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