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POITracking March of CMPDI Towards Excellence

Central Mine Planning &Design Institute Limited(CMPDI), a Govt. of India

enterprise and a fully ownedsubsidiary of Coal India Limited(CIL), was originally conceivedand proposed in 1972 by a jointstudy group with Polish experts asa comprehensive planning set-upunder one roof for entire Indianmining industry, which was thenoperating on a rudimentary plan-ning system. In December 1973,the Government of India ap-proved the proposal of CMPDI'sformation restricting its field ofactivities initially to the then na-tionalized coal-industry, sincethe need for scientific planningfor the coal mining sector hadbecome paramount. In January,1974, CMPDI started function-ing as a division of the then con-stituted Coal Mines AuthorityLimited (CMAL), and the plan-ning wing of erstwhile NationalCoal Development Corporation( CDC) forming its nucleus.On 1st November, 1975, CMALwas merged to form CIL, andCMPDI attained the status of apublic limited company underCIL to render consultancy servic-es to CIL and its subsidiaries inthe areas of coal exploration, mineplanning & design, coal beneficia-tion & utilization, allied engineer-ing services, and human resourcedevelopment. Subsequently,CMPDI expanded its servicesto the areas of environmental

Mr. A. K. SinghCMD,CMPDI

engineering, information & com-munication technology, and labo-ratory & field services.CMPDI, having authorized capi-tal of Rs. 50 crores and paid-up capital of Rs. 19.04 crores, isgoverned by its own Board ofDirectors, constituted by Ministryof Coal. A full-time Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD),supported by four full-time func-tional Technical Directors and sixpart-time Directors including fourpart-time independent directors,constitute the Board of Directorsof the Company. Presently,CMPDI operates through its cor-porate Headquarter at Ranchi(Jharkhand) and strategically lo-cated seven Regional Institutes(RIs)at Asansol, Dhanbad, Ranchi,Nagpur, Bilaspur, Singrauli andBhubaneswar to provide "door-step services" to the coal compa-nies. It is aMiniRatna (CategoryII)company since May,2009and ISO9001certified sinceMarch, 1998.

Major services offered byCMPDIGeological Exploration and sup-port Services - Under this corefunction, following services areoffered for mineral deposits:

• Planning and execution ofexploration;

• Resource evaluation anddocumentation for investmentand exploitation decisions and• Related field tests and labo-ratory support.

Planning, Design and SupportServices - Being another corefunction of CMPDI, the followingservices for construction and op-eration of mining, beneficiation,utilization, and other infrastruc-ture and engineering projects:

• Formulation and/or evalua-tion of conceptual/pre-feasibility/feasibility studies, project reports,and basic and detailed engineer-ing designs;

• Engineering and other relat-ed consultancy and support; and• Related field tests and labo-ratory support.

Environmental Management Se-rvices - Covers all round supportto mining and mineral industryfor environmental managementduring their planning and op-erations including Mine ClosurePlanning, laboratory and testsupport. Land use monitoring ofall major opencast mines in CIL

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are being carried out by satellitesurveillance on yearly basis.

Management System Services- Covers complete range of con-sultancy and support for cre-ation, implementation, andcertification of various standard-ized management systems, e.g.ISO 9001 Quality ManagementSystem and its industry spe-cific translations, ISO 14001Environmental ManagementSystem, OHSAS18001 occupa-tional health and safety manage-ment, and SA8000social account-ability management.

Human Resource Development- Includes technical, managerialand management-systems relatedtraining to the market clientele,particularly in mineral and min-ing sector.

Specialised Services - Expertconsultancy services in the fieldof Geomatics including RemoteSensing, Ventilation & Gas sur-vey in mines, Controlled Blasting,Performance evaluation of newexplosives, Mining Electronics,Mine capacity Assessment, MineSupport Design, Rock MassRating (RMR), Non-DestructiveTesting, Management SystemConsultancy, Measurement ofCoal and OBR,etc.

Milestones

During 1975-90• Incorporated as a subsid-iary of CIL with RIs at Asansol,Dhanbad, Ranchi & Nagpur in1975and subsequently at Bilaspur& Singrauli and Bhubaneswar.

• Preparation of Project BlackDiamond - ten years perspectiveplan of coal.

• Identification and creationof total resource base for explo-ration and exploitation to enable

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CIL to achieve a quantum jump inproduction.

• Becomes nodal agency for co-coordinating & monitoring R&Dactivities in coal sector

• Rapid loading system withMGR (6000 tph), planned byCMPDI, was introduced at JayantOCr, NCL

• Opencast mines with ropeshovels of 10 Cum and RD 85Tplanned and started

• Development & indigeni-sation of modem explo"rationtechnology

• Introduced intermediatetechnology with SDL/LHD in un-derground mines

• Introduction of SatelliteRemote Sensing Application inCoal industry

• Advance EMPs for majorcoalfields planned

• First non-coking coal wash-ery at Bina, NCL planned andcommissioned

During 1991-2006• Tum Key construction ofBharatpur Coal Handling Plant(3.5Mty), MCL• Network of Environment

Labs established. Received ac-creditation from CPCB

• First ever major overseas con-sultancy assignment in Tanzania

• LAN established at CMPDI(HQ), Ranchi

• Introduction of non-coring drilling with geophysicallogging

• Introduction of In-seam seis-mic survey

• Mine planning throughMINEX software introduced

• ISO 9001 certification ob-tained for CMPDl's services &later upgraded to ISO-9001:2000

• Diversified into ManagementSystem Consultancy

• Vision Coal 2025'Draft docu-ment prepared on behalf of MoC

• Project on e-information cen-tre on coal & lignite' under R&Dprogramme of CILstarted

• Delineation of 7 prospectiveCBM blocks & preparation oftheir data package for DGH.

• Implementing agency for col-laborative development of CBMprospects in Jharia & Raniganjcoalfields by the consortium ofCIL&ONGC

COMPANY PROFILE

Mr. A. K. Singh, CMD, CMPDI receiving the Commendation Certificate of SCOPEMeritorius Award 2009-10 for R&D,Technology Development & Innovation from H.E.President of India in the presence of Mr. Praful Patel,Minister of HI&PE.

From 2007 to till date• Conferred with the status ofa Mini Ratna (Category-II) com-pany in May 2009

• India CMM / CBM Cleari-nghouse was established inCMPDI, Ranchi, Jharkhand at theinstance of MoC under the aegisof MoC and USEPA

• Awarded the CommendationCertificate of "SCOPEMeritoriousAward for R&D, TechnologyDevelopment & Innovation" forthe year 2009-10.

• MoU signed with Survey ofIndia for preparation of updatedtopographical maps of 28 majorIndian coalfields of India basedon Remote Sensing technique.This is a major step taken up byCIL/CMPDI to expedite the coalexploration, mine planning, andenvironmental management.

• MOU signed with MECL &exploration work involving 3.10lakh m of drilling in 7blocks wereawarded for taking up drilling atone lakh metre/annum.

• Successfully implementedthe UNDP/GEF/GoI fundedCBM/CMM recovery and utili-sation demonstration project atMoonidih mine of BCCL

• Monitoring of land use inlarge OC mines of CIL by remotesensing started

• Laboratory testing facilitiesfor resin & cement capsules (ap-proved by DGMS) established.• Establishment of CBMLab in2008 for conducting CBM relatedstudies• Prepared Model Bid docu-ment for construction of washeryon Built-Operate-Maintain basis

• Prepared StandardisedGlobal Bid for Mass Productiontechnology in undergroundmines

• E-Library established atCMPDI during 2008-09

• Crossed target of 4 lakh mdrilling in a year with outsourc-ing during 2009-10for first time

• Guidelines for preparationof Mine Closure for adoption bycoal companies prepared• Planned Kusmunda OC (50Mty) - the largest mine plannedin India• Major consultancy works inmetal mining sector for MOIL,HCL, Hutti Gold Mines Co. Ltd.,etc. taken up• Coal resources & re-serves of CIL classified as perUnited Nations FrameworkClassification.• Captured Coal Resourcedata of country in digital formto create data base on all Indianc'oalfields as part of project en-titled Integrated Coal ResourceInformation System (ICRIS)• CMPDI signed an MoU withCSIRfor enhancement of capacityfor coal core analysis at its des-ignated laboratories at CIMFR,Dhanbad, NML, Jamshedpurand IMMT, Bhubaneswar foranalysing 2.551akhm of coal coresover a period of three years.• Draft assessment reports pre-pared for Delineation of prospec-tive CBM blocks for their awardunder CBMRound-V for commer-cial development by DirectorateGeneral of Hydrocarbons (DGH)through International competi-tive bidding and Delineation ofprospective areas for shale gasresource in Damodar Valley andSohagpur Basins• Recognition of excellent us-age of Geospatial technology forLand Reclamation Monitoringof Coal Mines of CIL by giving"Geospatial World ExcellenceAward 2012" in GeospatialWorld Forum- a leading inter-national organization focused onGeospatial technology. Out of 149nominations, CILwas selected bya panel of eminent international

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Mr. A. K.Singh, (MD, (MPDI after signing an MoU with (SIR.

jury for this prestigious award.

Achievements of CMPDI incore areas since inception

Since inception

CMPDI, since inception, has

• Undertaken over 700 in-tegrated coal exploration proj-ects. Prepared over 1000 nos. ofGeological Reports upgradingabout 97 BT of coal resources to'Proved' category.

• Prepared over 1000 miningProject Reports.

• Facilitated CIL to achievea sustained growth in coal pro-duction from 79 Mt in 1974-75to435.84 Mt in 2011-12 through itsservices.

• Environment clearance hasbeen obtained for 359 projects.

• Planned more than 218 CoalHandling Facilities, 142 Sub-stations (>1MVA)&215 (Central/Regional/Project) Workshops.

In the year 2011-12• CMPDI carried out a totalof 4.98 lakh metre of drilling in2011-12 (highest in a year). Thisexcludes the promotional drillingcarried out by GSI and MECL.

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• 19 Geological Reports wereprepared establishing about 3.2billion tonnes of coal resources tothe 'Proved category'.

• Four nos. of state-of-the-artHi-tech Hydrostatic Drills wereprocured and deployed for carry-ing out exploratory drilling.

• Average productivity ofCMPDI drills increased to 416meter/drill/month from 407 me-ter/drill/month of 2010-11.

• Peak productivity of 1464metre achieved by a Hydrostaticdrill during March,2012 which isthe highest productivity achievedin coring drilling in the country.

• 28 Project Reports preparedwith capacity addition of about69Mt per year.

• 64Environment ManagementPlans (including 31 Form-I)prepared.

• 324Mine Closure Plans havebeen prepared.

• 12nos. of R&Dand S&T proj-ects have been completed.

• Recorded turnover of Rs. 524crore (highest till date) in com-parison to Rs. 429 crores achievedduring 2010-11 registering agrowth of 22 percent.

• Inducted more than 600 per-sonnel since 2008-09 for sustain-ing its strength of professionalmanpower.

• Obtained consultancy jobsworth Rs. 33.26 crore from out-side CIL clients including jobsfrom metal mining sector.• Completed land reclamationmonitoring of 87 opencast proj-ects of CIL based on high resolu-tion satellite data.

Strategy adopted to meetthe future challengesWith the depth of knowledge andmarket place CMPDI has in min-eral, mining and allied sectors, itis adopting the following strate-gies and business plan to meet itspresent and future challenges:(i) Enhancing exploration· ca-pacity through multi-prongedstrategy(ii) Diversification in newer areasof mineral, mining & allied engi-neering sectors other than coal.(iii) Increasing market share foroutside clients(iv) Tie-up with strategic part-ners both within and outside thecountry(v) Upgradation and moderni-sation of existing facilities andinfrastructure(vi) Increasing operational effi-ciency and work quality(vii)Improving corporate cultureand internal systems(viii) Rationalising manpowerutilization and Executive man-power induction to ensure con-tinued exploration and planningsupport to the coal industry(ix) Better cost control measuresand monitoring.(x) Development of Coal basedalternate source of energy andShale Gas. • ••