IGNOU MED 8 2017 2018 - Mining project in Sri Lanka

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Mining project in Sri Lanka

29 Aug 2017

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Word Count : 468

Sri Lanka has many industrial minerals such as dolomite, feldspar, ball clay, kaolin, calcite, gemstones, mica, mineral sands, graphite, limestone, phosphate rock, quartz, and silica sand.

In 2011, the country did not produce any metals or crude oil. It relied on imported petroleum for refining.

Metals

In 2011, Ceylon Steel Corp. completed its three-year expansion project at Oruwela, thereby enabling the iron mill’s production capacity to expand to 250,000 Mt/yr from 100,000 t/yr.

Experts state that the black mineral sands of Pulmoddai beach contain heavy mineral concentrates amounting to about 12.5 million Mt. of which 65% is ilmenite, 10% is zircon, 10% is rutile, and small quantities of garnet and monazite.

Industrial Minerals and Gemstones

In 2011, Sri Lanka had a cement shortage situation due to the increase in demand, hence began importing cement from Indonesia, Pakistan, and Malaysia.

In the same year, Holcim Ltd. of Switzerland made plans to expand the grinding capacity

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