Coal, Mining & Metals and Ores

The Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation is planning a 5.4 MTPA Madanpur South Coal Mining project at villages Morga, Ketma (Hasdeo-Arand Coalfield), dist. Korba, Chhatisgarh on 713.952 hectares of mine lease area. The grade of coal will be C&D. The overall life of the mine is expected to be for more than 30 years. The estimated project cost is Rs. 2,740.67 crores (APMDC 6,724.5 million and Mi-neral Development Ope-rator (MDO)-20,682.2 million). The coal produced from mines will be of (-)100 mm size, no crushing facility has been envisaged so far. As entire coal produced from the mine will be sold to long term buyers therefore, mechanized coal handling plant inclusive of stacking & reclaiming of coal, stockpiling, automatic in motion truck loading system have been envisaged for selling of coal to external buyers. the project has been filed for Terms of Reference(ToR) from the Ministry of Environment & Forests & Climate Change (MoEF&CC). The mine was allotted to the company in 2015. Other studies for the preparation of project report will be made after the receipt of ToR. The mine was allotted to the company in 2015. Mecon is the environmental consultant. The project has been filed for Terms of Reference(ToR) from the Ministry of Environment & Forests & Climate Change (MoEF&CC). Other studies for the preparation of project report will be made after the receipt of ToR. [Info as of: Sept. `17]

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