The Optimal Exploitation of Industrial Rock in Mining Sector

The Optimal Exploitation of
Industrial Rock in Mining Sector
Presented By
JK CEMRNT WORKS(FUJAIRAH)FZC
• The Optimal Exploitation of industrial Rock in mining
Sector
• The optimal exploitation of stone from mining means
simply improving NPV of available reserves and resources
in the country and improves the revenue for the Emirate in
this business.
• The objective can be achieved by
• Enhancing production of major products – lime stone,
Gabro etc - To meet domestic requirement and export to
other countries such as other neighboring countries, India ,
Pakistan, etc
• Maximizing extraction of Geological reserves and
resources.
• Enhancing production
• To enhance production from current level following steps can be
taken:
• Award of new large size mining leases to capable parties
• Set up fully export oriented units - with some incentive in the form
of discount in royalty & taxations, shipping etc so that they can
compete with domestic companies in other countries
• Creating new mining clusters / special mining zone in new /
remote areas
• Higher maximization for better productivity and efficiency
• Motivate domestic companies to have long term MOUs in export
market
• More exploration in new areas to discover higher quality deposits.
• Maximizing extraction of Geological reserves
and resources
•
• Why the optimum extraction is required in
industrial stone mining sector?
• To maximize recovery of available reserves
• To increase the rate of return on investment
• Since the natural mineral resources in the
world are limited, we need to maximize
recovery of minerals during mining / quarrying
with minimum wastage of valuable the
minerals.
• The factors affecting recovery and action point to improve recovery in
mining are:
• Pit design
• – Bench slopes, bench width, pit depth, pit angle, waste dumping plan etc
• All these factors should be taken care during initial mine planning and
Govt. authority can review the mine plan from mineral extraction point of
view.
• Latest mine planning software such as Data mine Studio, Surpac, Gemcon
etc can help in this regard.
• Technology in use
• – Type of equipment,
• - drilling & blasting technique
• Each mine should ensure use of correct type of equipment which can help
in maximizing recovery for example excavator boom height should be
matching with bench height.
• Shape of mine lease
• - Regular shape, sufficient strike length
• All leases should be of regular shape such as
rectangular / square with sufficient strike length so that
loss of mineral on boundaries can be minimized.
• Size of mines
• The size of mine is very critical from mineral
conservation point of view smaller mines leads to more
losses of mineral in the form of boundary barrier.
Hence bigger size mines are one of the solutions.
• Mining rules and regulations
• In mining rules & regulation mineral conservation should be
given top priority and wastage of minerals should be taken
very seriously.
• Selective mining requirement
• In case of multi minerals availability in a mine, the mine
management should ensure proper mining for extraction of
all minerals. As in case of Tawain area of Fujairah, some
quantity of calcite & Quartz is found in lime stone mines.
Such mineral should be recovered as by products which are
having economic importance and very critical from mineral
conservation point of view.
• Crushing & sizing technology
• While crushing operation wastage of minerals
should be avoided like crusher fines dust (High
grade lime stone) can be used in cement
industries.
• Wastage of mineral
• Possibility should be explored to use waste rocks
(uneconomical) for mine development work such
as valley filling and road making rather than using
lime stone.
• Summary:
• In conclusion, with adopting production
enhancement and mineral conservation
techniques, large size, well designed mines, a well
designed special industrial incentive scheme and
guidance from Govt. authorities can help in
optimizing exploitation of these minerals.
• This will help in maximizing revenue from this
sector and can play a significant role in business
in Emirates.