Infrastructure, Resources & Ventures
Mining & Mineral Resources
Prospecting, exploration, extraction, beneficiation, processing, transportation and trading of minerals, ores, coal and mineral-based products, including lease and concession holding.
Upstream of the plants we build: mineral prospecting, extraction, processing and trading, backed by the same land, approvals and project execution capability.
The problem
What goes wrong without this.
Mining in India is regulated end to end, and the regulatory position determines the commercial one. Lease and concession rights, environmental and forest clearance, consent to operate, approved mining plans and transport permits each gate the operation, and a deficiency in any of them stops production regardless of how good the deposit is.
The commercial risk is equally specific. Deposit quality and recoverable reserve are frequently assumed from limited sampling. Beneficiation requirements are underestimated, so processing cost turns out higher than assumed and product grade lower than committed. Transport and evacuation cost, which can dominate delivered price for bulk minerals, is treated as a secondary consideration.
Mining ventures that work are the ones where the geology, the regulatory position and the evacuation economics were established with the same rigour before capital was committed.
What we do
Capabilities in this service
- Prospecting and exploration programme planning and execution
- Deposit assessment, sampling, reserve estimation and quality characterisation
- Mining lease, prospecting licence and concession application and holding
- Mining plan preparation, approval and periodic revision
- Environmental clearance, forest clearance and consent to operate for mining operations
- Extraction operations planning, mine development and production management
- Beneficiation and mineral processing plant setup and operation
- Transportation, evacuation logistics and dispatch management
- Mineral and ore trading, including domestic supply and export
- Statutory compliance, royalty administration and mine closure planning
Our process
How the engagement runs
Stage-wise, with the deliverable and typical duration for each. Timelines vary with project scale and authority response — these are indicative rather than contractual.
- 1
Resource assessment
2–6 monthsGeological review, sampling and testing, reserve estimation and quality characterisation against the specification the target market requires.
Deliverable: Resource assessment and quality report
- 2
Regulatory positioning
1–3 monthsLease or concession status, clearance requirements, mining plan approval path and the full statutory position mapped before commitment.
Deliverable: Regulatory assessment and approval roadmap
- 3
Project planning
2–3 monthsExtraction method, production schedule, beneficiation requirement, evacuation route and delivered cost build-up to the point of sale.
Deliverable: Mining project plan and delivered cost model
- 4
Approvals and mine development
12–36 monthsClearance applications, mining plan approval, infrastructure development, plant installation and operational readiness.
Deliverable: Approvals in place and developed mine
- 5
Operations and dispatch
OngoingExtraction, processing, quality control, dispatch, royalty administration and ongoing statutory compliance.
Deliverable: Operating mine with compliance records
Deliverables
What you receive
- Resource assessment with reserve estimate and quality characterisation
- Regulatory position assessment and approval roadmap
- Approved mining plan
- Environmental, forest and operating clearances
- Delivered cost model including evacuation
- Developed mine and processing facility
- Compliance, royalty and dispatch records
Who this is for
Typical client profiles
Why NITS Corp
Why bring this to us
Regulatory position established first
Lease standing, clearances and mining plan approval are assessed before capital is committed, because they determine whether a deposit can be worked at all.
Evacuation economics taken seriously
For bulk minerals, transport frequently dominates delivered cost. We model it to the point of sale rather than to the mine gate.
Project execution capability in-house
Mine development, beneficiation plant setup and infrastructure are delivered by the same engineering and project teams that build industrial facilities.
FAQ
Common questions
Do you hold mining leases yourselves?
Which minerals do you work with?
How long from concession to production?
Can you supply minerals to our plant?
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Discuss your mining & minerals requirement.
A short conversation is usually enough to tell you whether the project is viable, what it will take, and what it should cost. There is no charge for that first discussion.