Examination of the mining aspects of quarrying limestone at Pya Daung in Myanmar

The Institute of Mining Engineering III at the Aachen University of Technol ogy (Open Cast Mining and Drilling Technology) concentrates its teaching an d research on national and international raw material extraction in quarrie s. Studies and diploma work for solving realistic situations are assigned a nd supervised in close cooperation with the raw materials industry to achie ve a professionally oriented education. As art example, this article provid es information on the examination of the mining aspects of limestone extrac tion for producing cement in Myanmar. A computer-aided representation of th e deposit is built up from the basic data and their evaluation. Based on a mass and area balance the mining aspects of a section of the deposit are ex amined and evaluated taking into account the specified service Iz;fe of the clinker plant to be supplied.