PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR
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KUSUMSHILA, ODISHA
REPORT No. A811-RP-8342-0101 FEBRUARY 2016
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PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR
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(As Annexure to Application made to MoEFCC)
CLIENT LARSEN & TOUBRO LIMITED
PREPARED BY ENGINEERS INDIA LIMITED
NEW DELHI
EIL JOB No.: A811
PO No.: L&T/BMP/PFR/2015-16/09 DATED 31-08-2015
REPORT No.: A811-RP-83-42-0101
FEBRUARY 2016
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Executive Summary
2. Introduction of the project/ Background information
2.1 Identification of project and project proponent
2.2 Brief description of nature of the project
2.3 Need for the project and its importance to the country and or region
2.4 Demand-Supply Gap
2.5 Imports vs. Indigenous production
2.6 Export Possibility
2.7 Domestic / export Markets
2.8 Employment Generation (Direct and Indirect) due to the project
3. Project Description
3.1 Type of project including interlinked and interdependent projects
3.2 Location with coordinates.
3.3 Details of alternate sites considered
3.4 Size or magnitude of operation
3.5 Project description with process details
3.6 Raw material required and Finished Product.
3.7 Resource optimization/ recycling and reuse
3.8 Availability of water its source, Energy/ power requirement
3.9 Management and disposal of wastes (liquid and solid)
3.10 Schematic representations of the feasibility drawing
4. Site Analysis
4.1 Connectivity.
4.2 Land Form, Land use and Land ownership
4.3 Topography (along with map)
4.4 Existing land use pattern
4.5 Existing Infrastructure
4.6 Soil classification
4.7 Climatic data from secondary sources
4.8 Social Infrastructure available
5. Planning Brief
5.1 Planning Concept: Town & Planning/ Development authority Classification
5.2 Population Projection facilities Country Planning/ Development authority
Classification
5.3 Land use planning
5.4 Assessment of Infrastructure Demand (Physical & Social).
5.5 Amenities/Facilities.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Contd.)
6. Proposed Infrastructure
6.1 Industrial Area (Processing Area)
6.2 Residential Area (Non Processing Area)
6.3 Green Belt
6.4 Social Infrastructure
6.5 Connectivity
6.6 Drinking Water Management
6.7 Sewerage System
6.8 Industrial Waste Management
6.9 Solid Waste Management
6.10 Power Requirement & Supply I source
7. Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R & R) Plan
7.1 R&R Policy to be adopted.
8 . Project Schedule & Cost Estimates
8.1 Project Schedule
8.2 Estimated Project Cost
9. Analysis of proposal
9.1 Financial and social benefits
9.2 Conclusions & Final Recommendations
Annexures 1. List of Aluminium Smelters
2. Table of Annual Operating Cost & Annual sales Revenue
3. Project Execution Bar Chart Schedule
4. Evaluation of alternative sites
5. Site Location Drawing No. A811-00-83-42-1101
6. Table Top Layout Drawing No. A811-00-83-41-0001
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Engineering major M/s Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) intends to set-up a Greenfield
Alumina Refinery in the state of Odisha. The Alumina Refinery is proposed to be
located near Kusumshila village in Rayagada district and shall be based on Kutrumali
and Sijimali Bauxite Deposits in Odisha. L&T has engaged Engineers India Limited
for preparation of this Pre-Feasibility Report for the above Greenfield Alumina
Refinery Project in Odisha, prepared in accordance with "Guidelines for Preparation
of pre feasibility report for obtaining prior environmental clearance in terms of the
provisions of EIA notification, 2006" and is to be annexed with the application to
MoEFCC.
The proposed alumina refinery shall be designed to produce Smelter Grade Alumina
and operate at a capacity of 3 million TPY in three streams each of 1.0 million TPY,
including necessary balancing facilities for utilities, offsite and infrastructure.
Project Outline
Bauxite Mine** 9.0 Million TPY of Bauxite from Sijimali &
Kutrumali Bauxite Deposits about 10 Km
west of Alumina Refinery
** a separate related project
Alumina Refinery 3.0 Million TPY of Alumina in 3 streams
of 1 million TPY each
Location of Alumina Refinery Kusumshila, Rayagada Dist. Odisha
Co-generation Power Plant (CPP) 200 MW with 800 TPH of Process Steam
(Inside Alumina Refinery Complex)
Coal Source for Power Plant Ib Valley Coal field / Imported Coal
Red Mud Disposal Area Close to Alumina Refinery
Ash Disposal Area Close to Alumina Refinery
Township Close to Alumina Refinery
Water Source for Alumina Refinery Nagavalli River, near Kumhargurha
village
The site location map (Drawing No. A811-00-83-42-1101 as Annexure 5) shows all
the above facilities along with the bauxite deposits of Kutrumali and Sijimali. Total
land requirement for the project is estimated to be about 1400 Ha with the following
breakup for the plant and various associated facilities:
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Facility
Approximate
Area (Ha)
Alumina Refinery
(Includes area for Water Reservoir, Green Belt all around the refinery) 790
Red Mud Disposal + Ash Pond + Run-off Pond 287
20 Km Rail Linkage to Kevatiguda Road Rly. Stn. 80
Mine access & conveyor belt 75
Mine corridor 66
Township 40
Rehabilitation Colony 60
Total Area 1398
The project envisages a time schedule of 48 months after financial closure. As
informed by L&T, the project capital cost is estimated to be Rs.13,468 crores with a
foreign exchange component of Rs 2,385 crores. Annual operating cost works out to
Rs. 2,995 crores. IRR for the project is estimated to be 14.31% on total capital
employed.
Based on the preliminary analysis presented in this report it is concluded that the
proposed project is technically and financially feasible. The estimated Operating Cost
is low and is similar to other plants in the regions. However, it is recommended that
these findings may be studied in further detail through Detailed Feasibility Studies
before financial closure.
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2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/ BACKGROUND INFORMATION
2.1 Identification of project and project proponent
Engineering major M/s Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) intends to set-up a Greenfield
Alumina Refinery in the state of Odisha. The Alumina Refinery is proposed to be
located near Kusumshila village in Rayagada district and shall be based on Kutrumali
and Sijimali Bauxite Deposits in Odisha. L&T has engaged Engineers India Limited
for preparation of this Pre-Feasibility Report for the above Greenfield Alumina
Refinery Project in Odisha, prepared in accordance with "Guidelines for Preparation
of pre feasibility report for obtaining prior environmental clearance in terms of the
provisions of EIA notification, 2006" and is to be annexed with the application to
MoEFCC.
Identification of Project
Project: Alumina Refinery and
Associated Facilities
Extent : about 1398 Hectares
Village : Near Kusumshila
District: Rayagada
Odisha state
Project Proponent
M/s Larsen & Toubro Limited
Mumbai
(Maharashtra State)
About the Promoter - Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T)
L&T is India's largest engineering, construction and manufacturing conglomerate with
additional interests in electrical, electronics and Information Technology. L&T meets
vital requirements in diverse fields of human interest, with a product range that
stretches from engineering and construction of complex chemical/ mineral/ petro-
chemical projects to nuclear power reactors, from earth moving equipment to rocket
motor casings, just to name a few. L&T has also diversified from the traditional
construction business and has taken a number of developmental initiatives in the
areas of power and infrastructure. The present proposal is in furtherance of its
development initiatives in the field of mines and metals. During 2014-15, the
consolidated revenue was in excess of Rs. 92,000 Crores. It operates in over 40
countries worldwide.
2.2 Brief Description Of Nature Of The Project
Alumina refinery is a chemical plant to convert bauxite produced in the mines to
metallurgical grade alumina which would be used as raw material in aluminium
smelter to produce aluminium metal.
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Project Outline
Bauxite Mine** 9.0 Million TPY of Bauxite from Sijimali &
Kutrumali Bauxite Deposits about 10 Km
west of Alumina Refinery
** a separate related project
Alumina Refinery 3.0 Million TPY of Alumina in 3 streams
of 1 million TPY each
Location of Alumina Refinery Kusumshila, Rayagada Dist. Odisha
Co-generation Power Plant (CPP) 200 MW with 800 TPH of Process Steam
(Inside Alumina Refinery Complex)
Coal Source for Power Plant Ib Valley Coal field / Imported Coal
Red Mud Disposal Area Close to Alumina Refinery
Ash Disposal Area Close to Alumina Refinery
Township Close to Alumina Refinery
Water Source for Alumina Refinery Nagavalli River, near Kumhargurha
village
2.3 Need for the project and its importance to the country and/or region
Alumina is the basic raw material for aluminium metal. The alumina refinery forms the
intermediate step from bauxite mining to production of aluminium metal. The project
is site specific to the extent that it has to be in close proximity to bauxite deposits and
has been accordingly proposed to be located near Sijimali and Kutrumali bauxite
deposits.
The project is expected to help in overall development of the area. The proposed
project is expected to generate significant employment in the economically backward
area of Rayagada district of Odisha, with a high employment generation potential.
Local entrepreneurs will also benefit from increased flow of outsiders and increased
purchasing power of the community
2.4 Demand-Supply Gap for Alumina
As per CRU analysis of July 2015, global alumina capacity which is presently at
about 138 million tpy is forecast to grow consistently over the next ten years,
reaching to about 180 million tonnes by 2024. Metallurgical grade alumina capacity
expansion, primarily in China, will be the main driver for this growth. China's net
alumina investment requirement is expected to peak in 2025 at 10 million tpy, while
the world, except China, is forecast to require 15 million tpy of net new alumina
capacity over the period to 2040.
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The emergence of Malaysia as a strong bauxite supplier has delayed but not
eliminated the need for new bauxite supply. CRU forecasts that the trihydrate bauxite
market will once again return to deficit once Malaysian reserves are depleted. As the
Indonesian unprocessed minerals export ban is forecast to remain in place, bauxite
projects in various parts of South East Asia, Australia and the Atlantic (particularly
western Africa) have to be developed to supply global alumina capacity growth in
China, the Middle East and India.
The growing gap between demand and supply which is likely to develop over the next
25 years offers the likelihood of several bauxite and alumina projects to come on
stream.
Long-term demand growth of 3.5 to 4% per year can be expected for Alumina. By
2030, alumina market is expected to be in balance with the demand projections.
From then on, it would call for investments in new alumina refineries. Following are
the probable alumina projects at various stages of development: Following table
shows the expected growth pattern:
GLOBAL ALUMINA MARKET PROJECTIONS, 2007- 2030
Based on the above projections, it may be inferred that there is sufficient market
potential for setting-up the proposed alumina refinery project. This will meet the
growing demand for alumina as a source for aluminium metal in the world market.
2.5 Imports vs. Indigenous production
Presently India is net exporter of Alumina. It is proposed to export the alumina
produced from this project to world market. The project will provide value addition to
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bauxite produced from the mines and alumina from the plant will be raw material feed
to aluminium smelters.
2.6 Export Possibility
The entire quantity of 3 million TPY of alumina produced by the alumina refinery is
proposed to be exported. The global demand supply gap mentioned at section 2.4
provides ample opportunities for exporting the entire production of alumina through
Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh
2.7 Domestic / Export Markets
Since the entire production of alumina is proposed to be exported, domestic markets
do not affect the project.
Export market for alumina is spread world over, with a major concentration in Middle
East, US and Europe. A list of aluminium smelters world over which have a ready
market for alumina is placed at Annexure 1.
2.8 Employment Generation (Direct and Indirect) due to the project
The proposed project will generate significant employment in the economically
backward area of Rayagada district. The employment generation potential of the
project is estimated (refer section on Manpower) to be as follows:
6000 workers during Construction period.
1200 Employees directly employed for Operation phase.
4800 persons get indirect employment during Operation phase.
The population comprising of above-mentioned group will have high purchasing
power which will have a further effect on the economy of the region leading to
increased revenue to the State.
3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
3.1 Type of project including interlinked and interdependent projects
Alumina Refinery is a chemical plant that removes silica and other deleterious
material from the bauxite produced from the mines to get Alumina, which is
chemically Al2O3. As such the alumina refinery is dependent on a separate bauxite
mining project at the upstream end for sourcing of bauxite required for the alumina
plant.
Bauxite for this plant is proposed to be produced from Sijimali and Kutrumali bauxite
deposits of the East Coast Bauxites, which are known for their high gibbsitic alumina
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and low reactive silica contents. Brief details about the two deposits are placed in the
following paragraphs.
a) Kutrumali Deposit
This is smaller of the two deposits with plateau area of about 7.0 square Km. In
terms of Prospecting Licences granted to it, L&T carried out the exploration of this
deposit by engaging NALCO, MECL and internal resources. Based on this
exploration work, Mine Plan was prepared by M/s M.N. Dastur & Co., Calcutta and
submitted to the Odisha Government and Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) and the
same was approved by IBM. Reserve estimation and projected bauxite grade for
Kutrumali Bauxite Deposit are as follows:
Particulars Value
Mineable Reserves 47 Million Tones
Total Al2O3 % 43.76
Total SiO2 % 1.75
b) Sijimali Deposit
This is larger of the two deposits with plateau area of about 16 square Km. In terms
of Prospecting Licences granted to it, L&T carried out the exploration by engaging
MECL and internal resources. Based on the exploration work, Mining Plan was
prepared by M/s M.N. Dastur & Co., Calcutta and submitted to Odisha Government
and IBM and the same was approved by IBM. Reserve estimation and projected
bauxite grade for Sijjimali are as follows:
Particulars Value
Mineable Reserves 202 Million Tonnes
Total Al2O3 % 45.61
Total SiO2 % 2.12
Bauxite Mining & Transport
Bauxite is mined by open cast mining method. ROM is primary crushed to -150 mm
size and transported through a long distance conveyor to the alumina plant at an
aerial distance of 10 Km.
3.2 Location of the Project with boundary and co-ordinates
The proposed plant site is at Kusumshila in Rayagada district of Odisha. Project
Location is shown in the part map of India (Figure 3.1). The Project Area comprises
the following facilities:
Core Plant facilities of the Alumina Refinery
Red Mud Disposal Area
Ash Pond + Run-off Pond
Infrastructure (includes 24 Km Rail Linkage to Indian railways)
Township
Rehabilitation Colony
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Areas earmarked for various facilities is as follows:
Facility Approximate
Area (Ha)
Alumina Refinery
(Includes area for Water Reservoir, Green Belt all around the refinery) 790
Red Mud Disposal + Ash Pond + Run-off Pond 287
20 Km Rail Linkage to Kevatiguda Rly. Stn. 80
Mine access & conveyor belt 75
Mine corridor 66
Township 40
Rehabilitation Colony 60
Total Area 1398
Fig 3.1 and 3.2 shows the project site. The site location map (Drawing No. A811-00-
83-42-1101 as annexure 5) shows all the above facilities along with the bauxite
deposits of Kutrumali and Sijimali.
Core Plant site
The core plant for the alumina refinery is located at an approximate latitude of
19°27’N and longitude 83°17’30”E. This site is bounded by a single lane metallic
Major District (MD) road and the Nagavalli river in the east, Ajaygarh and Bijaynagar
hills on the west, the Narayanpur village on the north and the Alanda hills on the
south. The approximate average elevation of the site is 380 m R.L. The area is partly
agricultural land under private ownership and is partly barren land with open scrubs.
Red Mud & Ash Pond Sites
This land is located 19°29’N and longitude 83°17’30”E near Siripur village.
Kalyanasinghapur is located to the north east. Ajayagarh & Bijaynagar hills on the
west of this site., Narayanpur village and the Kusumshila plant site are located south
of the site. Mostly this is a levelled land but part of this is barren land with open
scrubs of slightly undulating topography. Part of this is private agricultural land and
some part is Government land.
Township Site
The township is expected to cater to around 1100 families. This land is tentatively
located at an approximate latitude of 19°30’N and longitude 83°18’30”E. It is bound
by the MD road on its west. The alumina plant site is about 5 Km south of this site.;
Kalyansingpur is towards its North and Siripur village towards its South. The land in
this area is private agricultural land.
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Rehabilitation & Resettlement Colony
As per a socio-economic survey carried out in the project affected area, it is expected
that there will be about 1040 project affected households. Out of this, about 800
households as per definition of R&R policy would be displaced. To accommodate
them, a separate R&R colony with an area of about 60 Ha is proposed, with all
integrated facilities. This colony is proposed to be located to the south-west of
Sikarpai village and close to MD road. This land is tentatively located at an
approximate latitude of 19°23’N and longitude 83°18’E.
Infrastructure Facilities for the selected site
The Kusumshila site is connected to Rayagada through a single lane metalled major
district (MD) Road and State Highway No. 4. The MD road takes off north-westward
from J.K. Pur and extends up to Kalyanasinghapur.
This area is served by two railway lines of southeastern railway, the Raipur-
Vizainagaram (R-V) double line in the east and the single line Koraput - Raygada (K-
R) line in the south.
Grid power is proposed to be drawn on need basis from GRIDCO substation located
at Theruballi near Rayagada at a distance of about 34 kms.
Water is proposed to be drawn from Nagavalli River near Kumhargurha village .
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FIG. 3.1:
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Fig. 3.2: Site Location Map
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3.3 Alternative Sites Considered
The selection of site for the alumina plant and associated facilities like Co-generation
power plant, Red mud, Ash disposal area, Township etc. has been based on various
considerations as described below. The Land requirement has been estimated with a
view to accommodating various facilities for the 3.0 million TPY capacity of the
Alumina Refinery.
Major considerations
Prime determining factors for plant location has been Proximity to:
Captive Bauxite Mine
Water Source,
Rail connection to the main network of Indian Railways
Availability of plain land
Minimization of forest land and
Environment sensitivity of the selected area
Identification of Feasible Sites
Three locations were identified in this area for the proposed Alumina Refinery.
a) Rampur Region;
b) Kusumshila region;
c) Majhiguda region.
While Rampur region was identified on the western side of the bauxite deposits,
Kusumshila and Majiguda were identified on the eastern side of the deposits. All the
three regions generally consist of both private land and Government land.
On an objective analysis of the three alternative sites, Kusumshila was identifies as
the best option. The detailed evaluation is presented in Annexure 4. The summary of
finding is as under:
1. Rampur location is eliminated primarily due to two reasons viz,
a. Railway connectivity is not feasible
b. Conveyor will be too long and its route will pose challenges of adverse
terrain
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2. Although the factors relating to the other two sites viz, Kusumsila and
Majhiguda are generally comparable, Kushumsila is preferred due to the
following reasons
a. Proximity to bauxite deposits, being shorter by 6 Km than Majhiguda. This
is likely to reduce power consumption by about 3 MW as compared with
Majhiguda and avoid crossing of a state highway and a major river, which
entails considerable capital cost, noise pollution and additional land.
b. Lower capital cost of about Rs 220 Crore, as compared to Majhiguda, due
to difference in conveyor length.
c. Lower operating cost of Rs 9.0 crore per year on recurring basis, due to
lower power consumption of conveyor.
d. Avoidance of potential environmental impacts in form of noise and dust for
the increased length of conveyor.
e. Comparatively less acquisition of private land.
3.4 Size & Magnitude Of Operations
The proposed alumina refinery shall be designed to produce Smelter Grade Alumina.
The refinery shall be designed to operate at a capacity of 3 million TPY in three
streams each of 1.0 million TPY including necessary balancing facilities for utilities,
offsite and infrastructure.
3.5 Project Description
Brief process description of the alumina refinery is as follows:
Primary crushed bauxite received from the mines will be blended in stockpiles to be
created by a stacker and subsequently reclaimed by means of reclaimers.
The blended bauxite will be reclaimed by reclaimers and crushed to nominal 30 mm
size in Secondary Crushing Unit. Wet grinding of the secondary crushed bauxite with
recycled process liquor (caustic soda solution) shall be performed in close-circuit
overflow type ball mills.
Ground bauxite slurry from ball mills shall be heated and fed to desilication tanks.
After preheating desilicated bauxite slurry and recycled spent liquor shall be fed to a
train of medium pressure digesters where the alumina content of the bauxite shall get
dissolved in the caustic soda solution. The digested slurry shall be flashed in a
series of flash tanks and finally in blow off tank to bring its pressure down to
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atmospheric pressure. Flash vapours from the flash tanks shall be utilized for
preheating incoming streams.
The liquor to be fed to the Digesters shall be supplied from an evaporation plant of
multiple effect type. The evaporation plant is required to maintain the water balance
of the closed circuit process.
A side stream from the evaporation discharge shall be treated in the oxalate removal
plant to control the organic impurities.
The blow off slurry from digestion area shall be sent to a High Rate Thickener (HRT)
for separation of red mud and pregnant liquor. Underflow slurry from the mud
thickener shall be washed with hot wash water in a cascade of counter current mud
washers. The caustic recovered from the washing circuit in form of first washer
overflow is taken back into the system at blow off tank of the Digestion Area.
Washed mud from the underflow of the last washer is disposed of to Mud Disposal
area by means of high-pressure positive displacement pumps. A side stream of
second washer overflow is treated with lime slurry in the liquor causticization unit to
improve the causticity of the liquor.
Flocculent solution will be added as settling aid to mud settlers and washers. The
overflow of the mud settlers shall be filtered in the security filtration area to remove
the final traces of red mud particles.
Lime slurry shall be prepared by slaking burnt lime and supplied from the Lime Plant
to various consumption points within the alumina refinery.
The filtered liquor from Security Filtration area shall be allowed to exchange heat with
outgoing spent liquor in batteries of Plate Heat Exchangers in the Heat Interchange
Area.
The cooled pregnant liquor from the Heat Interchange Area shall be transferred to a
line of precipitator tanks in series where the dissolved alumina from the liquor shall
precipitate out in form of aluminium tri-hydrate. In addition to Inter-stage cooling,
controlled quantities of pre-precipitated coarse and fine hydrate seed slurry is added
to enhance the precipitation process.
Hydrate slurry from the Precipitation Unit shall be classified on the basis of particle
size in the Hydrate Classification area in two stages of hydro-cyclone clusters namely
primary and secondary.
Three streams of classified hydrate slurry namely Primary Cyclone overflow, primary
cyclone underflow and secondary cyclone underflow shall be filtered in vacuum
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rotary disc filters and reslurried to produce washed fine seed slurry, coarse seed
slurry and product hydrate slurry respectively. The first two streams shall be pumped
to precipitation area for seeding the pregnant liquor and the product hydrate slurry
shall be sent to hydrate filtration unit.
Product Hydrate slurry shall be re-filtered and washed in Hydrate Filter area in
Horizontal Pan Filters to minimize the leachable soda content of the hydrate cake
prior to calcination.
Adequate storage facilities for storage of hydrate shall be provided in the Hydrate
Storage Area in order to take surges of hydrate production and downtime of
calcination area.
The filtered and washed hydrate cake shall be calcined in the Calcination Plant of
stationary calciner units to produce the final product alumina meeting international
standard.
Suitable facilities for calcined alumina storage and wagon loading shall be provided
for dispatching the product alumina to Vishakhapatnam Port.
3.6 Raw Material Requirement
Bauxite
Main raw material for production of alumina is Bauxite, which will be sourced from
captive mines of Kutrumali and Sijimali and conveyed to the alumina refinery through
a long distance Cable Belt conveyer or any other state-of-the-art conveyor.
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Quantity of bauxite required is approximately 9.0 million TPY for alumina refinery
capacity of 3.0 million TPY.
Other than bauxite, various other raw materials, utilities and consumables required
for production of alumina have been described as follows:
Coal
Coal is required to generate steam for process use and power generation via steam
turbines. It is proposed to source 50 % coal from Ib Valley coal mines of Odisha. Rest
of the requirement would be met through imported coal. Coal shall be transported
and delivered to site by Rail transport. Quantity of coal required is approximately 1.8
million TPY for alumina refinery capacity of 3.0 million TPY.
Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) and Diesel (HSD and LDO)
Heavy Fuel Oil is required for calcinations of Hydrate to Alumina. Requirement is
241,100 TPY for alumina refinery capacity of 3.0 million TPY. HFO and Diesel will be
transported by Rail to the Alumina Plant. Diesel is required for use in Alumina Plant &
Mine. Quantity of diesel required is 13,500 TPY. It is proposed to source HFO, HSD
and LDO from HPCL/IOCL/BPCL, Vishakhapatanam from where the Fuel oil shall be
transported to the Alumina Refinery by rail.
Caustic Soda
Caustic Soda is used for digestion of Bauxite in the process. The plant requirement
will be approximately 180,000 TPY at 100% NaOH solution for alumina refinery
capacity of 3.0 million TPY. It is proposed to import Caustic Soda and transport it to
the refinery through rail.
Lime
Lime is used for causticization of Liquor impurities, phosphorous removal and filter
aid preparation. Requirement will be approximately 90,000 TPY at 100% available
CaO for the alumina refinery. Corresponding quantity of lime with 65-70% active CaO
content can be transported by rail and trucks. Lime and would be sourced mainly
from local suppliers from Odisha and MP.
Flocculants
Flocculants, liquid and powder type, are used on the residue to assist in residue
separation and settling in the Settler & Washers, and on the white side for hydrate
settling in the fine seed thickness. The total quantity of flocculants required is
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approximately 2020 TPY for alumina refinery capacity of 3.0 million TPY. Flocculant
will normally be transported by trucks.
Sulphuric Acid
Sulphuric Acid is used in the refinery for chemical cleaning services. Estimated
requirement of Sulphuric Acid is approximately 1125 TPY for alumina refinery
capacity of 3.0 million TPY. It is proposed to transport the same to the alumina
refinery through trucks.
Filter Cloth
Several Indian manufacturers are supplying Filter Cloth to Alumina producers in
India. However, any specific quality Filter Cloth related with particular service
requirement can be imported if the same is not available in India.
Finished Product
Alumina
Alumina Refinery shall produce 3 million TPY alumina, which shall be transported to
Vishakhapatnam port in the state of Andhra Pradesh through rail and will be exported
from the port. The facilities to be provided in the port shall include storage, handling
and loading / unloading facilities for alumina.
UTILITIES & SERVICES
Steam & Power Plant
General
Supply of steam is an essential requirement for the alumina refinery. Bauxite
digestion being an endothermic reaction, which is carried out at approximately 150
degree C. Steam is used for heating the Bauxite Slurry in Digestion Unit. Steam is
also required for evaporation of water from the Bayer’s Circuit for maintaining the
water balance of the process. Apart from these major requirements, steam is also
used in minor quantities in other process areas such as Pre-desilication, Liquor
Causticization and heating of wash water. It has been a common practice to install
co-generation plant for meeting the requirement of steam as well as power which is a
byproduct for alumina projects.
For this region, the cheapest fuel for producing steam is coal, which is abundantly
available in Odisha, and coal based co-generation plant are well proven in alumina
industry.
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In view of the above, it is proposed to install a co-generation plant for this project
such that steam is produced at a higher pressure and the same is expanded through
back-pressure type turbo generators to the pressure required for the alumina circuit.
The byproduct power is utilized for meeting the requirement of the process plant,
mines and the township. The power produced in the co-generation plant shall be
synchronized with grid supply such that surplus power can be banked with GRIDCO
(Odisha) while minor temporary shortage will be met from the grid. For short
durations, during instability of the grid, it would be possible to operate the plant in
“Islanding” mode also.
Boiler and Turbine Configuration
It is proposed to provide five Nos. pulverized coal fired boiler each of 300 TPH steam
generation capacity at 67 Kg/ cm2 pressure and 490° C temperature. Out of the five
boilers, four will normally be in operation while the fifth one will be under maintenance
or kept as stand by.
For power generation, it is proposed to provide five nos. extraction cum back
pressure turbine generators (TG) each of 40 MW capacity such that normally four
TGs are kept in operation while the fifth is under maintenance or kept as stand by.
A pressure reducing and desuperheating station (PRDS) will be provided equivalent
to the capacity of one TGs such that in the event of failure of one of the TGs in
operation, the normal steam demand of the alumina refinery can still be met at the
required pressure.
Four chains of deminerlizing (DM) unit will be provided for production of DM Water
sufficient for operation of the boilers without return of condensate from the alumina
refinery.
The boiler will be fired by pulverized coal, and as such will be provided with matching
facilities for storage, handling, crushing, grinding and feeding of coal. Suitable
facilities shall be provided for collection of fly ash and bottom ash from the boilers.
The collected ash will be slurried and disposed off by wet-disposal method in an ash
pond located close to the alumina refinery.
Smooth operation of the Cogeneration Plant is highly dependent on steady
consumption loads of steam and power mainly in the alumina refinery. However,
sporadic disturbances in the operation of the refinery are unavoidable and therefore a
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partial condensing system has been envisaged to provide greater flexibility in the co-
generation plant for taking care of any temporary imbalances in steam and power
demands. Additionally, suitable arrangements may be worked out with GRIDCO for
taking care of minor excesses and shortfalls in power. Further, it is proposed to
provide four nos. diesel generators (DGs), each of 4 MW capacity to take care of the
emergency power requirement in case of power failure. The DGs will mainly take
care of agitators and rakes for slurry application and also cater to the power
requirement for bringing the alumina refinery to safe shut-down.
The boilers will be provided with suitable arrangement for firing with furnace oil during
start-up. For meeting environmental regulations, electrostatic precipitators and a
common chimney of suitable height shall be provided with the boilers.
Compressed Air Supply
A centralized compressor house shall be provided to cater to the need of alumina
refinery as well as co-generation plant. It is envisaged to supply dry air for
instrumentation as well as for general-purpose usage.
Compressed Air Requirement
The centralized compressed air system considered for the proposed alumina refinery
shall also supply compressed air to various package items such as calciners, alumina
handling system and evaporation plant etc. The total compressed air requirement
including that of co-generation plant, utilities & off-sites and package items is
expected to be as follows:
Plant Air : 25,000 Nm3/hr.
Instrument Air : 5,000 Nm3/hr.
Total Compressed Air : 30,000 Nm3/hr.
Compressor House
The centralized compressor house shall supply the entire requirement of compressed
air. Based on the above requirement, seven nos. non-lubricating type compressors
each of 5000 Nm3/hr. capacity shall be provided. Normally, six nos. compressors
shall be in operation with one compressor as standby. The supply of compressed air
shall be at 7.0 kg/cm2 (g) pressure. In order to avoid to excessive pressure drop in
the distribution network, it is proposed to supply the compressed air in ring headers
on the main pipe rack.
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Fuel Oil Supply
Fuel oil shall be required mainly for the calcination plant. Additionally, some fuel oil
shall also be required as supporting fuel for initial firing of the boilers in the co-
generation plant. The fuel oil to the proposed alumina refinery shall be supplied by
railway tankers. An independent railway tanker unloading station for fuel oil shall be
provided. The unloading station shall be suitably designed to unload a rake of 28
wagons each of approximately 54 ton capacity in one shift. The unloaded fuel oil
from the railway wagons shall be directly pumped to four nos. of main storage tanks
each of 5000 KL capacity with the help of steam jacketed gear pumps.
From storage tanks the fuel oil shall be distributed up to the battery limits of
calcination and co-generation plants. The facilities required for internal distribution of
fuel oil including day tanks shall be a part of the respective packages of these units.
Caustic Soda Unloading & Distribution
It is envisaged that the entire requirement of caustic soda shall be met by importing
caustic lye having 47-50% NaOH. Necessary port facilities shall be provided at
Vishakhapatnam port to handle and transport the imported caustic lye by dedicated
rail tankers to the alumina refinery.
An independent caustic tanker unloading station shall be provided. The proposed
unloading station shall have adequate capacity for unloading tankers each of 54
tonnes capacity in five to six hours. The unloaded caustic from the railway tankers
shall be directly pumped to four nos, of main storage tanks of each of 5,000 m3
capacity,
Raw Water Intake and Treatment
The water requirement for Alumina Refinery is expected to be around 14.0 MGD
(approx. 53,000 m3/ day) for 3 million TPY Alumina production. The only source in
the vicinity of the plant site is Nagavalli river. The intake point for drawing water from
the river would be Kumaraguda which is approximately 3 km from the refinery site.
The raw water received at the plant will be stored in an over ground Raw Water
Reservoir equivalent to 10 days storage. This water will be sent to a water treatment
plant to yield industrial water, filtered water and drinking water. Industrial water will be
used for fire water system and for sprinkling at dust prone areas. Filtered water shall
be used as make-up water for cooling towers.
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Cooling Water System
General
In order to meet the cooling water requirement of various units of the alumina refinery
three nos. of independent closed circuit cooling towers are proposed as follows:
a. Alkaline Cooling Tower
b. Utilities Cooling Tower
c. Co-generation Plant Cooling Tower
Alkaline Cooling Tower
This cooling tower shall cater to the requirement of evaporation plant, plant heat
exchangers, disc filters in seed preparation area and horizontal pan filters in product
hydrate filtration area. For this service, two nos. industrial cooling tower each of
15,000 m3/hr capacity is envisaged. These cooling towers shall be located near the
evaporation plant. Keeping in view the possibility of alkaline contamination of cooling
water in the evaporation plant, these cooling towers shall be independent from the
cooling towers required for other cooling utility purposes. For the alkaline cooling
tower, alkaline condensate from evaporation plant shall be used as make-up water.
Utility Cooling Tower
This cooling tower shall supply cooling water to compressor house, calcinations plant
and other miscellaneous requirements line hydraulic coupling, air conditioning etc.
For this service, two nos. independent closed circuit type cooling tower each of 2000
m3/hr. capacity shall be provided.
Co-generation Plant Cooling Tower
As the turbine generators of the co-generation plant shall not be considering type, the
cooling water requirement of the co-generation plant shall be comparatively less. As
such two nos. independent cooling tower each of approximately 3000 m3/hr. capacity
will be required.
Fire Water System
Fire Water System shall include a fire water reservoir, pumping house along with fire
water piping network Fire hydrant shall be installed along the road side for fire
fighting in off-site areas while rising main shall be provided with landing valves inside
the plant buildings. Filtered water shall be supplied as make-up for the proposed fire
water system.
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Central Control Room
It is proposed to provide a centralized control room for the core plant of the Alumina
Refinery. In addition to this there shall be a separate control room for the co-
generation plant. For the process control of the alumina plant a state of the art
distributed control system (DCS) is envisaged. Process surveillance and control
actions shall be initiated from the proposed central control room through
computerized operator interface. The process instrumentation shall be based on
state of the art but industry proven of-the-shelf commercially available technology.
The field instruments with local transmitters shall provide analog 4-20 mA output to
the I/O rakes of the proposed distributed control system (DCS). Microprocessor
based controllers shall perform from end regulatory control algorithms. The digital
logic function shall be implemented by independent programmable logic controllers
(PLCs).
The central control room shall include operator’s interface terminals, data-loggers,
printers, alarm panels, etc. It shall be supported by various auxiliary equipment such
as UPS, special HVAC, MCC etc. The control room shall provide adequate facilities
for storage of record, documentation, data media and engineers consoles as well as
configuration terminals. The system software shall have sufficient protection features
including password based access control, diagnostic tools and system/data back-up.
Plant Laboratory
In addition to the proposed state of art Distributed Control System (DCS), the plant
laboratory shall play a complimentary role towards fulfillment of overall process
control objectives.
The proposed plant laboratory shall be equipped with the latest equipment and
necessary infrastructure facilities for carrying out the following process control
activities:
Analysis of raw materials viz. bauxite, lime coal, fuel oil etc.
Analysis of process samples such as process liquor, red mud, hydrate etc.
Environmental monitoring
Maintenance & Ware-House Complex
To ensure smooth and uninterrupted operation of the plant, it is extremely important
that adequate repair and maintenance facilities are provided within the plant. For this
purpose, a centralized maintenance & ware-house complex is envisaged which shall
mainly comprise of following sections:
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a. Valve Repair Shop
b. Pump Repair Shop
c. Electrical Repair Shop
d. Instrument Repair Shop
e. Mechanical Tool Room
f. Ware-house for mechanical, electrical and instrument spares
g. General Stores
h. Carpentry shop
i. Mechanical Workshop
Other Facilities
In addition to the various facilities mentioned in the above section, other essential
services such as canteen, first-aid, gate-house, fire station, etc. shall also be
provided within the plant.
3.7 Resource Optimization / Recycling and Reuse
Technology selection of the alumina refinery would be aimed at high process
efficiencies and recoveries in order to have optimum specific consumption of raw
materials and lower waste generation thereby minimum impact on environment. Over
the years Bayer process has undergone continuous improvement, refinement and
optimization both in the fields of process flow sheet and equipment design.
Consequently, optimized versions of the Bayer Process are now available from
various alumina technology and/or equipment suppliers. The technology selection is
done on the basis of their adaptability to the bauxite being processed, the quality of
alumina required and local considerations such as environmental impact and the cost
of energy and raw materials. Selection criteria for digestion technology included
acceptable design and proven track record in the areas of:
High liquor productivity
Low overall energy consumption
High overall gibbsite recovery
Low caustic loss
In general, extent possible recycling and reuse of various streams would be
considered for following areas:
a. Recycling and reuse of process streams like spent caustic liquor, various
process filtrates, red mud pond water etc.
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b. All process areas shall be provided with a 200-300 mm high curb wall to
minimize the possibility of any contaminated liquor overflowing into the storm
water drainage system. Plant drainage system shall incorporate alkaline water
drains running outside the curbed process areas. These drains shall be
directed to a collection pond. The effluent collected in this pond shall be
returned to process or pumped to the effluent treatment plant. The treated
effluent shall be used for the horticulture purpose.
c. Fuel Oil and Caustic soda shall be stored in dyked areas. Rainwater and
other run-off from oil storage shall pass through the settling chamber and oil
trap before discharging into the clean water drain. The run-off from caustic
storage shall be released to the dirty water drain if clean, otherwise will be
pumped into storage tanks and returned to tanks.
d. Alkaline effluents from various units would be recycled back / reused within
the battery limit. All the acidic effluents would be collected in an equalization
tank from where the equalized waste water is pumped to the reaction tank.
Lime is added in the reaction tank for neutralization and precipitation. The
waste water then flows to the clarifier where solids are separated and the
clarified overflow passes through a guard pond into the discharge drain. The
sludge flows under hydrostatic pressure to the sludge sump from where it is
pumped to the ash pond. The treatment effluent quality will conform to IS:
2490 (Industrial waste water discharged into inland waters).
Possibility of utilization of coal ash for the applications such as brick, paving stones,
cement plant, road carpeting, tree plantation, backfilling in mines etc. would be
explored. The water shall be reclaimed for reslurrying of ash, and the excess water, if
any shall be utilized for green belt development in the plant area.
3.8 Availability & Source of water and Electric Power
Water
It is estimated that the water requirement for mines, alumina refinery and the
township would be approximately 14 million gallons per day (MGD).
The only perennial water source in the vicinity of the plant site is the Nagavalli River.
However, various studies conducted on water sourcing indicate that the water flow
rate in the river is strongly influenced by monsoonal rains of the region. As a
consequence of this influence, drawal of water during hot summer months may be a
challenge. The intake point for drawing water from the river has been identified at
Kumharaguda which is approximately 3 Km from the refinery site. However, it is
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proposed to explore the possibility of identifying an alternate water intake point
further downstream the river where sufficient flow rate is available throughout the
year. Alternatively, it is proposed to go in for radial collection wells, as has been
practised by certain other industrial units in the vicinity.
The present scheme envisages that water shall be drawn from the Nagavalli River
from water intake point at Kumharaguda and pumped to a fresh water reservoir
located within the alumina refinery. It is proposed to construct three water reservoirs
namely fresh water reservoirs (2 nos.) and alkaline water reservoir (1 no.).
Water extracted from the river shall be treated in a silting pond to allow the turbidity in
the water to settle. This function shall be performed by the fresh water reservoir. This
reservoir would be clay lined to reduce seepage, and would be provided with suitable
devices to allow de-silting operation without disturbing the main water body.
Specific monitoring of the stored water shall be carried out to eliminate the possibility
of bacterial contamination due to stagnation.
In addition to the fresh water reservoirs, a low alkali reservoir shall be constructed to
facilitate recycling of process water as a part of the zero liquid discharge scheme.
This would also minimize the requirement of fresh water for the alumina refinery. This
reservoir shall be suitably lined to eliminate the possibility of water seepage.
Electric Power
Medium Pressure steam is a requirement in the alumina refinery. Hence, a co-
generation power plant has been proposed for this project such that the steam which
is produced at a higher pressure is expanded through back-pressure type turbo
generators to the pressure required for the alumina circuit. The byproduct electric
power is utilized for meeting the requirement of the process plant and associated
facilities.
The electric power produced in the co-generation plant shall be synchronized with
grid supply such that surplus power can be banked with GRIDCO (Odisha) while
minor temporary shortage will be met from the grid. For short durations, during
instability of the grid, it would be possible to operate the plant in “Islanding” mode
also.
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Manpower Requirement
Due to the remote location of the plant, there are many unfavourable factors and
constraints, such as very low level of education and professional skills, which would
mean that the normal labour productivity norms may not be easily realized in the
case of the proposed alumina refinery at Kusumshila. This would also call for
deployment of more number of supervisory staff at least until the general standard of
skills in the area are improved to an acceptable level.
Further, due to the remote location and poor development of the area, all the major
infrastructural facilities have to be provided internally which would further add up to
additional manpower requirement.
Considering the various factors and based on the experience of similar facilities in
India, particularly in this region, strength of approximately 1200 direct employees for
the alumina refinery is proposed. This shall consist of approximately 360 executives
and 840 non-executives.
3.9 Quantity of wastes to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme for their
Management/ disposal
LIQUID WASTE
Liquid wastes in alumina production are generated from various sections of the plant.
There are three types of liquid wastes, namely
Process waste water
Oily waste water
Sanitary waste water
Process Waste Water
There are three types of effluents from various processing units:
a) Acidic waste water from heat exchangers and evaporators
b) Cooling tower blow-down comprising treatment chemicals
c) Laboratory effluents
Besides, there are alkaline effluents from various units, which are recycled back
within the battery limit. All the acidic effluents are collected in an equalization tank
from where the equalized waste water is pumped to the reaction tank. Lime is added
in the reaction tank for neutralization and precipitation. The waster water then flows to
the clarifier where solids are separated and the clarified overflow passes through a
guard pond into the discharge drain. The sludge flows under hydrostatic pressure to
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the sludge sump from where it is pumped to the ash pond. The treatment effluent
quality will conform to IS: 2490 (Industrial waste water discharged into inland waters).
Oily Waste Water
Oily waste water treatment plant is to treat only oily waste water from oil storage and
oil unloading area. Oily waste water is pumped to the collection tanks where oil water
separation takes place. The separated oil is collected in drums while the waste water
is allowed to flow by gravity to the API oil separator.
The remaining oil is recovered in the API separator and the treated waste water will
be discharged for final disposal. The sludge removed in API will flow by hydrostatic
pressure to sludge lagoons for drying and manual disposal.
Treated effluent characteristics are as follows:
pH : 5.5 to 9.0
BOD5 : 30 mg/l
Oil & Grease : 10 mg/l
Suspended solid : 100 mg/l
Sanitary Waste
Sanitary waste of the entire alumina plant would be treated in sanitary waste
treatment plant. Sanitary waste from the above sources is received in Sanitary
Sewage Sump and then pumped to compact unit consisting of digestion chamber,
stabilization chamber, clarifier and activated sludge process unit with facilities like
aeration, post chlorination, sludge removal, recirculation and scum removal. The
treated effluent after chlorination is collected in the treated effluent slump for final
disposal. The bio sludge generated is dried in sludge drying beds before final
disposal.
The treated effluent conforms to the following parameters:
pH : 5.5 to 9.0
BOD (20○C) : 20 mg/l
Suspended solid : 30 mg/l
Expected liquid effluents from the alumina refinery are tabulated at Table 3.1
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TABLE 3.1
EXPECTED LIQUID EFFLUENTS
Area Stream Approximate
Quantity Periodicity Characteristics
Digestion,
Clarification
Precipitation,
Hydrate
Classification,
Seed Separation,
Evaporation etc
Alkaline
Effluent
- Upset rainy
season
Na2O = 0.5 gpl (max.)
Heat Exchanger Nitric
Acid
40 m3 per
batch
3
batch/month
HNO3 = 5 gpl
Al (M) = 13 gpl
NaNO3 = 5 gpl
Temp = 40-50 C
Evaporation Plant Sulphuric
Acid
240 m3 per
batch
30 batch./yr
H2SO4 = 30 gpl
Al2(SO4)3 = 100 gpl
Na2SO4 = 40 gpl
Temp = 40-50 C
Cooling Tower Blow
down
130 m3/hr Continuous pH = 8
TDS = 80 mg/l
TSS = 50 mg/l
Ca Hardness as
CaCO3 = 150 mg/l
Total hardness as
CaCO3 = 225 mg/l
Sulphate as SO4 = 400
mg/l
Chloride as Cl = 200 mg/l
Na Hexameta
Phosphate as PO4 = 6
mg/l
Oil storage Area Waste
Water
330 m3/day Continuous Oil = 200 mg/l
BOD = 150 mg/l
Suspended solid = 200
mg/l
Solid Waste
The major solid wastes discharged from the plant are Red Mud from the alumina
refinery and Coal Ash from the co-gen power plant.
Red Mud Disposal
Red mud is one of the most critical waste of alumina industry, both quantitatively and
qualitatively. Red mud is rendered alkaline by the adhering liquor. The proposed
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alumina refinery is expected to generate approximately 3.3 million TPY of red mud
(dry basis) which is required to be disposed of either through HCD or dry stacking
system. The storage area is lined with an impermeable layer to prevent ground water
contamination. Appropriate dust suppression system shall also be provided. Since
the red mud contains traces of caustic, it is extremely essential to dispose it off in the
most environment friendly manner and to allow proper rehabilitation of land filled up
with disposed mud such that it does not pollute the surrounding region.
Disposal of red mud from a thickening or dewatering device includes operations to
transport the material to its final resting location and operations to distribute over an
appropriate area at that location. There are various methods available for disposal of
red mud. However, there are several important factors that influence the final choice
of the scheme to be selected for efficient and safe disposal of mud. These are as
follows:
Thickening characteristics of red mud to achieve higher solid content
Rheological characteristics of red mud slurry with particular attention to
filterability & pumpability of the mud at increased solid concentration
Geographical location of the selected disposal site
Climatic conditions
Available Disposal Methods
There are a number of different mud disposal techniques available and being
practiced in alumina refineries all over the world. These disposal methods may be
broadly classified into the following three categories:
a) Conventional Wet Disposal
b) Thickened Slurry Disposal
c) Disposal as filter cake
a) Conventional Wet Disposal
In the conventional wet disposal system the red mud produced from the washing
circuit is directly pumped to a big settling pond at a solid content 30-40%. In this
pond, the solids settle while the supernatant caustic liquor is recycled back to the
alumina refinery. Such system typically consists of centrifugal pumps, pipes,
distribution header and water reclamation system.
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Though the conventional wet disposal system is comparatively easy to operate and
does not involve costly equipment, it suffers from inherent drawbacks. The major
disadvantages of this system are as follows:
Very high risk of ground water pollution due to seepage because of
large volume of alkaline water present in the mud pond.
Large pond area requirement due to high volume throughput and poor
settling rate
Unavoidable excessive ingress of rain water in the red mud pond
which can adversely affect the overall water balance of the alumina
refinery
Requirement of high dykes/dams, sometimes the dam height may
become a constraint due to excessive hydrostatic pressure.
b) Thickened Slurry Disposal
In this system, the mud slurry is thickened to a high solids consistency using specially
designed thickeners. The thickened mud slurry is pumped to the selected disposal
area where it is systematically discharged through permanent spigots from an
elevated position. Two types of methods are available for stacking of the red mud :
i) Thick layer deposition
ii) Thin layer deposition
i) Thick Layer Deposition
In thick layer deposition method, the thickened slurry released at one point comes to
rest at a slope governed by the viscosity or mobilized shearing strength of the
following mass. A low cone-shaped hill of the tailings developed below the discharge
point. To provide a good surface for reclamation, the slope of such hill is to be
controlled to less than 5%. The slope angle is controlled primarily by the degree of
thickening prior to discharge. Furthermore, because of the low water content,
segregation is inhibited and all solid particles are deposited without sorting,
regardless of distance from the discharge point. This effectively eliminates the need
for a conventional settling pond with its inherent polluting seepage problem.
ii) Thin Layer Deposition
In the thin layer deposition method, the mud slurry is stacked in various zones to
facilitate natural evaporation. At a time only one zone is under filling while the other
zones are exposed for natural evaporation. The zone widths are carefully selected in
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such a way that desired slopes are available for stacking as a sloped deposit. The
actual thickness of the deposited layer is decided based on climatic conditions and
the extent of thickening achieved.
There are many advantages with the use of this system compared with conventional
wet pond disposal system, which are as follows:
Mud disposal is at a slope of 2-5% which facilitates a self drainage
system
Provides increased mud storage capacity for the same storage area
because of sloped deposit and increased bulk density of the
consolidated mud
Eliminates the need for big dams/dyke walls
c) Disposal as Filter Cake
This scheme involves filtration of red mud and then transportation of the mud cake to
the mud disposal area by one of the following methods:
Transportation by dumpers
Pumping of mud cake by means of specially designed positive
displacement pump
Of the above two methods, transportation by dumpers is more problematic as well as
less environment friendly for obvious reasons. The modern method is to pump the
red mud cake with high solids content (55-60%) by means of specially designed
positive displacement pumps.
Out of the above methods, thickened slurry disposal with thin layer deposition method
will be adopted as it is proven system in India as well as in many places in the world.
However, ‘disposal as filter cake’ method will also be evaluated at an appropriate
time.
A sprinkler system shall be employed using water to wet the dry surface of the mud
for dust suppression. The final height of the dry stacks would be around 50 m. Red
Mud Cells would be provided with 500 mm of reworked and compacted clay and 800
micron thick PVC liner over the earthen base and outer embankment to prevent the
land pollution. This will help prevent the ground water pollution also.
Coal Ash Disposal
The proposed alumina refinery shall include a captive co-generation plant to produce
steam and power for its internal use. The coal earmarked for Thermal Power Plants
in India is mainly of grade “F” which has about 40 - 45% Ash content.
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The boilers shall consume approximately 1.8 million TPY coal and generate
approximately 0.75 million TPY coal ash.
Coal Ash shall be disposed off into conventional wet pond. The water shall be
reclaimed for reslurrying of ash, and the excess water, if any shall be utilized for
green belt development in the plant area. The disposal site shall be bounded and
garland drains shall be provided to isolate the surface run-off from the watershed
area of ash pond. Excess fly ash shall be utilized for land filling in low-lying areas and
for road construction etc. Further, it is proposed to be sold to briquette making plants.
It is recommended to employ the High Concentration Slurry Disposal system for the
ash generated in the power plant. The ash disposal area would be lined with
compacted clay layer to stop ingress of leachates of the ash.
Adequate green buffer all around the disposal site is also envisaged to serve as a
protecting barrier.
Expected solid wastes are Tabulated at Table 3.2
TABLE 3.2
EXPECTED SOLID WASTES
Area Stream Quantity Periodicity Characteristics
Mud Disposal Red Mud 690 T/hr Continuous Solids = 50 - 60 % (max.)
Steam
Generation
Plant
Coal Ash Slurry 180 T/hr Continuous Solids = 50-60%
of which :
Silica = 55%
Al2O3 = 30%
Fe2O3 = 8%
Lime Slaker Lime Grit 4.0 T/hr Continuous Un-dissolved part of lime
GASEOUS EMISSIONS
There are two main sources of gaseous pollution.
a) Steam Generation Plant
b) Calciner
Steam Generation Plant Flue Gas
About 1.8 million tonnes per annum of pulverized coal will be burnt for generating
steam in the high pressure steam boilers in steam/power plant. Electrostatic
precipitator will be provided to arrest particulate matter, other major pollutant being
sulphur dioxide. The flue gas is vented to atmosphere through a stack of adequate
height. This allows required dispersion of both particulate matters and SO2 to have
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ground level concentration as per the required environmental standards. It is
envisaged that Indian coal having low sulphur content shall be predominantly used.
Hence, FGD will not be required.
Calciner Flue Gas
In the calcinations unit, alumina is calcined using HV / LSHS grade fuel oil. The flue
gas discharged from this section is passed through cyclones and electrostatic
precipitators to restrict the solid content in the gas. The flue gas is vented to
atmosphere through a stack of sufficient height to permit dissipation of particulate
matter and SO2.
Expected gaseous emissions from the refinery are tabulated at Table 3.3.
TABLE 3.3
EXPECTED GASEOUS EMISSIONS
Unit Stream Quantity Periodicity Characteristics Stack
height
required
Calciner Flue Gas 150 m3/sec Continuous SO2 = 760 kg/hr
SPM = 135 kg/hr
120 m
Steam
Generation
Plant
Flue Gas 360 m3/sec Continuous SO2 = 2280 kg/hr
SPM = 260 kg/hr
150 m
3.10 Schematic representations of the feasibility drawing which give information of
EIA purpose
As per the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification dated 14th Sept.
2006 and subsequent amendments, this project falls under category A. EIA/EMP
report shall be prepared to get the Environmental Clearance for this project from
the MoEFCC. The baseline studies will be undertaken as per schematic diagram
given in the following page:
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4 SITE ANALYSIS
4.1 Connectivity
The proposed plant site is at Kusumshila in Rayagada district in Odisha. This site is
well connected with Rayagada through a single lane metalled major district (MD)
Road upto JK Pur and then State Highway No. 4 to Rayagada.
This area is served by two railway lines of south eastern railway, viz. the Raipur-
Vizianagaram (R-V) double line in the east and the single lane Koraput-Raygada (K-
R) line in the south.
Although MD Road also provides approach to the red-mud disposal site in the north
of refinery and the township in the south of the alumina refinery, it is proposed to
provide separate sealed access roads for smooth movement between the following:
• Refinery and township
• Refinery and red-mud disposal area
• Refinery and intake well at Nagavalli river
• Township to MD Road
In addition to the above, a dedicated mine-plant link road of approximately 16 km is
proposed to provide access to Kutrumali Mine as well as to the long distance bauxite
conveyor. The final ascent of this road would require a 350 m rise in elevation within
a distance of 1.5 Km in difficult hilly terrain. A 11 Km road link from Sijjimali to the
loading station at Kutrumali is also being considered.
Transport of materials and equipment to the refinery and mine sites during
construction would require the strengthening and minor upgrade of 175 Km of road
access between Visakhapatnam and Sunger at the base of Kutrumali plateau.
4.2 Land Form, Land use and Land ownership
A) Land Form
The alumina refinery would be located near Kusumshila in the valley of Nagavalli
river, approximately 40 km north of district centre of Rayagada. The area around the
refinery is generally flat to undulating with a number of rocky outcrops with elevations
varying from 360 - 400 m above MSL. On the western side the Bijayanagar and
Ajaygarh hills are located with a general top elevation of 650 m.
The residue disposal area would be located approximately 4 km north of the refinery.
This area is generally flat to undulating at an elevation of 360-400 m. Rock outcrops
are common and there are two rocky hillocks in the immediate vicinity. One near
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Siripur, is located within the actual proposed residue disposal area. Another,
Debagiri, lies to the north of the area.
The proposed township would be located at about 7 km north-east of the refinery.
The area around the township is flat at an elevation of 360 - 370 m. Nagavalli river is
on the east.
B) Land use and Land ownership
The land in Kusumshila region generally consists of single crop low yield private
agricultural land and government land like Gauchar land, hutment area etc. The
distribution of different land uses in the area corresponding to the villages to be
acquired for plant, red mud pond, ash pond and township is as follows (all the areas
are in Hectares).
i) Core Plant
Sr. No.
Village Govt. Forest
(*)
Govt. Non-Forest
Private Agriculture
(#)
Private Non-
agriculture Total
1 Kusumshila 32.02 13.48 36.17 87.17 168.84
2 Petliguda 0 0 9.43 6.11 15.54
3 Krishnapatragura 8.19 7.05 8.26 18.51 42.01
4 Narayanpur 9.65 0 2.63 6.72 19.00
5 Karlima 2.02 3.23 0 4.88 10.13
6 Alanda 51.06 30.92 20.67 58.83 161.48
7 Chaujodi 48.78 0 0 2.62 51.40
8 Poduchuanpadar 78.82 0.81 0.68 4.44 84.75
9 Dhumuripadar 34.52 32.90 25.71 43.11 136.24
10 Karapa 0 8.11 40.49 51.99 100.59
TOTAL 265.06 96.50 144.04 284.38 789.98
ii) Residue Area
Sr. No.
Village Govt. Forest
(*)
Govt. Non-Forest
Private Agriculture
(#)
Private Non-
agriculture Total
1 Badatodra 3.06 22.05 20.68 66.21 112.00
2 Siripur 18.47 27.46 10.79 43.28 100.00
3 Dulduliguda 3.76 4.50 4.01 7.72 19.99
4 Dinatodra 0.21 3.21 11.13 10.44 24.99
5 Kenduguda 0.11 10.02 11.80 8.06 29.99
TOTAL 25.61 67.24 58.41 135.71 286.97
iii) Railway Corridor
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Sr. No.
Village Govt. Forest
(*)
Govt. Non-Forest
Private Agriculture
(#)
Private Non-
agriculture Total
1 Regdaguda 0 0.54 0 0.18 0.72
2 Ravalkana 0 0.03 0 0.16 0.19
3 Padaguda 2.05 1.25 2.02 3.79 9.11
4 Pitesi 0 0 0.23 0.62 0.85
5 Rampur 0 0.65 0 0.79 1.44
6 Laxmipur 0 1.89 0.37 2.13 4.39
7 Bheja 6.85 0.10 2.67 6.64 16.26
8 Belkana 4.98 4.16 0.34 2.36 11.84
9 Kirkelpadu 3.48 0.59 0 0.19 4.26
10 Dhamanima 0.11 0 0.66 1.05 1.82
11 Jamuguda 1.01 1.38 0 0.18 2.57
12 Lilibadi 0 0.25 0.26 1.45 1.96
13 Janibidhi 0 0.46 0.47 4.18 5.11
14 Sikarpai 0 0.30 3.47 0 3.77
15 Deulabadi 0.68 0.50 3.74 1.53 6.45
16 Dhapaguda 0 0.28 1.21 0 1.49
17 Badapadu 0.70 0 0 0 0.70
18 Chamarjodi 0.10 0.34 1.49 2.70 4.63
19 Gortoli 0 0 0.05 0 0.05
20 Alanda 1.70 0 0 0.49 2.19
TOTAL 21.66 12.72 16.98 28.44 79.80
iv) Mine Access & Conveyor Belt
Sr. No.
Village Govt. Forest
(*)
Govt. Non-Forest
Private Agriculture
(#)
Private Non-
agriculture Total
1 Karapa 0 0.12 0.28 1.00 1.40
2 Bijaynagar 1.18 1.76 1.18 2.31 6.43
3 Murkakona 1.08 1.57 0 1.13 3.78
4 Ajaygarh 4.25 2.75 0.67 0.05 7.72
5 Hechkona 9.45 0.10 0 0.25 9.80
6 Sadalasa 29.62 0 0.04 0 29.66
7 Ranipadar 15.40 0.11 0 0 15.51
TOTAL 60.98 6.41 2.17 4.74 74.30
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v) Mine Corridor
Sr. No.
Village Govt. Forest
(*)
Govt. Non-Forest
Private Agriculture
(#)
Private Non-
agriculture Total
1 Podapai 0 11.12 0 0 11.12
2 Mohanagiri PRF 8.91 0 0 0 8.91
3 Ranibali 0 0.02 0 0 0.02
4 Taijhola 0 7.37 0.10 0 7.47
5 Salabali 1.10 17.47 0.03 0.79 19.39
6 Saragipadar 0 1.13 0 0 1.13
7 Kerpai 0 6.04 0 0.38 6.42
8 Tadadei 0 8.65 0 0 8.65
9 Mahajal 0 2.56 0 0 2.56
TOTAL 10.01 54.36 0.13 1.17 65.67
vi) Township
Sr. No.
Village Govt. Forest
(*)
Govt. Non-Forest
Private Agriculture
(#)
Private Non-
agriculture Total
1 Kalyansinghpur 2.27 7.93 6.80 5.67 22.67
2 Lokagurha 2.60 5.20 5.20 4.33 17.33
TOTAL 4.87 13.13 12.00 10.00 40.00
vii) Rehabilitation Colony
Sr. No.
Village Govt. Forest
(*)
Govt. Non-Forest
Private Agriculture
(#)
Private Non-
agriculture Total
1 Baldia 9.00 18.00 15.00 18.00 60.00
TOTAL 9.00 18.00 15.00 18.00 60.00
(*) – Village Forest, having canopy density of less than 10%
(#) – Low yield, single crop
4.3 Topography (along with map)
The project site comprising the alumina refinery, residue area (viz. red mud disposal
area, ash disposal area and run off pond) and town ship have been overlaid on a
mosaic topo sheet generated from parts of Survey of India Toposheet Nos. 65 M/2
SE, 65 M/3 NE, 65 M/6 SW and 65 M/7 NW and is presented as Annexure 5
(Drawing No. A811-00-83-42-1101 C). This drawing also shows the two captive
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bauxite deposits of Kutrumali and Sijimali. The topography of the project area
described in earlier sections is repeated in the following paragraphs.
The area around the refinery is generally flat to undulating with a number of rocky
outcrops with elevations varying from 360 - 400 m above MSL. Bijayanagar and
Ajaygarh hills are located on the western side of the alumina refinery and have top
elevations ranging from 650 - 1000 m.
The residue disposal area would be located near Siripur village approximately 2 km
North of the refinery. Kalyanasinghapur is located to the north east. Mostly this is a
levelled land but part of this is barren land with open scrubs of slightly undulating
topography.
The proposed township would be located near the MD road about 7 km north-east of
the refinery. Kalyansinghapur is towards its North and Siripur village towards its
South.
4.4 Existing land use pattern
As already stated above, the land in Kusumshila region generally consists of private
agricultural land and government land like Gauchar land, hutment area etc. The
distribution of different land uses in the area corresponding to the villages to be
acquired for plant, red mud pond, ash pond and township has been detailed out
earlier in the Tables under section 4.2 (B). However, it may be noted that in majority
of the cases only part of the villages in the above mentioned table will need to be
acquired.
The project area is about 2 to 3 Kms from periphery of reserve forest areas of
Ajaynagar, Bijaynagar, Durpai and Alanda Reserve forests, as seen in Annexure 5
(Drawing No. A811-00-83-42-1101 Rev C) enclosed with the report. As already
stated the Nagavali River flows about 500 to 800 m on the east of the project area,
which is proposed to be the source of water during monsoon months.
The area falls under earthquake Zone-II (which is the mildest zone among all zones
in India) according to IS:1893 - Criteria For Earthquake Resistance For Design Of
Structures.
4.5 Existing Infrastructure
The area around the proposed project site is mostly barren Govt. land and single
seasonal crop agriculture land and is devoid of any infrastructure. As per the report
on Socio Economic profile Report prepared by Operations Research Group (ORG),
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majority (i.e about 87%) of the population is engaged in agricultural and agricultural
labour activities. There is no industrial infrastructure in the vicinity.
A major district road from JK Pur to Kalyanasinghapur passes through the area.
Further, the Koraput - Rayagada Railway line passes close by with Sikarpai as the
nearest Railway Station.
4.6 Soil classification
The soil profile mentioned below for the plant area and residue area is based on
Geotechnical Investigation Report prepared by M/s Vogue Construction and
Consultancy Services Limited. It is generally found that the top two metres is of clay
to sandy clay which becomes vey slushy during the rains and very hard during
summers.
In the plant area, soil layers comprise
silty clay,
clayey silt
lateritic clay
sandy silt
sand
disintegrated rock,
medium and hard rock.
Water Table stabilized in some bore holes at depths varying from 0.60 m to 5.9 m
below ground level at the time of exploration.
In the residue area, soil layers comprise
sandy silt,
silty clay,
sandy clay,
silty sand,
sand,
disintegrated rock,
medium and hard rock.
Water Table stabilized in some bore holes at depths varying from 0.75 m to 3.2 m
below ground level at the time of exploration.
In the township area, soil layers comprise
clayey silt
silty sand,
sand,
sandy silt,
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cemented sand.
Hard rock is met with in some bore holes from 0.2 m to 8.5 m. Disintegrated rock
layer was observed in one bore hole. At one of the boreholes boulders of 1m
thickness were met with from 0.2 m to 1.2 m.
Water Table stabilized in some bore holes at depths varying from 0.75 m to 2.5 m
below ground level at the time of exploration.
4.7 Climatic data from secondary sources
As per the meteorological data available for Rampur region which is adjacent to
Kusumshila area, the monsoon is rigorous during June to October and the summer
between April-July is very warm.
Maximum temperature recorded is around 42°C and minimum temperature is around
5°C. Maximum Relative Humidity is around 100% and averages 42%. Wind flow in
the region is generally distributed from all directions throughout the year.
Predominant wind direction is from South to South West from April onwards,
Average monthly rainfall of Rayagada District as observed during the year 2013 is as
follows:
Month Average Monthly Rainfall
January 3.6 mm
February 4.5 mm
March 1.2 mm
April 49.8 mm
May 47.5 mm
June 397.2 mm
July 263.3 mm
August 250.4 mm
September 181.7 mm
October 258.6 mm
November 1.7 mm
December 0.0 mm
Total 1459.5 mm
4.8 Social Infrastructure available
Access roads:
The access roads to the nearby villages and to Karpa are well connected. No
difficulties are there throughout the year even during the period from June to October
covering monsoon period and part of post-monsoon period.
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Water:
Villages tap the water mostly from the natural springs and the nalas and use it in
untreated form. Few hand tube wells have been set up in the study area.
Electricity:
All the villages are electrified under Rural Electrification Programme. Now Power is
available to most of the villages.
Education facilities:
Education facilities from primary level to High schools are available in the area. There
is no college in the area.
Health care:
Primary health care centre is available in Narayanpur village.
Fuels:
The fuels used by the villagers are forest wood, kerosene and cooking gas.
Trade and Commerce centre:
Kalyansinghpur is the sub-divisional headquarters located at a distance of 9.6 km
from Karpa. Basic infrastructural facilities like all-weather road to the District
headquarters Rayagada, Govt. Hospital, electricity, schools, post office,
communication, bank and police station are available at Kalyansinghpur, the main
trade commerce centre for almost all the villages in the study area.
Monuments/Buildings of archaeological significances:
There is as such no monument or public buildings of interest in the study area as
observed during field study.
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5 PLANNING BRIEF
5.1 Planning Concept
Project involves construction of Alumina Refinery and development of associated
facilities. This involves construction of township, rehabilitation colony, construction of
peripheral roads and railway linkage to the nearest rail head.
5.2 Population Projection, facilities, Country Planning / Development authority
Classification
The project will employ most of the workers from nearby villages. Only supervisory
staff will be hired from outside. There will not be any notable increase in population
due to the project. However, few people from other areas may migrate in this area for
business opportunities. Village wise population of the core zone is given in the table
below. However, it may be noted that in majority of the cases only part of the villages
in the below mentioned table will need to be acquired.
Village Name Population
Core Plant
Kusumsila 289
Petliguda 340
Krushnapatraguda 225
Narayanpur 626
Karlima 48
Alanda 476
Chaojodi 205
Poduchanpadar 115
Dumripadar 117
Karapa 300
Residue Area
Badatodra 556
Siripur 530
Dulduliguda 141
Dinatodra 347
Kenduguda 149
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5.3 Land use planning
The land use for the alumina refinery and its various associated facilities is as
follows:
Facility Approximate
Area (Ha)
Alumina Refinery
(Includes area for Water Reservoir, Green Belt all around the refinery) 790
Red Mud Disposal + Ash Pond + Run-off Pond 287
20 Km Rail Linkage to Kevatiguda Rly. Stn. 80
Mine access & conveyor belt 75
Mine corridor 66
Township 40
Rehabilitation Colony 60
Total Area 1398
5.4 Assessment of Infrastructure Demand
The area around the project site is mostly Govt. Barren land with a few villages
dotting the area. The project site has sparse population. There is only one major
district road between JK Pur and Kalyanasinghapur which passes close to the project
area. Villages are connected to each other through either concrete roads or fair
weather roads. Sikarpai on K-R line is the nearest railway station.
5.5 Amenities/ Facilities
The following amenities / facilities which are proposed to be provided as a part of the
project infrastructure would benefit the local population as well and help in overall
development of the area:
Building of Access Road to Plant, Mine, Township and other facilities.
Peripheral Roads to different villages as part of community development.
Provide Electric power distribution network with the help of State agencies to
local people.
Provide Potable water to the nearby villages either through Bore well or through
the water storage reservoir created to cater to the plant.
The township will have school, hospital, market, sports facilities, communication
network, Police station, Post Office, Banks etc as necessary. All these facilities
so developed shall cater partly to the Local Community also under the company’s
Social welfare schemes.
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Diversion of roads and irrigation canals falling in project site
Specific programmes will be launched to benefit the Local People by undertaking the
following as per R&R Plan to be agreed to:
Mobile Medical services to cater to the population in the vicinity.
Primary schools in different villages with mid day meal scheme.
Vocational Training centre to cater to the locals, so that they can earn their
livelihood.
Local people will be encouraged by providing Loans to involve in local business,
undertake mini contracts, take up Transport business etc.
Local entrepreneurs will benefit from increased flow of outsiders and increased
purchasing power of the community, through sale of goods both consumables as well
as durables.
In general the overall purchasing power of people in the region will go up leading to
an overall spiraling effect of social development along with better health, education
and Infrastructure development.
6. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE
6.1 Industrial Area (Processing Area)
6.1.1 Roads
The proposed site of Alumina Refinery at Kusumshila is well connected with
Rayagada through the Main District Road (MD) of Rayagada. Although MD Road
also provides approach to the red-mud disposal site in the north of refinery and the
township in the north of the alumina refinery, it is proposed to provide separate
sealed access roads for smooth movement between the following:
Refinery and township
Refinery and red-mud disposal area
Refinery and intake well at Nagavalli river
Township to MD Road
In addition to the above as a related project, a dedicated mine-plant link road of
approximately 16 km to provide access to Kutrumali Mine and the mine to plant long
distance bauxite conveyor. The final ascent of this road would require a 350 m rise in
elevation within a distance of 1.5 Km in difficult hilly terrain. A separate 11 Km road
link from Sijjimali to the loading station at Kutrumali is also being considered.
Transport of materials and equipment to the mine sites during construction would
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require the strengthening and minor upgrade of 16 Km of road access between
Kashipur and Sunger at the base of Kutrumali plateau.
6.1.2 Railways
General
Railway system is one of the most important infrastructure for this project as it will be
used to deliver coal, caustic soda and furnace oil and transport the product alumina
to the port. The approximate quantities of materials to be transported by railways are
as follows:
Rail Traffic for Alumina Refinery (3.0 Million TPY)
Sl.
No. Material
Quantity
(Million TPY) From To
1 Coal 1.80 Ib Valley and
Vishakhapatnam Port Alumina Refinery
2 Caustic Soda
(as 50% NaOH) 0.36 Vishakhapatnam Port
Alumina Refinery
3 Fuel Oil 0.24 Vishakhapatnam Oil
Refinery
Alumina Refinery
4 Lime
(as 70% CaO) 0.13 Local suppliers
Alumina Refinery
5 Alumina 3.00 Alumina Refinery Vishakhapatnam Port
Total 5.53
The railway system for the project would comprise of the following main components:
Rail link to the main-line of Indian Railways
Wagon handling facilities at the Alumina Refinery and Port
Deployment and maintenance of Rolling Stock
Track maintenance
Rail traffic management
It is proposed that the traffic shall move in block rakes and that specialized rolling
stock shall be owned by the promoters.
Rail Link
It is proposed to install a private rail link for connecting to the main network of Indian
Railways as a part of the railway system of the project. The proposed refinery site at
Kusumshila which is near the Sikarpai station on Koraput-Raygada (K-R) Line and
Singapur Road station on the Raipur-Vijayanagaram (R-V) Line.
Based on the feasibility to the two lines, two options were evaluated for establishing
the railway link. Option-I is to install a siding beginning from the Y junction at
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Singapur Road for connecting to the R-V Line while the Option-II is to consider a
siding beginning from the Kevatiguda, another more feasible station, on the K-R Line.
In the option-I, if siding takes off from Y-junction, a loop would have to be provided
along the K-R line for reversal of locomotive. This was not found technically feasible
as the K-R line in that stretch is laid on 1 in 100 grade whereas the maximum grade
permissible for laying a loop is 1 in 400 and with special dispensation 1 in 260.
Hence, this proposal is not technically feasible.
Another possibility to work from Y-junction was by providing an additional chord
connecting the serving siding with the K-R line. This was found technically feasible,
but it requires provision of two block cabins involving not only capital expenditure but
also running cost of manning these cabins round-the-clock. The other drawback of
this layout was that a crossing station had to be provided on the serving siding
between Km 10 and Km 11 from the Y-junction where the trains could be controlled
and regulated for entry into the busy stream of K-R and R-V lines. The capital cost
and the annual recurring cost of manning the crossing station are an adverse feature.
Hence this option is also not feasible.
Since the plant is situated closer to K-R line, as compared to R-V line, the possibility
of taking off the siding from the K-R line was examined. Operationally, it would be
more convenient to handle the plant's traffic through a station on the K-R line, as
compared to Y-junction where the traffic is dealt from three directions.
Kevatiguda is a four-line crossing station on the K-R line. For reversing the loco
movement, adequate facility is available at Kevatiguda with three loops. Besides to
facilitate movement, one additional loop is proposed at Plant's cost. Hence, no
problem is envisaged in dealing with this traffic at Kevatiguda.
The chargeable distance for traffic inward and outward will be 5 km more in respect
of option-II as compared to option-I. The increase in the freight will be more than
compensated by the savings in the annual recurring cost by adopting option-II.
Thus it would be seen that both for operational convenience and cost-effectiveness,
the siding taking off from Kevatiguda is better.
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Part of the Coal supply to the refinery would be sourced from the Ib Valley mines and
transported to the alumina refinery via Jharsuguda - Titlagarh Line and then through
Titlagarh - Singapur Road section of the R-V Line and then on the K-R Line up to the
railway siding at Kevatiguda.
Wagon handling facilities at the Alumina Refinery
Specialized wagons used for transporting alumina and caustic soda would be
procured as a part of the project according to the specifications of Indian Railways.
Fuel Oil wagons would be sourced either from the fuel oil supplier or through the
Indian Railways while coal would be transported in general service box wagons
operated by the Indian Railways.
Trains carrying alumina would normally consist of a rake of 48 wagons. Caustic soda
would be transported in shorter rakes of 28 wagons or may be combined with
alumina wagons to make full length rakes. Fuel rakes would comprise of 28 wagons
lot with a maximum permissible load of 56 wagons. Coal would normally be hauled in
lots of 58 box ‘N’ type wagons.
Within the alumina refinery, all the shunting and placement operations shall be
performed by locomotives owned by the project. Two numbers of diesel locomotives
have been envisaged for this purpose.
It is proposed to install an electronic type railway weigh bridge of 100 T capacity for
weighment of all incoming and outgoing wagons.
A dedicated wagon tippler shall be provided for unloading coal wagons. The
unloaded coal shall be directly sent to the coal storage yard by means of a belt
conveyor.
In order to facilitate easy loading and unloading of material to and from the railway
wagons within the plat boundary, separate railway tracks shall be provided for
loading and unloading of the following materials:
Coal - 1 unloading track
Caustic Soda - 1 unloading track
Fuel Oil - 1 unloading track
Lime - 1 unloading track
Alumina - 2 loading tracks
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In addition to the above tracks, there shall be separate tracks for mainline and engine
escape. Space provision shall be kept for additional track for future requirement.
6.1.3 Port Facilities
It is proposed to export 3 million TPY alumina and import approximately 360,000 TPY
at 50% NaOH caustic soda lye through Vishakhapatnam port in the state of Andhra
Pradesh. It is also proposed to import about 50% of the coal from world market. The
facilities to be provided in the port shall include storage, handling and loading/
unloading facilities for alumina, coal and caustic soda.
The inner harbour of the port has sufficient draft to allow for ships up to 40,000 dwt to
the berth. Modifications are under implementation to allow ships up to 60,000 dwt.
Existing practice for transportation of alumina from India involves ships varying from
10,000 dwt to 45,000 dwt with most of them being within 25,000 to 40,000 dwt range.
To feed ships of this size, four silos of 40,000 T capacity shall be provided at the port.
Caustic soda lye would be delivered to the port in 10,000 dwt ships and unloaded by
ship unloading pumps. Four storage tanks of 10,000 T shall be provided for storing
the unloaded caustic soda.
Other facilities at the port would include separate loading/ unloading railway lines for
alumina and caustic with suitable loading/ unloading systems.
6.1.4 Communication
Three forms of telecommunication have been identified:
Communication within the project work area
Communication within India
Communication overseas
Within the process area (main Alumina Refinery), the following communication
systems have been envisaged:
An EPABX system would be used for the fixed site operations and mobile
telephones/ walkie-talkies shall be used for specific requirements.
All modern communication facilities included internet, email and video
conferencing shall be provided for communication within India as well as
overseas.
6.2 Residential Area (Non Processing Area)
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General
There will be approximately 1200 employees in the plant of which executives will be
360 and non executives will be 840. However to provide better amenities a full-
fledged combined township for plant, mines and security personnel and supporting
staff is proposed for the project near Budagurha.
Single and double storeyed flats are proposed in the township. The township will be
well planned and self contained. It will have all the infrastructure such as water
supply, underground sewerage, electricity, roads etc. Other amenities such as
school, community center, guest house, health center, hospital, shopping complex,
post office, bank, park, playground etc. will also be provided. Suitable provision shall
be kept for future expansion of the township.
Location
The township for alumina refinery and mines is proposed on the northen side of the
proposed alumina refinery. Approximately 40 hectares of area has been earmarked
for the township which is sufficient for the expansion also. The township shall be
developed near Siripur Village. The MD road is 1 km towards east;; Kalyansinghpur
on its North and Siripur on its South. Nagavalli river will be 1-2 km from the township.
The proposed township site is located on clayey soils to a depth of 2m, below which a
hard soil of soft rock is there. It is located in the mildest earthquake zone.
Dwelling Units
Apportionment of various types of accommodation shall be made as per entitlement
of the categories of the personnel as per standard norms. It is proposed to provide
100% housing requirements for executives and 70% requirement for non-executives.
The township shall be designed for 1100 employees and their families, with provision
for expansion.
Amenities
It is proposed to provide all basic amenities within the proposed township such as
Primary School, Higher Secondary, School, Community Centre, Guest House,
Hostel, Health Centre, Post Office, Bank etc.
Transport
The township will be connected with the Major District (MD) road which leads to
Kalyanasinghapur on one side and Sikarpai and Rayagada on the other side.
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Sikarpai Railway Station on K-R line is about 5 Km from the proposed township.
Temporary transport facilities will be provided during construction phase but
developed transport facilities will be made available to the people of colony &
residents of the area.
Industrial Activity
The activities will include service industries, transport and trading activities in the
area. Related auxiliary small and medium scale units will be encouraged in the
neighbouring areas.
Power, Water and other Services
The township shall be connected to the main district road and the refinery through
new approach roads. The main approach road shall be 6m wide, with 1.5m berms on
each side of the road. Local roads shall be 3m wide.
Power shall be supplied to the township from the captive co-generation plant located
in the alumina refinery. Treated water shall be supplied from the water treatment
plant located within the alumina refinery and pumped to an elevated storage tank in
the township area. In addition to these, following external services shall also be
provided:
Water Storage & Distribution network;
Sewage treatment & disposal;
Storm Water drainage System;
Power supply & Distribution Network;
Internal roads;
Telephone connections;
Cable T.V. connections;
Township maintenance department.
6.3 Green Belt
It is proposed to have Green Belt all along the periphery of the plant area. Green belt
development will depend upon:
a. Quality and quantity of pollution load
b. Meteorological factor
c. Soil & water quality
Selection of plants and vegetation will be based upon the following:
a. The plants should be fast growing
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b. The plants should have thick canopy cover
c. The plants should be preferably perennial and evergreen
d. The plants should have large leaf area index
e. The plants should match with the local ecological background
6.4 Social Infrastructure
Various Development Programme of the Govt. are there which are mostly routed
through BDO. The largest groups for such programmes are the families living Below
Poverty Line (BPL) which generally includes landless, marginal and small farmers,
SCs, STs, women, destitute, orphans, handicapped etc.
Since majority of the PAPs are Below Poverty Line they can avail the facilities/
benefits available under such programmes. There are basically four types of
programmes.
Asset endowments & Income Generation (AEIG)
Employment Generation
Training
Infrastructure Development
Most of the AEIG Programmes are based on subsidy loan combination and are
available under
Self Employment of Educated Unemployed Youth (SEEUY),
Forest Farming for Rural Poor (FFRP),
Development of Women and Child in Rural Area (DWCRA), etc.
Besides, there are various sectoral development programmes like fisheries,
sericulture, horticulture, floriculture, small scale and cottage industries etc. where
individual poor families are also assisted to establish their economic base with the
help of exclusive training programmes.
Training programmes are also organised by various govt. departments for their
different schemes. Employment generation and infrastructural development are
ensured through Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) under which required social and
other infrastructures are developed by employing local unemployed people. Project
also provides employment opportunities for some of the PAPs in its construction
activity.
For the PAPs, some of the development programmes discussed above can be
integrated for their economic rehabilitation. For the families headed by women and
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those who are supplementing their family income can be helped for self employment
under DWCRA. Depending upon skills, preference and managerial capabilities,
individual PAPs can be assisted to avail the benefits under such programmes through
Block Development Office (BDO). The NGO will have an important role to play in
ensuring the benefits along with the BDO. While NGO can motivate the PAPs and
help them from time to time in training,
BDO will help in processing the individual cases for assistance at block level. Based
on the detailed discussion with affected people, in several sittings, certain alternative
income generating activities will be identified by NGO for those families whose
income earning is likely to go down after Land Acquisition, a majority of them will be
the land owners. In order to improve the efficiency or to impart a new skill, training
programmes under TRYSEM will be organised and Self Employment thereafter under
income generating scheme will be ensured. Financial provision have been made for
the training of PAPs in different skills to help them in their economic rehabilitation
Artisans: The skill possessed is limited to rope making and carpentry. Apart from
these two major skills some PAPs also possess skill of khali stitching, broom stick
making, basket making and pottery.
These activities are basically carried out to meet the domestic needs and in case
there is any excess production, it is sold in the weekly markets. But there is good
scope of marketing the products of these activities not only within but also outside the
state. It requires organised marketing.
Therefore, there is a need to train and orient the people towards commercial
production of these items. Besides cash earning from such activities which may
substantially supplement the household income, these activities can provide
productive employment to women members on a long term basis.
Women Members: Apart from being helped in DWCRA women may be helped on an
individual basis, by providing them loan for petty business like small grocery shop,
tea shop, pan bidi shop etc . Other suitable activities such as bamboo basket making,
khali stitching etc. also can be promoted.
Educated Persons: Although the literacy level is extremely low in the area, still few
educated members are there. They can be covered under Self Employment schemes
for which necessary training programmes will be organised to impart skill I trade and
finally arranging the assistance required for their rehabilitation. Some of the important
self employment schemes could be cycle repairing, tailoring, welding, motor winding,
motor driving etc .
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Various economic activities may be taken up for the individual families based on
their socio-economic characteristics which includes
i) Education level
ii) Skill possession
iii) Main and subsidiary occupation
iv) Type of worker
v) Age
vi) Sex
vii) Suitability of economic activity to supplement the income
viii) Market potential and marketing facilities
Project affected Persons (PAP) whose main occupation is agriculture are suggested
allied agriculture activities which includes dairy, poultry, sheep rearing, goatery and
pig keeping etc., but the specific activities is not mentioned as it is upto the NGO to
discuss with the PAPs to know their preference. Some PAPs are having dairy and
poultry as subsidiary occupation, Therefore, those PAPs may take up the same as
main occupation after displacement. Although many PAPs are having skill but most
them are restricted to rope making and carpentry. For some of the PAPs household
industries have been suggested as an alternative economic activity. PAPs having
construction activity as subsidiary after agriculture will be given training in masonry
work for self employment. PAPs those who are educated (at least secondary level)
will be given loan for petty business.
Apart from the above, this project will improve their present economic conditions by
having direct and indirect employment opportunity as skilled/semi – skilled workers,
contractor’s labours etc. Thus the project will have significant beneficial impact on
the economic condition and life style of the local people.
In addition, the following benefits will accrue to the local people:
- Road facility
- Medical camps
- Social awareness camps
- Secondary employment opportunities
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6.5 Connectivity
The present connectivity in the project area has already been described earlier at
section 4.1. The project proponent would attempt to enhance the already existing
connectivity by providing suitable infrastructure like bus station, roads to reach to
Sikarpai railway station etc.
6.6 Drinking Water Management
It is estimated that the water requirement for alumina refinery and associated facilities
would be approximately 14 million gallons per day (MGD). To meet drinking,
sanitation and service water, the required treated water from the raw water system
will be utilized.
Raw Water Treatment Plant (RWTP)
Raw water from the fresh water reservoir would be properly treated in a RWTP by
flocculation, coagulation, filtration and chlorination to produce the desired quality of
water for process use and for drinking water circuit.
Treated water from the RWTP shall be stored in two underground reservoirs and one
overhead tanks to meet the requirement of the alumina refinery and the steam &
power plant. Water for the mines and township shall be pumped from the
underground reservoirs with the help of dedicated pumps. Sufficient storage
provisions for mines and township have been considered.
6.7 Sewerage System
The plant and township will have a well connected underground and above
ground sewerage network system with minimal discharge of effluents to the
surroundings.
6.8 Industrial Waste Management
LIQUID WASTE
Liquid wastes in alumina production are generated from various sections of the plant.
There are three types of liquid wastes, namely
Process waste water
Oily waste water
Sanitary waste water
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Process Waste Water
There are three types of effluents from various processing units :
a) Acidic waste water from heat exchangers and evaporators
b) Cooling tower blow-down comprising treatment chemicals
c) Laboratory effluents
Besides, there are alkaline effluents from various units, which are recycled back
within the battery limit. All the acidic effluents are collected in an equalization tank
from where the equalized waste water is pumped to the reaction tank. Lime is added
in the reaction tank for neutralization and precipitation. The waster water then flows to
the clarifier where solids are separated and the clarified overflow passes through a
guard pond into the discharge drain. The sludge flows under hydrostatic pressure to
the sludge sump from where it is pumped to the ash pond. The treatment effluent
quality will conform to IS: 2490 (Industrial waste water discharged into inland waters).
Oily Waste Water
Oily waste water treatment plant is to treat only oily waste water from oil storage and
oil unloading area. Oily waste water is pumped to the collection tanks where oil water
separation takes place. The separated oil is collected in drums while the waste water
is allowed to flow by gravity to the API oil separator.
The remaining oil is recovered in the API separator and the treated waste water will
be discharged for final disposal. The sludge removed in API will flow by hydrostatic
pressure to sludge lagoons for drying and manual disposal.
Treated effluent characteristics are as follows:
pH : 5.5 to 9.0
BOD5 : 30 mg/l
Oil & Grease : 10 mg/l
Suspended solid : 100 mg/l
Sanitary Waste
Sanitary waste of the entire alumina plant would be treated in sanitary waste
treatment plant. Sanitary waste from the above sources is received in Sanitary
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Sewage Sump and then pumped to compact unit consisting of digestion chamber,
stabilization chamber, clarifier and activated sludge process unit with facilities like
aeration, post chlorination, sludge removal, recirculation and scum removal. The
treated effluent after chlorination is collected in the treated effluent slump for final
disposal. The bio sludge generated is dried in sludge drying beds before final
disposal.
The treated effluent conforms to the following parameters:
pH : 5.5 to 9.0
BOD (20○C) : 20 mg/l
Suspended solid : 30 mg/l
6.9 Solid Waste Management
The major solid wastes discharged from the plant are red mud from the alumina
refinery and coal ash from the co-gen power plant. Red mud is rendered alkaline by
the adhering liquor. The mud is ‘dry’ stacked and the storage area is lined with an
impermeable layer to prevent ground water contamination. Appropriate dust
suppression system shall also be provided.
Coal Ash shall be disposed off into conventional wet pond. The water shall be
reclaimed for reslurrying of ash, and the excess water, if any shall be utilized for
green belt development in the plant area. The disposal site shall be bounded and
garland drains shall be provided to isolate the surface run-off from the watershed
area of ash pond. Excess fly ash shall be utilized for land filling in low-lying areas and
for road construction etc. Further, it is proposed to be sold to briquette making plants.
6.10 Power Requirement & Supply I source
Total electric power demand for the project including township and associated
facilities has been estimated at 150 MW which would be met from the Co-gen power
plant, with one unit as standby.
Medium Pressure steam is a requirement in the alumina refinery. Hence, a co-
generation power plant has been proposed for this project such that the steam which
is produced at a higher pressure is expanded through back-pressure type turbo
generators to the pressure required for the alumina circuit. The byproduct electric
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power is utilized for meeting the requirement of the process plant and associated
facilities.
The electric power produced in the co-generation plant shall be synchronized with
grid supply such that surplus power can be banked with GRIDCO (Odisha) while
minor temporary shortage will be met from the grid. For short durations, during
instability of the grid, it would be possible to operate the plant in “Islanding” mode
also.
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7. REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R & R) PLAN
7.1 Policy to be adopted (Central/State)
L&T proposes to follow the Odisha State policy on R&R and accordingly it will provide
benefits to the Project Affected Persons (PAP) which are estimated to be around
1040, as per the last socio-economic survey carried out for the project. Project
displaced households is around 800 (as per the definition of R&R policy and the
amended Land Acquisition Act, 2013).
8. PROJECT SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES
8.1 Project Schedule
The proposed project comprises a 3 MTPY alumina refinery and its associated
facilities like co-gen power plant, residue area, township, R&R colony, road link to
major district road, rail link to Indian railways, water drawal from Nagavali river and
connectivity to state grid etc.
The major steps involved up to implementation of the proposed project are as
follows:
Selection and appointment of a Technology Supplier of international repute for Alumina Refinery
Conceptual Engineering by Technology Supplier
Detailed Feasibility Study (DFS)
Environmental Clearance
Forest Clearance
Other government approvals and statutory clearances
Land acquisition
Basic Engineering by the selected Technology Supplier
Detail Engineering by selected Engineering Consultant
Construction
Pre-commissioning and Commissioning
The overall project implementation schedule is presented in the form of a bar chart in
Annexure 3 (Document No. A811-00-1342-SCH-001). It is based on conventional
project implementation philosophy and experience of similar projects in India.
Date for commencement of construction of the Alumina Refinery is likely to be
January 2017 and completion date is expected to be December 2020.
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8.2 Estimated Project Cost
As informed by L&T, the capital cost of the project including facilities for
Core Plant
Red Mud Disposal
Coal Ash Disposal
Township
R&R Colony
Associated Road & Rail Infrastructure
would be Rs.13,468 crores including a foreign exchange component of Rs. 2385
crores.
8.2.1 Annual Operating Cost
Annual operating cost of Rs 2995 crores (Annexure 2) has been computed
considering following costs:-
a) Variable operating cost
i. Raw Material : Bauxite : Rs. 500/- per MT
: Caustic Soda : Rs. 26,000/-per MT
ii. Energy : Coal : Rs. 4,500/- per MT
: Power : only generation*
* Duty of Rs. 0.22/ Kwh has been considered. Power shall be evacuated from Co-gen Power Plant.
b) Fixed Operating Cost
Fixed Operating cost for Alumina Refinery is based on following assumptions:-
Salary & Wages
Executives :- Rs. 12,00,000/- per annum. (average) Non Executives :- Rs. 6,00,000/- per annum. (average)
Repair & Maintenance
@ 2.5% of Plant & Machinery and 0.5% of Building & Civil works.
Insurance
@ 0.1% of Capital cost.
8.2.2 Annual Sales Revenue
Annual Sales revenue of Rs. 5544 crores (Annexure 2) has been worked out
considering selling price of alumina @ USD 280/MT as advised by the L&T (at an
exchange rate of Rs.66.per USD).
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8.2.3 Financial Analysis
Based on capital cost, operating cost and sales revenue, financial analysis have been
carried out for calculating internal rate of return (IRR) with a view to establish
profitability of the project. The basis of financial analysis is as under:
Basis of Financial Analysis
Sl. No. Parameter Value
1 Construction Period 5 Years
2 Plant Life 20 years
3 Debt / Equity Ratio 70 : 30
4 Expenditure Pattern Simultaneous debt equity pattern
5 Loan Repayment period 10 years
6 Moratorium Period 2 Years
7 Interest on Long Term Debt 10% for indigenous and 5% for Foreign
8 Capital Phasing (Total Capital)
1 Year 15.0%
2 Year 25.0%
3 Year 35.0%
4 Year 20.0%
5 Year 5.0%
9 Capacity Build – up
1st year 66.66%
2nd year 83.33%
3rd year onwards 100%
10 Corporate Tax Rate @ 0%
11 MAT @ 20.96%
8.2.4 Results of Financial Analysis
Results of Financial Analysis for the plant are as follows:-
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9. ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSAL
9.1 Financial and social benefits
Employment Generation Potential
The proposed project will generate significant employment in the economically
backward area of Rayagada district. The employment generation potential of the
project is estimated to be as follows:
6000 workers during Construction period.
1200 Employees directly employed for Operation phase.
4800 persons get indirect employment during Operation phase.
The population comprising of above-mentioned group will have high purchasing
power which will have a further effect on the economy of the region leading to
increase Revenue to State.
Development of Infrastructure around the Plant
The project is expected to help in overall development of the area as follows:
Building of Access Road to Plant, Mine Township and other facilities.
Peripheral Roads to different villages as part of community development.
Provide Electric power distribution network with the help of State agencies to
local people.
Provide Potable water to the nearby villages either through Bore well or through
the water storage reservoir created to cater to the plant.
ITEM DESCRIPTION Cost in Rs Crores
CAPEX 13450
ANNUAL OPERATING COST 2995
SALES – REVENUE 5544
ITEM DESCRIPTION Value in percent
IRR on Total Capital
Pre-Tax 14.31%
Post- Tax 14.31%
IRR on Equity
Pre-Tax 19.61%
Post- Tax 19.61%
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The township will have school, hospital, market, sports facilities, communication
network, Police station, Post Office, Banks etc as necessary. All these facilities
so developed shall cater partly to the Local Community also under the company’s
Social welfare schemes.
Specific programmes will be launched to benefit the Local People by undertaking the
following as per R&R Plan to be agreed to:
Mobile Medical services to cater to the population in the vicinity.
Primary schools in different villages with mid day meal scheme.
Vocational Training centre to cater to the locals, so that they can earn their
livelihood.
Local people will be encouraged by providing Loans to involve in local business,
undertake mini contracts, take up Transport business etc.
Local entrepreneurs will benefit from increased flow of outsiders and increased
purchasing power of the community, through sale of goods both consumables as well
as durables.
In general the overall purchasing power of people in the region will go up leading to
an overall spiraling effect of social development along with better health, education
and Infrastructure development.
9.2 Conclusions & Final Recommendations
Based on the preliminary analysis presented in this report it is concluded that the
proposed project is technically and financially feasible. The estimated Capital Cost is
well within the acceptable norms. The estimated Operating Cost is low and is similar
to other plants in the regions. However, it is recommended that these findings may be
studied in further detail through a Detailed Feasibility Studies before the financial
closure.
Annexure -1
Sl. No. Country Location CompanyPlant Capacity
(t/year)1 Argentina Puerto Madryn Aluar (Aluminio Argentino) 4,70,0002 Australia Bell Bay, Tasmania Rio Tinto Alcan (Bell Bay) Ltd. 1,80,0003 Australia Boyne Island Boyne Smelters Ltd. (BSL) 5,50,000
4 Australia Portland, VictoriaAlcoa World Alumina Australia Ltd. - Portland Aluminium 3,58,000
5 Australia Tomago Tomago Aluminium Company Pty. Ltd. 5,40,0006 Azerbaijan Ganja Ganja Aluminium 50,0007 Bahrain Askar Alba (Aluminium Bahrain) 9,12,000
8Bosnia and Herzegovina Mostar Aluminij d.d. Mostar 1,30,000
9 Brazil Vila dos Cabanos Albras (Alumínio Brasileiro S.A.) 4,60,00010 Brazil Poços de Caldas Alcominas (Alcoa Alumínio S.A.) 1,06,000
11 Brazil São LuísAlumar (Consórcio de Alumínio do Maranhão S.A.) 4,60,000
12 Brazil Santa Cruz Metalisul 95,00013 Brazil Saramenha Novelis do Brasil S.A. 51,000
14 Brazil Alumínio CBA (Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio) 4,75,000
15 Cameroon EdéaAlucam (Compagnie Camerounaise de l'Aluminium) 1,00,000
16 Canada Alma, Quebec Rio Tinto Alcan - Usine Alma 4,43,00017 Canada Arvida Rio Tinto Alcan - Usine Arvida 1,63,000
18 Canada BécancourA.B.I. (Aluminerie de Bécancour Incorporée) 4,20,000
19 Canada Baie Comeau Alcoa Aluminerie de Baie-Comeau 3,00,00020 Canada Deschambault Alcoa Aluminerie de Deschambault 2,60,00021 Canada Grande Baie Rio Tinto Alcan - Usine Grande-Baie 2,20,00022 Canada Kitimat Rio Tinto Alcan - Kitimat 2,10,00023 Canada Laterrière,_Quebec Rio Tinto Alcan - Usine Laterrière 2,35,00024 Canada Sept-Îles, Quebec Aluminerie Alouette Inc. 6,00,00025 Canada Shawinigan Falls Rio Tinto Alcan - Shawinigan Falls 1,00,000
26 Egypt Nag HammadiEgyptalum (Aluminium Company of Egypt) 3,20,000
27 France Dunkerque Aluminium Dunkerque SA 2,73,000
28 FranceSt. Jean de Maurienne Rio Tinto Alcan - St.-Jean-de-Maurienne 1,41,000
29 Germany EssenTrimet Aluminium AG - Niederlassung Essen 1,70,000
30 Germany HamburgTrimet Aluminium AG - Primary Products Hamburg 1,35,000
31 Germany NeussHydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbH -Neuss (Rheinwerk) 2,30,000
32 Germany Voerde Voerdal GmbH 96,00033 Ghana Tema Valco (Volta Aluminium Company) 2,00,00034 Greece St. Nicolas Aluminium de Grèce SA (AdG) 1,66,00035 Iceland Reyðarfjörður Alcoa Fjardaál 3,46,000
List of Aluminium smelters in the worldSource: Internet surfing
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Sl. No. Country Location CompanyPlant Capacity
(t/year)
36 IcelandGrundartangi, near Akranes Nordic Aluminum Co (Nordural) 2,85,000
37 IcelandStraumsvik, near Hafnarfjörður Alcan Iceland Co Ltd. (Isal) 1,90,000
38 India Angul National Aluminium Co. (Nalco) 4,75,000
39 India HirakudHindalco Industries Ltd. - Hirakud Smelter 2,13,000
40 India Haryana Century Metal Recycling Private Limited41 India Haryana Sumridhi Aluminum Private Limited 20,00042 India Jharsuguda Vedanta Resources 5,00,00043 India Korba Bharat Aluminium Co. (Balco) 9,00,000
44 India RenukootHindustan Aluminium Co. (Hindalco Industries Ltd)) 3,45,000
45 India LapangaAditya Aluminium (Hindalco Industries Ltd)) 3,60,000
46 India BargawanMahan Aluminium (Hindalco Industries Ltd)) 3,60,000
47 Indonesia Kuala TanjungPT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) 2,65,000
48 Iran Arak Iran Aluminium Co (Iralco) 90,00049 Iran Arak (2) Iran Aluminium Co (Iralco) 1,10,00050 Iran Bandar Abbas Al-Mahdi Aluminium Corp. (AAC) 1,10,00051 Iran Bandar Abbas (2) Hormozgan Aluminium (Hormozal) 1,47,00052 Japan Kambara Nippon Light Metals Co Ltd. 20,00053 Kazakhstan Pavlodar Kazakhstan Aluminium Works (KAZ) 2,50,00054 Malaysia Sarawak Press Metal Sarawak 1,20,000
55 Montenegro PodgoricaDP Kombinat Aluminijuma Podgorica (KAP) 1,20,000
56 Mozambique Maputo Mozal (Mozambique Aluminium Smelter) 5,65,00057 Netherlands Delfzijl Aluminium Delfzijl BV (Aldel) 1,70,000
58 New Zealand Tiwai PointNew Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) 3,51,000
59 Nigeria Ikot AbasiAlscon (Aluminium Smelter Co of Nigeria) 2,00,000
60 Norway Årdal Ardal Primary Production (Haas) 2,33,00061 Norway Hoyanger Hoyanger Primary Production (Haas) 60,00062 Norway Husnes Sor-Norge Aluminium AS (Soral) 1,85,00063 Norway Karmøy Karmoy Primary Production (Haas) 1,70,00064 Norway Lista Alcoa Norway - Lista Works 1,27,50065 Norway Mosjøen Alcoa Norway - Mosjoen Works 2,21,50066 Norway Sunndalsøra Sunndal Primary Production (Haas) 4,00,00067 Oman Sohar Sohar Aluminium Company 3,90,00068 China Aba Aba Aluminium Works 1,00,00069 China Baise Yinhai Baise Yinhai Aluminium Co 1,75,00070 China Baotou East Hope Baotou Oriental Hope Aluminium Co 4,00,00071 China Baotou Shi Baotou Aluminum Factory 6,10,000
72 ChinaChangjiang[disambiguation
needed ] Changjiang Aluminium Smelter 62,00073 China Chiping Xinfa Shandong Xinfa Aluminium Co. 5,50,000
74 ChinaChongqing Dongsheng Dongsheng Aluminium Works 50,000
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Sl. No. Country Location CompanyPlant Capacity
(t/year)75 China Chongqing Tiantai Chongqing Aluminium Co 55,00076 China Chuangyuan Changyuan Aluminum Works 1,00,000
77 China Danjiankou ShiDanjiangkou Water Conservancy Aluminium Factory 50,000
78 China Datong Xian Qinhai Aluminium Smelter 2,60,00079 China Dengfeng Dengfeng Aluminium Works 65,00080 China Dianneng Gejiu Dianneng Gejiu Aluminium Works 50,000
81 China Dongfang XiwangDongfang Xiwang Aluminium Smelter Innermongolia 7,80,000
82 China Donghai Shandong Donghai Aluminium Corp. 2,00,00083 China Emei Sichuan Emei Aluminium Pant 3,50,000
84 China EmeishanEmeishan Aluminium Industry Clique Co. Ltd. 3,55,000
85 China Faxiang Faxiang Aluminium Works 70,000
86 China FukangXinjian Tianlong Mineral Co. Aluminium Smelter 4,13,000
87 China Fushun Shi Fushun Aluminium Reduction Plant 3,50,00088 China Gansu Longxi Gansu Longxi Dongxing Smelter 2,40,00089 China Gongyi Gongyi Aluminium Plant 25,00090 China Guangxi Baise Guangxi Baise Xinghe Smelter 3,20,000
91 ChinaGuangyuan Qimingxing Qimingxing Aluminium Co. 1,14,000
92 China Guanlu (new) Shanxi Guanlu Co. Ltd. 2,20,00093 China Guanlu (old) Shanxi Guanlu Aluminium Plant 1,10,000
94 China Guanyuan AostarSichuan Aostar Guangyuan Aluminium Smelter 4,20,000
95 China Guiyang Shi Guiyang Aluminium Smelter 2,40,00096 China Guizhou Guizhou Aluminum Plant 4,10,00097 China Haizhou HaizhouAluminium Smelter 40,00098 China Hejin Xian Long Men Aluminum Plant 1,20,00099 China Henan Wanji Henan Wanji Aluminum Co. Ltd. 5,30,000100 China Hongjun Huomei Hongjun Aluminium Smelter 10,60,000101 China Honglu Aluminium Honglu Aluminium Co 1,50,000102 China Huadong Huadong Aluminium Works 70,000103 China Huanghe Huanghe Aluminum Co. 80,000104 China Huasheng Jiangquan Huasheng Jiangquan Aluminum Co. 1,12,000105 China Huaxin Huaxin Aluminum Industries 70,000106 China Huayu Huayu Aluminium Works 1,00,000107 China Jiaozuo Shi Jiaozuo Wanfang Aluminium Smelter 4,20,000108 China Jilin Jilin Aluminium Company 65,000109 China Jinneng Jinning Aluminium Smelter 80,000110 China Jinning Jinning Aluminium Co 3,50,000111 China Jinxi Xinfa Group 1,60,000112 China Ke'ao Shandong Yankuang Ke-au Aluminium 1,35,000113 China Laibin Yinhai Laibin Yinhai Aluminium Company 2,50,000114 China Lanjiang Shi Lanjiang Aluminium Works 30,000115 China Lanzhou Liancheng Lanzhou Liancheng Aluminium Plant 2,60,000116 China Lanzhou Shi Lanzhou Aluminium Smelter 7,00,000117 China Linfeng Linfeng Aluminium 1,60,000118 China Lintao Lintao Aluminium Plant 50,000119 China Linzhou Lifeng Aluminium Co. Ltd. 2,40,000120 China Longlin Longlin Aluminium Smelter 50,000
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Sl. No. Country Location CompanyPlant Capacity
(t/year)
121 ChinaLongquan Aluminium Longquan Aluminium Smelter 4,00,000
122 China Longxiang Longxiang Aluminium Works 55,000
123 ChinaMeishan Qimingxing
Sichuan Meishan Qimingxin Aluminium Co 1,30,000
124 China Mianchi Aluminium Mianchi Aluminium Plant 80,000125 China Nanping Shi Nanping Aluminium Group 73,000126 China Nanshan Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co., Ltd. 4,06,000127 China Ningxia Ningxia St. Dehua 50,000128 China Ningxia Ningxia Jinjiang Group 3,70,000129 China Nongliushi Nongliushi Smelter Xinjiang 5,90,000130 China Panshi Xian Panshi Aluminium Works 25,000131 China Pingguo Xian Pingguo Aluminum Co. 1,40,000132 China Pingyin Shandong Pingyin Aluminium Plant 26,000133 China Qiaotou Qiatou Aluminium Works 3,50,000134 China Qinao Qinao Aluminium Smelter 90,000135 China Qinghai Qinghai Aluminium Plant 4,36,000136 China Qinghai Huanghe Qinghai Huanghe Aluminium Company 5,00,000137 China Qinghai Xinheng Qinghai Xinheng Aluminium Plant 5,00,000138 China Qinghai Xinye Qinghai Xinye Aluminium Smelter 5,75,000139 China Qingtongxia Shi Qingtongxia Aluminum Co. 6,85,000140 China Qinyang Henan Qinyang Aluminium Power 5,00,000141 China Qiya Qiya Group 4,00,000142 China Sanmenxia Shi Sanmenxia Tianyuan Aluminum Co. 1,20,000
143 ChinaShandong Aluminium Shandong Aluminium Smelter 78,000
144 China Shangdian Shangdian Aluminium Co. Ltd. 1,25,000145 China Shanxi-Huaze Shanxi-Huaze Aluminium & Power Co. 3,50,000146 China Shanxian Hengkang Shanxian Hengkang Smelter 2,20,000
147 China Shenhuo (new)Henan Shenhuo Orient Aluminium Company 4,20,000
148 China Shenhuo (old) Henan Shenhuo Aluminium Company 1,60,000149 China Sichuan Qiya Qiya Group 3,50,000150 China Taian Taian Aluminium Works 50,000151 China Taiyuan Shi Taiyuan Aluminium Works 1,00,000152 China Tianshan Tianshan Group 4,00,000153 China Tianyuan Tianyuan Aluminium Group 1,30,000154 China Tongshuan Tongshuan Aluminium Smelter 1,50,000
155 ChinaTongshuan Xinguang
Tongchuan Xinguang Aluminium Co. Ltd. 1,10,000
156 China Tongshun Tongshun Aluminium Plant 50,000157 China Wujiaqu Xinfa Group 7,40,000158 China Xichuan Xichuan Ferro-Alloy Works 90,000159 China Xiezhou Xiezhou Aluminium Works 3,30,000160 China Xinfa Xinfa Xiwang Al & Power 1,75,000161 China Xinjang Yihe Xinjiang Yihe Aluminium Smelter 4,00,000162 China Xinjiang Xinfa Group 3,70,000
163 China XinjinagXinjiang Easthope Coal Power & Aluminium 8,60,000
164 China Xinwang Henan Xinwang Aluminium Co. Ltd. 76,000165 China Yangquan Shanxi Yangquan Aluminium Co. Ltd. 68,000166 China Yangquan Shi Yangquan Aluminium Works 60,000
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Sl. No. Country Location CompanyPlant Capacity
(t/year)
167 China YichuanHenan Hong KongYugang Longquan Aluminium Co., Ltd. 4,00,000
168 China Yinhai Yinhai Aluminium Co. 1,00,000169 China Yongan Yongan Aluminum Co. 60,000170 China Yongchen City Yongchen Aluminium 5,00,000
171 China Yugang LongquanHenan Yugang Longquan Aluminium Co. Ltd. 6,00,000
172 China Yulian Power Henan Yulian Power Group. 1,20,000173 China Yuncheng Shi Shanxi Huasheng Aluminium Works 2,20,000174 China Yungcheng Shanhe Yungcheng Shanhe Aluminium Co. 65,000175 China Yunnan Yunnan Aluminium Co. Ltd. 5,00,000176 China Yunnan Dongyuan Yunnan Dongyuan Smelter 2,40,000177 China Yunnan Runxin Yunnan Runxin Aluminium Works 50,000178 China Yunnan Yongxin Yunnan Yongxin Metals Processing Co. 35,000179 China Zhaofeng Zhaofeng Aluminium Smelting Co 61,000180 China Zheijiang Huadong Zhejiang Huadong Aluminium Co. Ltd. 70,000181 China Zhengxing Zhenxing Aluminium Smelter 1,20,000182 China Zhengzhuo Shi Zhengzhuo Aluminium Smelter 58,000183 China Zhongfu Zhongfu Industry Group 3,08,000184 China Zhonghe Zhonghe Group 4,95,000185 China Zhongning Zhongning Aluminium Smelter 3,70,000186 China Zouping Zouping Aluminium Smelter 1,41,000187 China Zunyi Xian Zunyi Aluminium Works 2,42,000188 Qatar Mesaieed Qatalum (Qatar Aluminium Co) 6,25,000189 Romania Slatina SC Alro SA Slatina 2,88,000190 Russia Bratsk Bratsk Aluminium Works-BrAZ 10,10,000191 Russia Kamensk Ural Aluminium Works -UAZ 75,000192 Russia Kandalaksha Kandalaksha Aluminium Works -KAZ 75,000193 Russia Krasnoturinsk Bogoslovsk Aluminium Works-BAZ 1,90,000194 Russia Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Works - KrAZ 10,08,000195 Russia Nadvoitsy Nadvoitsy Aluminium Works - NkAZ 80,000196 Russia Novokuznetsk Novokuznetsk Aluminim Works - NAZ 3,30,000197 Russia Sayanogorsk Sayan Aluminium Works - SaAZ 5,42,000198 Russia Sayanogorsk II Khakas Aluminium Works - KhAZ 3,00,000199 Russia Shelekhovo Irkutsk Aluminium Works -IrkAZ 4,15,000200 Russia Taishet Thaishet Aluminium Works - ThAZ 10,000201 Russia Volgograd Volgograd Aluminium Works - VgAZ 1,70,000202 Russia Volkhov Volkhov Aluminium Works - VAZ 24,000203 Saudi Arabia Ras Al Khair Ma’aden Aluminium 7,40,000204 Slovakia Ziar nad Hronom Slovak Aluminium Co - SLOVALCO 1,60,000205 Slovenia Kidricevo Talum dd Kidricevo 75,000
206 South AfricaRichards Bay, Hillside Hillside Aluminium 7,20,000
207 Spain Aviles Alcoa Inespal- Aviles Works 93,000208 Spain La Coruña Alcoa Inespal- La Coruna Works 87,000209 Spain San Ciprian Alcoa Inespal -San Ciprian Works 2,50,000210 Sweden Sundsvall Kubikenborg Aluminium AB (Kubal) 1,30,000211 Tajikistan Tursunzoda Tajikistan Aluminium Company (Talco) 4,50,000212 Turkey Seydisehir Eti Alüminyum Inc 65,000213 UAE Jebel Ali Dubal (Dubai Aluminium Co) 10,40,000
214 UAETaweelah, Abu Dhabi Emal (Emirates Aluminium) 8,00,000
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Sl. No. Country Location CompanyPlant Capacity
(t/year)215 Ukraine Zaporozhye Zaporizhsky Alyuminievy Kominat (Zalk) 1,20,000216 United Kingdom Fort William Rio Tinto Alcan - Lochaber Smelter 42,000217 USA Evansville Alcoa - Warrick Operations 2,70,000218 USA Hawesville Century Aluminum of Kentucky LLC 2,50,000219 USA Sebree Century Aluminum 2,00,000220 USA New Madrid Noranda Aluminum Inc. 2,80,000221 USA Massena Alcoa - Massena Operations 1,35,000222 USA Mount Holly Century Aluminum 2,24,000223 USA Ferndale Alcoa - Intalco Aluminum Corp. 2,80,000224 USA Wenatchee Alcoa - Wenatchee Works 1,84,000
225 USAState Metal Industries Camden
226 Venezuela Mantanzas CVG Venalum 4,48,000227 Venezuela Puerto Ordaz Alcasa - (Aluminios del Caroni C.A.) 1,70,000
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ANNEXURE-2
ALUMINA REFINERY OF L&T
ANNUAL OPERATING COST - ALUMINA
( For 3.0 MMTPY )
Job No. :A811 Estimate Validity Sept 2015 Production : 3 000 000 MT SL. NO. DESCRIPTION UNIT UNIT RATE ANNUAL ANNUAL COST RATE/MT
Rs. REQUIREMENT Rs. Rs.
A. VARIABLE
A.1 RAW MATERIALS
1 BAUXITE MT 500 9 000 000 4500 000 000 2 CAUSTIC SODA MT 26 000 180 000 4680 000 000 3 LIME MT 5 000 90 000 450 000 000 4 FLOCCULANT ( LIQUID ) Kg 210 734 880 154 324 800 5 FLOCCULANT ( POWDER ) Kg 210 1 286 000 270 060 000 6 SULPHURIC ACID Kg 4 1 125 000 4 500 000
OTHER MATERIALS LS 400 3 000 000 1200 000 000 A.2 ENERGY
1 COAL MT 4 500
1 800 000
8100 000 000
2 FUEL OIL
HFO - CALCINATION MT 30 000 241 100 7233 000 000
DIESEL MT 48 000 13 500 648 000 000 3 ELECTRICITY
GENERATION DUTY- For alumina KWh 22 600 000 000 132 000 000
GENERATION DUTY- For Others KWh 22 360 000 000 79 200 000
4 SELLING & DISTBN. ( PME ) MT 350 3 000 000 1050 000 000
TOTAL ANNUAL VRIABLE OPERATING COST
28 501 084 800
9500.36
B. FIXED
B.1 WAGES & SALARIES
1 EXECUTIVES PERSONS 12 00 000 360 432 000 000 2 NON - EXECUTIVES PERSONS 6 00 000 840 504 000 000
e.2 COMPANY OVERHEADS (
As 35 % of B1) 35% 327 600 000
B.3 REPAIR & MAINTENANCE
- @ 2.5% OF PLANT & MACHINERY LS 2.5% 158 649 806 - 0 5% OF BLDG. &CIVIL WORKS LS 0.5% 15 810 817
B.4 INSURANCE & TAXES
-@ 0.1% OF CAPITAL COST LS 0.1% 13 468 461
TOTAL ANNUAL FIXED COST 1 451 529 084 483.84
TOTAL OPERATING COST 29 952 613 884
9984.2
SALES REVENUE
UNIT RATE QTY TOTAL REVENUE
(RS. PER YEAR)
TOTAL SALES MT Rs. 18,480/MT
( $ 280 /MT ) 3 000 000 55440 000 000
Document No.: A811-6842-OC-001-01 Sheet 1 of 1
A-15 S-15 O-15 N-15 D-15 J-16 F-16 M-16 A-16 M-16 J-16 J-16 A-16 S-16 O-16 N-16 D-16 J-17 F-17 M-17 A-17 M-17 J-17 J-17 A-17 S-17 O-17 N-17 D-17 J-18 F-18 M-18 A-18 M-18 J-18 J-18 A-18 S-18 O-18 N-18 D-18 J-19 F-19 M-19 A-19 M-19 J-19 J-19 A-19 S-19 O-19 N-19 D-19 J-20 F-20 M-20 A-20 M-20 J-20 J-20 A-20 S-20 O-20 N-20 D-20
-16 -15 -14 -13 -12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
A Pre-Project Phase
1Appointment of Technology supplier by L&T
2 Conceptual Basic Engineering
3 Detailed Feasibility Study (DFS)
4 Financial Investment Decision
5Environmental & Other Stautory Clearances
6 Forest Clearance
S. N.
Activity Description
Project Zero Date
Land Possession
MECHANICAL COMPLETION(Streams 1 & 2)
COMMISSIONING(Streams 1 & 2)
MECHANICAL6 Forest Clearance
7 Land Acquisition and rehabilitation
B Project Execution Phase
1 Basic Engineering
2 Detailed Engineering
3 Construction
4Pre Commissioning & Commissioning
PROJECT : Odisha Alumina Project
LOCATION : Odisha, IndiaPROJECT SCHEDULE FOR ALUMINA REFINERY PROJECT A811 00 1342 SCH 001
Project Zero Date
Land Possession
MECHANICAL COMPLETION(Streams 1 & 2)
COMMISSIONING(Streams 1 & 2)
MECHANICAL COMPLETION(Streams 3 & 4)
COMMISSIONING(Streams 3 & 4)
LOCATION : Odisha, India
OWNER : L&T
JOB NO. : A811 No.
A
Chk.
28-09-2015 With Draft Report SKG
Date Issued for By
PROJECT SCHEDULE FOR ALUMINA REFINERY PROJECT
Rev./ Apv
VKLA811-00-1342-SCH-001
KGKP
Project Zero Date
Land Possession
MECHANICAL COMPLETION(Streams 1 & 2)
COMMISSIONING(Streams 1 & 2)
MECHANICAL COMPLETION(Streams 3 & 4)
COMMISSIONING(Streams 3 & 4)
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ANNEXURE-4
Alumina Refinery project of L&T
Evaluation of Alternative Sites
The proposed industry being mineral based, involving transportation of as high as 9.0
MTPA of bauxite, it is of paramount consideration that the refinery should be located
as near the bauxite deposits as possible. Based on the techno-economic feasibility , it
is felt appropriate that the length of the conveyor meant for transporting bauxite
should not exceed 15 Km. Under this consideration, three potential sites were
identified, a comparative features of these alternative sites being provided below.
Parameters Site – I
(Kushumsila) Site - II
(Rampur) Site - III
(Majhiguda)
Latitude 19° 27’ 19° 28’ 19° 26’
Longitude 83° 17’ 82° 58’ 83° 20’
Village in the Vicinity
Kushumsila village is within the proposed
area
Badadarla village is within the proposed
area
Majhiguda village is within the proposed
area.
Distance from nearest city/ town
Kalyansinghpur, a small town is about 12 Km away
T. Rampur Block HQ is 10 Km away
Kayansinghpur is 15 Km away
Elevation of the site, above MSL
(avg)
380 m 720 m 340m
Land pattern Fairly flat land, mix of barren and agricultural land (single crop)
Mix of barren and agricultural land (single crop), with undulations
Fairly flat land, mix of barren and agricultural land (single crop)
Land availability (in acres)
Adequate land is available
Adequate land is available
Adequate land is available
Private / Government
55:45 60:40 80:20
Agriculture land Mostly single crop low yield type
Mostly single crop low yield type
Mostly single crop low yield type
Distance from mines
10 Km 20 Km. Conveyor routing poses a huge
challenge due to terrain constraints.
16 Km Conveyor has to cross a state high way and a
river
Displacement involved
800 650 1000
Water body and source of water
Nagavali river, 3 Km away
Indravati reservoir, 16 Km away
Nagavalli river, 1 Km away
Road connectivity Bounded by SH-45 T Rampur – Kashipur MDR in the vicinity. Road condition is not very good
SH-45 is 2 Km away
Rail connectivity Nearest railway station is Sikarpai, on K-R line
of ECoR, 5 Km from
plant site. However, take off point is from Keutiguda, 20 Km away from the site based on feasibility study.
Nearest rail head is at Junagarh, 30 Km
away. However, due
to terrain constraints, the rail connectivity is infeasible
Nearest railway station is Sikarpai, on K-R line of
ECoR, 8 Km from plant
site. However, take off point is envisaged from Keutiguda, 16 Km away from the site.
Religious, Archeological Monuments
Nil Nil Nil
[2]
Parameters Site – I (Kushumsila)
Site - II (Rampur)
Site - III (Majhiguda)
Forests No RF No RF No RF
National parks & Wildlife sanctuaries
None within 10 km None within 10 km None within 10 km
Rampur location is eliminated primarily due to two reasons viz,
1. Railway connectivity is not feasible
2. Conveyor will be too long and its route will pose challenges of adverse terrain
Although the factors relating to the other two sites viz, Kusumsila and Majhiguda are
generally comparable, Kushumsila is preferred due to the following reasons.
1. Proximity to bauxite deposits, being shorter by 6 Km than Majhiguda. This is likely
to reduce power consumption by about 3 MW as compared with Majhiguda and
avoid crossing of a state highway and a major river, which entails considerable
capital cost, noise pollution and additional land.
2. Lower capital cost of about Rs 220 Crore, as compared to Majhiguda, due to
difference in conveyor length.
3. Lower operating cost of Rs 9.0 crore per year on recurring basis, due to lower
power consumption of conveyor.
4. Avoidance of potential environmental impacts in form of noise and dust for the
increased length of conveyor.
5. Comparatively less acquisition of private land.
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