Kuldeep Singh

Mine Planning

• Preparation of Mining Plan & Mine closure Plan (TAE for MPPA),
• Operational plans for Long, medium & short terms
• Reserve estimation & optimization and scenario analysis.
• Scheduling & Optimization of mining operation
• Lead Lift optimization

Mining Consultancy

• Supervising all technical aspects related to Mine planning, feasibility assessment, mine economy etc.
• Bid advisory for commercial coal block auction, MDO selection and Item-rate/Turn-key contracts.
• Transaction Advisory for preparation of RFP & tendering Process.
• Preparation of PFR, FR and Bankable DPRs.

Finance & Cost Analysis

• Financial Modeling, CAPEX phasing.
• Operation Modelling to derive OPEX.
• Scenario & sensitivity analysis and Risk assessment
• Cost-benefit analysis

• Project planning & monitoring to operationalize 6 greenfield Lignite projects in Kutch and south Gujarat region and 2 Greenfield Coal projects in Odisha.
• Phasing of Pre-mining activities like Land Acquisition, EC & FC, and mine development etc.
• To appoint, engage, coordinate and monitor the strategic partners, technical & management consultants
• To prepare technical documents & RPFs and to conduct bidding process for selection MDO, Item-rate contracts and appointing consultants.
• To evaluate financial KPIs, investments, Capex phasing, Risk assessment for Lignite, limestone and coal projects.
• to assess and validate financial models & costing.
• To develop business portfolio through acquisition of new Coal blocks/Mines
• To participate in commercial coal block auctions
• Supervising all Technical aspects like Mine planning, scheduling, feasibility assessment, mining cost etc. related to Coal & Lignite business of GMDC.

• Market Research, Company Valuation, Risk analysis
• Fundamental Analysis
• Development & management of Investment Portfolio
• Technical Analysis for short-term investments

• Assessment of Mining business environment and selection from available opportunities and to evaluate and collect relevant data for due diligence
• Assessment of GR, Mine plans and relevant data to provide technical inputs on productivity, running costs, phasing etc
• For financial model and to integrate Scenario Analysis and Risk Matrix in model
• To provide technical inputs & Operation scheduling for budgetary requirements, cash flow projection for active mining sites
• To engage with cross-functional teams for identification of techniques and deal with process bottlenecks
• To engage and collaborate with multiple consultants
• To execute overall bidding process, starting from project evaluation, bid preparation & submission and to participate in auction process

• Led team of mining supervisors, surveyor, and geologist for opening of new pit and start of coal evacuation
• Fleet selection, hiring of equipment from local suppliers and operational cost control
• Due diligence of mine concessions in East, South & Central Kalimantan area for future investment
• Studied and filter relevant data from data collected from various sources
• Assessment of risk and feasibility for projects based both technical diligence and on coal market condition in Indonesia
• Exploratory drilling for 18 nos. of core and non-core boreholes, Geological Modeling, Seam Interpretation, reserve estimation and decision making on future feasibility in current concession area.

• Mid & Long-Term Plans: Preparation of Annual Mine Plans & monthly rolling plans, pre-strip plans
• Short-Term Plans: Preparation of Monthly & Quarterly dig plans for 7495HD shovels and MT4400 Dumper
• Long term plans and tandem operation for 2 nos. 8200AC Draglines
• Pit design & scheduling starting.
• Dump phasing and haul road design, Mine drainage & mine water pumping plans and layouts
• Power layout for shovels and drills on working benches
• Management of contractual works for pre-stripping
• Monitoring of performance parameters of Shovel-Dumper fleet, diagnosis and providing technical support to operation team to maintain benchmarks
• Preparation of annual Operational Budget for mine
• Quarterly presentation to US-EXIM technical audit team in relation to productivity, planning and production forecast.

• Mine Planning (Long Term)
• Pit designs, Reserve estimation, block Modeling
• Scheduling and preparation of OB removal sequence in various pits
• Designed Mine Information System for very detailed reporting and monitoring for production equipment
• Pre-Mining Activities: Land selection for dumping and Mine Infrastructure
• Done 100% Land acquisition process starting from notification to final award and possession
• Direct purchase of Dumping Land
• Involved in Stage-I forest clearance along with consultant