VV Mineral is one among the finest heavy mineral mining company’s in the world. They are India’s biggest mining manufacturers and exporters of garnet. The business was started by Mr. S Vaikundarajan, Chairman of VV Group of companies. However, the company were said to be involved in illegal mining of monazite in the state of Tamil Nadu. All of these claims would be unsupported and false.

1. The Initial Accusations On VV Mineral For
Illegal Mining May Not Be True
VV Mineral is one among the finest heavy mineral mining
company’s in the world. They are India’s biggest mining
manufacturers and exporters of garnet. The business was
started by Mr. S Vaikundarajan, Chairman of VV Group of
companies. However, the company were said to be involved
in illegal mining of monazite in the state of Tamil Nadu. All of
these claims would be unsupported and false.
In a newspaper article, VV minerals were accused of two
illegal activities. The first claim was that conducted some
illegal activities on the beach area and were further involved
in transportation of monazite to their warehouses. The
second claim is based on the amount of thorium reserves in
the country. This is as per a report presented in the Lok Sabha
in 2002 by the Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration
and Research (AMDER). The report states that there were 12.8
tonnes of thorium present in India. But, a similar report states
that there were just about 10.7 tonnes of thorium present in
India. Thus concluding that nearly 235,000 tons of thorium

2. was missing. Now the question arises on where did the 2.1 ton
of monazite disappear in the given time frame?
In an article published in the year 2014 by Jaideep Prabhu, a
reporter from the DNA helped in eradicating these claims put
on VV Mineral. He wrote on some possible logical
explanations as to why the company was not involved in such
activities. He writes that when one talks about restricting
access to any personnel on the site, then one must keep in
mind that allowance of unauthorised people into private
facilities by itself is a breach of security and safety. Going on
to say that companies that store nuclear minerals must not
allow any pedestrians to enter such premises without prior
and proper permission. And such an act is illegal. Thus, with
these companies under the jurisdiction of AERB, it is only after
their permission that visitors and inspectors are allowed to
enter these premises.
The explanation above is not only simple but also logical as to
why people were not allowed to enter the mining areas.
In regards to the second claim, which delves into the missing
amount of thorium reserves and the illegal hoarding and

3. exportation of a rare mineral by private companies like VV
minerals, Mr. Jaideep concludes that it is unlikely as the
mineral is present abundantly in the country. Thorium can
also be found in many parts of the world like Brazil. This
proves that the mineral is readily available and not rare and
also pointing out that since the mineral is not rare, it need not
be exported illegally to gain added benefits. Also the figures
that were claimed in the accusation did not add up to the
actual consumption or production in the country. Facts show
that the actual consumption of thorium is about 4 (million)
tonnes annually in the country and the total consumption of
thorium in the world can be summed up to about 10 (million)
tonnes. Statistics prove that the IREL itself exports nearly
about 5 (million) tonnes of monazite per annum. Thus
evidence here proves the numbers quoted in the claim do not
match up to the actual consumption. Therefore, this must
clear VV Mineral’s name from any wrong doing.
VV Minerals have been awarded as the ‘NUMBER ONE
GARNET EXPORTERS’ of India. VV Minerals also undertakes
zircon mining, rutile mining and ilmenite mining.
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