An overview of the Surjagarh Iron Ore Mine of the Company depicting the arrangements made and the measures carried out for undertaking Iron Ore activities. The video also shows the upliftment of women empowerment by the Company along with various social activities carried out in the nearby vicinity.

• Lloyds has been granted an iron ore mining lease over an area of 348.09 Ha. at Surjagarh Village, for 50 years for which there is no premium to be paid over the life of mine. 
• Surjagarh (Wooria hills) located in Surjagarh hill range is the most important and well known major iron ore reserves in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, due to its good quality of iron ore.
• The proven reserves at the mine are estimated to be at 73.6 MMT, whereas the extraction from the mines  as on FY22 is at 3MMTPA. Exploration highlights is done, awaiting for JORC report.
• In next few months, in line with UNFCC guidelines for JORC standard of Resource reporting, LMEL will drill 215 Holes, with a total of nearly 40K mtrs. As a part of the exploration drilling, the company has mobilized 6 Core Drill Rigs and 2 Reverse Circulation (RC) drill rigs. The total exploration program is expected to be completed in a period of 4-5 months. Preliminary indication is for a much higher availability of reserve.
• The mining activities restarted from 2021 and are being carried out by Thriveni Earthmovers Pvt. Ltd, the production capacity is expected to significantly enhance from FY23 onwards.

• Double Laning of Road is being constructed from Mines to Allapalli and which is expected to be completed in the coming 2-3 months period of time. 
• The company has developed a “Stockyard” near Allapalli with truck weighment facility using Govt. Approved Weighbridges that handle 5 MMT of Iron Ore material per annum.
• In may 2022, the company got approval to sell iron ore across India and to export globally as well, which was earlier restricted to only the state of Maharashtra. 
• In FY 22, the production at Pithead was 2.80 MMT, against EC clearance of 3.0 MMT.  Against this 0.52 MMT was dispatched to various customers & to the stockyard for building up Stockpile.
• In FY 23, we plan to dispatch approx. 5.5  MMT, by reducing the stock at the Pithead. 
• We have also got the Mining Plan approved for 10 MMTPA. For this, Environment Clearance is also applied for.