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Ranajit Das

 

 

 

 

 

An M.Tech in Mining from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad and an MBA from IISWBM Kolkata, with 17 years of rich and extensive experience spread across various areas of mine planning, consulting, operations, projects and planning with Gemcom Software in Australia, Steel Authority of India Ltd, JSW Steel Ltd in Chile and India. Member AusIMM CP(Min) and have recognition of Indian Bureau of Mines as RQP (Recognised Qualified Person) for preparing mining plans in India. Working as Senior Mining Consultant in Gemcom Australia.  Worked as the Head of mining operations of an 11 MTPA excavation magnetite mining operation in Chile. Worked in planning, exploration, tendering and study for the mining project in Chile. Worked for feasibility studies of Lignite and iron ore projects. Worked in areas of pit design using Surpac, Minex, Minesched, Whittle and Autocad. Prepared scope of work, negotiated for mining contractors in Chile and India. Exposure in leading a shift of entire work force producing 3.44 MTPA iron ore in India, involving Drilling & Blasting, Production Planning & Control functions, Logistics, MIS. Rail logistics for iron ore, interfacing with Indian railways, steel plants & mines from corporate levels in India. Worked in JSW Steel Ltd at corporate office for mine evaluation, acquisitions of both iron ore and coal and project planning and coordination.  Also handled HRD-training, in-house application software development on Sybase, ASP. Have conducted various studies in drilling & blasting in iron ore mines. Having skills and experience of report writing.

 

Period	Job Brief	Company
Aug 2011 – Contd	Senior Mining Consultant. Working in Technical Services of Gemcom Australasia in areas of Project Consulting, Technical support and training for Surpac, Minex and Minesched.	Gemcom Software Australia Pty Ltd
Aug 2010 – Jul 2011	Head of Mining operations, mine planning, quality control, contract supervision, topography, billing etc for an 11 MTPA excavation of magnetite iron ore. Also working on an exploration of a Greenfield magnetite project in Chile.	Santa Fe Mining- Chile a JV of JSW Steel Ltd.
Feb 2009 – Aug 2010	Prepared a Feasibility Report for a lignite project, Conceptual for iron ore project etc. Used Surpac in pit design. Prepared Scope of Work and tender documents for engaging contractor in projects in India and Chile. Negotiated the contract and awarded the same in India and Chile. Job being executed as per my pit designs in India. Preparing tender for lignite crushing and conveyor EPC for the same project.	JSW Steel Ltd, Mumbai, India (www.jsw.in)
March 2008 – Jan 2009	Organising Exploration, Mine Planning in Surpac, Head of Topography/survey department, general administration. Handling Mining Contract scope & negotiation. Posted back to Mumbai in Jan 2009 as project was on hold.	Santa Fe Mining- Chile a JV of JSW Steel Ltd.
Aug 2007 – March 2008	Spearheading various JV mine acquisitions in coal. Selection of contractors, consultants etc.	JSW Steel Ltd, Mumbai, India
Aug 1994 – July 2007	Planning & Operations Management ü Planning excavation operations for maintaining quality (Used Autocad & Excel) ü Logistics & Transportation network optimization. ü Work and Time Study ü Handling Corporate and Unit Level MIS, Business Planning Administrative Skills ü Headed Production Planning and Control in corporate ü   Involved in handling trainings/lectures/presentations	Steel Authority of India Limited (www.sail.co.in)

Growth Path in detail with major highlights

·         Worked on consultancy projects related to pit design in Surpac

·         Working in technical support for Minex, Surpac & Minesched. Developed knowledge of Minex software for Planning in Coal & stratified deposits. Exposure to several critical issues related to working with Minex faced by clients.

·         Providing training on Engineering & Foundation on Minex & Surpac softwares

·         Prepared scope of work, Negotiated and finalized contractors for the green field project

·         Smoothly started the operations as per the plans prepared

·         Heading the mining operations for the 11 MTPA excavation looking after mining operations, mine planning, geology department, topography(survey admin) department, contract supervision and other general administration including obtaining government approvals. Acting as the statutory Mine Manager for the project.

·         Prepared life of mine plans as well as yearly plans(long term) and monthly plans(short term) using Surpac, Minesched and Whittle

·         Established procedures for quality control in vein type deposit

·         Organised safety procedures and norms in the mine

·         Meeting quality and production targets and monitoring overall operations with safety and environmental norms

·         Preparing plans and designs for upgrading to about 21 MTPA excavation

·         Keeping track of mining concessions and mining properties.

·         Feasibility Study and evaluation of further projects

·         Heading the exploration activities of another green field project in Chile. Organised all activities for the exploration of the vein type deposit within the budgets provided. Exploration in progress under my supervision.

·         Prepared a Feasibility report for a lignite(brown coal) project (of 48 Mill Cu m handling) in Rajasthan involving

o    Compiling available geological information

o    Pit design for starting work and for first and second year using Surpac

o    Dump design

o    Equipment selection

o    Costing – Both Operational and Capital, Calculating NPV & IRR & Sensitivity analysis

o    Developing details for Lignite Handling Plant(Crushing & Conveying), Other infrastructure

·         Assisting Executive Director Mining on technical and commercial issues pertaining to new mining ventures and projects

·         Selecting consultants for various projects and drafting scope of work thereof.

·         Preparing scope of work & tender document for engaging contractors at the lignite project – both technical and commercial. Associating with consultants for preparation of various reports.

·         Preparing comparative statements of the technical offers from various contractors for mining of the lignite

·         Negotiating with contractors in India and Chile both on technical and commercial terms

·         Award of contract LOI and start of work based on my pit designs in surpac.

·         Preparing tender document for EPC of lignite crushing and conveying systems.

·         Associated in preparing a conceptual study on a 10 MTPA iron ore project in India

 

March 2008 – Jan 2009                                                           

Assistant General Manager-Mining              Santa Fe Mining, Chile a JV of JSW Steel Ltd

 

·         Posted in Chile from March 08 on a greenfield mining project as coordinator project planning.

·         Have been arranging and monitoring drilling operations for 4 months until a separate geology and exploration department had been formed

·         Involved in mine planning for the pit design, haul road design, and installation layouts. Used Surpac for pit design. Used Autocad for designing installations etc.

·         Head of topography(survey) department, involved in marking exploration drill holes, topography survey using advanced laser scanner ,total stations and DGPS.

·         Head of the mine planning section.

·         Acting as coordinator between CEO and other departments of geology, mining operations, and beneficiation plant

·         Prepared scope of works for consultants and contractor for taking up mining consultancy, mining operation contracts etc

·         Prepared comparative statement of mining contractors in Chile, negotiated with them on technical and financial terms

·         Processed an entire bidding exercise for selecting a suitable mining contractor

·         Recruited local people for various positions.

·         Prepared progress reports as required for various financial institutions funding the project.

 

 

·         Spearheading various mine acquisitions and coordinating with various JV partners for coal mines allocated by Ministry of Coal.

·         Selecting mine contractors by International competitive bidding-Preparation of RFP document.

·         Project planning and awarding contracts for Mining and allied jobs.

·         Acting as central coordinating agency for all domestic mine acquisitions of JSW Steel Ltd.

·         Planning of 7 iron ore and 2 limestone mines under the raw materials division of SAIL.

·         Planned excavation qualities and quantities as per steel plant requirements and prepared annual excavation plans using Autocad and excel

·         Supported top management in business management by MIS monitoring and analysis

·         Relationship building with Railways and Steel plants(Internal customers)

·         Worked as a team member to conceptualize, Implement and standardize the ‘SAIL 2012 Corporate Plan’  for expansion to 25 MT of hot metal

·         Cost-Benefit analysis done for quality enhancement projects of SAIL- Raw Materials Division

·         Done market analysis of iron ore vis-à-vis world market or iron ore in order to liquidate iron ore fines stock of SAIL

·         Member of purchase committee of iron ore lump for SAIL steel plants. Actively participated in price and terms negotiations

·         Development of sub-ordinates

·         Assessment of personnel for promotion, increments and rewards

·         Coordinated between mines and steel plants to maintain stock and quality of raw materials at SAIL steel plants

·         Coordinated with railways for arranging rail transport for movement of raw materials from mines to SAIL steel plants

·         Created RDBMS based MIS for the RMD HQ for various fields including PPC, Personnel, Training, Medical, Materials, Maintenance, Finance

·         Developed Online Quality and Information sharing software for RMD-SAIL over intranet (on ASP-Sybase-IIS), where quality data was collected online from the steel plants through internet.

·         Facilitated the process of cascading of Executive Director‘s appraisal to individual KPAs (Key Performance Areas).

·         Core member of the operations budget preparation team for formulating raw material strategy for the eastern sector steel plants of SAIL

·         Member of various committees in developing strategies of cost control as a part of austerity measures of SAIL

 

·         Formulated strategy, which improved financials of expenses on maintenance

·         Developed efficient MIS for breakdown, availability & utilization analysis.

·         Regular follow up with suppliers reduced lead time of critical spares and improved down time of equipments.

 

·         Negotiated with CIL for supply of coal on month to month basis

·         Remained part of a team involved in making a long term Agreement with CIL for supply of coal

·         Monitored supply of Coal from various CIL sources to various SAIL Steel Plants

·         Successfully decreased the freight expense by 5% by optimizing the linkages in the transportation matrix of coal

·         Developed efficient MIS for performance monitoring

·         Remained technical assistant to Executive Director(Coal)

·         Brought in savings of 2% on coal cost by suggesting escorting of coal rakes

 

·         Conducted in field studies and implemented new blasting pattern that resulted in decrease of explosive cost by 15%

·         Decreased Overtime by 10% through systematic manpower deployment & scheduling

·         Conducted work-study & time-study to improve operational efficiency

·         Remained Shift In-charge of production , heading a team of 75 people, producing 3.44 MT per annum

·         Set up a daily reporting system on soft for supervisors

·         Adjudged the “Best Management Trainee” of 1994 batch

·         Organized and coordinated cultural activities for SAIL-RMD Bolani mines Officers Club

·         Conducted safety audits

·         Organized Induction training programmes for Sr Operative Trainees

·         Designed course modules on Mining for Supervisors

·         Conducted lectures on blasting

·         Conducted Orientation programme for 500 workmen to take over a new processing plant involving newer technology from Kobelco -Japan, NordBerg- UK & Karl Schenk – Germany

·         Joined at Bokaro Steel Plant and undergone 2 months management orientation programmed

 

 

 

Degree/Diploma                     Board/ Institution                                      Year       Percentage (%)

                                              

MBA (System)                         IISWBM , Kolkata                                       2001            67

M.Tech (Mining)                      Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad               2000            By Research

B.Tech (Mining)                       Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad               1994            77

Hr.Sec.    (10+ 2)                    Guru Nanak School, Chennai                      1989            80

Matriculation  (10^th)                 Don Bosco School, Tezpur                         1987            83

 

 

 

-          RQP – Recognised Qualified Person of IBM for preparing Mining Plans( Published in website of Indian Bureau of Mines, Govt of India, at www.ibm.gov.in/rqpkol.pdf )

-          Trained in Minex, Surpac, Minesched and Whittle from Gemcom Australia & India

-          Trained in Autocad from Autodesk

-          Trained in First Aid from St John’s Ambulance Association

-          Attended TOTO of SAIL (Training of Training Officers)

-          Undergone Management Development Training of SAIL

-          Trained in Civil Defence

-          Pursued a course in e-Commerce (Having good idea programming in ASP, HTML, JavaScript)

 

·         Was invited by IQPC to Brisbane(from Chile)  in order to conduct a workshop on Feasibility Studies in the Seminar “Mine Site feasibility 2011” during 12-13 April 2011.

·         Various publications in Mining Journals & seminars on Blasting & fragmentation

·         Have been at Guest faculty at ICFAI Business School, Kolkata

·         Have been the Secretary of SAIL-RMD Employees Cooperative Credit society

·         Have been office Bearer of SAIL-RMD officers association.

·         Executive Member of Steel Employees Welfare Association

·         Member of ‘Mission for Environment’ an NGO on environment

·         Secretary, Fine Arts Association –  3rd year Engineering - 1992-93

·         Photography Association of Dhanbad – Jt Secretary 1992-93

·         Several awards in Painting, Photography, One Acts, Mime

·         Member of India International Photographic council

 

 

·         Member AusIMM

·         Member of Indian Mining Engineering Journal readers forum

 

-          Experience in planning, operations, quality, process management, liasoning, interfacing between operations and end users, business planning

-          Great attention to detail.

-          Credibility, integrity, sound judgment and discretion.

-          Driving excellence through team work

-          Excellent written and verbal presentation skills.

-          Drive, energy, persistence, flexibility well blended with a sense of humour

-          Strong commercial mindset and ability to analyze and challenge business concepts

 

 

·         Photography: Participated in National Salons and found acceptances. Special interest on landscape and nature photography.

·         Painting : Participated in National Youth Festival, Exhibitions and  Competitions

·         Playing Tabla: Madhayama in Tabla (an Indian percussion musical Instrument) from Bhatkhande University

 

Date of Birth : 11 Jan 1972

 

Dependents :  Wife and Daughter (9 year old)

 

Email:              d.ranajit@gmail.com

 

Skype:             d.ranajit

 

Phone:                        +61(0)451996805(Cell),+61(0)738789984(Res) ,alternate : +61(0) 45166805

            Office : +61(0)730367000, Fax +61(0)730367099

Address:          Res  : Unit 3,15 Riverview Terrace, Indooroopilly, QLD 4068

Office: Gemcom Software Pty Ltd, Level 6, 280 Adelaide Street,Brisbane, QLD 4000