Bunder Project
Encyclopedia
Bunder Project is a proposed new diamond
mine
, located at Janpad Panchayat Buxwaha
, Tehsil Buxwaha
, District, Chhatarpur
(Madhya Pradesh
) India
24.3544°N 79.3427°E. If the project is approved and proves viable, it could be the "first significant world class diamond mine in India", according to the Rio Tinto Group
, who have proposed the mine. The group announced on 23 June 2008 that it had filed for a mining lease to proceed with the project. They are also waiting permission from the pollution control board for a Dense Media Separation Plant which would allow samples taken from the mine to be processed on location. The foundation of the plant was inaugurated by Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister
Shivraj Singh Chauhan
on 17 January 2007. Government accorded pollution clearance certificate by its letter no. 213/EPCO/SEIAA/08 dated 22.11.08 for DMS plant
The company is targeting diamond mineralization
at the site of a considerably higher grade than produced at the Panna mine, which is the only hard rock diamond mine currently operating in India.
The success of the project is expected to play a role in the Rio Tinto Group's recently announced joint venture with the National Mineral Development Corporation
seeking iron-ore in India and abroad.
Rio Tinto Group is working in association with Southwest Pinnacle,
SSQ and Computer Care & Ware.
The location has been under development since it was first scouted in 2004, with the execution of a prospecting
license in September 2006.
Diamond
In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...
mine
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
, located at Janpad Panchayat Buxwaha
Buxwaha
Buxwaha is a Tehsil and a nagar panchayat in Chhatarpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.-Demographics: India census, Buxwaha had a population of 9064. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Buxwaha has an average literacy rate of 54%, lower than the national average...
, Tehsil Buxwaha
Buxwaha
Buxwaha is a Tehsil and a nagar panchayat in Chhatarpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.-Demographics: India census, Buxwaha had a population of 9064. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Buxwaha has an average literacy rate of 54%, lower than the national average...
, District, Chhatarpur
Chhatarpur
Chhatarpur is a city and a municipality in Chhatarpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Chhatarpur District.- History :...
(Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
) India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
24.3544°N 79.3427°E. If the project is approved and proves viable, it could be the "first significant world class diamond mine in India", according to the Rio Tinto Group
Rio Tinto Group
The Rio Tinto Group is a diversified, British-Australian, multinational mining and resources group with headquarters in London and Melbourne. The company was founded in 1873, when a multinational consortium of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto river, in Huelva, Spain from the...
, who have proposed the mine. The group announced on 23 June 2008 that it had filed for a mining lease to proceed with the project. They are also waiting permission from the pollution control board for a Dense Media Separation Plant which would allow samples taken from the mine to be processed on location. The foundation of the plant was inaugurated by Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
Chief Minister
Chief Minister
A Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, provinces of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-government...
Shivraj Singh Chauhan
Shivraj Singh Chauhan
Shivraj Singh Chouhan is the current chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. He replaced Babulal Gaur as the chief minister on 29 November 2005. He served as General Secretary of the BJP and State President, Madhya Pradesh BJP. He joined the RSS in 1972...
on 17 January 2007. Government accorded pollution clearance certificate by its letter no. 213/EPCO/SEIAA/08 dated 22.11.08 for DMS plant
Mineralization
Mineralization may refer to:* Mineralization , the process through which an organic substance becomes impregnated by inorganic substances...
at the site of a considerably higher grade than produced at the Panna mine, which is the only hard rock diamond mine currently operating in India.
National Mineral Development Corporation
The NMDC limited is a state-controlled mineral producer of the Government of India. It is fully owned by the Government of India and is under administrative control of the Ministry of Steel....
seeking iron-ore in India and abroad.
Rio Tinto Group is working in association with Southwest Pinnacle,
SSQ and Computer Care & Ware.
Prospecting
Prospecting is the physical search for minerals, fossils, precious metals or mineral specimens, and is also known as fossicking.Prospecting is a small-scale form of mineral exploration which is an organised, large scale effort undertaken by mineral resource companies to find commercially viable ore...
license in September 2006.