On: Saturday 08/27/2011 16:43
Wasit (news) .. Announced the Department of Geological Survey and Mining in Wasit province, the discovery of 42 million tons of limestone, gypsum and the first in the areas east of the province.
A source at the Directorate of reporter Agency (news) on Saturday: able cadres working in the Directorate of Survey Djilogi and mining in Wasit from the discovery of quantities of limestone, gypsum, first within the territory of hand Zurbatiyah of the Badrah border 90 kilometers east of the city of Kut.
He explained that the quantities detected were divided by 33 million tons of limestone and nine million tons of gypsum, the first, indicating that these materials used in manufacturing cement .
He added that the discovery process of these materials came within a campaign by the directorate for investigation and exploration in the rocky areas and mountainous east of the province for more than 30 days.
He continued, was recorded new sites within the records of the Directorate of Survey Djilogi, mining, and that will be added to the quarries, gravel and sand the old in the province's 13 an infinite, noting that the city of Kufa Cement Factory Tandmn lack of these raw materials are included in the cement industry with good quality. / End
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