Volume : V, Issue : VII, July - 2015

Resource Potentiality, Mining and Mineral Economics of Marbles from Rajasthan

Sunil Jha, Vinod Agrawal

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 Rajasthan is the principal producer of marble in the country. The state has more than 1200 million tones of marble reserves, distributed in 32 districts. Majority of Rajasthan marble belongs to dolomitic in composition. There are more than 1900 mining leases in the state where mining of is done by manual and semi–mechanised means. The unsystematic and unplanned mining is creating considerable environmental and pollution problems in the marble belts of the state. The ability of marble to receive polish, its durability and aesthetic value render it as the most preferred decorative stone as such, the market for marble slabs and tiles is growing steadily due to the increasing use of it in residential construction, commercial establishment, public buildings, hotels and resorts etc. In the present paper an attempt has been made to study the resource potentiality, mining practices, eco–environmental scenario, and mineral economics of the marbles of Rajasthan.

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SUNIL JHA, VINOD AGRAWAL Resource Potentiality, Mining and Mineral Economics of Marbles from Rajasthan Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 7 July 2015

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