Iron Ore Mining

Iron Ore

Kashimurthy Shetty & Sons is to carry out mining at Keshavpura in Chittradurga

Details: Category: Iron Ore

Kashimurthy Shetty & Sons is to carry out mining at Keshavpura Iron ore mine located at village Keshavapura, in Holalkere Taluk in Chittradurga district of Karnataka with an investment of Rs. 20 million. The proposed rated capacity of the mine is at 0.55 MTPA (iron ore) and 0.005 MTPA (manganese ore) respectively. It may be noted, the mine was not in operation for 16 years. The mine is near Bheemasandra tank and 23 kms away from Chittradurga fort. The estimated mineable reserves are 3.184 MT for Iron ore and 0.257 MT for Manganese. It will use open cast mecahnized mining technology with blasting operations.

Nadeem Minerals is expanding Donimalai Iron Ore Mine

Details: Category: Iron Ore

Nadeem Minerals is expanding Donimalai Iron Ore Mine located at village Taranagar, in Bellary district of Karnataka from 0.6 to 2.0 MTPA with an investment of Rs. 10 million. the estimated mineable reserves of 15.51 mt. It may be noted Narihalla Reservoir is located 3.5 km away from the lease boundary. Kumaraswamy Temple and Maliyamma Gudi are located in the buffer zone.

Kalyani Steels is to carry out iron and manganese ore mining at Sandur

Details: Category: Iron Ore

Kalyani Steels is to carry out iron and manganese ore mining at village Kumaraswamy Range, in Sandur Taluk, in Bellary district of Karnataka. The proposed rated capacity of the mine is at 0.539 MTPA of iron ore and 0.076 MTPA of manganese ore from an estimated total mineable reserves of 9.10 mt. Method of mining will be open cast mechanized involving drilling and blasting operations. The total project cost is estimated at Rs. 250 million.

Usha Martin is carrying out Expansion of Vijay-II Iron Ore Mining Project

Details: Category: Iron Ore

Usha Martin is carrying out Expansion of Vijay-II Iron Ore Mining Project located in Village Ghatkuri, Tehsil Noamundi, District West Singbhum of Jharkhand with an investment of Rs. 200 million. The targeted production capacity of the mine will be 2.5millionTPA of iron ore and the life of mine will be 8 years. It may be noted, the Karo River and the Koina River are flowing in the buffer zone of the mine at a distance of 1km and 5km respectively from the mine lease boundary

Exploration at Chormol Iron Ore Mine in Sanguem in Goa

Details: Category: Iron Ore

Exploration for iron ore is to be carried out at Chormol Iron Ore Mine at village Bati, in Sanguem taluk in South district of Goa. The proposed rated capacity of the mine is at 0.164 mtpa from a mineable reserves of 6.304 mt. The total project cost is estimated at Rs. 22.4 million. It may be noted, Salauli reservoir is located at a distance of 4.0 km. Proposed Netravali Wild Life sanctuary is located adjacent to the lease