Question

1. Your Company is contemplating investing in the Aggregate Mining industry in Ontario or any canadian province. Your supervisor has asked you to prepare a report (3 pages minimum, 5 pages maximum excluding images) including pictures and references, defining and explaining the use, extraction methods and the contribution of Aggregate mining to the Ontario economy . Hint: You may want to visit the Ontario web sites: (15 points)

please type your answer, Please do not write on the paper and post it

Answer 1

1.WHAT IS AGGREATE MINING?

ANS:WELL,NATURAL AGG CONSISTS OF CRUSHED STONE AND SAND OR GRAVEL...

AGG IS YHE WORLDS NO.1 NON FUEL MINERAL IN TERMS OF BOTH VOLUME AND COMMODITY

2.USE OF AGG MINING?

ANS:IN CONSTRUCTION,BUILDING ECT..THESE EXTRACTED AGG ARE USED...

3.EXTRACTION METHODS?

ANS:MOST COMMON METHODS USED ARE QUARRYING AND PIT MINING...

4.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF METHODS MENTIONED ABOVE!

QUARRYING:IT IS A MULTISTAGE PROCESS BY WHICH ROCK IS EXTRACTED FROM THE GROUND AND CRUSHED TO PRODUCE AGGREGATE..WHICH IS THEN SCREENED INTO RRQUIRED SIZES

THIS PICTURE REPRESENTS COMPLETE CYCLE OF QUAIRRYING

PIT MINING: IT IS A SURFACE MINING TECHNIQUE OF EXTRACTING ROCK FROM EARTH BY THEIR REMOVAL OF AN OPEN PIT OR BORROW ..THEY ARE USUALLY USED TO DEVELOP COAL SEEMS...

THIS PICTURE REPRESENTS COMPLETE CYCLE OF PIT MUNING..

CONTRIBUTION OF AGGREGATE MINING TO THE ONTARIO ECONOMY..

IT PLANS FOR SUSTAINABILITY

REHABILITATION OF LAND ....