SH Blasting Officer

Job Context:

Aditya Birla Group is Indias first trulymultinational corporation. A US $65 billion corporation the Aditya Birla Group is in the League of Fortune 500. It is anchored by an extraordinary force of over 187000 employees belonging to 41 different nationalities.

Hindalco is one of the leading producers of aluminum and copper. Hindalco ranks among the global top five aluminum majors as an integrated producer with low-cost alumina and aluminum facilities combined with high-end rolling capabilities and a global footprint in 13 countries. It has a turnover of US$14.8 billion. Hindalcos major products include standard and specialty grade alumina and hydrates aluminum ingots billets wire rods flat rolled products extrusions and foil. Some of Hindalcos brands include Everlast aluminum roofing sheets Freshwrapp aluminium foil Fresh pack semi-rigid containers Perma shield waterproofing Aluminum foil Hindalco extrusions Birla Copper Birla Gold Birla Silver

At Hindalco we have captive Coal and Bauxite mines located in Jharkhand Chhattisgarh Odisha and in Maharashtra. We have total 16 MTPA of coal requirement. Hindalco is building coal portfolio of 17-18 MTPA through own mines.

Bandha Coal Mine is a Green Field Projectwith an annual production plan of 5 MTPA with complete open cast mining. The Mine was allotted to EMMRL in auction process and allocation order received from MOC on 3^rd Mar 2021. The control of EMMRL was taken over by Hindalco Industries Limited from 1^st Dec 2025 through share purchase agreement between EMIL & Hindalco. All statutory clearances required for mining including FC-I FC-II EC and mine opening permission have already been obtained. The mineable reserve is 207 million tons & extractable reserve of 197 million tons.

Major Challenges :-

1. Availability of skill manpower:-Availability of skilled manpower for drilling & Blasting to achieving targeted production.
2. Control of absenteeism: - Absenteeism and migration of workforce from day to day work due to difficult and adverse working condition mining.
3. System availability and integration: -Ensuring integration and availability of all the resources (equipment and latest technology) for drilling & blasting of coal from different working faces over a network of 4 km from different seams of the Mine.
4. Cost control: -AsMine has been procured at a high price production at optimum cost with the most efficient use of available resource.
5. Motivation of work force:-To motivate workforce under adverse industrial and

Economic scenario.