URANIUM CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED - (UCIL).....

1.2 Operating Performance :
Jaduguda Mine
This is the first and the oldest uranium mine of the country. With the depletion of ore reserves
in the upper levels, production is now being carried out from the deeper levels. However,
the performance of the mine has improved during the year registering 58.06% capacity
utilization as against 52.73% during previous year.
Bhatin Mine
It is small mine with limited production capacity. Due to depletion of the ore reserves in the
upper levels the capacity utilization of the mine during the year was 57.45%, a marginal fall
compared to 59.74% during previous year.
Narwapahar Mine
This mine has the distinction of being the most modern and highly mechanized mine in the
country using diesel-powered trackless mining equipment. During the year, the performance
of the mine improved substantially registering 122.70% capacity utilization compared to
110.65% in the previous year.
Turamdih Mine:
This is the second mine of its kind after Narwapahar using state-of-the-art mining technology.
In order to augment the production capacity of your company, this mine was reopened in
November 2002 and commissioned in September 2003. During the year, capacity utilization
of the mine was 83.12% as against 85.28% in the previous year.
Jaduguda Mill
During the year, the performance of Jaduguda Mill improved considerably, achieving 115.88%
capacity utilization compared to 110.39% in the previous year.
Banduhurang Opencast Mine:
This is the first opencast mine of your company located west of Turamdih mine in Singhbhum
(East) district of Jharkhand. All parameters of this mine have been optimised using advanced
software. This mine has been commissioned on 25.06.2007. Further expansion of its production
capacity has now been taken up.
Turamdih Mill
Your company has constructed the second Uranium Ore Processing Plant at Turamdih for
processing the ore of Turamdih, Banduhurang and proposed Mohuldih mines. This plant
was commissioned for trial run on 25.06.2007. The plant is expected to be ready for operation
shortly.
By-product Recovery Plant
The only By-product Recovery Plant producing magnetite has registered capacity utilization
of 71.33% compared to 84.64% during last year.
1.3 New Projects and Expansion Schemes :
Bagjata Underground Mine:
This mine, located about 30 km east of Jaduguda is under construction since April ’05. Bagjata
mine has been planned to adopt layout similar to that of Narwapahar and Turamdih.
Construction of this mine is progressing as per schedule. The estimated cost of the project is
Rs.97.05 crore.
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