Whether State Government’s policy of reservation for
exploitation of beach sand minerals by its Public Sector Undertakings is
untenable on the ground ... Central Government permitting private players in the exploitation of beach
sand mineral, the State Government has no competence to frame any rule or
policy
beach sand mineral deposits or heavy mineral deposits available at inland teris or areas containing atomic mineral in association with other minerals, the lessee shall ... sand minerals would invariably result in enhancement of the relative content of other minerals and atomic minerals including monazite in the left-over beach sands
following Part shall be substituted, namely:— "PART B Atomic minerals 1. Minerals of the "rare earths" group containing Uranium and Thorium. 2. Phosphorites and other ... other titanium ores. 6. Beach sand minerals, that is, economic heavy minerals found in the teri or beach sands, which include ilmenite, rutile, leucoxene, garnet
saleable minerals.
(1) All the non-saleable or un-usable minerals or ores above the threshold value of the mineral, as may be notified ... ground earmarked for the purpose: Provided that in case of beach sand mineral deposits comprising of Ilmenite, Rutile, Zircon, Monazite, Sillimanite, Garnet, Leucoxene, etc., sufficient
ThO2.
11.
Zirconium bearing minerals and ores including zircon.
All cases of zirconium -bearing minerals occurring in Beach Sand Minerals and other placer deposits ... teri or beach sand, which include ilmenite, rutile, leucoxene, garnet, monazite, zircon and sillimanite.
All cases of Beach Sand Minerals and other placer deposits
means the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 ( 67 of 1957 ); (b) "atomic minerals" means minerals specified in Part B of the First ... Schedule to the Act; (c) "Beach Sand Minerals" means economic heavy minerals found in the teri or beach sands, which include ilmenite, rutile, leucoxene, garnet
that he had
already reported “large scale illicit” beach sand mining by M/s. Beach Sand
Minerals Company in Padukkapathu Village of Sattankulam Taluk ... District Level Committee meeting on
prevention of illegal beach sand mining and transportation of beach sand
minerals held on 09.11.2016 at Collectorate, Tirunelveli
that he had
already reported “large scale illicit” beach sand mining by M/s. Beach Sand
Minerals Company in Padukkapathu Village of Sattankulam Taluk ... District Level Committee meeting on
prevention of illegal beach sand mining and transportation of beach sand
minerals held on 09.11.2016 at Collectorate, Tirunelveli
Whether State
Government’s policy of reservation for exploitation of beach sand
minerals by its Public Sector Undertakings is untenable on the ground ... Central Government permitting
private players in the exploitation of beach sand mineral, the State
Government has no competence to frame any rule or policy
teri or beach sands, which include
ilmenite, rutile, leucoxene, garnet,
monazite, zircon and sillimanite."
14. The same definition of Beach Sand Minerals
is incorporated ... does not refer to either teri or
beach sand but only refers to the Beach Sand
Minerals or Rare Earth Compounds as per the
Tariff
