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Bangladesh’s first iron ore mine discovered in Dinajpur

Exactly brother.

Value addition should be conducted inside the country - that way you make use of local labor and that creates additional local jobs for your citizens.

Yup that is the reason. Here is news talking about ore ban export

2009 Mining Law: Indonesia to Stick with Mineral Ore Export Ban?
12 August 2016 |

It remains unclear whether Indonesia will revise the export ban that is stipulated by the 2009 Mining Law (Law No. 4/2009 on Mineral and Coal Mining) and is supposed to come into effect on 12 January 2017. The 2009 Mining Law stipulates a ban on the export of unprocessed and semi-processed ores from Indonesia. The regulation aims to boost development of the nation's smelting capacity, hence becoming an exporter of materials that are positioned higher up in the value chain while curbing Indonesia's current dependence on exports of raw materials.

https://www.indonesia-investments.c...o-stick-with-mineral-ore-export-ban/item7091?
 
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Who cares if currently BD cannot sell and make money out of this.

This is not the point, which is BD has a massive treasure trove of iron ore that it can use to build it's economy up either now or in the future. None of this stuff should even be exported in raw form anyway.
 
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Congrats..we need metal to prove our economical metal..
 
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This mine has potential to become one of the top ten iron ore mine in the world.
However, @Nilgiri, the greatest asset from India's west Bengal, does not want it to be explored. He is worried BD will have to invest $1,500 billion to get $750 billion worth of ores. Not only iron ore, but this mine is also mixed with gold, copper, limestone, and other metals. BD should immediately ask the Consultant Companies to study the prospect of this great mine.

Chinese companies can be used for the purpose. China has more than 2000 ore mines with a total deposit of 72 billion MT. In contrast, we have one mine that contains 7.5 billion MT. It is great.
 
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It has not yet rained and you are worried about flooding. Let the mining people decide about the cost of investment. No free lunch anywhere. Do you think the GoB itself will buy machines, dig holes, put railway lines inside the holes and hundred other things? it is the mining companies that will do these and will get the share of profit.

India is rich with iron ores. So, let us hear about your experience there. What is your good idea? Do you think the GoB will invest $750 billion to get the iron ore that will be sold at $750 billion?

Had to scroll back and see where you are getting this 750 billion dollar nonsense from.

Lo and behold, bangla math + logic as usual:

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/bang...-discovered-in-dinajpur.623709/#post-11556135

7.5 billion metric ton? :rofl:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/267381/world-reserves-of-iron-ore-by-country/

ironore.jpg


Wow in just one iron ore find, you found more iron ore than India or Canada has! And more than double that of the entire US!

I will let you revisit your "calculation" and find the big doozy you did wrong/assumed....and even had other BD members hit like in their happy groupthink fervour lol.

Once you put out more sensible figure, then you can apply what the capital costs of recovery will be and if its feasbile for BD to afford:

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https://www.investopedia.com/articl...iron-ore-market-works-supply-market-share.asp

Cost is Key
The operating costs of the top four iron ore producers are among the lowest in the world, and the barriers to entry for suppliers to the market are high. A fully commercial iron ore mine requires heavy capital investment in infrastructure like rail lines and heavy machinery. Upfront capital cost for mines can run anywhere from US$160 per metric ton to US$240 per metric ton, depending on the type of metallic iron that is economically retrievable at the mining site.


Operating costs also vary, depending primarily on the scale of operations, the distance to market, government regulations and the cost of fuel.


Data from company reports suggest that the cash operating costs of the big four mining companies are US$23.6 per ton for Vale (NYSE:VALE), US$20.8 per metric ton for Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO), US$25.89 per metric ton for BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) and US$51 per metric ton for Fortescue Mining Group (OTCBB:FSUMF).


There are, however, many other iron ore mining companies with cash costs that far exceed US$60 per metric ton, and some companies have costs as high as US$120 per metric ton.


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Just remember this.....one of the other poster in here (parallel supporting your big fanciful dream) is the same one that called you a false flag account of mine. He is same guy that is scared to return to BD and show his effeminate homosexual face to his parents....so he simply overstays his visa in caliturdia in whatever sanctuary city there he has found refuge refuse in.

So really when your view lies up with such a decrepit piece of failed sewage shit, you should have pause to think and re-evaluate.

After all its the same guy that has posted multiple threads about the thousands and millions of refrigerators that will be exported to Thailand by Walton (back in 2015)....that BD will be exporting huge amounts of motorcycles under "Runner"/"Walton" by now (back in 2016)...and that BD will be a mobile phone exporting superpower (back in 2017) and whatever else he found in 2018 (lost track...and it got boring seeing him copy paste and spam).

I mean you are more real fellow, you know the deal with BD regarding basic things like needles and sewing machines for its most basic capital needs. You have seen the big dream promise of Dhaka metro running how many decades...and how late it finally happened....and even then, something so basic going at snail's pace.

Then you have seen the big bold promise for BAF fighter acquisition and alladin skyscraper project and what not.

So I simply say, you can wait and see what actually materialises and in what time frame for something like iron ore mining in a super population dense country....run by BAL of all people. Same country that manages about 2 dollars per person invested outside....is supposed to draw some interest from mining companies and big loans for big capital investment........when it cannot even do sustained simple capital transfer for RMG (which it has a big leg in) from China (if the model is so easy as claimed).

So you can simply wait and see, its that simple. The trend so far is terrible....so occam's razor is very easy to employ to predict.
 
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However, @Nilgiri, the greatest asset from India's west Bengal, does not want it to be explored. He is worried BD will have to invest $1,500 billion to get $750 billion worth of ores. Not only iron ore, but this mine is also mixed with gold, copper, limestone, and other metals. BD should immediately ask the Consultant Companies to study the prospect of this great mine.

Chinese companies can be used for the purpose. China has more than 2000 ore mines with a total deposit of 72 billion MT. In contrast, we have one mine that contains 7.5 billion MT. It is great.

LOL.... you are a funny guy. I'll give you that. Just keep repeating I am from west bengal? You couldn't even wait for a response to your early reply and already pushed this stuff again.

Just wait and see, BAL-speed BAL-smart BAL-stronk!
 
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Some of the Indian guys are talking with a static mind. But, BD is a developing country and its current 8 MT demands of steel are met by importing scraps from foreign sources. Now, if the country keeps on developing the demand will also keep on rising to a level of, say, 50 million tons per year. Which one do you think is preferable? Shall it keep on buying scraps at, say, more than $1200 per ton from the outer sources or will use its own iron ores as it is available now?

A few years after the take-off stage the steel demand will steeply rise like other developing and developed countries. For example, even after more than 150 years of the development process, Japan still produces 100 MT of steel in its own mills. So, our own source of iron ore will certainly help us and the money will be circulated inside the country making our people richer.

The issue is market prices. BD govt is not going to start a public sector company for this so called ore. We still do not know its estimates yet, and let's assume the quantity is good enough for go for mining.

When an foreign mining company is selected through tender, he does all the investment and the company sells to BD government at "market prices". BD govt will inturn receive royalty of every tonne of iron ore sold. Maximum of 10%. If anything more than that, for an nascent market of BD, no company will come in. Western countries charge even 6-8% as royalty.

In effect BD government has no real profit creating an company out of tax payers money when its just another buyer. Moreover having just one mine will be prohibitive and hand biting. Needs to have a bunch of mines in an area just like in Bihar, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and Odisha. Iron ore is not a weaponised ore in which countries can threaten not to buy in future, like say crude oil or rare earth minerals. Infact it has one of the most stable value for consumers. So supply will always be there in the future.

However if BD govt wants to move forward, its their wish.
 
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Had to scroll back and see where you are getting this 750 billion dollar nonsense from.

Lo and behold, bangla math + logic as usual:
No, I am no more going to do the math again. I do not need to. Please do your own math to prove me wrong instead of sending unrelated graphs and data. Read also post #32 sent by your bosom friend @Homo Sapiens. The news report says this mine is among the top ten iron mines in the world. Does it sound anything? Maybe, this mine alone will surpass the total of Indian iron mines. Now go through a sleepless night with your west Bengali Ghatia headache. Ghatia will remain Ghatia always.
 
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Congrats..we need metal to prove our economical metal..

Thanks, that last word should be mettle, not metal.....

Well lets say it is possible to make it profitable and I am not against development of steel industries with our own ore. How is iron ore mined, open pit or through tunnels? If it's open pit then I don't see how BD can dislocate so many people and their homes.

Have you been to the area?

Population density there is pretty low, lowest in Bangladesh.
 
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No, I am no more going to do the math again. I do not need to. Please do your own math to prove me wrong instead of sending unrelated graphs and data. Read also post #32 sent by your bosom friend @Homo Sapiens. The news report says this mine is among the top ten iron mines in the world. Does it sound anything? Maybe, this mine alone will surpass the total of Indian iron mines. Now go through a sleepless night with your west Bengali Ghatia headache. Ghatia will remain Ghatia always.

LOL so you honestly think a test depth claimed 400 foot seam would

a) represent 100% extractable (do you know basic geology?)
b) be consistent over the whole claimed area

Not to mention you used a way wrong density in your calculation.

Like I said, it is your occasional typical bangla delusion that leads you to say something as Bangla online test guy in here.....and you are pushing that in just one find..... 2 -3 times the iron ore reserves of the entire USA has been found.

Enjoy clinging to BD media article as usual lol...and as usual the only way to fix bangla delusion is to give the appropriate time for reality to sink in.

Remember to post when you are making needles and sewing machines (your own words on desperation at BD lack of industry) and have finally started export of the 2015 walton refrigerators lol.

Simply ask why none of the international media even cares if big 750 billion USD stronk windfall has been found? Are we hearing even a peep on it from Rio Tinto or BHP?

All over the world they find iron ore reserves all the time, doesn't mean its actually feasible or worth deploying to extract. That too in super population crush dense country that is already running out of land? Give me a break.

With BD and this iron ore, it will be just like the Pakistan thar coal "trillions of dollars worth, never extracted" same kind of nonsense.
 
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LOL so you honestly think a test depth claimed 400 foot seam would

a) represent 100% extractable (do you know basic geology?)
Better we talk with the information at hand. No mine is extractable 100%. But, there is also a possibility that the depth and area are larger than what the mining people are estimating at present. So, we better stick to the current information.
 
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Better we talk with the information at hand. No mine is extractable 100%. But, there is also a possibility that the depth and area are larger than what the mining people are estimating at present. So, we better stick to the current information.

You are the one assuming a 400 foot layer represents a full iron ore seam here lol. Have you even been to a mine?

Do you honestly believe one new mine in a small corner of BD holds more iron ore than the ENTIRE US?

Use your common sense for once. Or thats a rare commodity in BD?
 
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Well there will be a lot of agricultural land there.
Assume that the mining activities will destroy a very large and impractical 20,000 acres of land where people are forced to live on subsistence farming. The value of ore maybe a few thousand times more than the value of land which may be much less than 0.25 billion dollars @Taka10,000 per decimal. The ore asset value may be 750 billion dollars in comparison.
 
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