Selecting Quarry Area

Best Practices & Tips

Looks are deceptive, hence world gets struck goes a saying in Marathi. The saying holds good in quarrying areas as well.

Before selecting quarry or quarry areas, you should know:

• The Quality and Quantity of rock in the proposed area,

• Quantity of Over Burden ( OB)
• Amount of OB to be excavated to mine desired output.
• Are there or can there be any local issues
• Can they be overcome?
• Which is the nearest area that can produce my desired output at the same time is not far away?
  A distance of 1 km saved translates into saving of Rs 10.00 Per Ton per Km in India