One of the recent applications of Tunnel boring Machines (TBM) in Sri Lanka is Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project (UOMDP). During rainy periods, the washed tunnel muck particles sediment in low agricultural lands ...

In developing countries like Sri Lanka, waste management is a vital necessity. Solid waste dumps play a major role in handling waste in most countries. These solid waste dumps can cause severe environmental pollution via ...

Bolgoda Lake is one of the main water resources in the western province, which has two major basins explained as Bolgoda south and north lakes. Lake sedimentation is a serious dilemma for water scarcity, productivity, ...

Sri Lanka is rich in industrial minerals, including graphite, apatite, ilmenite, rutile, quartz, feldspar, kaolin, apatite, garnet sand, mica, calcite, and dolomite. Even though lots of mining methods are used to extract ...

In Sri Lanka, Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) imposed royalty levy for aggregate production volume using an equation (indirect method) which utilises the quantity of explosives for the calculation. Since the ...

The mine environment is complex and highly dynamic due to the developments over time and surrounding climatic changes. Heedlessness to supply adequate quantity and quality of air will catalyse short and long-term ailments ...

Mining activities are influenced by stakeholders such as regulators, operators, service providers, customers, residents, and other interest groups. The governing bodies seem to fail to adopt a stakeholder inclusive ...

Gold is one of the highly demanded precious metals which have applications in jewellery, investment, electronic and medical industries due to its unique chemical and physical characteristics. Although the demand for gold ...

Rare earth elements include lanthanide series elements plus Sc and Y. These 17 elements are characterised by the European Union (EU) as critical raw materials with significant supply risk due to their broad of emerging ...

Sri Lankan metal quarries supply almost all grades of aggregates throughout the country for the construction industry. But the future of these metal quarries may look bleak owing to the rise in the number of mine accidents ...