| Year |
Details |
| 1949 |
- Rare Minerals Survey Unit brought under Atomic Energy Commission on July 29 and renamed as ‘Raw Materials Division’ (RMD), with Headquarters at New Delhi.
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| 1951 |
- Discovery of uranium deposit at Jaduguda, Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. First borehole drilled by the Associated Drilling Company, London.
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| 1955 |
- Procurement of four drilling rigs and commencement of exploratory drilling departmentally in the Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.
- Commencement of Airborne radiometric surveys.
- Indigenous fabrication of field instruments for exploration of Atomic Minerals.
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| 1956 |
- Discovery of uranium mineralisation at Umra, Udaipur district, Rajasthan.
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| 1957 |
- Exploratory mining commenced at Umra, Udaipur district, Rajasthan.
- Exploratory mining commenced at Jadugoda, Singhbhum district, Jharkhand
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| 1958 |
- Renaming of RMD as ‘Atomic Minerals Division’ (AMD).
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| 1962 |
- Exploratory mining commenced at Bhatin, Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.
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| 1963 |
- Exploratory mining started at Narwapahar, Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.
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| 1964 |
- Fabrication and installation of Mass Spectrometer and Proton Precession Magnetometer at New Delhi.
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| 1966 |
- Evaluation and resource estimation of Jaduguda uranium deposit, Singhbhum district, Jharkhand was completed.
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| 1970 |
- Evaluation and resource estimation of Narwapahar uranium deposit, Singhbhum district, Jharkhand was completed.
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| 1971 |
- Discovery of xenotime occurrence at Kunkuri, Raigarh district, Chattisgarh.
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| 1972 |
- Evaluation and reserve estimation of heavy mineral resources of Chhatrapur, Berhampur district, Orissa and Neendakara-Kayankulam, Kerala were completed.
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| 1973 |
- Discovery of uranium deposit at Bodal, Rajnandagaon district, Chattisgarh.
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| 1974 |
- AMD Headquarters shifted from New Delhi to Hyderabad.
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| 1976 |
- Setting up of the Northeastern Circle Office at Shillong, Meghalaya.
- Commencement of exploratory mining at Bodal and Jajawal, Chattisgarh.
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| 1978 |
- High-sensitive Airborne gamma ray spectrometric and magnetic surveys started.
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| 1979 |
- Evaluation and resource estimation of Bhatin and Turamdih (East) uranium deposits, Singhbhum district, Jharkhand was completed.
- Discovery of spodumene bearing tantaliferous pegmatite at Marlagalla, Mandya district, Karnataka.
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| 1983 |
- Construction of calibration pads at Nagpur, Maharashtra for calibration of gamma ray spectrometry instruments.
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| 1984 |
- Discovery of sandstone-type uranium deposit at Domiasiat, West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya.
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| 1985 |
- Evaluation and resource estimation of Bodal uranium deposit, Rajnandagaon district, Chhattisgarh was completed.
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| 1986 |
- Discovery of dolostone-hosted uranium mineralisation at Tummalapalle in the western margin of Cuddapah basin, Andhra Pradesh.
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| 1987 |
- Evaluation and resource estimation of Turamdih (West) (Banduhurang) uranium deposit, Singhbhum district, Jharkhand was completed.
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| 1988 |
- Northwestern (presently Western) and South Central Region Offices were set up at Jaipur and Hyderabad respectively.
- Evaluation and estimation of heavy mineral resources of Kuttumangalam and Vettumadia sand deposits was completed.
- Commencement of AMD’s Publication, Exploration and Research for Atomic Minerals ‘EARFAM’.
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| 1989 |
- Evaluation and resource estimation of Mohuldih Uranium deposit, Singhbhum district, Jharkhand was completed.
- AMD participated in Antarctica Expedition.
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| 1991 |
- Discovery of uranium mineralisation at Lambapur, Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh.
- National Mineral Award for discovery of the Domiasiat Uranium deposit.
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| 1992 |
- Discovery of beach sand heavy mineral deposit at Kalingapatnam Coast, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh.
- Setting up of test recovery plant at Domiasiat for extraction of uranium.
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| 1993 |
- Evaluation and resource estimation of Domiasiat uranium deposit, West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya was completed.
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| 1994 |
- Discovery of uranium deposit at Wahkyn, West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya.
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| 1996 |
- Two National Mineral Awards for
- Discovery of Lambapur Uranium deposit
- Development of pug-cure-leach technique for extraction of uranium (from Domiasiat Ore).
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| 1997 |
- Discovery of uranium mineralisation in brecciated limestone at Gogi, Gulbarga district, Karnataka in the Bhima basin.
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| 1998 |
- AMD enters the Golden Jubilee Year.
- Atomic Minerals Division renamed as ‘Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research’.
- National Mineral Award in the field of Geophysics for valuable contribution in instrumentation of air borne geophysical surveys.
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| 1999 |
- National Mineral award for discovery of Gogi uranium occurrence, Gulbarga district, Karnataka.
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| 2001 |
- Evaluation and resource estimation of Lambapur-Peddagattu uranium deposit, Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh was completed.
- Discovery of rich heavy mineral concentration in beach sands at Bramhagiri, Puri district, Orissa.
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| 2002 |
- National Mineral award in the field of Mineral Exploration
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| 2004 |
- Office building at Western Region Jaipur was inaugurated by Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman AEC.
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| 2007 |
- Ground breaking ceremony at Gogi mines site was held on 18th June 2007 for exporatory mining.
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| 2009 |
- Dr Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, AEC inaugurated the newly conctructed ''C'' Block, AMD Complex, Hyderabad.
- Crawler mounted Top drive hydrostatic rigs have been commissioned to enhance drilling productivity
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| 2010 |
- The first Orientation Course for Science Postgraduates (OCES-2010) of BARC Training School, AMD Campus, Hyderabad was inaugurated
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| 2012 |
- Evaluation and resource estimation of Tummalapalle uranium deposit, Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh has reached 75,000 tonnes of U3O8
- National Geoscience Award for discovery of Chitrial Uranium deposit
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| 2013 |
- National Geoscience Award for discovery and exploration of Tummalapalle uranium deposit
- Country''s total Beach Sand Heavy Mineral (BSM) resources cross one billion tonne mark
- Video conferencing system commissioned connecting Headquarters and all the Regional Centers
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| 2014 |
- Country''s Uranium resources cross two lakh tonne mark
- Borehole Trajectory Logging System and Transportable Calibration Pad fabricated indigenously
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| 2015 |
- Sonic Drilling initiated in Beach Sand Heavy Mineral (BSM) exploration
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| 2016 |
- Three units of WD-XRF commissioned at Nagpur, Jaipur and Bengaluru
- NABL {ISO 17025) accreditation of Chemistry Laboratory, Hyderabad
- Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS) unit commissioned at Hyderabad
- Exploratory mining initiated at Rohil uranium deposit,Sikar district, Rajasthan
- Office complex of South Central Region inaugurated by Dr. Sekhar Basu, Chairman, AEC and Secretary, DAE at Cherlapalle, Hyderabad.
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| 2017 |
- Technology development for removal of uranium and arsenic in drinking water.
- Patent filed in India for the filter developed for removal of toxic metal contaminants for aqueous system.
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| 2019 |
- Country's uranium oxide (U3O8 ) resource crosses 3 lakh tonnes.
- Uranium resource of Tummalapalle Group deposit, Kadapa district, A.P., crossed 1,60,000 tonnes
- Technology of 'Arsenic removal Filter for Domestic Water Purification' transferred to private firms for commercialization.
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