Lok Sabha Question No. 2366 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-16
Subject: Bauxite Mining
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2366 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16/03/2017

## Bauxite Mining

## 2366   SHRI RAJU SHETTY

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  bauxite  is  being  mined  in  the  scheduled  areas  of  the  country,  if  so,  the  details  thereof along with the agencies entrusted with the job;
- (b) the  quantum of bauxite  mined during the last three  years in the country including Maharashtra, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has sought opinion of the States about mining of bauxite, if so, the details thereof along with the response received therefrom including Maharashtra; and
- (d) the measures taken by the Government for the conservation of bauxite in future?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) MINES, COAL, NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) Bauxite is being mined in the scheduled areas of two States of Odisha and Jharkhand. Details of such areas are given at Annexure-I.
- (b) The State -wise production of Bauxite including Maharashtra during last three (3) years is given at Annexure-II .
- (c) The  mining  activities  of  major  minerals  including  Bauxite,  are  regulated  as  per  the  provisions contained in Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Act, 1957 and the rules framed  thereunder.  The  MMDR  Act  and  the  Rules  thereunder  have  been  framed  after  wide consultation with all stakeholders, including State Governments  as  per  the  pre-legislative consultative policy promulgated by Ministry of Law & Justice.
- (d) The measures for  conservation  of  minerals,  including  bauxite  are  done  as  per  National  Mineral Policy-2008  which  inter  alia  states  that  conservation  of  mineral  shall  be  construed  not  in  the restrictive sense of abstinence from consumption or preservation for use in the distant future but as a  positive  concept  leading  to  augmentation  of  reserve  base  through  improvement  in  mining methods,  beneficiation  and  utilisation  of  low  grade  ore  and  rejects  and  recovery  of  associated minerals.  The  Government  is  aiming  for  an  adequate  and  effective  legal  and  institutional framework mandating zero waste mining as the ultimate goal and a commitment to prevent suboptimal  and  unscientific  mining.  Mineral  Sectoral  value  addition  through  latest  technique  of beneficiation,  calibration,  blending,  sizing,  concentration,  pelletisation,  purification  and  general customising of product is being encouraged.

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## Annexure-I

## Referred to in reply of part (a) of Un-starred Question No.2366 to be answered on 16.3.2017 (a) Table showing the details of Bauxite Mines in schedule area of Odisha

|   SI No . | Name of the Mine                     | Name of the owner/Lessee     | District   |   Area in ha | Status      |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------|--------------|-------------|
|         1 | Maliparbat                           | M/s HINDALCO Industries Ltd. | Koraput    |      268.11  | Working     |
|         2 | Panchpatmali (South Block)           | M/s NALCO Ltd.               | Koraput    |     1243.99  | Non-Working |
|         3 | Panchpatmali (North & Central Block) | M/s NALCO Ltd.               | Koraput    |     3403.28  | Working     |
|         4 | Baphilimali                          | M/s Utkal Alumina Int. Ltd.  | Rayagada   |     1388.74  | Working     |
|         5 | Kushumdihi                           | M/s ORIND LTD.               | Sundargarh |      102.7   | Non-Working |
|         6 | Kamando                              | M/s Rungta Sons (P) Ltd.     | Sundargarh |       43.067 | Non-Working |
|         7 | Tantra                               | M/s SAIL                     | Sundargarh |      117.44  | Non-Working |
|         8 | Tantra                               | P.D. Agrawal                 | Sundargarh |      106.138 | Non-Working |
|         9 | Sanindupur                           | M/s Rungta Sons (P) Ltd.     | Sundargarh |      147.1   | Working     |
|        10 | Jaldihi, (K.J.S.T)                   | S.N. Mohanty                 | Sundargarh |      333.063 | Working     |
|        11 | Kusumdihi                            | M/s B.I.Co. Ltd.             | Sundargarh |       52.176 | Non-Working |

## (b) Table showing the details of Bauxite Mines in schedule area of Jharkhand

|   SI No. | Name of the Mine            | Name of the owner/Lessee        | District   |   Area in ha | Status      |
|----------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|------------|--------------|-------------|
|        1 | Serendag Bauxite Mine       | M/s Hindalco Ind. Ltd.          | Lohardaga  |      140.06  | Working     |
|        2 | Bagru Hill Bauxite Mine     | M/s Hindalco Ind. Ltd.          | Lohardaga  |       96.84  | Working     |
|        3 | Bhusar/Kekrang Bauxite Mine | M/s Hindalco Ind. Ltd.          | Lohardaga  |       65.31  | Working     |
|        4 | Hisri (Old) Bauxite Mine    | M/s Hindalco Ind. Ltd.          | Lohardaga  |       13.38  | Working     |
|        5 | Pakhar Bauxite Mine         | M/s Hindalco Ind. Ltd.          | Lohardaga  |      115.08  | Working     |
|        6 | Pakhar Bauxite Mine         | G Oroan                         | Lohardaga  |       50.854 | Working     |
|        7 | Tisiya Bauxite Mine         | C MGupta                        | Lohardaga  |       34.413 | Working     |
|        8 | Tuimu Bauxite Mine          | SMT. Beenapani Agrawal          | Lohardaga  |       46.94  | Working     |
|        9 | Pakhar Bauxite Mine         | M/s Hindalco Ind. Ltd.          | Lohardaga  |        8.09  | Working     |
|       10 | Hisri (New) Bauxite Mine    | M/s Hindalco Ind. Ltd.          | Lohardaga  |       14.55  | Working     |
|       11 | Pakhar Bauxite Mine         | M/s Minerals &MineralsPvt. Ltd. | Lohardaga  |       15.58  | Working     |
|       12 | Pakhar Bauxite Mine         | M/s Minerals &MineralsPvt. Ltd. | Lohardaga  |      109.507 | Working     |
|       13 | Pakhar Bauxite Mine         | J K BHAGAT                      | Lohardaga  |       35.83  | Working     |
|       14 | Chapi Bauxite Mine          | A K Singh                       | Lohardaga  |        9.87  | Working     |
|       15 | Bagru Bauxite Mine          | MMPSingh                        | Lohardaga  |       10.11  | Working     |
|       16 | Bandobar Bauxite Mine       | Smt. Leela Devi                 | Lohardaga  |       20.69  | Working     |
|       17 | Pakhar Bauxite Mine         | M/s Hindalco Ind. Ltd.          | Lohardaga  |       38.952 | Non-Working |
|       18 | Bahagarha Bauxite Mine      | V H Pathak                      | Gumla      |        6.029 | Working     |

|   SI No. | Name of the Mine            | Name of the owner/Lessee         | District   |   Area in ha | Status      |
|----------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|------------|--------------|-------------|
|       19 | Chirodih Bauxite Mine       | J MLGupta                        | Gumla      |       84.412 | Working     |
|       20 | Bimarla Bauxite Mine        | M/s Minerals &MineralsPvt. Ltd., | Gumla      |      134.376 | Working     |
|       21 | Amtipani Bauxite Mine       | Bajrang Prasad Agrawal           | Gumla      |       38.768 | Working     |
|       22 | Sherengdag Bauxite Mine     | M/s Hindalco Ind. Ltd.           | Gumla      |      402.67  | Working     |
|       23 | Gurdari Bauxite Mine        | M/s Hindalco Ind. Ltd.           | Gumla      |     1039.54  | Working     |
|       24 | Amtipani Bauxite Mine       | M/s Hindalco Ind. Ltd.           | Gumla      |      190.95  | Working     |
|       25 | Kujam-II Bauxite Mine       | M/s Hindalco Ind. Ltd.           | Gumla      |      157.38  | Working     |
|       26 | Kujam-I Bauxite Mine        | M/s Hindalco Ind. Ltd.           | Gumla      |       80.87  | Working     |
|       27 | Chirodih Bauxite Mine       | P S Garg                         | Gumla      |       16.59  | Working     |
|       28 | Amtipani Bauxite Mine       | B N Mahendru                     | Gumla      |       26.3   | Working     |
|       29 | New Amtipani Bauxite Mine   | Awadesh Kumar Singh              | Gumla      |       49.07  | Working     |
|       30 | Chirodih Bauxite Mine       | MMPSingh                         | Gumla      |       31.42  | Working     |
|       31 | Jobhipat Bauxite Mine       | M/S O P Gupta &Co.               | Gumla      |      129.445 | Working     |
|       32 | Kujam Bauxite Mine          | G C P Agrawal                    | Gumla      |       76.4   | Working     |
|       33 | Narma Bauxite Mine          | A K Poddar                       | Gumla      |       17.3   | Working     |
|       34 | Serka-Serendag Bauxite Mine | U P Agrawal                      | Gumla      |       63.25  | Working     |
|       35 | Lupungpat Bauxite Mine      | MPMittal                         | Gumla      |       62.16  | Working     |
|       36 | Harup Bauxite Mine          | C K T Popat                      | Gumla      |       45.65  | Working     |
|       37 | Narma Bauxite Mine          | MMPSingh                         | Gumla      |       20.99  | Working     |
|       38 | Jalim &Sanai Bauxite Mine   | M/s Hindalco Ind. Ltd.           | Gumla      |       38.45  | Working     |
|       39 | Amtipani Bauxite Mine       | M/s S S Enterprises              | Gumla      |       65.167 | Non-Working |
|       40 | Amtipani Bauxite Mine       | M/s Rajhans Refractories         | Gumla      |       64.62  | Non-Working |
|       41 | Jilingsira Bauxite Mine     | P K Poddar                       | Gumla      |       47.93  | Non-Working |
|       42 | Langratand Bauxite Mine     | Arvind Bhai Patel                | Gumla      |       16.754 | Non-Working |
|       43 | Chiro-Kukud Bauxite Mine    | M/s Hindalco Ind. Ltd.           | Latehar    |      166.68  | Working     |
|       44 | Orsapat Bauxite Mine        | M/s Hindalco Ind. Ltd.           | Latehar    |      309.191 | Non-Working |

Annexure-II

## Referred to in reply of part (b) of Un-starred Question No.2366 to be answered on 16.3.2017

Table showing the production of bauxite during the last three years.

(in tonnes)

| State          |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16(P) |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
| India          |  22319148 |  22493671 |     28133516 |
| Chhattisgarh   |   1314129 |   1560784 |      1991454 |
| Goa            |    220400 |    268500 |       310764 |
| Gujarat        |   7309743 |   5825628 |     10253591 |
| Jharkhand      |   2282428 |   2040519 |      2111226 |
| Karnataka      |     74500 |    127500 |        12050 |
| Madhya Pradesh |    775508 |    831899 |       680705 |
| Maharashtra    |   2606349 |   2669408 |      1907543 |
| Orissa         |   7635196 |   9091061 |     10839038 |
| Tamil Nadu     |    100895 |     78372 |        27145 |