Potential of mineral along the bay of Bengal ,Bangladesh

Potential of mineral resources in bay of Bengal Bangladesh.  .
Iftekhar uddin chowdhury .Potential of mineral resources along the bay bangal bangladesh.

Exploitation of mineral resources is essential for the sustainable development of the country. We have many natural resources ,like gas, coal ,glass sand, limestone ,clay, silica ,and beach sand Minerals, others ,It is vital role play for the economic development of the country..Mineral sand deposit along the coastal belt of Bangladesh ,constitute  a potential resources of the country.The beach sand minerals contains Rutile, ,which approximately 95%0f titanium dioxide, extensively used in pigment industries, welding electrodes industries,  now it is very  demand in the industries, and many consumers in the domestic & international market ,Zircon,   its chemical composition ,zirconium silicate ,very much demand in the markets ,it used in the ceramic industries, steel  mill ,refractory,&foundries,

Applied in t.v plate it is now very demand in our country .Magnetite, as a iron ores  used in ferrite rods, red oxide and black oxide. ,and Ilemenit e,also contains titanium dioxide  it is used in the for the shielding of radiation ,and extensively used in the shielding block of nuclear power plant ,   Garnet, monazite ,rare earth radioactive minerals ,which contains thorium which used in nuclear technology ,garnet is used in emery cloth, papers and grinding stone, also in jewels in watches. Kyanite, as a sources of aluminium,& Leucoxene, as a substitute of rutile, Beach sand containing potentially valuable minerals were discovered in 1961 during a geological survey for radioactive minerals in cox;sbazar beach area .Atomic energy commission have been engaged for its exploration & exploitation of these minerals ,according to baec  data there is 4.4 million tons of heavy minerals on 17 nos deposits area so far . on which potential economic minerals is 1.76 million tons ,and its estimate zircon 1.58,117 tons,Rutile reserve 71thousand tons ,Ilmenite,1,025,558 tons Magnetite,81thousand tons ,

Garnet ,222,761,tons,Monazite 17,352,tons , Recently beach sand minerals being consumed and demand  rolling mill in Bangladesh ,sanitary ware factory ,papers mill ,match factory ,and now demand many factories  it is also possible potential for nuclear power plant projects . .BAEC requested the govt of Australia  to help so they extended assistances under Colombo plan to  study feasibility of the economical ,so pilot plant were build at cox;sbazar in the year 1975.they supplied all equipment ,this worked done by one Australian consultant firm, MDL, Mr Macdonald yrs 1976,. Mr Macdonald has submitted & recommended added some additional equipment for the plant  one report for preliminary feasibility of the projects Then afterwards another consultant of Australia firm an Australian Minerals Development laboratory (,AMDEL)also study with bulk sample for the feasibility in the year 1977, they also has submitted one report in the meantime pilot plant has successfully Physical separated in commercial grade type minerals ilemenite ,Magnetite, garnet, zircon and rutile through zircon & Rutile is not yet in target grade ..anyhow in the years 1994-1998 one BMRE project has been undertaken ,some new equipment has been procured and installed at the pilot plant projects .pilot plant studies only develop flow sheets for physical separation of constituent economic minerals and to find out working economic involved therein which would in turn be in commercial plant  to be set up in future .There is many commercial projects  recovery of these kind of minerals in Australia ,south Africa, brazil, India,  sri lanka ,Malaysian ,china,& many countries of the world,  so what is problem of our country ? But in the yrs 1985 Japan aid organization wiliness to grant this project,  next  Australian Titanium resources , has agreed to finances this projects in the 1990, but it was not in materialized for some our  bureaucratic system     Through it  is small deposit to compare to other countries of the world , we have undertaken imitative works to find out additional reserve and what is news of  existing reserve present position  ?The reserve situation must be resolved ,as it is prior commitment ,ores reserve estimation must be on adequate data, and cost estimation ,as our country has no expert in the field of beach sand mining project , so again I have put some suggestion 1, An investigation must be determine economically viable2, .Entire evaluation data of exploration ? 3, Pilot plant operation must be accuracy data of quality of recovery %,it processing parameter ,so that is production must be market grade,4, The existing deposit area should be environmental impact analysis, with most modern equipment ,6 , the pilot plant has designed for the small scale production for beach sand mining industries ,I think it require additional production of Ilemenite ,/Magnitite ,zircon ,rutile ,garnet ,monazite, and chalked out  plan  for the ,rechecking existing reserve ,weather it is commercial feasible  ? it is must be take  steps for the  right decisions , it is long time ago ,no further delayed, but  for the nuclear power generation  in Bangladesh ,then it should be too essential for production of above minerals ,ensure the shielding  of radiation works of the nuclear  plant . of our country . save some foreign exchanges ..

Further read  Brochure of BSEC ,cox;sbazar,BAEC.

from MDL has submitted an report ,in the Iftekhar uddin chowdhury ,

Tek para, Cox;sbazar. Former senior officer ,BAEC,
Former president of coxsbazar apex club international,
Vice present ,sector commanders forum liberation war 1971,
Adviser coxsbazar society , life members retire  govt employee wefare society , 

e.mail ,uddinchy08@gmail.com,mobile 8801710840305.