NIM bags 1st prize in Overall Performance category at MEMC wk

Tata Steel's Noamundi Iron Mine (NIM), the first mine in the country to conduct pilot launch of Drone Application in Mine Monitoring, has bagged the first prize in the Overall Performance category at the 17th Mines Environment and Mineral Conservation (MEMC) week.

NIM also got the first prize under the category of Five Star Rating System among 14 mines that participated in the MEMC Week organised under the aegis of Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), Kolkata Region recently, a Tata Steel release today said.

Other prizes bagged by NIM included first prizes in Mineral Beneficiation and Sustainable Development and second prizes in the Afforestation and Best Stall categories.

Inspection team members from the different mines visited the participating mines and evaluated their performance based on afforestation, waste dump management, systematic and scientific development, mineral conservation, reclamation and rehabilitation, mineral beneficiation, environmental monitoring, sustainable development, publicity and propaganda as well as CSR activities, the release said.

A panel of judges evaluated two crucial developments SDF (Sustainable Development Framework) and Five Star Rating System after rigorous assessment.

Rajeev Singhal, vice president (Raw Materials), Tata Steel said "As we progress towards scientific and efficient mining practices for a sustainable future, such recognition is very encouraging."

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