The Geology, Mining and Raw Materials (GMR) programme of Centre for Mining, Environment, Plant Engineering & Operation (CME) has been constantly providing industrial and technological support in the areas of cement and building materials starting with identification of potential sites for green field projects, geological investigation, exploitation of raw materials, computer aided deposit evaluation and mine planning. A large number of R&D and sponsored assignments in the area of raw material investigation, characterization and their impact on the process to produce optimized quality product has been carried out. GMR has leading softwares available in the field of Geology and Mining like DATAMINE STUDIO, RM SCHEDULAR, MULTI MINE SCHEDULAR and AutoCAD.
Services Offered
- Identification, Geological Appraisal & Feasibility study of Potential Limestone Deposits
- Planning, Supervision and Monitoring of Exploration activities
- Computer Aided Deposit Evaluation, Mine Planning and Production Scheduling and in-pit Blending solutions using Datamine Studio, RM Scheduler and Multimine Scheduler
- Strategy Planning and Sensitivity Analysis for Long term resource optimization for single or multiple mines
- Technical Health Audit of Open Cast Limestone Mines
- Lab Scale Dry Beneficiation Studies of Low/Marginal Grade Limestone
Select List of Research and Development Projects
- Updating of National Inventory of Cement Grade Limestone Deposits (Continuous Activity).
- Revision of norms for proving limestone deposits for cement manufacture.
- Field Trials of Geophysical Techniques for Limestone Exploration at Gotan Limestone Deposit, District Nagaur, Rajasthan
- Raw Materials availability vis-à-vis eco-friendly exploitation in non-cluster regions for future growth of cement industry.
- Productivity Enhancement and Quality Control System Design for Continuous Surface Miner Technology.
- Establishing Potential Techniques for upgradation of Low grade Limestone and mine rejects.
- Digital Image Processing of Remotely Sensed Data for Limestone Exploration
- Integration of NCB’s mine planning software
- Study of Heterogeneous Limestone Deposits in India for Applicability of Modern Surface Mining Technology
- Modern Mining Equipment as Applicable to the Indian Cement Industry