Mitigation Plan for Identified Problems Faced by the Marble Industry in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Salim Raza1*, Khan Gul Jadoon2, Sajjad Hussain1, Zahid ur Rehman1, Saira Sherin1 and Noor Muhammad1
1Department of Mining Engineering, UET Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; 2Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta, Pakistan
*Correspondence: Salim Raza, Department of Mining Engineering, UET Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; Email: raza@uetpeshawar.edu.pk
Figure 1:
Dimension stone production of the world (Rehman et al., 2018).
Figure 2:
Blocks loading with the help of a simple winch machine used in Buner area.
Figure 3:
Marble quarry sites in Mohmand Ex-Agency (Source: Khan, 2018).
Figure 4:
Five working faces were closed due to accumulation of waste on the sites in district Buner.
Figure 5:
Accident occur due to high and hanging working face fall at Ziarat marble quarry, District Muhmand in September 2020.
Figure 6:
Summary of accidents occurred in District Buner from 1991 to 2017.
Source: Inspectorate of Mines Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2017).
Figure 7:
Irregular/potato shaped blocks (waste) produced during existing marble extraction techniques in District Nowshera.
Figure 8:
Waste produced as a result of marble processing in a processing unit in District Buner.
Figure 9:
Cracks developed in the block due to indiscriminate blasting under the existing mining techniques in District Mardan.