The Institution of Engineers (India)

in service of the Nation since 1920

Call for Papers

International Conference

Mining – Present and Future –

Investment, Issues and Challenges

Date : October 23-25, 2019

Hosted by: Telangana State Centre

Venue: Hyderabad

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The Institution of Engineers (India) or IEI is the largest multidisciplinary professional body that
encompasses 15 engineering disciplines and gives engineers a global platform for sharing
professional interest. Established in 1920, with its headquarter at 8 Gokhale Road, Kolkata 700020,
India, IEI has served the engineering fraternity close to a century. During this period of time, IEI has
been inextricably linked with the history of modern-day engineering. In 1935, IEI was incorporated
by Royal Charter and remains the only professional body in India which has been accorded this
honour. Today, its quest for professional excellence has given it a place of pride in almost every
prestigious and relevant organization across the globe. It provides a vast array of technical,
professional and supporting services to the Government, Industries, Academia and the Engineering
fraternity, operating through its 123 Centres located across the country and six overseas chapters.
Besides, IEI has bilateral agreements with about 31 international bodies and membership of
another eight international bodies of the developed nations across the globe. Being recognized as a
Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (SIRO) by the Department of Scientific and
Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, IEI promotes the
cause of research and development by providing Grant-in-Aid support to undergraduate, post
graduate students and PhD Research Scholars of Engineering Institutions and Universities.

IEI conducts Section A & B Examinations in various engineering disciplines (popularly known as
AMIE examination), the successful completion of which is recognized as equivalent to Degree in
appropriate field of Engineering of recognized Universities of India by the Ministry of Human
Resources Development, Government of India.

IEI in collaboration with Springer regularly publishes peer-reviewed International Journals in five
series, namely, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D and Series E covering 15 engineering disciplines.
All these Journals are SCOPUS Indexed.

For further details, please visit: www.ieindia.org

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India is bestowed with fairly good natural resources with a long main coastline of 6068 km tapering
into the Indian Ocean, forming a peninsula. India’s mineral endowment is substantial to meet the
emerging needs of the population, for over a period of time. In addition it has high geological
potential to enlarge the mineral availability. India takes pride in its mineral wealth, possessing
abundant reserves in terms of Thermal Coal, Iron ore, Bauxite, Chromite, Manganese Ore, Zinc,
Barites, Limestone, Graphite, Vermiculite etc., but lacks in Coking Coal, Petroleum Crude, Nickel,
Tungsten, Cobalt, Molybdenum, Antimony, Gold Silver, Tin and poor in Sulphur & Potash deposits.
In recent years mining has undergone a sea change in terms of deployment of high-tech
applications and management systems for transfer of state of the art technology all over the world
and India is no exception. In India with progressive industrialization, the emphasis is on mines and
adopting of latest technologies and focus is on augmenting productivity and value addition. There
still exists abundant scope in India to adapt to the state of art technology in various segments of
mining industry. New mineral policy has brought in lot of changes to improve and develop mines by
opening the minerals sector for private initiatives both domestic and foreign. The policy envisages
foreign technology and equity participation in exploration and exploitation of scarce and high value
minerals and promotion of joint ventures in mineral industry. Mining investments encompass a
vast arena of subjects enveloping total gamut of mining activity in its fold. However it can be
broadly categorized into three functions, one is Exploration, second is New Mining Technology for
Exploitation, and third one is related to Mine Economics and Earnings through Mining Ventures.
The future mining in India will therefore have increased focus on technology innovation,
intervention and collaboration. However the need of the hour is to augment for mineral resources,
expand the available mineable reserve base, explore and probe new areas, at a faster pace by
conducting proper detailed exploration. As such mineral investigation is of primary concern and
essential. A sense of urgency is needed to prove new mineral bearing areas, to meet both domestic
needs, as well as for export purposes and also to meet future demand projections. All these
activities need huge investments, research work and deployment of men, material & high-tech
equipment to conduct a comprehensive and a holistic survey and detailed mineral exploration of
the entire country both at macro & micro levels. The following are some of the major forces and
potential opportunities that are shaping the global mining trends and future scenarios which are
likely to generate positive and lasting impact. Digital revolution, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence,
Drones, Electric Vehicles, Air borne surveys, geophysical survey, advanced sensors, high tech
hydraulic and hydro static drilling equipment for deep bore wells. Diamond core drills and diamond
bits, drill rods, Geological mapping, drilling & continuous recording sensors and sensor equipment,
Digital core logging, Computer Aided Design, pilot plants, mineral processing and dressing etc.
These are the technologies which are well within the reach, need to be acquired and adopted to
make India super rich mineral country. The second dimension is innovation in Mining technology
and exploitation of mining preferably, which involves huge capital investments, infrastructure
development, logistic supports, transportation development (Road, Rail, Sea, Sea- port and
conveyor belts with sensor), High tech mining equipment, underground long wall supporting
systems, hauling equipment, winding engines, mineral dressing and processing equipment, Clean
Coal Technologies, CBM and gasification technologies etc. Manufacturing Heavy Earth Moving
machines, excavators, draglines, dumpers, dozers, Motor graders, conveyors, continuous miners,
emerging technologies, robotics and Artificial intelligence. The third dimension of investment is
based upon Mine Economics and Earnings through the mining ventures under taken. Some of
features which have a bearing on Mine Economics and earnings are Mineral Beneficiation, Pricing,
Taxation, Export and Import policy. New Mineral policy brought in lot of changes to improve and
develop mines by opening the minerals sector for private initiatives, both domestic and Foreign.
The policy envisages foreign technology and equity participation of scarce and high value minerals
and promotion of joint ventures in Mining. Many Multi-National Companies visited India in search
of Mining investment and contributed significantly to it. MNC’s desire to have long term Mining
Lease assurances for Investments. India needs foreign direct investment and foreign technologies
without further delay. We need to initiate action in this direction as expeditiously as possible to
meet the demands of global market. One of our endeavors is to develop fast and this can be possible
by developing and exploiting minerals through public and private partnerships, by foreign direct
investments and by the participation of Multi National Companies in the Country. Mining cost
overruns are mainly due to abnormal delays in statutory clearances, interference of NGO and
political affairs which have a large bearing on exports and earnings. Another important aspect is
Taxation policy.

Three Plenary Sessions and Four Technical Sessions will be conducted covering all the Sub-Themes.
Invited lectures will be delivered by eminent professionals of international and national repute in
the respective field. Technical papers will be published in the Technical Volume of the Conference.

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• Innovation In Exploration
• Innovation In Mining Technology
• Mine Economics and Earnings Through Mining Ventures
• Mining Environment, Waste Management and Rehabilitation
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We invite scholarly, practical and original contributions for presentation and discussion during the
International Conference on the theme and sub-themes as per the schedule given below:-

Submission of Abstracts : 30 July, 2019

Notification of Acceptance of Abstract : 14 August, 2019
Submission of full text paper : 01 September, 2019
Acceptance of full paper : 15 September, 2019

The Abstract should be in MS Word, Times New Roman, in 12 point, one and half space, 300 to 500
words along with the details of authors and co-authors including email ID and mobile contact
number.

The authors are invited to submit a one–page abstract of their paper, along with a brief CV with
their latest colored passport size photograph. For further information please contact the Chairman-
Technical Committee, International Conference on email: telanganasc@ieindia.org

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Authors of accepted abstracts may submit their full paper for the International Conference as per
the Guidelines as mentioned below:-
1. Papers should be camera-ready in MS-Word format, not exceeding 3000 words in length and
should not carry more than 5 illustrations /photographs.
2. The language of the Publication is English. The mode of presentation should be in third person.
3. The Template for preparation of article is attached for ready reference of the authors.
4. SI units should be used wherever possible. Other units, if used, should be given only in
parentheses preceded by SI units.
5. Mathematical symbols should be typed and care should be taken to differentiate between
similar characters (e.g. 1 and I), upper and lower case letters and superscripts and subscripts.
6. Lengthy mathematical proofs and derivations and extensive test data are discouraged. If
absolutely essential, they should be given as an appendix.
7. The template of Paper can be downloaded from the link:
https://www.ieindia.org/webui/IEI-Activities.aspx#Call_Papers

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The papers are considered for possible publication on the understanding that these have not been
submitted to any other publisher. The copyright of papers accepted for publication lies with The
Institution of Engineers (India) and reproduction of the papers or any part thereof is not allowed
without the permission of the Institution. Contributors are required to sign a declaration to this
effect while submitting their papers.

As per Bye-Law 118 of IEI, Copyright of each paper published in Institution Journals shall lie with
the Institution.

The Declaration Form of IEI can be downloaded from the link:

https://www.ieindia.org/webui/IEI-Activities.aspx#Call_Papers

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Corresponding / Presenting Author(s) have to register themselves for the International Conference,
without which the paper will not be considered for presentation.
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The Organising Secretary

International Conference on “Mining – Present and Future – Investment, Issues and
Challenges”
The Institution of Engineers (India)
Telangana State Centre
Visvesvaraya Bhavan, Khairatabad,
Hyderabad 500004, India
: +91-40-23314969
: telanganasc@ieindia.org
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