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Kurmitar Mine

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Iron Ore
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotKurmitar is an opencast iron ore operation.

CLO and fines are transported by dumper to the stockyard, which is further transported to respective buyers.

Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd 100 % Indirect
Kurmitar is owned by Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd. As a wholly state-owned enterprise, OMC operates under the complete ownership of the Government of Odisha.

Deposit type

  • Banded iron formation hosted

Summary:

The lease area is a part of major Horse-shoe shaped Singhbhum-Bonai-Keonjhar iron ore belt/series/formation.

The deposit forms a northerly plunging synclinorium. The litho-unit observed at ML as follows: Laterite, Iron ore (HLO, SLO, HMO & blue dust), BHJ/BHQ,Shale. Based on exploration data, the configuration of ore body as follows: 2700m X 950m X 70m.

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Mining Methods

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Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Water usage

Parameter2024202320222021
Fresh water 79.8 ML97.9 ML88.4 ML85.4 ML
Recycled water 9.07 ML17.1 ML

Commodity Production

CommodityUnits202420232022202120202019
Iron Ore t  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe2,400,000
All production numbers are expressed as lump & fines.

Operational metrics

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Ore tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe2.4 Mt

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Personnel

Mine Management

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