seminar on advancement in mining of oil and solid fuels

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IN MINING OF OIL AND SOLID FUELS9-11 February 2018 at Mining Welfare Centre, Mansarovar, Jaipur - 302020.

Organized and hosted by MEAI, Rajasthan Chapter-JaipurThe broad topics for deliberation include: Geological setting of oil and gas fields, exploration techniques for hydrocarbons and coal, advancements in production/ mining technology for oil and gas; coal fields, coal bed methane and shale gas in India, and environment and policy related issues.

Call for Papers: Papers on any above themes may please be submitted through e-mail, to the Organizing Secretary on or before January 25, 2018. The submissions are to be in the ‘Word file’ only and plates & figures in jpg files.

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Account Name: Mining Engineers’ Association of IndiaBank Name: ICICI BankAccount Number: 678601421300Branch: Tilak Marg, Jaipur, RajasthanIFS Code: ICIC0006786

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For further details please contact: Shri P.C. Bakliwal, Secretary, MEAI, Rajasthan Chapter-Jaipur, Mining Welfare Centre, Off Shipra Path, Mansarovar, Jaipur-302020

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Vol. 19 No. 6 MoNthly January - 2018

Correspondence Address

MEAI National Head QuartersContact: Secretary General,

Mining Engineers’ Association of IndiaF-608 & 609, Raghavaratna Towers, ‘A’ Block, VI Floor,

Chirag Ali Lane, Abids, Hyderabad - 500 001.Ph.: 040-66339625, 23200510

E-mail : [email protected] website : www.meai.org

PresidentArun Kumar Kothari

this issue contains...

Vice President - II

K. MadhusudhanaVice President - III

S.N. MathurVice President- I

S.K. Pattnaik

The Views expressed by the authors in these pages are not necessarily those of publisher / editor / MEAI. Reproduction in whole or in part is strictly prohibited without written permission from the publisher.

Secretary GeneralDr. H. Sarvothaman

Jt.Secretary.cum.TreasurerM. Chakradhar

Ex-officio Council MembersT. Victor, A. Bagchhi, Dr S.K. Sarangi, Dr V.D. Rajagopal, R.P. Gupta

Council Members (Elected)A.L. Thakor, A.R. Vijay Singh, C.S. Dhaveji, D.A. Hiremath,

Deepak Gupta, D.K. Saxena, D.S. Maru, Dr K. Srihari,Kolli Umamaheswara Rao, Maheem Kachhwaha,

Mahesh A. Bongale, M.S. Raju, Pankaj Kumar Satija, R.H. Sawkar,Raghunath Singh, Rajendra Singh Rathore, Prof Sushil Bhandari,

S.C. Suthar, S. Kumaraswamy, Vilas Teggi

Representatives of Life Institutional MembersThe India Cements Ltd (LIM No. 16)

The Ramco Cements Ltd (LIM No. 17)Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (LIM No. 18)

Associated Mining Company Ltd (LIM No. 19)NMDC LTD (LIM No. 20)

Council Members (Nominated)T.N. Gunaseelan, A.K. Gupta, A.K. Sinha, S.M. Bothra, Deep Krishna

Council Members (Co-Opted)Dr N.K. Nanda, Prof B.C. Sarkar, Prof B.B. Dhar, M. James, Akhilesh Joshi


President’s Message 5

Editor's Desk 7

News from the Mining World 8

Management of Water in Mines – A Case Study 13

- Deepak Vidyarthi

IoT: The New Benchmark for Driving Innovation

in Mining Industry 19

- Suraj Deshmukh, Prashant Pandey,

R. Trivedi and A.K. Raina

MEAI News 27

Conferences, Seminars, Workshops etc. 34


President’s Message……Warm Greetings on New Year 2018 & Republic Day.

I am happy to inform our members that MEAI is being increasingly recognized for its unique platform and unmatched abilities by the Central and State Governments. As a testimony of demonstration of its clout, Secretary Mines, Govt of India addressed the National and International Seminars organized by us as Chief Guest four times in the last one-year – at Jaipur in Nov 2016 and Feb 2017, Udaipur in July 2017 and Nagpur in Dec 2017. Apart from this, MEAI has been nominated as a member in all the major committees formed by the Govt. of India, to review National Mineral Policy, and Rules and Regulations.

MEAI highlighted some of the core problems being faced by the mining industry in the meetings held by Mineral Policy Review Committee and NITI Aayog. I wish to share with you the major recommendations proposed by MEAI to the Govt. below.

1. Seamless transition from RP to PL and subsequently to ML in the unexplored area.

2. Adoption of globally recognized mineral resources and reserves estimation and public reporting standards.

3. Acquisition of entire block area and get all necessary clearances ahead of auctioning the blocks to help the investors assess feasibility, start timely mining operations and improve visibility of employment.

4. Reduce burden on successful bidder of Upfront Payment and Performance Security and other costs by either reducing the value, or increasing the duration of payments or both. While determining the right combination, overlapping such payment with the start of production will help in mitigating the costs for mining company and thus prove just.

5. GSTofspecificamountorpercentagemaybefixedforeachmineralwhilesubsumingalltaxesandlevies.Thefinallevymustbekeptlow enough to help mining industry stay competitive with the world.

6. Allow transfer of rights in both captive and non-captive mining leases, at reasonable transfer charges and performance guarantee charges etc., to attract investments and improve employment opportunities.

7. To ensure continuity of mining activity, the lessee must be allowed to mine until complete exhaustion of mineral deposit. Any increment in Govt revenue may be subsumed under GST.

Long awaited reforms in rules and regulation were initiated by the present Govt. and they are increasingly aligned towards bring a positive change in exploration and production of Minerals. First time we have seen the willingness of the Govt. to amend the rules that are creating problems in Mineral Development of the Country and yet to remove the basic hurdles that are accountable for the slow development of this sector.

One example cited by us was that we still need two to three years in getting environment clearances, diversion of forestlands, and acquisition of private land for mining purposes. In this era of growing technology, this brazen wastage of precious time must be contained by introducing time-bound “tangible” single window clearance system and even better - with pre-cleared projects with ready to use land.

Off and On Hon’ble Courts have been intervening in the mining matters, stopped mining activities and imposed huge penalties on mine owners. Orders that put a blanket ban on mining adversely affected the livelihood of workers as well as the availability of minerals and their prices. On priority, we need to investigate the real causes leading to such situations and propose methods on how best they could be totally dodged or minimized and thereby the disruptions in the supply of minerals as well as mining jobs circumvented.

Another major issue that deserves immediate attention is the destruction of the students’ future as well as creating a pool of under-educated and unemployable mining graduates by most of the Mining Engineering Colleges in the Country. Most of the colleges that were granted permission to open Mining Engineering Branches are grossly devoid of necessary faculties and infrastructure and are simply granting the degree without imparting quality education. We need to persuade the Govt and such colleges to take immediate steps to ensure provision for quality education.

IthankallthosememberswhocameforwardwiththeircontributionsforfinanciallystrengtheningtheMEAIHQ.Ireiteratemyhumblerequest to everyone to continue coming forward and encourage others for generous donations to MEAI.

Jai Hind.

Arun Kumar KothariPresident


Presidents & Secretaries/Secretary GeneralsPeriod President Secretary/Secretary GeneralMINING ENGINEErS’ ASSocIAtIoN1957-64 B.L. Verma B.N. Kanwar1964-67 N.S. Claire R.C. B. Srivastava1967-68 L.A. Hill S. Chandra1968-69 H.L. Chopra M.G. Jhingran1969-70 S.S. Manjrekar V.S. Rao1970-71 R.C.B. Srivastava M.G. Jhingran1971-72 R.K. Gandhi B. Roy Chowdhury1972-73 I.N. Marwaha D.D. Sharan1973-75 R.S. Sastry M.S. Vig1975-76 G.L. Tandon K.K. Biran

MINING ENGINEErS’ ASSocIAtIoN of INdIA1975-76 G.L. Tandon K.K. Biran1976-78 D.L. Patni A.K. Basu1978-80 R.C. Mohanty S.K. De1980-81 M.K. Batra R.C. Dutta1981-82 D.K. Bose S.B. Mukherjee1982-83 P.R. Merh M.K. Srivastava1983-86 V.S. Rao L.S. Sinha1986-88 M.A.Khan D.K. Sen1988-90 Saligram Singh A. Panigrahi1990-93 M. Fasihuddin B. Mishra1993-95 K.K. Biran S. Chandrasekaran1995-97 N.S. Malliwal Dr. P.V. Rao1997-2001 T.V. Chowdary CLVR Anjaneyulu (S.G.)2001-2003 R.N. Singh -do-2003-2007 Meda Venkataiah -do-2007-2009 R.P. Gupta CLVR Anjaneyulu & Shri A.S. Rao2009-2011 Dr. V.D. Rajagopal A.S. Rao2011-2013 Dr. S.K. Sarangi -do-2013-2015 A. Bagchhi Koneru Venkateswara Rao2015-2017 T. Victor -do-2017-2019 A.K. Kothari Dr. H. Sarvothaman

chapter chairman Secretary

1. Ahmedabad P.N. Rao Pulak Mathur2. Barajamda Pankaj Kumar Satija Mukesh Ranjan3. Bailadila A.K. Shukla C.V. Subrahmanyam4. Bangalore Dr T.N. Venugopal K.R. Krishnamurthy5. Belgaum Sri D.S. Malkai Dr.P.T. Hanamgond6. Bellary-Hospet B. Sahoo K. Prabhakar Reddy7. Bhubaneswar S.K. Patnaik B. Patra8. Dhanbad Dr.Pradeep K Singh Dr.Santosh K Ray9. Goa C.G.S.B.Varma E.Hymakar Reddy10. Himalayan J.L. Sud Rajneesh Sharma11. Hutti-Kalaburagi Prakash Shiojee Roy12. Hyderabad B.R.V.Susheel Kumar Dr. C. Narsimulu13. Jabalpur D. Roy Manoj Sankar Singh14. Kolkata Dr. A. Srikant Shameek Chattopadhyay15. Rajasthan-Jaipur O.P. Gupta P.C. Bakliwal16. Rajasthan-Jodhpur Dr.P.C.Purohit A.K. Jaiswal17. Nagpur D K Sahni K T Parag18. New Delhi A.K. Bhandari Deepak Gupta19. Rajasthan-Udaipur Dr.S.S.Rathore R.D.Saxena20. Raipur V.D. Mali Mukhesh Thawait21. Rayalaseema P.V. Krishna Yadav K. Amarnath Reddy22. Singareni B. Ramesh Kumar K. Laxminarayana23. Tamil Nadu Sri P. Ramasamy Sri M. Mayilarajan24. Veraval-Porbandar N.K. Nuwal Vinod Saraswat

25. Visakhapatnam Prof. C. Kasipathi K. Venkata Ramana

1. Aarvee Associates, Architects, Engineers & Consultants Pvt. Ltd. (LIM-049)

2. ACC Ltd (LIM-25)

3. A.P. Mineral Dev. Corp.Ltd., (LIM-12)

4. Aravali Minerals & Chemical Industries (P) Ltd. (LM-048)

5. Associated Mining Co., (LIM-19)

6. Associated Soapstone Distributing Co. (P) Ltd. (LIM-057)

7. Belgaum Minerals (LIM-64)

8. Bharat Alloys & Energy Ltd., (LIM-36)

9. Capstone Geo Consultants (India) Pvt. Ltd. (LIM-66)

10. Designer Rocks (P) Ltd., (LIM-32)

11. FCI Aravali Gypsum & Minerals India Ltd. (LIM-61)

12. Grasim Industries Ltd., (LIM-26)0

13. Ambuja Cements Ltd., (LIM-3)

14. Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Ltd., (LIM-6)

15. Gujarat Mineral Dev. Copr Ltd. (LIM-18)

16. Gujarat Sidhee Cements Ltd., (LIM-4)

17. Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd. (LIM-9) (Formerly IDL Industries Limited.)

18. Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (LIM-60)

19. The India Cements Ltd. (LIM-16)

20. Indian Rare Earths Ltd., (LIM-35)

21. J.K. Cement Ltd (LIM-058)

22. JSW Cement Ltd. (LIM-63)

23. Jubilee Granites India Pvt. Ltd., (LIM-23)

24. Kariganur Mineral Mining Industry (LIM-41)

25. Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd., (LIM-33)

26. Krishna Mines (LIM-27)

27. Lafarge India Pvt. Ltd. (LIM-69)

28. Madras Cements Ltd., (LIM-17)

29. Manganese Ore (India) Ltd., (LIM-37)

30. M.P.L. Parts & Services Ltd., (LIM-14)

31. MSPL Limited (LIM-30)

32. Mysore Minerals Limited (LIM-45)

33. My Home Industries Limited (LIM-70)

34. Maheswari Minerals (LIM-65) (Laterite Mine Owners and Traders)

35. National Aluminium Co. Ltd, (LIM-1)

36. NMDC Ltd. (LIM-20)

37. Obulapuram Mining Co. (P) Ltd. (LIM-54)

LIfE INStItutIoNAL MEMbErS38. Orient Cement (LIM-059)

39. Panduronga - Timblo Industries (LIM-056)

40. Pearl Mineral Ltd., (LIM-39)

41. Priyadarshini Cement Ltd., (LIM-5)

42. Radials International (LIM-29)

43. Rajgarhia Group of Industries (LIM - 050)

44. R.K. Marbles Pvt. Ltd., (LIM - 52)

45. Rajasthan State Mines & Minerals (LIM-053)

46. Sagar Cements Ltd., (LIM-21)

47. Sandvik Asia Limited (LIM-46)

48. Sesa Goa Ltd., (LIM-11)

49. Shree Cement Ltd. (LIM-051)

50. Shri Sharda Cold Retreads (P) Ltd., (LIM-24)

51. Shree Engineering Services (LIM-15)

52. S.N. Mohanty (LIM-62)

53. South India Mines & Minerals Industries (LIM-2)

54. South West Mining Ltd. (LIM-40)

55. Sri Kumarswamy Mineral Exports (LIM-43)

56. Sudarshan Group of Industries (LIM-047)

57. Tata Chemicals Ltd., (LIM-7)

58. Tata Steel Limited (LIM-8)

59. Terra Reserves Determination Technologies (P) Ltd., (LIM-055)

60. The K.C.P. Ltd., (LIM-22)

61. Thriveni Earthmovers (P) Ltd., (LIM-31)

62. Transworld Garnet India Pvt. Ltd. (LIM-67)

63. Tungabhadra Minerals Pvt. Ltd. (LIM-42)

64. UltraTech Cement Ltd., A.P. Cement Works, (LIM-28)

65. Ultra Tech Cement Ltd. (LIM-10)

66. Veerabhadrappa Sangappa & Company (LIM-44)

67. V. Thirupathi Naidu (LIM-34)

68. VS Lad & Sons (LIM-38)

69. V.V. Mineral (LIM-68)

70. W.B. Engineers International Pvt. Ltd., (LIM-13)

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS

P.I. Minerals Pvt. Ltd.

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Mining Engineers’ Association of India (Association), the leading professional body representing the Indian mineral industry since 1957, contributed significantly in promoting the mineral industry during the last six decades by establishing 25 Chapters in several major mining districts in India. The Association commemorated its diamond jubilee year in 2017 by organising varied professional events, including seminars and workshops, and brought out a ‘diamond jubilee special issue’ befitting the occasion. To afford continuous service to its members, the Association has generated adequate corpus under the “MEAI Life Members Trust Fund” with the generous support of its members and industry leaders.

The Association has been functioning from its national headquarters housed in high-tech premises at Hyderabad with facilities to conduct professional training programmes and meetings. It publishes multi-coloured monthly “Mining Engineers’ Journal” for complementary circulation to all its members. The Association emphasizes on building capability that enables digital engagement though a new website, with stress on enrolling all mining industry professionals as its members, and nurture it as the “Trusted voice” of the resource professionals. One of its illustrious chapters “Rajasthan Chapter-Jaipur” built an excellent ‘Mining Welfare Centre’ in its own premises at Jaipur to hold seminars and regular professional training programs, including much acclaimed skill development program of India.

At this historical juncture, it may be worthwhile for the members to reflect on the key objects of the Association. It is vital for the Association to recognize the fact that the government, mining industry and members as its key stakeholders. The Association must endeavour to develop a lasting relationship with government to ensure its voice - the trusted voice of the resource industry professionals - is heard. It should exert in engaging its members to partake in all substantial matters that affect the consolidation of the Association’s voice with all stakeholders. A decisive and confident plan has to be in place to safeguard the long-term viability of the Association and to fulfil its basic purpose in an eloquent way. The strategy and plan have to be contemporary enough to build a resilient and financially sustainable organisation. Social licence to operate and sustainable minerals development themes shall be the immediate focus areas for the Association to work upon by creating dedicated expert teams, consisting of all its stakeholders.

“Protecting the interests of mining industry professionals and improve their social and intellectual position/ status in their profession”, and “To keep surveillance on the progress of all legislations affecting the economic and industrial development of the country in general and mining industry in particular and to voice collective views of the members thereon to authorities when necessary” are two of the seven cherished objects of the Association. The Association, hitherto, not represented at par with other major resource industry bodies on the committees constituted by the government, resulting in despair to the members. However, in recognition of our determined efforts, the government nominated the Association recently on high-level committees constituted to formulate the new National Mineral Policy and rules and regulations. To realize our objects and establish absolute leadership, the Association shall position itself as the vanguard in launching tidy debates and deliberations, on all contemporary topics that are affecting the growth of the mining industry, with decision makers and opinion leaders, including senior company executives, people representatives, market analysts, economists and consultants.

The Association should focus on promoting and supporting professional employment, skill development and training to enable its members employable. These subjects along with other priority areas should be central to our efforts to comprehensively engage with the industry leaders (including our life institutional members) to protect the interests of our members and promote the growth of the sector as a whole. While we emphasise on providing leadership to the resource industry professionals, consistent engagement with the government and other stakeholders will be the key in developing our position as the trusted voice of the resource industry and our members. This will help in safeguarding the professional standards within the resource sector, and reinforce the trust that the resource professionals bring development and prosperity to the community.

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NEws from thE miNiNg world Sc lifts annual iron ore mining ceiling in Karnataka to

35 million tonnes No cap on Category C iron ore mines in the southern

state; JSW Steel to be major beneficiary. In some good news for Karnataka’s iron ore mining

industry, the Supreme Court (SC) has lifted the ceiling from 30 million to 35 million tonnes for the A and B categories that it had placed on the total production in the state. The major beneficiary would be JSW Steel, which has been spending heavily to bring ore from the eastern states.

In Thursday’s judgement, the Supreme Court also ordered the monitoring committee to act immediately in regard to the enhancement proposal filed by 13 mining leases. Basant Poddar, former chairman and member of the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries, South, said, “We welcome the SC judgement, as it clearly said the 13 pending cases recommended by the Karnataka government to the CEC to be decided soon. The judgment is extremely well balanced and has factored all arguments and positions.” The SC also ordered the monitoring committee to act immediately in regard to the enhancement proposal filed by 13 mining leases.

T E Narasimhan, Business Standard | Dec. 15, 2017

Sc rules out deadline extension to miners for penalty payments

The court held that the amount to be paid should be the figure rationalised by the central empowered committee.

The last effort by iron and manganese ore miners in Odisha to extend deadline for paying penalties for overproduction has gone unheeded. The Supreme Court, in a hearing on Wednesday, ruled out any extension in deadline (December 31) for paying compensation, striking a body blow to the hopes of the miners. Also, the miners' plea to allow them to fork out the compensation amount in tranches failed to find favour with the apex court ordering upfront payment of the entire amount.

The Supreme Court, adjudicating on a case of rampant illegal mining in Odisha filed by NGO Common Cause, on August 2 had ordered for 100 per cent recovery of the illegally mined ore. The court held that the amount to be paid should be the figure rationalised by the central empowered committee (CEC). The CEC, an apex court appointed panel to probe illegal mining in Odisha, had calculated the figure for excess mining beyond the limits approved under environment clearance (EC), at Rs 17,576.17 crore. The CEC report says miners illegally extracted 215.5 million tonnes of iron and manganese ore between 2000-01 and 2010-11. Complying with the Supreme Court judgment, the Odisha government had raised a demand notice on 150-odd iron and manganese

ore lessees, seeking to extract Rs 17,576.17 crore as compensation.

Jayajit Dash, Business Standard | Dec. 14, 2017

Steel minister asks NMdc to increase iron ore production

Union steel minister says in order to achieve a production capacity of 67 million tonnes of iron ore by 2021-22, the NMDC needs a visible incremental increase in production in consecutive years.

Union steel minister Chaudhary Birender Singh on Saturday advised state-run miner National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) to focus on increasing iron ore production. “NMDC, being one of the largest miners in India, must focus on increasing iron ore production, this will have the twin benefit of keeping prices in check and ensuring equitable supply of raw material to big and small producers,” Singh said, according to a release issued by NMDC.

Singh said that in order to achieve a production capacity of 67 million tonnes of iron ore by 2021-22, the NMDC needed a visible incremental increase in production in consecutive years. He said that NMDC should focus on exploration of minerals not only in India but also overseas. He visited the head office of NMDC in Hyderabad on Saturday and reviewed its performance. Singh appreciated NMDC’s performance and achievements and said that the inaugural function of the Diamond Jubilee Year has become a bench mark for all Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs), the release added.

Mint | December 9, 2017

SAIL's mining plans in lush forest may get canceled SAIL produces only around 800,000 tonnes a year from a

section of the Chiria mine but was targeting to raise that to 7 mn tonnes in the next few years. India's environmental authorities are likely to cancel a plan by a state steel company to dig for more iron ore from a massive reserve located in a lush green forest roamed by elephants, sources said, as the government aims to halt mining in the area. Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) was banking on the mine in the country's east to supply a big chunk of its raw material needs for a multi-billion-dollar expansion of its steel production capacity.

SAIL produces only around 800,000 tonnes a year from a section of the Chiria mine but was targeting to raise that to 7 million tonnes in the next few years, to lift its steel capacity nearly four times to 50 million tonnes by 2030/31. "Getting forest clearance for the mine under existing guidelines is a challenge," Sunil Kumar Barnwal, the mines secretary of Jharkhand state where the mine is located, told Reuters.

Reuters, New Delhi | December 7, 2017


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ProfEssioNal achiEvEmENts of mEai mEmbErsSri Umamaheswara Rao Kolli, Council Member, MEAI received “Mahatma Gandhi Excellence Award”, instituted by the India International Friendship Society, New Delhi on 4th October 2017 in recognition of his contribution and dedication to worthy causes and achievements. Sri Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, former Speaker of Lok Sabha and former Home Minister, presented the Award at New Delhi.

Sri Pasupuleti Venkata Subba Rao received certificate of Excellence-Energy Manager of the Year from the Association of Energy Engineers, Western India Chapter Awards 2017, on 24th November 2017 at Institution of Engineers office, Mumbai. Mr Subba Rao is a Fellow of Indian Institution of Plant Engineers and Member of Society of Energy Engineers and Managers. He is a chartered Engineer and Sr. Professional Engineer in the National Register of Engineering Council of India.

dr. H. Sarvothaman, Secretary General, MEAI and Shri V. S. rao, Former President, FIMI & MEAI made a 30-minute presentation of an invited paper titled “Necessity for the convergence of Multi-focal objectives of the Mineral & Mining Sector Stakeholders for Attaining Self-Sufficiency in critical Minerals’ in a workshop on ‘Strategic and Critical Non-Fuel Mineral Resources for India’s Manufacturing Sector: A Vision for 2020’, conducted by Geological Survey of India on 7th December 2017.


IntroductionWater is a fundamental resource for life. Whether from groundwater or surface water sources, availability of and access to water that meets quality and quantity requirements, is a critical need across the world. We all share responsibility for meeting this need now and in the future.

fresh WaterFreshwater makes up a very small fraction of all water on the planet. While nearly 70 percent of the world is covered by water, only 2.5 percent of it is fresh. The rest is saline and ocean-based. Even then, just 1 percent of our freshwater is easily accessible, with much of it trapped in glaciers and snowfields.

regions with water scarcity in the worldAround 700 million people in 43 countries suffer today from water scarcity. By 2025, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world's population could be living under water stressed conditions.

In the United States, the demand for fresh water will exceed the supply by 40 percent by the year 2030, according to a State Department report.

In mining, water is used within a broad range of activities including mineral processing, dust suppression, slurry

* Deepak Vidyarthi, BE (Mining); MEAI; Mining ConsultantOriginal manuscript received on July 26, 2017; Peer reviewed and accepted on October 3, 2017

maNagEmENt of watEr iN miNEs – a casE studyby *deepak Vidyarthi

AbstractThis paper deals with the management of water in Mining Industry, including Opencast, Underground mines as well as Process Plants, Water Crisis and Water Scarcity.

It discusses various reasons for Water Crisis and Water Scarcity, need for water conservation and 3Rs Rules of Management - Reduce, Recycle and Reuse.

It focuses on a case study of Kudremukh Iron Ore Mines and various arrangements for the management of water in the mines and the process plant including a massive earthen dam, Diversion Channel, Pollution Control Dams etc., to deal with adverse weather and severe monsoon conditions.

It lays emphasis on Water Quality Monitoring as per the norms laid down by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB)

Other case studies of Minera Esperanza, Chile; Anglo American Mines, South Africa; Olympic Dam, Australia and Kolar Gold Mines have also been discussed in short.

Key words: Management, Water Crisis, Scarcity, Conservation, 3Rs Rules, Earthen dam, Diversion, Severe, Water Quality, CPCB, KSPCB, Short.

transport, and for the personal requirement of mining employee. Right since inception, the industry has made much progress in developing activities that maximize water conservation. At the same time, operations are often located in areas where there are agricultural as well as industrial demands.

The mining industry’s use of and impacts on water can result in a range of environmental, social and economic risks.

In some cases, perceptions of high water use are sufficient to cause real tensions and even conflict. Communities close to mine sites may be concerned about availability of water, security of their access to it and, the potential for water contamination.

the role of Water in Mining ProcessesIn mining operations, the most important use of water is typically in mineral processing.

Water is required in hydrometallurgical processes (for example, to recover gold and copper from a solution of chemicals). Water is also required in pyrometallurgical processes (for example, in platinum and copper production) for cooling and other parts of the process. Significant amounts of water may also be needed for dust control on haul roads and waste dumps.


This water can be lower-quality industrial water or mine water, provided there are no contamination risks. In contrast, high-quality potable water is required for domestic purposes in the office and administration buildings and in camps associated with remote mines.

Using pipelines to transport ore in slurry can reduce both costs and energy demands compared with more conventional transport forms such as rail and trucks. This can make remote deposits economically feasible. The use of pipelines does require significant amounts of water to keep the slurry material in semi liquid form.

Laws regulating water vary around the world, but it is fair to say that the mining sector is expected to demonstrate a leadership approach to the use of water and its management. As water plays an important role in most mining and extractive processes, responsible use of water is a critical issue that affects the ability of individual mines to establish, operate and close.

Today, we are literally in an era of “Water Crisis”. Ref 1: ICCM (2012) “Water Management in Mining”

Main causes for water scarcityWater shortages may be caused by climate change, such as altered weather patterns including droughts or floods, increased pollution, and increased human demand and overuse of water. A water crisis is a situation where the available potable, unpolluted water within a region is less than that region's demand.

Manifestations of the Water crisis

• Inadequateaccesstosafedrinkingwaterforabout884million people

• Inadequateaccesstosanitationfor2.5billionpeople,which often leads to water pollution.

• Groundwateroverdrafting(excessiveuse) leading todiminished agricultural yields

• Overuse and pollution of water resources harmingbiodiversity

• Regionalconflictsoverscarcewaterresources.

Thus we see that the situation is really alarming! There is, therefore a strong need for everyone to conserve the water resource, reduce, recycle and reuse water as per the Three R's rules of waste management. – Ref 1: ICMM (2012)

reduce for a judicious use of water and avoid wastage in industrial as well as domestic applications.

recycle water particularly in process plants to reduce consumption.

reuse. Wastewater reclamation and reuse are technically feasible. There is a wide range of proven technologies (conventional and advanced) available and water recycling systems can be tailored to meet specific demands.

Mine Water ManagementWater management is an essential component of Mining as the ingress of water must be controlled in order to gain access to mine workings (in open pits or underground facilities) as well as for mineral beneficiation process plants for the extraction of Ore.

The water management strategy for a Mine should involve Water Diversion, Segregation (based on Quality), Controlled release, Infrastructure requirement and Post Closure Water Management

diversionsDiversions are required when catchment runoff enters proposed mining areas, such as waste rock dumps or open cut pits.

Water segregationWater within the Project area should be segregated based on quality. This will have the following impacts:

• Maximise opportunities for water reuse, Minimisethe mine water inventory, Provides an opportunity to undertake controlled blending of different water types, which might be desirable to dilute saline waters.

There are three types of Water classifications for any Project:

• Mine-affected water, which comes from disturbedcatchments, potentially unsuitable for direct discharge due to salt concentration. It may also contain sediments that require removal prior to release.

• Sediment-affected water, from disturbed catchments,suitable for discharge after the removal of sediments.

• Clean water, which would be from undisturbedcatchments, suitable for direct discharge as required with the water management plan prepared for the Project.

Mine-affected WaterMine-affected water is the water not suitable for direct release, primarily due to elevated salinity. This water may be generated from:

• Groundwateringresstoopencutpits

• Groundwateringresstotheundergroundmine

• Pitwallrunoff

• Waterrunningoverorthroughfreshwasterockpriortorehabilitation.


Mine-affected water will be contained on site in dams until sufficient dilution is achieved either in the receiving environment or by blending water within the mining area.

Sediment-affected WaterAreas that drain rehabilitated waste rock dumps, access roads and lay down areas have the potential to generate sediment laden runoff. Sediment-affected water passes through sedimentation dams prior to release to the environment.

clean WaterIn most cases runoff from undisturbed catchments upstream of the mining area will be diverted around the disturbed area and released directly to the environment. In some cases a clean water dam is constructed either to facilitate the diversion, or to provide a source of clean water that can be used to blend with mine water.

Water quality of the clean water circuit will be typical of the existing waterways.

controlled release StrategyIn order to balance the mine water inventory, it may be necessary for a project to release water to the receiving environment. This is achieved through a controlled release strategy that allows discharge into waterways only when specific ‘flow’ and ‘water quality’ criteria have been satisfied.

The discharge of mine-affected water to the environment is permitted on the basis of ‘End-of-pipe water quality’ / ‘Incoming (downstream) water quality’.

cASE StudIESWater Management at Kudremukh Iron ore MineKudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. (KIOCL), a Government of India enterprise under the Ministry of Steel and Mines was established in the year 1976 to develop mine and plant facilities to produce 7.Mt of iron ore concentrate per annum through 22.5 Mt of low grade magnetite Iron Ore. As diversification measure the company commissioned a 3 million tonnes capacity high grade pellet plant at Mangalore in 1987 which was later upgraded to 4 Mt. The company had also set up an oil-based 28 MW captive power plant at Mangalore during 1996-97.

Salient features of KIocLLocation: 110 Kms NE of MangaloreFounded: 2nd April, 1976

Proved ore reserves* 680 Million Tonnes of Weathered BMQ* 404 Million Tonnes of Primary BMQ

designed capacity* 22.5 Million Tonnes of ROM (Low grade Magnetite

Ore)

* 07.5 Million Tonnes of Concentrate

* 03.0 Million Tonnes of Pellets - upgraded to 04.0 MTPA

The mining industry posed multi-dimensional environmental problems like waste management, water pollution control and conservation. Hence, before exploiting these natural resources sufficient care had been taken by the planners, administrators and the engineers to preserve the ecology and the environment of Kudremukh and its nearby areas.

In the Aroli Gangamoola range of Western Ghat in Karnataka and known for its wild beauties, Kudremukh was the exceptional mining project where the ecology and environmental protection were planned very carefully even before the prospecting work was taken up by NMDC.

Project site enjoys a tropical climate and falls in high rainfall region. The average annual rainfall is 7000 mm between June-September. (Fig 1)

Annual Rainfall in Kudremukh - Fig.1

Mine area is situated on the southern side of the river Bhadra. To keep the ecology and environment intact, the following measures were taken by the project authorities at a cost of Rs.120 crore, more than 15 per cent of its capital outlay:

1. Lakya damThe first Earthen Dam in the country was built with 11.0 million cum of earth, at Kudremukh for disposal of tailings generated from the process plant designed to treat 22.5 million tonnes of Iron Ore per annum. (Fig 2)

Lakya Dam - Fig.2


Being low grade ore, nearly 12 million tonnes of waste or tailings are generated annually during the process of beneficiation. These tailings are to be prevented from escaping through monsoon flow into river Bhadra.

For this purpose a huge earthen dam of 65 Mtrs. height was constructed across Lakya holey, a tributary of river Bhadra during 1977-79 at a cost of Rs.1300 lakh. It was raised to its ultimate height of 100 Mtrs. from bed level, at a cost of Rs.9900 lakh to meet the requirement of tailing deposition.

While the main objective of the dam was pollution control, it also served as water source for plant’s process water requirement.

Tailings in the form of slurry were discharged into the reservoir where solids settled down and allowed the clear water to pass over the spillway during monsoon.

2. tunnel SpillwayA spillway was constructed to allow the overflow of clear water from the dam through the main tunnel to the process plant. – Ref 2: Vidyarthi, D (2003)

Permanent Tunnel spillway (4.0 M X 3.75 M) was constructed with crest elevations at 858 MRL in the 1st stage, from 1992-1993;

2nd stage was completed at 863 MRL in the year from 1994 – 1997; and

The third stage at 872 MRL (Morning Glory) in the year from 1998-2000 monsoon; and the 4th stage from 2000 monsoon to date. (Fig 3)

Tunnel Spillway with Morning Glory - Fig.3

Lakya dam

Length 1048 M Height 100 M(Total)

Earth Work 11 Million Cum Catchment Area 18.7 Sq Kms

Capacity 245 Million Cum Reservoir Area 05.72 Sq.Kms

Dam Top Level 890.0 m Full Reservoir Level 885.0 m

tunnel Spillway Specifications:Length of the Main Tunnel 425 MLength of the Inclined shaft 31 MSize of Tunnel 4.00 x 3.75 M (‘D’-shaped)Opening Levels: Stage – I 858 MRL Stage – II 863 MRLMorning glory: Stage – III 872 MRL Stage – IV 875 MRL Stage – V 885 MRLDesigned Discharge --- 35 Cum/Sec

3. diversion channel (970 m)‘Kudremukh holey’ one of the tributaries of river Bhadra was diverted away from the mines, by constructing a diversion channel of 970 mtrs. length to join river Bhadra on the downstream to avoid wash-off of soil.

The diversion channel was built in the year 1980, at a cost of Rs.1.0 Crore mainly to divert the course of tributary ‘Kudremukh Holey’, which was flowing through the mine. – Ref 3: Vidyarthi, D (2004)

Built with a trapezoidal section with 10 m base width, 4m depth and ½ % of bed-slope, the channel constructed along the periphery of the mine, joins river Bhadra at a distance of 970 m. Thus, the mine wash-off was prevented from polluting the river. (Fig 4)

Diversion Channel - Fig.4

4. Pollution control dams (Combined capacity 1.8 MT)To prevent soil wash-off during the rains from the ore body, Mining activities were planned properly to keep the wash-off from the ore body as minimum as possible. Wash -off from mine faces and mine roads was directed through a well-designed drainage system into two major valleys across which 2 rock fill dams were constructed.


These dams arrested the wash-off and only clear water was allowed to overflow and join Bhadra. The deposited material was reclaimed from the dams during the non- monsoon period and fed to concentrator plant for processing. (Fig 5)

Pollution Control Dam with Decant Tower in the Centre - Fig.5

The pollution control Dams were located in the bottom of the mine at 793.50 MRL and 811.50 MRL respectively. There specifications were:

Pcd1 –Height... 12.0 m; Length.. 105 m;Catchment.. 3.0 sq kms Capacity 4.4 Lakh Cum

Pcd2 –Height... 18.0 m; Length.. 162 m;Catchment.. 1.33 sq kms Capacity 2.1 Lakh Cum

To ensure overflow of clear water from the PCDs to the river, ‘decant towers’ were constructed in the middle of the dams, with openings at periodical intervals through slots. These slots were normally kept closed with concrete slats and were opened only when it was required to let the water flow out. Mine wash that was directed to these dams, was allowed to get accumulated in the dams, around the towers. Only at the time of desilting of the dams, slats were opened with the receding level of tailings in the dams. – Ref 3: Vidyarthi, D (2004)

5. dump PondWithin the process plant, a dump pond of 50,000 cum. capacity was constructed at a cost of Rs.25 lakhs. This was to take care of dumping the slurry in the event of sudden power failure.

Monsoon Protection & Monsoon Production PlansIt was an annual feature and an annual plan – a challenge to the site engineers taking care of Normal production in the

challenging weather conditions – 7000 mm of an annual rainfall on an average – pouring in just four months – non-stop! And, to produce 22.5 million tonnes of Iron Ore from a single mine!

Monsoon Production PlanEfforts used to be put right from the month of December and the required inventory had to be built up latest by the end of May as there was no drilling carried out during the monsoon. Drills used to be moth-balled. The inventory of Ore so produced was stocked at the Stock piles – about 1.0 million tonnes near the Crusher hoppers, and about 2.8 million tonnes in a specially designed stock pile, called “Monsoon Stock Pile”. (Fig 6)

Located in close proximity of the process plant, the MSP was a high, umbrella like structure. Conveyors used to discharge Ore into the MSP from top.

The bottom of the MSP was connected through a feeder to the Process plant. The MSP was covered all around and on top in order to prevent any wash off of the Ore during severe monsoon.

Monsoon Stock Pile (2.8 million tonnes capacity) - Fig.6

Monsoon Protection PlanFor the ‘Monsoon Protection Plan’ planning process used to start in the month of Jan / Feb as all the activities had to be completed by the end of May every year.

The following preparations were taken up as part of “Monsoon Protection Plan”: 1 Culverts 2 Haul Roads 3 Reverse pitching of haul roads (at 2%) 4 Road soling 5 Drainage

Culverts were either box culverts (2m x 4m section) of RCC or pipe culverts of 1200 mm diameter pipes. They were strategically placed at pre-determined locations in the mine depending on the production plan for the year.


Haul roads were specially developed to serve the benches close to the crusher locations.

For special monsoon preparation, the Haul roads were soled and compacted with 200 mm size of boulders overlain with 20-30 mm aggregate. Near the high walls the roads were given a pitch at 2% and a drain of approximately 1.0 m x 1.0 m size was excavated along the high wall to channelize the flow of water through a pre-determined route.

Quality of WaterQuality of water was regularly monitored and water samples periodically collected at the following locations:

Pollution Control Dams – PCD - I & PCD - II

River Bhadra

Inlet of the Tunnel Spillway

Outlet of the Tunnel Spillway

Kachige Holey before confluence with Bhadra

Quality was analysed and monitored for the Colour, Odour of water, presence of heavy metals against the threshold limits apart from pH value, Suspended solids, Particle Size of Suspended Solids, Dissolved solids, Total Iron, BOD, COD, Total Residual Chlorine, Chloride, Fluoride, Total Nitrogen etc. as per the norms of CPCB and KSPCB.

other ExamplesApart from Kudremukh Iron Ore Mines, there are number of other examples to cite on management of water in mines! Majority of these companies had used “Water Modelling” based on Baseline and ‘Impact Assessment Studies’ on the ‘Aquatic Environment 'that affected the design and development of Mine Water Management Plan. – Ref1: International Council on Mining & Metals (2012)

Some of them are mentioned below:

1. Minera Esperanza, Chile – Operations of the Copper-Gold project are located 180 kms from the city of Antofagasta in Northern Chile. To meet the water demands of the mine, the process plant was designed to use untreated Sea water for which a pipe network was constructed to transport sea water 145 kms from the Pacific coast to the mine site.

2. Anglo American’s Mines in Witbank Coalfields around eMalahleni city in NE of South Africa, which is a water stressed area. Long-term climatic modelling indicates that there is a potential for further stress with anticipated reduction in annual rainfall.

The city of eMalahleni already struggles to meet the water demands of its rapidly expanding population. It is allowed to remove 75ML/d from the local Witbank Dam, but it currently abstracts approximately 120ML/d,

with predictions of this level increasing to 180ML/d by 2030 to meet increasing needs.

In addition, Anglo American has put in place infrastructure and agreements with the city of eMalahleni to deliver treated water from the plant into the local municipality’s drinking water system.

3. Olympic Dam, Australia – It is Australia’s largest underground mine located 560 kms North of Adelaide. The Ore body was discovered in 1975 and the mine went on production in 1988. All water used at Olympic Dam is from the Great Artesian Basin, one of the largest ground water aquifers in the world.

All care is taken to ensure that water from this source must not affect the groundwater boreholes of other land users' organ natural springs. These springs feature nationally and internationally recognized rare or endangered species.

4. World famous Kolar Gold Mines where workings had extended to a depth of 3219 m below ground. Handling of mine water apart from other technical demands like ventilation, ground support, mine fires etc, was a big challenge posed to the engineers. Multi stage pumping was introduced to pump out the mine water and maintain the working areas in safe operating conditions.

conclusionPresence of water in the mines– Opencast as well as Underground can pose numerous problems. It is important to predict effluents flows and associated water quality in the receiving environment to plan out its re-use.

It requires meticulous planning to keep the mine workings safe and operative. Any let up in the efforts can prove disastrous!

references:1. International Council on Mining and Metals,2012, “Water

Management in Mining”.2. Vidyarthi D, DGM(M) KIOCL, 2003, “Risk Management in

Opencast Mines a Case Study”, Proceedings of the, “New Equipment, New Technology, Management and safety in Mining and Mineral based Industries”, Bhubaneshwar.

3. Vidyarthi D, AGM(M) KIOCL, 2004, “Challenges to the Indian Mining Industry in the 21st Century”, Proceedings of the, “New Equipment, New Technology, Management and safety in Mining and Mineral based Industries”, Bhubaneshwar.

4. Golder Associates, “Guidance document on water & mass balance models in Mining Industry” Mining Magazines, Mining Journals, Internet.

The details of Council Members (Co-opted) were

inadvertently omitted while printing in page 3 of the

December 2017 issue, Volume 19, No: 5. The error

is regretted.

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INtroductIoNInternet of things or IoT is playing a vital role in shaping the future of things, the way things interact and the way we look at these interactions. IoT along with Big data can be a game changer in an industry as it provides real time monitoring at a holistic level. This means that all components of minor and major operations in a system can be monitored in real-time through an arrayed network of interactive elements. The data hosted on cloud can be accessed across the globe for peer review either automatically or through expert analysis. Such analysis can pin point operations that affect the efficiency of the system or are potential candidates for failure of the whole system. The terms Big data and Internet of things-IoT are not the same but are intertwined. The difference between IoT and Big data is that while IoT delivers mass of information to Big data from where expert or expert systems can deduce valuable information needed for process/operation or optimization. IoT further integrates the things and leads to game changing activities through real time data analytics.

Industries can see their future in IoT because it is truly disruptive. The disruptive technology requires new infrastructure, including hardware and software applications. This is the time where Big data interacts, where the mass information transmitted from IoT devices should be handled

iot: thE NEw bENchmark for driviNg iNNovatioN iN miNiNg iNdustry

Suraj deshmukh, Prashant Pandey, r. trivedi and A.K. raina

CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Nagpur Research Centre,17/C Telangkhedi Area, Civil Lines, Nagpur – 440 001, [email protected]

Original manuscript received on August 28, 2017; peer reviewed and accepted on September 28, 2017

AbstractInternet of Things or IoT is the present pathbreaker that has been built on the internet and big data. This is one of the main forces that will drive innovation in many industries and mining will have to follow if not to lead the implementation. The origin of IoT lies in the fact that sensors have improved considerably and are available over a broad spectrum. This allows monitoring of a multitude of processes round the clock. High internet speeds and data hosting on the cloud have become quite possible. The analysis of huge data yields realistic results and thus provides insight into all levels of management to improve the economy of their work.

The case is similar in case of mining. The equipment, the workers and the sensor network provides a holistic view of the operations. Intelligent data housing and analysis domain simultaneously develops algorithms for learning the processes and identification of the local or unit operation that affect production. A host of independent equipment in mining can be managed, controlled and proactively repaired without major shutdowns. IoT has been initiated in some mines and is bound to improve the overall mine economics and curb human error induced losses. The paper introduces the subject and discusses the options that are there for the use of IoT in the mining industry.

Key Words: IoT, Mining, Big Data, Cloud Computing

by Big data analytic tools. IoT represents the general concept of the ability of connectivity and sensing things. The network devices to sense and collect data around the world and then share that data across the internet through which it can be processed and utilized for various interesting purposes as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig.1 IoT-The Internet of Things

The IoT fundamentally changes the way to experience the world. With the growing need of automation in today’s world,


activities like healthcare, finance, transportation, utilities and households even entire cities will soon be dependent on the IoT. One of the broad concepts of IoT is connecting devices embedded in the everyday environment of a human being. The interface in IoT allows the human being to either monitor or configure and program IoT devices for carrying out complex tasks. Humans are an explicit part of the IoT scenario (Turunen, 2015). An example of such connectivity is mobiles networked in everyday environment such as homes and offices.

WHAt IS Iot?The IoT can be simply defined as objects or devices such as computing machines, embedded devices, equipment, appliances and sensors connected through the internet. A large number of objects and devices connected through internet and exchanging/transmitting information for analysis is what IoT is.

Fig. 2 shows the broad concept of IoT technologies and platforms while demonstrating its various components. Various classes and sub-classes of IoT are given in Table1.

Fig. 2 IoT technologies, devised after [3]

Table 1: IoT groups and their specifications

Sr. No.

IoT Group Specification

1. Human and external Interface

Management, Governance (eg Regulators-safety/ environment), Integrated remote, Operation centres, markets

2. IOT platforms and Processors

Data processing platforms, Device configuration, Data analytics, Risk modelling, Optimization, Feedback loops, Data security, SCADA

3. The Communicators and Controllers

Networks (Global system for mobile, radio, satellite, Internet, wireless area network), Programmable logic controller, Signal processor

4. The Things Accelerometer ,Gyroscope, Motors & pumps, Pressure sensor, proximity sensor, thermometer, Autonomous haulage truck, Autonomous drilling rig, Switch, Gauge, GPS, RFID, Video

Various specifications of the different IoT groups are provided in table 2 that gives a broad idea of its various components and the versatility of the IoT technology.

WHY Iot?IoT aims to take wide range of things and turn them into smart objects and products that may not been connected to the internet but they should be able to obtain and process data as these are equipped with sensors and computer chips to perform such activities. Further technology lies in the storage and analysis of the data. The goal of IoT is to harness the data and to learn about patterns and trends which can be used to make a positive impact on transportation, energy conservation, mining industries etc (Kushmaro, 2016).

IoT has the ability to combine online, enterprises/industrial data to uncover metrics which are outside the ambit of industry/enterprises. IoT technologies will impact key relationships including people with people, people with things, and things with things [3].This leads to a direct effect on the government, business, and interaction of consumers with the physical world.

IoT is designed and probably destined to reduce cost, increase revenue and to transform the business with high level of data acquisition and analytics. This is done by zeroing in on processes or components of a system that are faltering or about to falter.

The details of different benefits ascribed to the IoT are given as follows:

Reduce costPractically, IoT helps in building the values and results in the fruition of the principles of business. Thus, IoT creates efficiency and reduces the cost of doing business. Industries can benefit by automating data collection for analysis. Data from sensors can help in proactive maintenance of parts that can be remotely monitored and orders for repairs or replacement can be done before hand. Repairs can be done in a planned and scheduled manner. Real-time inventory tracking reduces the time spent searching for the parts and their selection. Industries can well conduct cost benefit analysis before implementing new strategies. The IoT thus can reduce costs on several fronts.


Increase revenueImproved efficiency on account of IoT results in increased productivity and production. Increased production ultimately leads to increase in revenue and profits. IoT includes business process optimization, resource saving, improved inventory management which results in shorter time to get the Return of Investment from the efforts of the organisation.

Business TransformationOne of the examples of IoT transforming businesses is that of taxies using GPS and internet connectivity to reach their destination. These businesses began with a small start-up transforming into big business driven by IoT. It means that the future business transformations will be driven by IoT.

Keeping in view the applicability, adaptability and benefits of the IoT technologies, it is apparent that the technology will assume a major role in future business while accelerating decision making based on intelligent data analytics.

Iot- HoW?The complete process of IoT is shown in Fig. 3, where the process observation and monitoring is carried out; the sensors connect to the massive storage cloud of the IoT, the IoT connects the server from where the data gets accessed. Further, the observation or monitoring server connects to an intelligent analysis system wherein failure and fault analysis of the component to be repaired is done. Three sub-classifications in repairing such as local/remote/the worn out parts must be determined by the intelligent system in order to minimize the time loss. The process is further directed to a control and optimization system and the whole repair is carried out in time and on budget. Fig. 3 gives the information regarding process observation /monitoring.

Fig. 3 Process observation/monitoring

bENEfItS of IotIoT allows improving the services perceived by the users. The goal is to work with the part of IoT that comprises devices that directly interact with users.

• TransparencyofdataprovidedbyIoTsensorswillhelpto achieve productivity and resource development in infrastructure and environmental management.

• BusinessthinkingfortheuseofIoTwhichcanleadtoreduced excess consumption, improved efficiency and lower operational cost.

• Data provided by the IoT can help to determine theway to complete the task or process.

Fig. 4 shows the benefits of IoT and the group analysis and sub-classification is given in table 2.

Fig.4 IoT Benefits drawn after [8]

Table 2: Sub-classification of the various IoT parameters

Sr.No.

Parameters Sub-classification

1 MeteringCapacity utilisation, Capacity planning

2 Monitoring Loss prevention, Asset utilisation

3 ControlProactive maintenance, Network management, Yield management

4 Tracking Inventory tracking

5 PaymentLoading balance optimization, Pricing optimization, Energy saving

6 InformationDemand forecast, Disaster planning, Downtime minimisation

The sub-classification parameters that define the lines of benefit from the implementation of IoT are detailed in Table 2 above wherein it is evident that there are umpteen possibilities of realising gains from IoT implementation.

Iot IN MININGIn order to understand the benefits of IoT in mining, it is implicit that a brief of mining methods be presented over here as has been provided in Fig. 5. It can be observed from the Fig. 5 that lot of scope exists for deployment of a sensor network in each and every process or method of mining. The


applications of IoT also transgress both the underground and underground mining.

Fig. 5 Mining methods

Mining industry has started to deploy new technologies in today’s global economy and IoT is bound to enter this

domain in a major way. IoT is a most efficient and attractive automation technique being introduced for the operational methods of mining industries. IoT in mining can address several unit operations in mining that can range from miners’ safety, system optimisation, asset management and data/information handling and analysis as shown in Fig. 6. IoT application in mining is further summarised in Table 3.

Fig. 6 IoT in mining operations

Table 3 IoT in mining applications

SrNo.

IoT in mining applications

Parameters Sub-classification

1. Transport Autonomous equipment Self-drive trucks, remote-controlled bull-dozer, teleported bulldozers, teleported excavators, wearable devices

Location and proximity sensors

On-demand ventilation system

Equipment sensors for proactive maintenance Fluid level, temperature, contamination

2. SafetyOre tracking, quality control, asset performance, mobile machine tracking, weather forecast, pro-cess controls, energy, fuel and water management

3. Asset managementCondition monitoring (Proactive maintenance), maintenance system and purchase department

4.Data/informa-tion handling and analysis

Data flow from sensors, data handling, data analy-sis, feedback

Table 3 shows the broad concept of IoT in mining industries which includes transport, safety, asset management, Data/ information handling and analysis. To drive smart decisions, the number of sensors getting added with the equal number of systems associates with it to the ability to deal and manage the data. IoT provide analytics which gives the quantity of information that are aligned with the quality of information.

The IoT process has to be benchmarked in mining industries so that it can take decision on the basis of real time data

and eliminate waste at every step. The IoT in mining should provide a solution including remotely monitored operations and its adoptions across mine sites and plants by including data analytics and visualization. The IoT leads to the integration of real-time data based on the mine plan for optimization of mining operations. Due to process optimization across the value chain IoT is becoming centre of attraction to the mining industries. The IoT is becoming the efficient part for the mining industries, through the use of RFID; IoT gives direct applications for miners/personal/


equipment tracking and some interesting systems for ore tracking. Computing and analysing capabilities of IoT can give advanced applications. The broad mining operations can work autonomously through IoT by using real-time data analysis. Fig. 7 shows the main unit operations in mining.

Equipment failure prediction, optimization of drilling and blasting based on data and fuel efficiency [6] can be well taken care by IoT. Not only this, the safety aspects range from dump, slope failure or even fire can be determined in advance and can be taken care of while preventing loss of life and equipment.

Fig. 7 IoT for mining methods

opportunities and applications of Iot in miningMining involves dealing with multitude of uncertainties on account of geological conditions prevailing in a mine. The behaviour of rockmass and underground openings and working is thus fuzzy in nature. With over the counter sensors availability one can get data of any sort that is free of bias. This data not only will reduce downtime but this can reveal several dimensions of rockmass behaviour that have been evading researchers for decades. Away from this several challenges, opportunities and IoT base expected solutions have been provided in Table 4 [2].

Mining IoT-Internet of things: Industry opportunities and innovationMining industry has traditions where change is very gradual. More often than not, the adoption of new technologies and new process in mining industry improves bottom line of mining operations. This although a challenge but can prove to be an opportunity to take mining technologies to a next level where safety and productivity go hand in hand.

Fig 8 shows the wide implementation of IoT which put forth towards the miners safety.

Fig.8 IoT Implementation [7]

In many a mining cases owing to lack of proper data and analytics, the decision making is significantly delayed. Such an approach leaves lot of scope for unsafe operations that can well be taken care by IoT as depicts in Fig. 8 and explained further.

1. Predicting downtimeIoT senses large amounts of data generated by machines, and also uncovers the measures of health and performance of equipment and infrastructure.

Mining companies have already started to monitor real-time data of machines deployed in various capacities in mines and plants. Some of the variables that are being monitored are:- Fluids • temperature • Levels • Pressure • Contamination- Machine • Bearingrotation • Temperature • Vibrations • Framerack • Biasandpitch • Enginespeedandgearposition • Brakepressureandtemperature • Drivetrainperformance


table 4 Challenges, opportunities and IoT technology solutions in mining [2]

challenges opportunities Iot technology Solutions

• Lack of R&D/Data • Plant automation • Asset utilization

• Rising cost • Energy and Process Optimization •Energy management eg. ventilation, haulage and crushing

• Declining labour • system integration • Predictive maintenance

• Low commodity prices •consolidation of system and protocols

• Inventory and asset tracking

• Declining ore grades • Increased safety • Loss Prevention

• Insufficient infrastructure •Increased environmental knowledge

• Integrated remote

• Regularity pressure • Mineral ore predictability •Geo-stability modelling and decision making

• Low level of exploration • Ore targeting optimization

IoT provides such information that can help to identify problems early and also avoid unexpected downtime or failure.

2. New chapter in efficiencyIoT allows mining industries to improve their efficiency and service by connecting physical objects like trucks with the electronics, software and sensors which exchange the data transmitted through various devices.

3. revolutionize safetyMining is a hazardous activity, so the safety measures must be of high order. The IoT in mining industry can incorporate location/proximity sensors and warning technologies in mining equipment. IoT can also integrate

- people tracking - video surveillance

- communication - analytics

- real time personal health - incidents management Continuously - near misses improve safety

- analyzing hazards - safety observations

By the above given connectivity, IoT in mining industry can lead to faster and more reliable operations and reduction of the safety risks.

4. decision makingThe IoT is expected catalyse intelligent decisions in mining and also improve traditional processes and activities as listed below.

- GPS tracking of material - Logistics movements

- Camera views of production - Energy across the plant supply chain

- Production information - Schedules Including materials

IoT also have the ability to streamline the flow of information and enables real-time decisions. This will open new opportunities in mining by connecting people, machines, items and services.

5. Seamless automationMining industry, leveraging the IoT in wireless mining automation and connecting mine projects, has been using autonomous, self-driving mining trucks in Western Australia (Rio Tinto 2008). Fortescue Metals Group began their journey with Caterpillar in 2012 when the miner implemented Cat’s MineStar technology in the first phase of their Solomon iron ore mine in Australia. Using IoT with all of their automation activities, mining companies visualise real-time dimension of any mining issue from variety of data including the sensors.

cASE StudIESThe following are prominent cases that demonstrate the results and potential of the IoT in mining across the globe: [2]

1. dundee Precious Metals launched an initiative called “Taking the Lid Off” that used IoT solutions to revitalize its flagship Chelopech gold mine in Bulgaria. The results of the initiative were impressive. The firm managed to quadruple production from 0.5 million to 2 million tons by tracking the location of miners and vehicles, monitoring the status of vehicles, automating building controls and utilizing software that could map, model, estimate, design, schedule, simulate


and manage production based on the real-time data that the IoT system generated. This is perhaps the best known example in Canada. It was featured in the Globe and Mail in late 2013, and was highlighted in Cisco’s IoT initiatives as well.

2. rio tinto established the program, “The Mine of the Future,” an undertaking that aimed to develop five different automation technologies. The program includes driverless trucks, driverless trains (e.g., Auto Haul), autonomous tunnelling and boring machines, a remote operations centre, and airborne exploration drones. Rio Tinto currently has more than 30 driverless autonomous mining trucks operating in the Pilbara mine. The trucks are controlled from a Rio Tinto Remote Operations Centre far away in Perth. In June 2014, Rio Tinto announced that its fleet of autonomous trucks had moved 200 million tons of material. By October, at the 2014 Internet of Things World Forum, John McGagh, head of innovation at Rio Tinto, stated in his keynote address that the figure had increased to 300 million tons.

3. In 2008, the European commission launched the EU Raw Materials Initiative (I2Mine) for the purpose of increasing the sustainability of the raw material supply, boosting efficiency and promoting recycling for underground mine operations. The project involves 26 participants, including companies, research institutes and universities. One example of its IoT research and technology deployment is a set of sensing and control systems for autonomous machines. The set comprises an automated boundary layer and material detection system, a collision-avoidance and navigation system, an automatic guidance system for positioning and cutting, and an integrated, modular system for process optimization. This combined system resulted in a 17% improvement in efficiency and a 20% reduction in costs for deep deposits mining production.

4. cSIr-cIMfr & IocL conducted a study on explosive ground reactivity and the temperature data was hosted sent to cloud and was available over the spectrum of peers for a period of 7 days. The data could be accessed by any mobile or computer the world over.

More and more, mining companies are seriously considering IoT solutions, and in particular, real-time monitoring. For example, both BHP Billiton and Vale opened remote operation centres. Jimmy Wilson, President, Iron Ore at BHP Billiton, asserted that accordingly, the company could see its total supply chain, in real time and in one place, enabling it to proactively make the right decisions for the whole business for the first time.

coNcLuSIoNIoT reduces the complexity of things, to integrate the things in different arenas. IoT integrates various devices equipped with sensing, identification, processing, communication & networking capabilities. Industries are looking forward

to deploy IoT devices to develop industrial applications such as automated monitoring, control, management and maintenance. From mining industries perspective, IoT gives benefits such as, time saving in developing and maintaining a mine site. It also collects the data before excavation process takes place and insures the process is managed correctly. IoT leads to predictive maintenance by monitoring machine health and ordering repairs on proactive basis. This in turn gives immense economic benefits when it comes to improving safety, IoT helps to reduce danger and can prevent potential failures and it also provides information of such incidents well in time. The sensors provide real-time data and predict the faulty equipment where failure may occur, and can help to avoid danger. There is a possibility of autonomous mining in which vehicles and equipment in mines work independently.

AcKNoWLEdGEMENtSAuthors are thankful to the Director CSIR-CIMFR for his permission to publish the paper. Many symbols have been adopted from www.shutterstock.com and are duly acknowledged. Thanks are due to TechMiller for their help.

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Notice of Important Meetings of MEAI at National HQ, Hyderabad on 24-01-2018

Inauguration of Auditorium: at 10:00 hrsLunch: at 12:30 hrs to 13:15 hrs2nd National Council Meeting: at 13:30 hrs2nd Extraordinary General Meeting: at 16:00 hrsEditorial Board Meeting: at 16:30 hrsLMTF Board meeting: at 17:30 hrs

All the concerned invited to attend the above meetings please.


tAtA StEEL’S oMQ dIVISIoN cELEbrAtES AGro-forESt food dIVErSItY

• The fest titled Prajatiya Khaydyotsav witnessed afootfall of 5000 people including school children.

• 110varietiesoftribalfoodshowcasedduringtheagroforest food diversity fest at Noamundi.

To celebrate and appreciate the ethnicity of the tribal communities in and around its areas of operation, Tata Steel’s Ore Mines &Quarries (OMQ) Division organised a grand agro forest food diversity fest “Prajatiya Khadyotsav” at Sport Complex, Noamundi on 11 November 2017. The event portrayed different aspects of tribal life from ethnic wear to cooking to daily lifestyle to celebration of different festivals by the tribal communities. A total of 70 Self Help Groups showcased 110 varieties of tribal food in the fest.

Ms. Geeta Koda, MLA, Jagannathpur gracing the occasion as Chief Guest said “The sports complex has been converted into a big tribal kitchen today and it’s all looking beautiful. I

mEai NEwsam thankful to Tata Steel for providing such a platform to the tribal communities of this region.”

Addressing the gathering on this occasion, Mr. Pankaj Satija, General Manager (OMQ), Tata Steel said “I am happy to see the footfall and participation of school children in the fest today. This event is one of our efforts to contribute to the National Biodiversity Target 1 and 11 which talks about biodiversity awareness to youth and strengthening of communities’ traditional knowledge on biodiversity respectively."

Other guests present on the occasion included Dr Kartik Charan Lenka, Scientist, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Koraput, Odisha; Ms Archana Relan, Founder, Miraculous Millets, Bhopal, Uttar Pradesh, Dr Krishna Prasad, Assistant Professor, Birsa Agriculture University, Ranchi; Mr S N Vaidya, Research Officer, Institute of Forest Productivity ICFRE, Ranchi; Mr P Patmajhi, Senior Technical Officer, Indian Institute of Natural Resins & Gums, Ranchi; and Mr Samaresh Bhandari, Block Development Officer, Noamundi.

From agro forest produce to display of tribal products to an array of mouth-watering tribal food like biridaal, saagpakora, spicy kurkutichutni with kurutkunda and sweet dishes like mahualaddo and sujikakar, kept pulling people to the stalls.

Pankaj Satija, Chairman-Barajamda Chapter

bELLArY-HoSPEt cHAPtErMeeting was held on 17-11-2017 at 5 pm at MGVTC Sandur. Dr. Meda Venkataiah, Past President, MEAI, Sri.K.Madhusudhana, VP- II MEAI, Sri B.Sahoo, Chairman MEAI, B-H chapter , Sri K. Prabhakar Reddy, Secretary, MEAI B-H chapter attended the meeting. Maximum MEAI members attended.

Secretary Sri K Prabhakara Reddy welcomed all the mem-bers and requested executive members to make join new more members to MEAI. He requested the managers to col-lect funds and each executive member have to donate Rs 5000/- to MEAI Bellari-Hospet Chapter.

Dr Meda Venkataiah, Past President, suggested conducting National Seminar by combining Bellary-Hospet, Gulbarga & Bengaluru Chapters by which seminars will improve the knowledge. He requested Chairman to look in to the matter.

Sri K. Madhusudhan, VP II MEAI requested new engineers for membership. He informed that he would arrange National seminar in the month of September 2018. He also informed that coaching class for candidates appearing for First Class would be arranged soon after the examination notification


by DGMS. He requested all the HODs to fill and return the format sent to them regarding the details of competent per-sons in mines. Requested the senior members of MEAI to become fellow members of MEAI.

Chairman Sri B. Sahoo, GM, NMDC told the members that we will arrange technical meetings and will organize Semi-nar in the year 2018. He also requested all the members to donate funds to develop our BH-Chapter.

technical Session: Technical session was arranged on 1. Water purifier by Kangen water for healthy life by Mr.

Praveen Hyderabad. 2. On Belt conveyor system: Belt conveyor manufacturer

& supplier Inspire Technology by Sri Shivaprasad & team.

3. Safety Equipment to be used in HEMM in mines by Sri Sanjeev Sheel, Hyderabad.

Meeting ended with vote of thanks proposed by Sri Chan-drashekhar Halli, Executive member.

Addressed the gathering by Sri. B Sahoo, GM, NMDC, Sandur

Speech by Sri. K Prabhakar Reddy, CEO, Sai Universal Mining Services, Hospet

Speech by Sri K Madhusudhana,VP II MEAI and VP M/s MSPL Limited

Speech by Dr Meda Venkataiah, Past President MEAI and ED MSPL Limited

mEai mEmbErs digital dirEctoryProcess has already started to prepare MEAI Members Digital Directory. Members are requested to go to portal members.meai.org and click on window ‘‘click here to register with MEAI” to file details as per the Template. In case the members need any further information/clarification, please write to: [email protected] and/ or [email protected]


The Mining Engineers’ Association of India presents awards sponsored by the Industry/individuals during Annual General Meeting every year. Nominations for the following Awards are invited in the prescribed form, so as to reach the Secretary General by 30 April 2018. Nomination can be made for one award only.

(A) Nominations are invited for the year 2017 for the following awards:

1. MEAI - Sitaram Rungta Memorial Award for the best paper on Mining related issues during the year 2017

2. MEAI NMDC Award for significant contribution to Iron Ore Industry during the year 2017

3. MEAI Simminds Award for significant contribution to limestone industry during the year 2017.

4. MEAI Smt. Bala Tandon Memorial Award in recognition of contribution to Mining Industry for improving ecology, environment and afforestation during the year 2017.

5. MEAI Abheraj Baldota Memorial Gold Medal Award (Mining Engineer of the year 2017) in recognition of significant contribution to Mining Industry by a Mining Engineer with 20 years of experience in the Industry.

6. MEAI Abheraj Baldota Memorial Gold Medal Award (Young Mining Engineer of the years 2017) in recognition of significant service to Mining Industry by an Young Mining Engineer who has not completed 35 years of age as on 30th April 2017.

7. MEAI-SRG Informational Technology Award for the year 2017 in recognition of significant contribution to Mining Industry adopting Information Technology during the year.

8. MEAI-Smt. Gullapalli Saraladevi Memorial Award (Lifetime Achievement by a Mining Engineer) during the year 2017.

9. MEAI Master Tanay Chadha Memorial Geologist Award for the year 2017 in recognition of significant contribution by a geologist in the field of Mineral Exploration, quality control and production, mine planning etc. during the year.

10. MEAI- Smt Veena Roonwal Memorial Award for the year 2017 to a Mining Engineer/Geologist/a qualified person involved with Mining Industry with 10 years experience for presenting a paper during the year in a seminar/symposium workshop organized by MEAI on “Water Management in and around a working mine” or “Implementation of New/Latest Technology in Mining and allied subjects.

NomiNatioNs for mEai awards 2017

11. MEAI- Smt Kiran Devi Singhal Memorial Award for the year 2017 only to a person (MEAI Member/Non member- need not necessarily be from mining discipline) for his/her contribution in the field of “Development and Conversation of Minerals and Environment” in and around Metalliferous mines (excluding Coal and oil) during the year 2017.

12. MEAI Award to a Best paper on Eco-Friendly Mining Published in the Mining Engineers’ Journal in the year 2017, instituted by Dr. M.L Jhanwar, Jaipur.

13. MEAI-SCCL Coal Award for the year 2017 to a Mining Engineer for meritorious contribution to the Coal Industry.

14. MEAI- SCCL Coal Award for the year 2017 to a Geologist for meritorious contribution to the Coal Industry.

15. MEAI- SCCL Coal Award for the year 2017 to a Mechanical Engineer for meritorious Contribution to the Coal Industry.

16. MEAI – SCCL Coal Award for the year 2017 to a Foreman/Over man for meritorious Contribution to the Coal Industry.

About the Awards

• The awards are presented to the members of theassociation who contributed significantly to d i f fe ren t aspects of mining and mineral industries. Qualified and eligible non-members who contributed memorable services to the growth of the Mining and Mineral industries will also be considered depending upon the merits.

• The nominationsfromtheindividualsintheprescribedformat will have to be routed through the Chairman of the chapter to which the applying members belong to or through a Council Member.

• The ChapterChairman/CouncilMembershallforwardthe nomination to the Secretary General, Mining Engineers’ Association of India before the stipulated date.

• The nominations and the enclosures for the awardsare to be forwarded in Five Sets along with their bio data and two recent photographs and a soft copy to email [email protected]

For detailed guidelines please visit Website www.meai.org or MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION AND RULES & REGULATIONS (as on 25.10.2010)


MEAI AWArd NoMINAtIoN ProforMA1. Name :

2. Date of Birth :

3. Academic Qualification:

4. Professional Qualification:

5. Whether a Member/ Life Member of MEAI:

6. Nominated for which award:

7. Specific details for the award nominated as per requirement of bye-laws (Enclose the relevant documents):

8. Mobile no. & email id:

Date:

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confErEncES, SEminarS, workSHoPS Etc.INdIA

20-21 Jan 2018: Symposium 2018: Advance technology in rock breakage & fragmentation. Organized by MEAI Rajasthan Chapter-Jodhpur at MGM Engineering college, Jodhpur. For further details contact Dr PC Purohit, Chairman on Mob 9414131006 or [email protected]; and Shri AK Jaiswal, Secretary on 9414163343 or [email protected] of Rajasthan chapter-Jodhpur.

20 Jan 2018: Workshop on minor minerals legislation: the Karnataka minor minerals concession rules, 1994 (KMMcr)-Provisions & Procedures. Organized by MEAI Bengaluru Chapter at Executive Development Centre (EDC), Institute of Hotel Management, SJP Complex, Bengaluru 560001. For further details contact Mr KR Krishnamurthy, Secretary (Mob: 9845203389) or Mr Rajendran, Jt Secretary cum Treasurer (Mob: 9449819341) at Email: [email protected]

9-11 feb 2018: SEMINAr oN AdVANcEMENt IN MINING of oIL ANd SoLId fuELS. Organized and hosted by MEAI, Rajasthan Chapter-Jaipur at Mining Welfare Centre, Mansarovar, Jaipur 2302020. For further details contact Shri PC Bakliwal, Secretary MEAI Rajasthan Chapter-Jaipur at Mob: 9828668764 or E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]

14-17 february 2018: International conference cum Exhibition “Mining today - 2018” at HITEX Exhibition Center, Hyderabad. Organized by MEAI-Hyderabad Chapter and FICCI. Contact details: Dr C Narasimhulu, Secretary, MEAI-Hyderabad Chapter, Mob: 9440817718, E-mail: [email protected]

25-26 July 2018: Mining Investment India. Sheraton, New Delhi, India. Contact information: Daniel Radziszewski, Singapore for Speaking, registration & general queries. Phone: +65 6717 6018, Email: [email protected], Web: https://www.spire-events.com/

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5-8 february 2018: Investing in African Mining Indaba. Convention Square, 1 Lower Long St, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa. The conference will focus on topics relevant to driving investments and capitalising the mining industry throughout all of Africa.

12-16 february 2018: Geostatistical Mineral resource Estimation and Meeting the New regulatory Environment: Step by step from sampling to grade control, Montreal, Canada. McGill University - Dept. of Mining and Materials Engineering, 3450 University St., Frank Dawson Adams Building, Room 105. Contact details: Email: [email protected]; Web: http://www.mcgill.ca

14 february 2018: china Iron ore. Nishimura at Shangri-La Hotel Dalian, Dalian, China. The China Iron Ore is organized by the Metal Bulletin Ltd. The conference will cover areas like provide a unique opportunity for you to promote your products and services to the metals marketplace.

4-7 March 2018: PdAc 2018 International convention, trade Show & Investors Exchange, Toronto, Canada. Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 222 Bremner Blvd. Contact details: Email: [email protected]; Web: http://www.pdac.ca/convention

4-6 April 2018: Mongolia Mining 2018. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Buyant Ukhaa Sport Palace. Contact details: Email: [email protected]; Web: http://www.mongolia-mining.org/

16-21 June 2018: resources for future Generations, PrEMIEr CONFERENCE ON ENERGY • MINERALS • WATER • THE EARTH. Vancouver Convention Center, | Vancouver, BC, Canada. Under the

auspices of IUGS and supported by the Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences, three Canadian organizations have partnered to deliver RFG2018. Contact: rfg2018.org

19-22 June 2018: 25th World Mining congress, EXPO Congress Center, Astana, Kazakhstan. The leading institutions along with key suppliers and service companies will present innovative developments in mining industry. The leading experts of mining industry and representatives of related industries from all over the world will give speech at the World Mining Congress. Contact: [email protected], Phone: + 7 727 258 34 34 (ext.235)

29-31 August 2018: 14th AusIMM Mill operators' conference 2018, Brisbane, Queensland. Contact: Eliza Sanneman, Telephone: +61 3 9658 6105

14-18 october 2018: Australian Geoscience council convention (AGcc18), Adelaide, Australia. AGCC 2018 will focus on the Asia Pacific region and supported by all eight Member Organisations of the Australian Geoscience Council. For details contact AGCC 2018 Secretariat, [email protected] or +61 7 3368 2644.

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and published at F-608 & 609, ‘A’ Block, VI Floor, Raghavaratna Towers, Chirag Ali Lane, Abids, Hyderabad - 500 001. Editor : Dr. P.V. Rao

coNtrIbutIoN to MEAI fuNdThe President, MEAI wish to thank the following members who made financial contribution to MEAI Fund in December 2017.Sl. Name Amount No in rs. Amount carried forward 3,17,0001 Sri Akhilesh Joshi, Council Member 21,000

2 Sri M.S. Paliwal, Jt Sec. cum Treasurer, Rajasthan Chapter-Udaipur 21,000

3 Dr. H. Sarvothaman, Secretary General 25,000

total received till dec 21-12-2017 3,84,000

OBITUARY

Shri. KG Shankar17-05-1943 - 01-12-2017

Members of the Mining Engineers Association of India express their heartfelt condolences on the sad demise of Shri. K G Shankar (Life Member LM-1882/BH) on 1st Dec 2017 at Chengalpattu, Tamilnadu.

Shri. K G Shakar was an active member from the initial stages of forming Bellary-Hospet Chapter. He started his carrier with a Diploma in Mining Engineering awarded by KGF polytechnic in 1960.

He started his career from Kolar Gold Field, moved to Hutti Gold Mines and then to Mysore Minerals Limited and finally retired as General Manager from M/s. Kariganur Mining & Mineral industry, Hospet.

The MEAI conveys its profound condolences to the bereaved family.

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