Coal, Mining & Metals and Ores

Indian Rare Earths proposes a 242,000 TPA heavy minerals sand mining project at Villages Thekkumbhagam & Chavara, dist. Kollam, Kerala on 62.204 hectares ML area. National Institute For Interdisciplinary Science & Technology is the environmental consultant. The current status of the project could not be ascertained. According to MoEF sources, the project will entail mining of heavy minerals sand (ROM) for producing ilmenite, rutile, monazite, zircon, sillimanite along with Minerals Separation Plant (MSP). The estimated cost of the project is Rs. 100 million. Opencast mechanized method of mining will be adopted. Life of mine is 5 years. IBM has approved the mining plan. AMD approval is under consideration with the Competent Authority. [Info as of: Nov. `15]

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