HIGH GRADE IRON ORE BOULDERS RECOVERED FROM DUMPS

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During the inspection of Khond bond Iron Ore mines of M/s TISCO in Keonjhar district of Orissa, Geological Survey of India (GSI), a public sector undertaking of the Mines Ministry observed that large size boulders of rich iron ore were found dumped alongwith the mine waste. The management was advised to separate the high-grade boulders and issued violation letter accordingly for separate dumping of waste from mineralised boulders. The lessee recovered 288 cubic meter of high grade iron ore containing boulders.

The geologists of GSI inspected Sirigao iron ore mines of M/s Chougule & Co Pvt Ltd in North Goa district in connection with the examination of mining scheme. It was noticed that sizeable quantity of reserves have been blocked in the common boundary. On GSI advice the party accepted the proposal and recalculated the blocked reserve to the tune of 1.78 million tonnes worth Rs. 8 crore available for mining.