Coal, Mining & Metals and Ores

South West Mining is planning the Rangapuram opencast dolomite mining project at Village Rangapuram, Bethamcherla Mandal, dist. Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. Mining lease area is 37.042 hectares. Mining plan has been submitted. The project is waiting for environmental clearance. Work on the mine is expected to commence after 1 year from the receipt of environmental clearance. According to MoEF sources, the mining operations involve drilling and blasting using control blasting technology. The proposed dolomite production is upto a tune of 500,000 TPA. There are no interlinked or interdependent projects involved. The total mineable dolomite ore reserves are 19,297,926 tonnes. The balance reserves at the end of 5 years will be 17.29 mill tonnes. Total life of the mine is around 40 years. The SEAC committee recommended to issue TOR to the project with the terms. [Info as of: Oct. `15]

India \ Andhra Pradesh