PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT For

JAI HANUMAN BAUXITE MINE

at

Village Udgiri, Shahuwadi Taluka District Kolhapur, Maharashtra

Being developed by M/s Prakash Anandrao Gavandi Mine

1464 C-Ward, Shop No.4, Konda Lane, Laxmipuri Kolhapur-416 002

1. INDUCTION OF THE PROJECT / BACKGROUND INFORMATION M/s Prakash Anandrao Gavandi Bauxite Mines is a proprietary firm owned by

Prakash Anandrao Gavandi (Gaikwad). The Government of Maharashtra has

granted mining lease for the production of Bauxite (float ore) over an area of

254.51 ha. of land at Udgiri, Shahuwadi Taluka, Kolhapur Distt., Maharashtra. The

Bauxite mine is the principal ore of aluminum composed mainly of hydrous

aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides.

The notifications have been made for environmental clearances, from MOEF

before starting mining operations. Similarly, the approval of mining plan is

essential from IBM. All the mining operations have to be done as per approved

mining plan.

In order to maintain the balance in the eco-system, legislation have been enacted

compliance of which would not only allow sustainable development for current

needs but also leave options open for the prosperity. With these objects in view,

approval of mining plan and environmental clearance from concerned authorities

is of utmost priority for each mining project.

Background:

Mr. Prakash Anandrao Gavandi mine became operational from 2001 after

execution of mining lease and work was temporarily suspended for want of

Environmental Clearance from 1st April 2005 to 8th February 2007. Work resumed

after Environmental Clearance was granted in Nov 2006 for 60,000 Mt/ Annum.

However, recently on 23rd May 2012, he was issued show cause notice on

misinformation and the Environmental Clearance was suspended as the proximity

of the area to the National Park was misrepresented in EIA document.

Mr. Parkash Gawandi than decided to apply fresh with the knowledge that now

that the Shayadri Tiger reserve is notified (as on 21st August 2012) and the lease is

outside the buffer also and that he wanted the hereto uncultivable land to become

cultivable. Also that the nature of the occurrence of Bauxite Mineral was Float type

with the depth of any boulder not exceeding 3 mtrs at any point the area could be

easily turned cultivable as NO PITS would be formed.

Need of the Project:

M/s Prakash Anandrao Gavandi Bauxite Mines proposes to expand its mining

operations to 1,20,000 TPA from the past 60,000 TPA at “Udgiri Bauxite Deposits

(float ore)” in accordance with the guidelines laid down by Indian Bureau of Mines

(IBM) and Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) so that the land becomes

cultivable and he also does not lose money in converting the land from

uncultivable to cultivable.

2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Type of Project: It will be an open cast mine with production capacity 1.2 Lakh TPA. This is an

expansion of mine production of lease granted to M/s Prakash Anandrao Gavandi

(Gaikwad) for 254.51 ha. for Bauxite (float ore) by State Government of

Maharashtra. The mine lease was granted on 30th September 2000 for 20 years. As

per new MMDR Act 2015, lease is valid upto 2050

Alternate Sites:

Mining industry or mineral excavation is site specific, implying that it solely

depends on the place of occurrence of mineral/rock. It would be in fitness of things

to mention here that the lease was sanctioned in the year 2000.

Magnitude of operation:

It is proposed to produce a maximum of 1.2 Lacs MT per year. There shall be no

solid waste generation as all the soil will be spread after screening and removing

the boulders and /or pebbles.

Salient Features of the Mode of Working:

Float type deposit with boulder depth not exceeding 3 mtrs.

Average depth to be only about 1 mtr from Ground level.

Therefore no benches.

No Drilling blasting is envisaged.

Mining and transportation of ore from Dawn to Dusk only.

No mining during 5 months of monsoon.

Production of only about 600 mt /day on an average.

Development

There is no overburden as the Bauxite boulders are exposed on the surfaces. An all

season road (which already exist and is being used by neighbouring mines) will be

used for transportation of bauxite from the proposed area. Haul roads with proper

gradient will be developed up-to the production area. Infrastructural facilities like

office, stockyard, water etc already exist.

Sizing

Surface boulders vary in size from 10mm to 3.0 m with an average size of 1 m.

Hence it is easy to fragment manually. In the case of large boulders Jackhammer is

used for breaking. Boulders will be broken with the help of pneumatically

operated jack hammers / rock breaker.

3. MINE DEVELOPMENT

It is a worked upon float ore mine. The required production of mineral with no

overburden for safe mining is expected as follows, which is based on earlier

approved mining plan.

As the Mine was operational, all infrastructure like roads, temporary sheds already

exist.

The top soil will be used in reclamation work immediately after screening and

removal of pebbles and stones. No pit formation will be formed.

Proposed Rate of Production When The Mine Is Fully Developed

As it is aimed to achieve 1.2 lakh MT production per year. The required rate of

production shall be achieved by the end of 2nd year. The rate of production shall

be maintained up-to end of the life of mine.

4. EXTENT OF MECHANISATION

It will be a semi mechanized mine, loading through excavators to tipper. Apart

from these equipment, water tanker will be provided for sprinkling. The list of

equipment is given below;

S. No. Type No

1 Jack Hammer Drills / Rock breaker 3 / 1

2 Compressor 350 to 400 cfm 1

3 Dumper (25 MT) 2

4 Excavator 1

4 Dozer (D-6 Crawler mounted) 1

5 Water tanker (9 KL capacity) 1

6 Mobile Screening Plant 1

5. DRILLING AND BLASTING

No drilling and Blasting will be carried out.

Raw Materials:

It is an industry, which as a matter of fact, extracts raw material from nature. The

important inputs required for desired quantity of Bauxite are shown in the table

given alongside.

Inputs Aprox Quantity required per day

Diesel 500 Liters (at peak production)

Water for Drinking Domestic

& 1600 Liters

Water for Sprinkling 18000 Liters

MISC 2000 Liters

Market and Mode of Transport:

All screened bauxite will be hauled by trucks. As the production entailed is only 1.2

lac TPA, the daily production will be only abt 600mt /day.

Resource Optimization/Recycling:

There is hardly anything which is wasted in a mine except the overburden. The

drilling bits and all the used spare parts also find a path for recycling. Used oil will

be stored as per prescribed norms and will be sold to authorized vendor.

Requirement of Water, Energy/Power:

The requirement of water is given above under raw materials. About 21.6 Kl

water will be required every day. Almost 80% will be required for sprinkling in

the road for suppressing dust. The water will be taken mainly from tube well.

The power or energy is obtained from diesel driven engines. The daily

consumption of diesel will be around 500 Liter per day.

Waste Generation and Disposal:

No liquid waste is generated during the mining.

Nature of Waste

No waste will be generated as no over burden exists.

Dumping Site

No dumping site will exist.

6. SITE ANALYSIS

Location and Connectivity:

The area is situated in village Udgiri , about 30 kms from Kolhapur. The area falls

in the proximity of Sahyadri Tiger Reserve and Chandoli National park at a

distance of 1.8km. The nearest Public Road is Kolhapur Ratnagiri State highway 30

km South. Nearest Railhead is Kolhapur 90 km form Mine Lease.

Physiography of the area:

The area is generally undulating terrain having gentle to sleep slops towards south.

The average strike length of the mining lease area is about 2900 m and width is

about 878 m. Large number of seasonal nallahs flow towards South. Highest RL in

the area is 930 mRL and Lowest RL is 690 mRL.

GEOLOGY:

Regional Geology

The Geology of the area corresponds to the regional geology of Deccan Trap of

Upper Cretaceous to Lower Eocene age. The lithological formations are laterite

and bauxite embedded in lithomarge clay.

Local Geology

All along the plateau edge the vertical joints are quite prominent. These joints must

have widened due to geological and climatic factors and subsequently dislodged

from the plateau in the form of slice. Hence, float ore occur along the contour line,

confined between 920 mRL to 880 mRL.

Details of Exploration

The geological exploration has been carried out on the Udgiri Plateau by the

Directorate of Geology & Mining (1958), Geological Survey of India (1965-66) by

means of Surveying, Drilling, Pitting and Chemical Analysis of Sample etc.

From the obtained results, it was confirmed that the bauxite extends to a maximum

depth of 10 m. The proved geological In-situ reserves on the Udgiri Plateau are 9

million tones, whereas, the float ore is estimated to be 0.5 million tones under

probable category.

From the geological mapping it was confirmed that float ore is occurring all along

the contour line confined between 920 mRL to 880 mRL within the ML area. It

was further confined that average thickness of bauxite boulders is about one

meter.

Exploration in 2003-2004

In order to confirm the depth persistence of the float ore, Pitting was carried out in

the float bearing area. Details of exploration programme are as follows:

Year No. of Holes Total

Meter age

No. of Pits & Dimensions No. of Trenches &

Dimensions

2003-2004 NIL NL 10 (4m X $M x 6M) NIL

Estimation of Reserves

Shape & Size of the deposit

Bauxite boulders are to be exploited from this area. It is mineralized in the form of

a float deposit.

Parameters of Reserve Estimation

For estimating the reserves of Bauxite, the parameters considered are as below: -

• The shape, size and width & depth extension of Bauxite is brought on the

geological plan and sections.

• These sections have been utilized for estimating of excavated portion as

well as left out portion of the Bauxite.

• For calculating the recoverable reserves Bauxite the bulk density of Bauxite

comes out to 2.8.

• 95% recovery is considered recovery is considered. Rest 5% allowance will

be below the size of 5mm.

• Based on geological cross sections the reserves are calculated.

Mineable Reserves & Anticipated Life of Mine

The in-situ Mineable reserves calculated are 9.78 lakh million tonnes. As per the

proposed method of mining and occurrence of mineral, the entire reserves are

Mineable. Hence the entire geological reserves are Mineable. At the proposed rate

of production 1.2 lakh MT / annum the life of the mine will be 8 year's which will

be reworked once more exploratory work is carried out.

Landform, Land-use and Ownership:

Landform:

Land form is undulating due to exposures. The land is given by Government on

mining lease.

Land-use:

At present land is agriculture land with float type bauxite boulders.

Sensitivity of Location:

• There is no perennial water body with in the leasehold. The nearest perennial water body is Kalsa Nadi about 1.5 km & Warana River about 6 km

• Nearest buffer boundary of notified reserve Sahyadri Tiger is about 1.8 km.

Existing Infrastructure:

The village Udgiri is well connected by road. The availability of electric connection

was also found better than most of the rural areas.

Internal roads in mine area and sheds, canteen etc. already exist as the mine was

operational.

Climatic Data from Secondary Sources:

The rain fall, wind speed and temperature data is as below :

Parti- culars Jan Feb Mar Apr May June Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Annual Total

or Mean

Rainfall in mm Monthly Rainfall 0.1 1.1 8.4 34.6 70.2 149.9 359.9 214.6 123.1 110.8 41.1 8.7 138.5

Heaviest Fall in 24

Hours 14.7 12.0 48.5 60.2 163.

6 101.1 151.6 116.3 85.0 90.0 205. 0 51.7 205.0

Wind Speed in kmph Predomin ant wind directions

E E W W W W W W W NE E E W

Temperature in deg C Daily Min 14.6 16.0 19.1 21.5 22.3 21.9 21.3 20.9 20.6 20.0 17.2 15.0 19.2 Daily Max 13.6 33.2 36.1 37.4 35.9 30.2 26.6 26.5 28.7 31.1 30.5 29.8 31.4Lowest in

the Month

11.4 12.5 15.2 18.2 19.6 20.2 20.0 19.8 18.6 16.7 13.6 11.5 10.6

Highest in the Month

32.8 35.8 38.6 40.2 39.8 35.2 30.0 29.4 32.2 33.6 32.6 31.9 40.6

Social Infrastructure Available:

School: The nearest Primary school is at village Kaccha

Other Social Infrastructure in Village Kaccha

Post Office: No

Bank: No

Police Station: No

Hospital: No

Temple: Kalamba Temple (4km) from the village.

8. PLANNING BRIEF:

A mining project is much different than other industrial projects. Therefore, its

planning part also differs. In case of mining, the lease is executed only after an

approved mining plan is submitted to government. However, the salient and

important features of mining plan are as below —

• The maximum strength of workers will be 150. • All the workers will be hired from local area. • It is an open pit mining • The ultimate land use will be agriculture

9. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE:

Physical Infrastructure:

As mentioned earlier the mining projects are much different than other industrial

projects. The infrastructure already exists within the mines. However, social

corporate responsibility will be undertaken as per public consultations.

Green Belt/Afforestation:

Fodder for the live stock will be grown and cut each year. Trees along the internal roads and as orchards will be planted. Fruit bearing trees will be given priority. No invasive species will be planted.

Green belt will be maintained as and where required.

Domestic Water Management (Source & Supply of Water):

As far as drinking water is concerned, it would be apt to reiterate here that residential

accommodation will be provided to only 25 employees. Drinking water will also be

required for mine workers. The strength is likely to go up-to a maximum of 150

during next 9 years. It can be seen that domestic water requirement will be within 25

KLD. The domestic water will be provided through Tube-well/Hand-pump AND from

rainharvesting measures.

Sewerage System:

As mentioned earlier, the residential accommodation will be provided to only 25

staff members.

Septic tank and soak pits will be provided for waste generated.

10. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT:

It would be in fitness of things to repeat that incidentally there is no solid waste

except top soil, which will be initially used in developing a vegetative peripheral

barrier and later will be used to reclaim the mined out area.

11. AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT:

The main source of air pollution is surface transport in an open cast mine. The

lessee will provide a water tanker for sprinkling water in mine haul roads. As no

drilling is envisaged no water is required for this pupose.

12. POWER REQUIREMENT:

The power requirement of various equipments used in the mines was given earlier.

However 500 Liter of diesel will be consumed daily after achieving full capacity.

Supply/Source of Energy:

All the equipments/machines will be diesel driven

13. REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R & R) PLAN

There will be no rehabilitation and resettlement involved with the project.

14. PROJECT SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES

Likely date of start of construction and likely date of completion: 3 months after

getting all approvals

In case of mining, there is only extraction/exploitation in place of construction. Once

equipments reach to the area the activity commences and is continued till the end of

mine. The expected date is November, 2013 subject to clearance of EIA

15. Project Cost along with Economic Viability of the Project:

The project cost is about Rs 377

Lakhs. The production cost in float

deposit is usually around Rs 180/-

per MT (including interest and

depreciation). The sale price is

always exceeding Rs 350/- per MT,

therefore, there are no

apprehensions on the economic

viability of the project.

16. ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS)

There will be direct (about 25 no)

employment. 100% of the total

employment will be given to

locals. Further, the indirect

employment will include dhabas,

repair shops and retail shops etc.,

which will largely be shared by

local residents. The most important

aspect of the project is the land

under mining will be restored back

as agricultural fields, implying that

there will be no significant impact

on the livelihood of residents in

perpetuity. There are no scheduled

tribe residents in the immediate

surrounding. In essence,

comparison to gains the harms are

negligible.

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