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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-17042025-262496
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 193]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2025/CHAITRA 26, 1947
MINISTRY OF MINES
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 16th April, 2025
G.S.R. 232(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by section 18 of the Mines and Minerals
(Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), the Central Government hereby makes the following
rules further to amend the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 2017, namely:—
1. (1) These rules may be called the Mineral Conservation and Development (Amendment) Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 3,
in sub-rule (1), for clause (e), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-
'(e) "calibrated lump ore" means the sized iron ore lumps obtained after crushing and screening of the
run-of-mine ore, having size range between 5 mm and 40 mm and minimum Fe grade of 60% and
above;'.
3. In the said rules, in Schedule-I, -
(a) in Form F1 and Form G1, under the heading "**Grades of minerals to be reported in the above tables are as
given below. (If separate grades are not mentioned below, report the mineral name against grade):", in the table,
under the column relating to GRADES, for item number (iv) and the entries relating thereto, the following shall
be substituted, namely:-
+-----+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | "(iv) Calibrated Lump Ore (CLO) |
| | (Quantity already reported in Lumps should not be reported against CLO) |
+-----+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| (a) | 60% to below 62% Fe (5-40 mm size CLO) |
+-----+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| (b) | 62% to below 65% Fe (5-40 mm size CLO) |
+-----+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| (c) | 65% and above Fe (5-40 mm size CLO)"; |
+-----+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
(b) in Form L and Form M, under the heading "#Grades of minerals to be reported in the above tables are as
given below. (If separate grades are not mentioned below, report the mineral name against grade):", in the table,
under the column relating to GRADES, for item number (iv) and the entries relating thereto, the following shall
be substituted, namely:-
+-----+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | "(iv) Calibrated Lump Ore (CLO) |
| | (Quantity already reported in Lumps should not be reported against CLO) |
+-----+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| (a) | 60% to below 62% Fe (5-40 mm size CLO) |
+-----+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| (b) | 62% to below 65% Fe (5-40 mm size CLO) |
+-----+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| (c) | 65% and above Fe (5-40 mm size CLO)”. |
+-----+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
[F. No. M.VI-1/1/2023-Mines VI]
DINESH MAHUR, Jt. Secy.
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i), vide number
G.S.R. 169(E), dated the 27th February, 2017 and lastly amended vide number G.S.R. 51(E), dated the
21st January, 2024.