|
|
Article: SRI LANKA COULD EXPAND MINERAL SAND MINING: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OFFICE.
- Article from:
- AsiaPulse News
- Article date:
- November 10, 2009
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2009 Asia Pulse Pty Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
COLOMBO, Nov 10 Asia Pulse - Sri Lanka has a chance to expand the mining of mineral sands deposits especially in the north east of the island with the end of a three decade war, the island's geological survey office has said.
From 2007 production of ilemenite, rutile and zircon has started in the north east coastal area of Pulmoddai by stater-run Lanka Mineral Sands Limited.
In 1979 Sri Lanka's Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GMSB), then known as the Geological Survey Department had discovered heavy mineral sand deposits at Nayaru, Thvikallu and Pudovakkadu areas between Mullativu and Nilaveli areas.
In 1980 and 1981, Intersite BV, a Dutch ...