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ATOMIC MINERALS CONCESSION (SECOND AMENDMENT) RULES, 2019

ATOMIC MINERALS CONCESSION (SECOND AMENDMENT) RULES, 2019

Preamble - ATOMIC MINERALS CONCESSION (SECOND AMENDMENT) RULES, 2019

ATOMIC MINERALS CONCESSION (SECOND AMENDMENT) RULES, 2019

PREAMBLE

In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 11B of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957) and rule 36of the Atomic Minerals Concession Rules, 2016, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments further to amend the Atomic Minerals Concession Rules, 2016, namely:-

Rule 1 - RULE 1

(1) These rules may be called the Atomic Minerals Concession (Second Amendment) Rules, 2019.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

Rule 2 - RULE 2

In the Atomic Minerals Concession Rules, 2016, for Schedule A, the following Schedule shall be substituted, namely:-

SCHEDULE A

PARTICULARS OF THRESHOLD VALUE FOR ATOMIC MINERALS

[See rule 2 (1)(m) and rule 36]

1.

Beryl and other beryllium - bearing minerals

0.1% BeO (1000 ppm BeO) of the rock or 10kg/tonne Beryl in excavated material.

2.

Lithium bearing minerals

0.5% (5000 ppm) Li2O in ore, except brine (200 ppm Li, i.e. 200 g/tonne Li).

3.

Minerals of the 'rare earths' group containing uranium and thorium

60 ppm U3O8 and/or 250 ppm ThO2 in ore.

4.

Niobium-bearing minerals

100 ppm (Nb+Ta)2 O5 (100 g/tonne) in ore.

5.

Phosphorites and other phosphatic ores containing uranium

60 ppm U3O8 in ore.

6.

Pitchblende and other uranium ores

60 ppm U3O8 in ore, except in Singhbhum Shear zone in Jharkhand where the threshold value will be 150 ppm U3O8 in ore.

7.

Titanium bearing minerals and ores (ilmenite, rutile and leucoxene)

In case of titanium-bearing minerals occurring in hard rock, 60 ppm U3O8 and/or 250 ppm ThO2 in the rock.

All cases of titanium-bearing minerals occurring in Beach Sand Minerals and other placer deposits in association with monazite are notified as above threshold (i.e. the threshold is 0.00% monazite in Total Heavy Minerals), irrespective of monazite grade.

8.

Tantalum-bearing minerals

100 ppm (Ta+Nb)2 O5 (100 g/tonne) in ore.

9.

Uraniferousallanite, monazite and other thorium minerals

60 ppm U3O8 and/or 250 ppm ThO2

All cases of Beach Sand Minerals and other placer deposits in association with monazite are notified as above threshold (i.e. the threshold is 0.00% monazite in Total Heavy Minerals), irrespective of monazite grade.

10.

Uranium bearing tailings left over from ores after extraction of copper and gold, ilmenite and other titanium ores.

60 ppm U3O8 and/or 250 ppm ThO2.

11.

Zirconium bearing minerals and ores including zircon.

All cases of zirconium-bearing minerals occurring in Beach Sand Minerals and other placer deposits in association with monazite are notified as above threshold (i.e. the threshold is 0.00% monazite in Total Heavy Minerals), irrespective of monazite grade.

In other cases, zircon containing less than 2000 ppm of Hafnium.

12.

Beach Sand Minerals i.e. economic heavy minerals found in the teri or beach sand, which include ilmenite, rutile, leucoxene, garnet, monazite, zircon and sillimanite.

All cases of Beach Sand Minerals and other placer deposits in association with monazite are notified as above threshold (i.e. the threshold is 0.00% monazite in Total Heavy Minerals), irrespective of monazite grade.