Mining adds value.11 Dec 2018 13:49
The potential of GCM cannot be overstated.--
--For the past couple of weeks I have been giving some thought to a post mining Phulbari, and it's implications for the local population.
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-At first i thought that maybe the people would be left high and dry, and the area would deteriorate into an economic wasteland, much like the Welsh mining towns and the North East shipyards have done---but it was pointed out, that maybe I had overlooked one enormous commodity .
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------The overburden.
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-This is not just some waste material, (as it would be easy to assume), but a highly valuable resource which could trigger a whole new range of industries and economic prosperity for the area, long after mining has finished.
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-The overburden is in the BILLIONS of tonnes, which contains extremely large quantities of: construction sand, Kaolin, aggregates, clay, silica sand, as well as construction rocks such as Granite, sandstone and Tillite.
--These could go on to spawn many new industries such as 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.
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-Just yet another piece of value that should be added to GCM, and one that sustain the economic health of the region long after mining has finished.
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-Another good reason for the GOB to say yes.