All You Need To Know About Mining Company In India.
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Mining Overview
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals from the earth. In India, Mining is controlled and regulated by the Minister of Mines, and is responsible for the survey and exploration of all minerals, other than natural gases, petroleum, and atomic minerals, for mining and metallurgy of non-ferrous metals like aluminum, copper, zinc, lead, gold, nickel, etc. and for the administration of the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 in respect of all mines and minerals other than coal, natural gas, and petroleum.
Type of Mining
- Mining has 4 types they are,
- underground,
- Underground mines are more expensive and are often used to reach deeper deposits.
- open surface (pit),
- Surface mines are typically used for more shallow and less valuable deposits.
- placer,
- Placer mining is used to sift out valuable metals from sediments in river channels, beach sands, or other environments.
- In-situ mining
- It is primarily used in mining uranium, involves dissolving the mineral resource in place then processing it at the surface without moving rock from the ground.
- underground,
List of Mining Company in India
| Company Name | Product Type |
| 20 MICRONS LTD | Mineral Mining |
| ASHAPURA MENACHEM | Mineral Mining |
| KACHCHH MINERALS LTD | Mineral Mining |
| Rajasthan State Mines and Minerals Limited | Mineral Mining |
| Vedanta Limited | Aluminum, Iron ore, Copper, Zinc, Iro ore |
| ASI Industries Ltd | Stone Mining |
| Midwest Granite Pvt Ltd | Stone Mining |
| Pallava Red Granite Pvt Ltd | Stone Mining |
| MOIL Limited | Manganese Ore |
| SOUTHERN MAGNESIUM & CHEMICALS | Manganese Ore |
| Ferro-Alloys Corporation | Ferromanganese |
| Balasore Alloys Ltd | Ferromanganese |
| Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Limited | Ferromanganese |
| ORISSA MINERALS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY | Iron Ore and Manganese |
| SANDUR MANGANESE & IRON ORES | Iron Ore and Manganese |
| A.P.Iron Ore Company Ltd | Iron Ore |
| Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited | Iron Ore |
| Essel Mining & Industries | Iron Ore |
| National Mineral Development Corporation | Iron Ore |
| Hindustan Copper Limited | Copper |
| Hindustan zinc | Zinc |
| Uranium Corporation of India | Uranium |
| Hutti Gold Mines Ltd | Gold Mining |
| DECCAN GOLD MINES LTD | Gold Mining |
| Coal India | Coal Mining |
| South Eastern Coal Field Ltd. | Coal Mining |
| Western Coal Fields Ltd | Coal Mining |
| Mahanadi Coal Fields Ltd. | Coal Mining |
| Singareni Coal Collieries Ltd. | Coal Mining |
| NLC INDIA LIMITED | Coal Mining |
| Madanpur South Coal Mine | Coal Mining |
Top Gold Mining Company in India
DECCAN GOLD MINES LTD
- Symbol: DGML
- Year: 19
- Headquarter: Bangalore
DGML has been involved in gold exploration activities in the states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh where the activities have resulted in defining a number of gold prospects spread across these states.
DMGL Operation are
- Dharwar Shimoga Belt
- Hutti-Maski Belt
- Mangalur Schist Belt
- Ramagiri Schist Belt
DGML has so far explored an area of around 6,574 sq. km. in the Dharwar Shimoga Greenstone belt, Hutti-Maski Greenstone Belt, Mangalur Schist Belt in the State of Karnataka. Multi-parametric exploration techniques such as remote sensing studies, regional and detailed geological mapping, regional and detailed geochemical and geophysical exploration, topographic survey, and various drilling and multi-element chemical analysis were adopted in undertaking the exploration work, as per international standards.
Hutti Gold Mines Ltd
- Symbol: HGML
- Year: 1947
- Headquarter: Karnataka
HGML has been active in the exploration, development, and exploitation of gold deposits occurring in Karnataka. it operates two units-The Hutti Gold unit (HGU), in Raichur district and the Chitradurga Gold Unit (CGU) in Chitradurga district with an operating mine at Ajjanahalli. HGU is a fully integrated unit with a capacity to produce 5,50,000 tones per annum.
CGU’s operations for gold mining and processing ore are temporarily suspended and the company has diversified into wind form projects and has established 11.2MW in its leased premises.
Top Coal Mining company in India.
Coal India Limited
- Symbol: CIL
- Founded:1975
- Headquarter: Kolkata
Coal India Limited (CIL) is a state-owned coal mining corporate in India. CIL today is the single largest coal producer in the world It has 352 mines (as of 1st April 2020) of which 158 are underground, 174 opencast, and 20 mixed mines. CIL further operates 12 coal washeries, (10 coking coal and 2 non-coking coal) and also manages other establishments like workshops, hospitals, and so on. CIL has 26 training Institutes and 84 Vocational Training Centres.
CIL subsidiaries are
- Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL),
- Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL),
- Central Coalfields Limited (CCL),
- Western Coalfields Limited (WCL),
- South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL),
- Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL)and
- Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL)
CIL is committed to playing a major role in achieving the Nation’s energy security. Based on the demand projection in ‘Vision 2024’ for the coal sector in the country and subsequent demand projection on CIL, a roadmap has been prepared wherein CIL has envisioned 1 Billion Tones production in the year 2023-24 to meet the coal demand of the country.
Singareni Coal Collieries Ltd.
- Symbol: SCCL
- Founded:1975
- Headquarter: Kolkata
SCCL is a Government coal mining company jointly owned by the Government of Telangana and the Government of India on a 51:49 equity basis. SCCL is currently operating 20 opencast and 25 underground mines in 4 districts of Telangana.
Coal Mining is an inherently environment damaging and degrading activity. Realizing this, SCCL has launched a number of ‘eco-friendly practices’ to mitigate the damage to the environment and improve the quality of life. In all mining areas, extensive green belts have been developed, and monitoring of air and water quality is done on a regular basis to assess the impact of mining on the environment and corrective steps are being implemented immediately. Opencast Mines are being restored to pre-mining conditions.
NLC INDIA LIMITED
- Symbol: NLC
- Founded:1956
- Headquarter: Neyveli
NLC India Limited main activity is Mining (Coal & Lignite) and Power Generation (Thermal and Renewable Energy). NLC is presently operating lignite mines with a total installed capacity of 30.60 MTPA and considering the other Projects under formulation/implementation, the total lignite mining capacity is likely to be increased to 62.15 MTPA by the year 2025.
NLC India at present has four open cast lignite mines namely Mine I, Mine II, Mine IA & Barsingsar Mine, and one open cast coal mine, Talabira II & III. The lignite mined out is used as fuel to the linked Pit head power stations. Also, raw lignite is being sold to small-scale industries to use as fuel in their production activities.
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