Malanjkhand Copper Project

Malanjkhand

Malanjkhand also referred to as MCP (acronym for Malanjkhand Copper Project) is an open-pit copper mine in India. Located near the town of Malaj Khand, 90 kilometres (56 mi) northeast of Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh, at an altitude of 576 MRL. It falls in the tehsil of Baihar, which is 22 kilometres (14 mi) from the project, on the way to , Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh State.

• It is the largest base metal mine in India.Closepet series of the Dharwarian formation is prominent here. It is the main source of Copper to Malanjkhand Copper plant functioning here. Besides copper, quartzite, copper pyrite and magniferous rocks are other important minerals sources found in Malanjkhand. The place is home of about 10,000 people.MCP though small place have communities i.e.social communities from all part Bengali Malayalam Andhra, Bihari, etcmand they have their groups which are more popularly referred to as samaj

• The project will be executed by Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor and is expected to take five years for completion. After completion of the project, Malanjkhand will be the biggest underground mine in the country.
  Successful implementation of the project will also reduce country`s dependence on imported copper concentrate.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the investment proposal of Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) for Rs 1856.36 crore to develop an underground copper ore mine of 5 million tonne per annum capacity at Malanjkhand Copper Project (MCP), Madhya Pradesh.

Malanjkhand Copper Project Malanjkhand Copper Project was established in 1982.Initial project has been set up by Hindustan Copper Ltd to exploit the copper ore through an open pit mine..In fact it is largest open cast mining in Asia This area is the result of Many cycles of erosion on the gniess base during the Amgaon orogeny. Although it provided employement to many villages around which would have been impossible otherwise, still locals were not skilled enough to be emloyed so they feel cheated and hence they feel justice hasn't been done to them.

• Also the leftover of the refinig process called tailing ends up in the fields of these villagers are hurting their crops and cattle.