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Sesa Goa Limited was established in 1954. Currently, the company exports approximately 5 million tons of iron ore, fines and lumps to customers in Japan, China and Europe from ports on both the east and west coasts of India. Besides company mining activities in Goa, they have mining operations in Karnataka and Orissa. Sesa Goa's main mining operations are at CODLI and SONSHI. The mine at Codli is a multi pit operation. Mine planning is computerized and the disposal of overburden either in dumps outside the mines or in the mined out pits is planned to minimize haulage costs. At the Codli Mine all the ore is beneficiated. The water for beneficiation plants is decanted in a series of ponds and recycled. Excess clean water is discharged into the river system. Sonshi mine is a single pit operation. The mine is currently 210 meters deep, the bottom being 24 meters below sea level. It will eventually reach 44 meters below sea level.
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