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Tata Steel's Noamundi Iron Mine bags Overall Performance Award in the MEMC Week

Tata Steel's Noamundi Iron Mine bags Overall Performance Award in the MEMC Week

| | 27 Feb 2017, 07:19 pm
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IBNS): Tata Steel Noamundi Iron Mine (NIM) bagged the first prize in the Overall Performance category in the 17th Mines Environment and Mineral Conservation (MEMC) week organized under the aegis of Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), Kolkata Region held on Saturday.


NIM also got the first prize under the category of Five Star Rating System among 14 mines that participated in the MEMC Week. It needs to be mentioned here that NIM is the first mine in the country to conduct pilot launch of Drone Application in Mine Monitoring.

The other prizes bagged by NIM include first prizes in Mineral Beneficiation and Sustainable Development and second prizes in the Afforestation and Best Stall categories. Ranjan Sahai, Controller General (I/C), IBM graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.

Inspection team members from the different mines visited the participating mines and evaluated their performance based on afforestation, waste dump management, systematic and scientific development, mineral conservation, reclamation and rehabilitation, mineral beneficiation, environmental monitoring, sustainable development, Publicity & Proganda as well as CSR activities of the mines. A panel of judges evaluated two crucial developments SDF (Sustainable Development Framework) and Five Star Rating System after rigorous assessment.

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