RE: PM in Rangpur (near Phulbari)26 Dec 2023 11:42
Papp/Sear-----the talk of a development zone, made years ago, still holds true today and for one good reason-----natural resources.----and i'm not talking coal.
-----------There is an interesting component to the proposed mine which is often missed, and that is the overburden includes extremely large quantities of: construction sand, Kaolin, aggregates, clay, silica sand, as well as construction rocks such as Granite, sandstone and Tillite. The total of these materials is in the billions of tonnes. The availability of these materials is expected to spawn new industries in the area, including pottery, bricks, construction, ceramics and glass. Once established there is no reason why these industries could not continue as these resources are not at the depths of the coal, and therefore would be easy to continue to extract.
----Phulbari has so much more to offer the region and Bangladesh, other than just the coal. .and these other benefits will continue long after the coal is gone