Indian Minerals Yearbook 2011

(Part- I) 50th Edition

STATUS OF RECONNAISSANCE PERMITS, PROSPECTING LICENCES AND MINING LEASES IN INDIA
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES

Indira Bhavan, Civil Lines, NAGPUR 440 102
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INTRODUCTION
for preliminary prospecting of a mineral through regional, aerial, geophysical or geochemical surveys and geological mapping, but does not include pitting, trenching, drilling (except drilling boreholes on a grid specified from time to time by the Central Government) or subsurface excavation. The provision of Reconnaissance Permits (RP) was introduced in 1999 under the Mines & Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act,1957 and in 2000 under the Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 and Mineral Conservation & Development Rules,1988 made under the Act. During 2010-11, the Government has approved/ granted 30 Reconnaissance Permits covering a total area of 35,913.72 sq km. Out of these, the maximum number of RPs were in Madhya Pradesh (16), Karnataka (7), Rajasthan (3) and Chhattisgarh & Uttar Pradesh (2 each ). The details of the RPs approved / granted during 2010-11 are given in Table - 1.

nder the Mines & Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 and Mineral Concession

Rules, 1960, the State Governments accord grant/ renewal of reconnaissance permits, prospecting licences and mining leases. Also, the State Governments are required to submit a copy of every permit/licence/lease granted/renewed to the Controller General, IBM, under Rule 57 (1) of Mineral Concession Rules, 1960. Additionally, the State Governments also have to submit a consolidated Annual Return of all reconnaissance permits, prospecting licences and mining leases granted or renewed to the Controller General, IBM, in a prescribed format under Rule 57 (2) of Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 not later than 30th day of June of each year, for the previous financial year.

RECONNAISSANCE PERMITS
Reconnaissance Permit is a permit granted for the purpose of undertaking reconnaissance operations which means any operation undertaken

Table-1: Reconnaissance Permits Approved / Granted during 2010-11

State India Chhattisgarh Karnataka Diamond, Gold & Associated minerals Gold Diamond, Gold & Associated minerals Madhya Pradesh Diamond, Gold, Iron ore, Manganese ore, Diamond, Gold, Copper, Lead Zinc & Associated minerals Rajasthan Diamond, Gold, Copper Lead, Zinc & Associated minerals Diamond, Gold & Associated minerals 3 4456.12 Mineral No. Area (sq km)

30 2 1 6 3 13

35913.72 3435.00 46.00 7146.12 6192.00 11981.73

Uttar Pradesh

2656.75

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PROSPECTING LICENCES
Under the Mines & Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957, "Prospecting Licence" (PL) means a licence granted for the purpose of undertaking prospecting operations with a view to exploring, locating or proving mineral deposits. The State Governments and Union Territories are empowered to grant/renew/revoke Prospecting Licence (PL) under provisions of Mineral Concession Rules, 1960. As per information received from the State Governments/Union Territories, 131 prospecting licences were granted covering an area of 35,682 ha during 2010-11 as compared with 81 prospecting licences covering 21,386 ha area during 2009-10. The states where prospecting licences were granted during 2010-11 include Madhya Pradesh (66), Maharashtra (14), Uttarakhand (13), Rajasthan (11), Jharkhand (10), Andhra Pradesh (9), Chhattisgarh (5),

Gujarat (2), Tamil Nadu (1). Areawise, Madhya Pradesh covered 25,637 hectares, Andhra Pradesh 3,364 hectares, Maharashtra 3,282 hectares and Jharkhand 2,587 hectares. The remaining area of 812 hectares was accounted for by rest of the states. The statewise distribution of prospecting licences granted during 2008-09 to 2010-11 is given in Table-2. Mineralwise, in 2010-11, prospecting licences granted were for limestone (27), manganese ore (18), iron ore (14), soapstone/ steatite (10) , silica sand (6) and dolomite (5). Thirty nine PLs were granted in respect of group of minerals. Limestone accounted for an area of 17,778 hectares out of the total area of 35,682 hectares covered by the Prospecting Licences granted during 2010-11 followed by iron ore (3,803 ha) and manganese ore (3,308 ha). Group of minerals covered an area of 10,381 hectares. The mineralwise distribution of prospecting licences granted during 2008-09 to 2010-11 is given in Table-3.

Table 2 : Prospecting Licences Granted, 2008-09 to 2010-11 (By States)

2008-09 State No. Area (ha) No. Area (ha) No. Area (ha) 2009-10 2010-11

India Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Chhattisgarh Gujarat Jharkhand Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Uttarakhand Area figures rounded off.

21 6 2 11 2 -

1623 140 728 710 45 -

81 9 2 1 50 5 12 2 -

21386 4854 42 5 11182 2802 2499 2 -

131 9 5 2 10 66 14 11 1 13

35682 3364 71 25 2587 25637 3282 652 2 62

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Table 3 : Prospecting Licences Granted, 2008-09 to 2010-11 (By Minerals)

2008-09 Mineral No. India Barytes Calcite Dolomite Garnet (abrasive) Gold Iron ore Jaspar Laterite Limestone Magnesite Manganese ore Mica Moon Stone Pyrophyllite Quartz Quartzite Red ochre Soapstone/steatite Shale Silica sand White Clay Group of minerals Area figures rounded off. 21 1 1 1 2 1 2 7 1 2 3 Area (ha) 1623 3 25 9 728 22 482 210 9 40 95 No. 81 3 1 6 1 11 17 16 1 1 1 1 1 21 Area (ha) 21386 10 26 460 185 2392 11159 3156 30 1 5 5 18 3939 No. 131 1 5 14 4 27 2 18 1 1 2 10 6 1 39 Area (ha) 35682 4 23 3803 75 17778 9 3308 4 4 14 49 225 5 10381 2009-10 2010-11

MINING LEASES
Section 3 (c) of the Mines & Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act 1957 defines Mining Lease (ML) as a lease granted for the purpose of undertaking mining operations and includes a sub-lease granted for such purpose. The Act defines mining operations as any operation undertaken for the purpose of winning any mineral. The status of mining leases as on 31.3.2011 indicates that 11,003 mining leases were in force in the country in 23 states covering an area of 547,814 ha for 65 metallic and non-metallic minerals excluding lignite, coal, petroleum, natural gas, atomic minerals and minor minerals. During 2010-11, the statewise break up of leases as reflected in Table-4 indicates Rajasthan was

leading with 2,696 leases followed by Andhra Pradesh (1,999), Gujarat (1,152), Madhya Pradesh (1,100), Tamil Nadu (945), Karnataka (754), Odisha (532), Goa (336), Jharkhand (332), Chhattisgarh (316), and Maharashtra (251). These eleven states together accounted for about 95% of the total mining leases in force. Of the total mining lease area covered by different States, Rajasthan accounted for 20% followed by Odisha (14%), Andhra Pradesh (12%),Karnataka (11%), Tamil Nadu & Jharkhand (7% each), Madhya Pradesh (6%), Gujarat (5%), Goa & Chhattisgarh (4% each ) and Maharashtra (3%). These eleven states accounted for about 93% of the total mining lease area granted and the remaining 7% was accounted for by the rest of the twelve states.

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Scheduled minerals are those listed in the First Schedule to the MM(DR) Act, 1957. There are 10 minerals under Scheduled Minerals for which mining leases were in existence as on 31.3.2011. The number of existing mining leases are 1,596, i.e., 14% of the total mining leases accounting for an area of 1,87,016.82 hectares which is 34% of the total mining area in the country. Out of the ten scheduled minerals, the total number of mining leases for iron ore is placed at 800 followed by bauxite (343), manganese ore (340), chromite (35 ), asbestos (34), copper ore (17), lead and zinc ores (12), gold (11) , diamond (2) ruby and sapphire (1 each). During 2010-11, mining leases in force were in both Private and Public sectors including Central and State Government Undertakings. Out of the total 11,003 mining leases in force in the country, 10,467 (95%) mining leases with an area of 3,64,181.14 ha (67%) are in the Private Sector and the remaining 536 (5%) leases are in the Public Sector extending over an area of 1,83,633.17 ha (33% of the total mining lease area). Most of the scheduled minerals, namely copper ore,

lead & zinc ores, gold, iron ore, manganese ore, chromite, asbestos and non-scheduled minerals like limestone, dolomite, pyrite, fluorite, apatite, barytes, kyanite & magnesite, etc. are being exploited by both Public and Private Sectors. In the metallic minerals, ferrous group of minerals include iron ore, manganese ore, chromite, while nonferrous group of minerals comprises bauxite, copperlead-zinc, molybdenum, nickel, tin and the noble metals include gold, silver and platinum group of metals. There were no mining leases for molybdenum, nickel, silver and platinum group of metals in the country. In 2010-11 for 8 metallic minerals, existing mining leases were 1,573 (14%) covering an area of 1,84,751.66 ha (34%). On the other hand, existing leases for nonmetallic minerals/industrial minerals were 9,430 (86%) covering an area of 3,63,062.65 ha (66%). The statewise summary of mining leases during 2008-09 to 2010-11 is given in Table-4. The mineralwise summary of existing mining leases as on 31.3.2011 is given in Table-5. Sectorwise distribution of mining leases as on 31.3.2011 is given in Table-6.

Table - 4 : Existing Mining Leases, 2008-09 to 2010-11 ( By States )

2008-09 State No. India Andhra Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Himachal Pradesh Haryana Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Manipur Meghalaya Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Odisha Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal 9415 1578 8 10 312 422 1228 54 108 55 323 693 109 2 19 948 280 387 2167 3 482 88 69 70 Area (ha) 491445.64 54470.79 929.50 2030.16 17650.66 31457.43 27962.54 2027.18 11471.52 1814.75 36974.67 57398.26 3042.12 610.17 1433.97 28442.41 17703.21 67212.90 105607.10 96.30 6652.01 9290.11 3077.78 4090.10 No. 10488 1948 8 11 314 337 1125 54 110 57 330 615 85 2 22 963 254 528 2587 3 925 88 69 53 Area (ha) 507403.84 71072.74 929.50 2074.72 20143.54 24445.88 30817.62 2665.09 11638.53 2671.84 37059.58 46784.85 2943.33 610.17 1448.53 28524.20 16312.35 76356.67 106479.18 96.32 11180.67 9290.11 3077.78 780.64 No. 11003 1999 8 11 316 336 1152 54 118 57 332 754 82 2 21 1100 251 532 2696 3 945 95 89 50 Area (ha) 547814.31 68047.13 929.50 2074.72 23551.77 24393.26 30035.65 3440.41 12255.12 2671.84 37071.32 59204.59 2878.62 610.17 1297.63 30930.93 16093.72 77743.91 107102.01 96.32 37780.11 7608.54 1276.76 720.28 2009-10 2010-2011

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Table - 5 : Existing Mining Leases as on 31.3.2011 (By Minerals)

Mineral No. of Leases 11003 3 6 2 34 54 164 343 1 14 80 162 514 35 106 17 17 2 12 542 1 1 6 862 272 16 96 1 11 121 89 11 Lease area (ha) 547814.31 59.62 74.42 20.17 1632.75 28281.41 2587.75 30032.74 159.00 151.54 1620.02 650.75 17386.17 9432.57 1280.61 10007.01 240.62 275.96 94.38 8124.63 14.28 5.00 102.29 11653.41 6507.87 1670.71 938.88 12.08 6441.71 3787.65 15255.15 104.35

Table - 5 (Concld.)
Mineral No. of Leases 800 5 32 186 12 19 35 2073 40 340 8 311 62 158 1 12 1 97 10 1892 88 1 57 1 46 545 6 18 474 15 16 24 16 7 Lease area (ha) 98082.70 211.70 3217.74 2293.10 7175.19 648.17 4879.47 153926.94 3015.53 23258.72 1729.08 7511.74 1380.64 3405.40 144.88 2750.76 647.50 2259.98 90.84 16696.91 2016.35 4.07 13547.01 673.40 570.11 17797.48 2847.06 683.31 16609.18 321.02 285.94 212.16 74.90 239.86

Iron ore Jasper Kyanite Laterite Lead & Zinc ore Lime kankar Limeshell Limestone Magnesite Manganese ore Marl Mica Moulding sand Ochre Perlite Phosphorite Pyrites Pyrophyllite Pyroxenite Quartz Quartzite Ruby Sand (Others) Sapphire Shale Silica sand Sillimanite Slate Steatite Tin Vermiculite White clay White shale Wollastonite

India Agate Amethyst Apatite Asbestos Ball clay Barytes Bauxite Borax Calcareous sand Calcite Chalk China clay Chromite Clay (Others) Copper ore Corundum Diamond Diaspore Dolomite Dunite Epidote Felsite Felspar Fireclay Fluorite Garnet Garnet (Gem) Gold Graphite Gypsum Iolite

(Contd.)

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Table - 6 : Existing Mining Leases as on 31.3.2011 (By Sectors)

Sector No. of leases India Public Central Government Undertakings State Government Undertakings Private 339 10467 3 95 73386.64 364181.14 13 67 197 2 110246.53 20 11003 536 100 5 % Area (ha) 547814.31 183633.17 100 33 %

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