Aruwakkalu limestone quarry in Sri Lanka, owned and operated by Siam City Cement (Lanka) Limited, is one of the largest limestone deposits in Sri Lanka. Since the limestone deposit is seated in a shallow depth, it is being excavated by utilising opencast mining methods. The target main product from the extracted limestone is to produce cement.
The increasing trend of annual rainfall has been a major challenge to meet the production requirement in Aruwakkalu limestone mine. The stability of the slopes in active quarry area of the mine under various rainfall intensities is studied in this paper. The slopes are modelled numerically by finite element method and subjected to analysis ...
method in limestone blasting at Aruwakkalu quarry. First test blast was mainly conducted to get a basic idea about the blasting procedure at the site and to analyse the resultant particle size distribution. Existing blasting technique and blasting parameters being practiced at the quarry were used in the first test blast
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The Aruwakkalu sanitary landfill in Puttalam, was proposed as a long-term solution to the ongoing waste crisis in the Western Province. The landfill on abandoned limestone quarries previously operated by …
In this respect, it is planned to develop the worked out limestone quarries in Aruwakkalu (Puttalam District in the North Western Province) into a Sanitary Landfill to meet city-wide needs for at least 20 years with establishment of a waste transfer station at the Meethotamulla site and using rail transport from Colombo to the proposed landfill ...
There is a potential to enhance both the efficiency and the quantity of explosives in limestone excavation utilising deck charge patterns in the Aruwakkalu limestone quarry in Sri Lanka. To achieve this a series of combinations with ANFO and deck charge patterns were simulated using a numerical analysis software named …
The biodiversity survey at the Holcim excavation site (HES) was undertaken to fulfill the objective of reducing impacts on natural ecosystems. The present survey conducted in the proposed areas of the quarry site prior to excavation and blasting,
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sity survey at the Holcim quarry site (Eluwankulama Aruwakkalu Forest - EAF) to fulfill the objective of integrating aspects of conservation into quarry opera-tions in an attempt to mitigate adverse impacts on spe-cies inhabiting the quarry site. The survey was con-ducted in areas earmarked for excavation and blasting.
Sri Lanka's newly opened Aruwakkalu sanitary landfill is located in the district of Puttalam, 170 kilometers north of Colombo. It was proposed as a long-term solution to the ongoing waste crisis in the country's Western Province but has been highly controversial for its severe environmental impacts, the complete ignoring of community voices, and the …
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In an emergency meeting presided by the Minister of Forest Conservation C. B. Rathnayake, an urgent course of action was agreed upon by all stakeholders involved to immediately address an incident of illegal encroachment and forest clearing in a long-term leased land belonging to the Sri Lanka Cement Corporation in Puttalam. ..
A conservation project was implemented at a commercial limestone quarry site in Sri Lanka managed by Holcim Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd. The project intended to assess the biodiversity of a proposed ...
Aruwakkalu limestone quarry in Sri Lanka, owned and operated by Siam City Cement (Lanka) Limited, is one of the largest limestone deposits in Sri Lanka. Since the limestone deposit is seated in a shallow depth, it is being excavated by utilising opencast mining methods. The target main product from the extracted limestone is to …
Optimizing the Specific Charge for Limestone Blasting at Aruwakkalu Limestone Quarry. Aug 2017; 33-42; W D S Perera; N B M Epa; D A Neligama; P V A Hemalal; P G R Dharmaratne;
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The compacted waste will be packed in 20-foot containers and sent by train to the landfill site at Aruwakkalu, just North of Puttalam, about 170 kilometres away from Colombo. The 30-hectare Aruwakkalu site, leased out to Holcim Cement Company, has many abandoned quarries, from where limestone was extracted by the Cement …
N. Perera, "Annual monitoring report for INSEE rehabilitation sites at Aruwakalu Limestone Quarry Site and Kuratiyamohotte, Puttalam 2022 IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Sri ...
The proposed site has been identified and is located adjacent to the railhead of the limestone quarry in Aruwakkalu, Puttalam. The government envisages implementing a sanitary landfill using the abandoned and worked-out limestone quarry pits in to dispose about 1200tpd of municipal solid waste (MSW).
Analysis of efficiency and impact by deck charging patterns on rock blasting at Aruwakkalu Limestone Quarry, Sri Lanka. In C.L. Jayawardena (Ed.), International Symposium on Earth Resources Management & Environment – ISERME 2023: Proceedings of the 7th international Symposium on Earth Resources Management & Environment (pp.2-9). …
6.3 Site Study of Limestone Quarry at Sri Lanka. Aruwakkalu Limestone is a part of Sri Lanka's Jaffna limestone, which underlies the whole of Jaffna Peninsula and extends southwards mostly along the west coast as shown in Fig. 12. Limestone deposit is of Miocene age in the southwestern part of the Aruwakkalu which is approximately 40 …
A recent exercise in translocation of rare and threatened fauna in the Holcim limestone quarry site at Aruwakkalu has revealed the existence of many rare and threatened fauna (Kumarasinghe et al ...
Aruwakkalu limestone quarry. Other than that RE is not utilized for any beneficial purpose, despite the presence of many heavy mineral (Dahanayake and Jayawardhana, 1979, Wallace, 2016).
978-1-7281-9975-7/20/$31.00 ©2020 IEEE Stability Analysis of Slopes in Aruwakkalu Limestone Mine During Rain: A Finite Element Approach Amirthan Thirukumaran*, …
11 September 2019. INSEE Cement of Siam City Cement (Lanka) Ltd is being asked to provide land for the Metro Colombo Solid Waste Management (MCSWM) project in …
The Aruwakkalu limestone mine is located in Vanathavillu division in the North Weste rn province of Sri Lanka, approxi mately 35 km North of Puttalam, which falls in
Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Machine Hours and Fuel Consumption: A Case Study in Aruwakkalu Limestone Quarry, Sri Lanka November 2023 DOI: 10.1109/MERCon60487.2023.10355468
A total of 20 containers of solid waste were dumped at the Aruwakkalu site as a trial under the Metro Colombo Metropolitan Solid Waste Management Plan. ... This …
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Aruwakkalu Smart waste treatment September 12, 2019 The eco-friendly process of management of municipal solid waste (MSW) is achieved by composting the degradable waste, recycling polythene, …
of the limestone Quarry at Aruwakkalu situated 25 km north of Puttalum. Study sites were selected based on the exposure of fossiliferous layers and priority was given to areas where the entire ...
Accurate prediction of machine hours and fuel consumption using machine learning techniques relies on the availability of a comprehensive historical database. This prediction study focuses on a site-specific context and is specifically applicable to large-scale open pit limestone mines, such as the renowned Aruwakkalu Limestone Quarry in Sri Lanka.