Balco’s Bodai-Daldali Mine wins First Prize in Overall Performance
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Balconagar,18 February: Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (Balco’s) - Bodai-Daldali Bauxite
Mines in Kabeerdham District and Mainpat Bauxite Mine in Sarguja District won 6 awards in the semimechanised category in the Annual Safety Celebrations-2014.The Award Ceremony was organised
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on the 7 February 2015 at A.C.C.Jamul. In the function organised under the guidance of Mines
Safety Department, Bilaspur Region, companies from Bilaspur and Raigarh area had participated.
Mr. Rajesh Mishra, AGM-Mines, Balco informed that Bodai-Daldali Bauxite Mines got an award for
Overall Performance and also the First Prize in Tyre Maintenance Category. In the categories of
Safety Compliance, Standard of Working and Use of Machinery, the Second Prize was won. Mainpat
Bauxite Mines won the Second Prize in Environment Management and Pollution Control Categories.
The awards were received by on behalf of Balco by Mr. Mishra, Mr. S.C. Sao, GM-Mines, and other
officers, namely Mr. Pankaj Mehta, Mr. M.L. Mohanta, Mr. P.K.Pandey, Mr. M.K.Pandey, Mr. Piyush
Sogra, Mr. A.S.N. Murthy, Mr. Ravi Raj and Mr. Kapur Singh from Mr. Anup Biswas, Dy. Managing
Director, Mines Safety, Nagpur Region. Mr. Ramesh Nair, CEO, as well as Mr. Avinash Chand Rai,
COO, Balco have congratulated Balco’s Mining Team for the wonderful performance and also given
them their good wishes for the future.
Mr. Mishra also informed that the function is organised every year for Non Coal Mines who adopt safe
working culture and encourage innovative ideas in their operations. In this year’s function, 45 mining
companies from Chhattisgarh took part in the High Mechanised, Mechanised and Semi-Mechanised
Categories. The inspection of the safety procedures in the mines was done in November-December
2014.
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