY OF AREA / MINES

3.1 Name of the Mine Sonadih Limestone Mine, ML-3