1. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
CSIR is a premier industrial R&D organization in India which was formed in 1942. Apart from mining, they also work in the areas of radio and space physics, oceanography, geophysics, chemicals, drugs, genomics, biotechnology, nano technology, aeronautics, instrumentation, environmental engineering and information technology.
The research areas in mining and minerals that are being focused in CSIR are:
The head office of CSIR is located in Delhi.
2. Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR)
CIMFR is coalition of two premier coal laboratories (CMRI & CFRI) and is basically a laboratory of CSIR. The research areas are mainly surrounded around coal and are as follows:
3. Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT)
4. National Institute of Rock Mechanics (NIRM)
NIRM was established in 1988 under the Ministry of mines, Government of India situated in Bangalore and has been focused on rock engineering to design and development in the field of Mining and Civil construction industry. The main research focus are:
5. National Institute of Miners Health (NIMH)
NIMH was formed by the Ministry of Mines in the year 1989 in accordance to the Occupational Health and hygiene in Mines at Kolar Gold Fields and a new campus in Nagpur. The main focus areas are:
6. International Center of Excellence in Mining (iCEM)
iCEM is a new institute has been setup to promote research in the field of safety and automation. The institute is in collaboration with the Government of Gujarat, University of Wollongong Australia, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University. The major research interests in global front are:
7. National Metallurgical laboratory (NML)
NML is the third oldest laboratory under CSIR situated at Chennai which basically focuses on following areas:
8. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
BARC was found by Dr. Homi Jhangir Bhabha with the help of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust in 1945. This research institution mainly focus on research related to nuclear engineering. The main focus area related to mining in BARC is the Environmental and Radiation monitoring in Uranium Mines.
Comment : I hope there are few more research institutes which I definitely missed. I would appreciate if anyone can elongate this list.
CSIR is a premier industrial R&D organization in India which was formed in 1942. Apart from mining, they also work in the areas of radio and space physics, oceanography, geophysics, chemicals, drugs, genomics, biotechnology, nano technology, aeronautics, instrumentation, environmental engineering and information technology.
The research areas in mining and minerals that are being focused in CSIR are:
- Briquetting, pelletization and sintering of iron ore fines
- Column flotation methodologies for various minerals
- Advanced structural material, electronic materials, nano materials, bio-medical materials
- Light-weight metals, alloys, ceramics and composites
- Extraction, material development and manufacturing
- Biomimetic synthesis
- Alloy development
- Materials forming, joining and evaluation
The head office of CSIR is located in Delhi.
2. Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR)
CIMFR is coalition of two premier coal laboratories (CMRI & CFRI) and is basically a laboratory of CSIR. The research areas are mainly surrounded around coal and are as follows:
- Technology up-gradation
- Mines safety
- Environmental issues
- Equipment utilization
- Clean coal initiative
- Optimizing slope stability in opencast mines
- Development of coal based value added carbons of varied specification
- Reduce dependence on petroleum feed stock through conversion of coal into synthetic fuel and other chemicals
- Continuation of the national task of resource quality assessment in alliance with coal producing industries
- Perfecting ground control technology for tunneling and underground caverns
- Societal mission
- Alternative energy sources
CIMFR is located at five locations across the country which are situated at Digwadih, Ranchi, Nagpur, Bilaspur and Roorkee.
IMMT is also a laboratory of CSIR which was setup in 1964 in Bhubaneswar. This research center is mainly focused towards the mineral processing, materials technology, hydro & electro metallurgy, process modelling & instrumentation, colloids & material chemistry, central characterization cell, design & project engineering and environment and sustainability . The research focuses in the field of mineral processing are:
- Evaluation of low grade ores and minerals to develop suitable flow sheets.
- Generation of design data for scale-up
- Development of innovative and new techniques for utilization of complex ores
- Development of processes to recover valuables from wastes and by-products
- Improving the performance of existing plants by suitable modification.
- Energy reduction in unit operation in mineral processing.
- Environmental pollution studies related to mineral, metallurgical and chemical industries
4. National Institute of Rock Mechanics (NIRM)
NIRM was established in 1988 under the Ministry of mines, Government of India situated in Bangalore and has been focused on rock engineering to design and development in the field of Mining and Civil construction industry. The main research focus are:
- Site characterization
- Design and Modelling
- Rock Excavation
- Monitoring Services
- Testing Services
5. National Institute of Miners Health (NIMH)
NIMH was formed by the Ministry of Mines in the year 1989 in accordance to the Occupational Health and hygiene in Mines at Kolar Gold Fields and a new campus in Nagpur. The main focus areas are:
- Airborne respirable dust monitoring
- Heat Stress monitoring
- Vibrations monitoring
- Noise monitoring and mapping
- Illumination
6. International Center of Excellence in Mining (iCEM)
iCEM is a new institute has been setup to promote research in the field of safety and automation. The institute is in collaboration with the Government of Gujarat, University of Wollongong Australia, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University. The major research interests in global front are:
- Technology for mineral processing development
- Rock Mechanics
- Geomatics & Remote Sensing
- Geo-Environment
- Mine Planning & Design
- Surface Mining of Metalliferous Ore
- Safety & Human Factors
- Automation
- Bulk material handling
- Mine backfilling
7. National Metallurgical laboratory (NML)
NML is the third oldest laboratory under CSIR situated at Chennai which basically focuses on following areas:
- Mineral Processing
- Extractive Metallurgy
- Surface Engineering
- Applied & Analytical Chemistry
- Materials Engineering
- Materials Evaluation
- Energy and Environment
8. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
BARC was found by Dr. Homi Jhangir Bhabha with the help of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust in 1945. This research institution mainly focus on research related to nuclear engineering. The main focus area related to mining in BARC is the Environmental and Radiation monitoring in Uranium Mines.
Comment : I hope there are few more research institutes which I definitely missed. I would appreciate if anyone can elongate this list.
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