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Manoj Sompura - Success Story
  Behind every successful company there is always a successful leader. Mr. Manoj Sompura had established a company, Rachana Global Excavation Ltd., in the year 1996. Mr.Manoj Sompura firmly believes in “Growth lies in undying dedication” and due to this strong belief , the company has won many huge mineral mining and natural resources exploration projects. More...
   
Natural Resources Exploration and Mineral Mining
  Exploring natural resources and mining of minerals from earth is not an easy job. This exploration of natural resources can be done only by those who are bestowed with some special strength. To explore means to enter in a new area that hasn’t been touched ever. More...
   
Exploration and Mining of Coal
  Rachana Global is involved in exploration and mining of various natural resources and one of them is coal. The group has seen the potential future in Mozambique for coal and thermal. Coal mining involves a very difficult job. Mining of natural resources is done in various manners. More...
   
Iron Ore Exploration and Mining
  Iron ore are huge rocks from which metallic iron can be extracted. These ores rich in iron oxide and are in various colors such as dark grey, bright yellow, deep blue to rusty red. Iron ore mining methods differs from the type of ore to be mined. Magnetite mined from it is the most useful part in iron concentration. More...
   
Tantalum Exploration and Mining
  The word tantalum is derived from Tantalus. Tantalum mine is very rare to find metal. It is hard, blue grey metal with cubic crystalline like structure. Tantalum is extremely elastic and thus can be altered in to thin wire. Tantalum is mainly extracted from mineral tantalite and few other rare minerals. More...
   
Gold Exploration and Mining
  From the ancient time of Greeks and Romans to modern 21st century, gold has always fascinated mankind with its natural beauty and shine. Gold mining industry is a million dollar industry generating employment opportunities throughout the world and serving humans since ages. More...
   
Titanium Exploration and Mining
  Discovered in early 1500’s, powered titanium was named after mythological greats, the Titans. Titanium mineral was at once a simple metal with absolutely no use. Later on due to laboratory curiosity, titanium was finally declared as a commercially used mineral.More...
   
Fluorite Exploration and Mining
  Fluorite formerly known as fluorspar is a natural mineral often found with an aggregation of various colours. Also referred to as “genius stone”, fluorite mineral comprises of more the one colour in a single stone. The colors range from purple, green, yellow, orange, brown and sometimes even colorless. More...
   
Mineral Exploration and Mining
  Mineral mining is a cornerstone industry and a major contributor to economy of various countries around the world. Mining and exploration technology mainly focuses on exploring different mining technologies for mining operations and mineral exploration. More...
   
Detergents and Soaps Manufacturing
  Soap like material found during the excavation of ancient Babylon proves the fact that soaps and detergents were known earlier too. However, soap was only used medicinally at that time. Since then, detergent and soap products have been an integral part of mankind. More...
   
Overview on Coal Mining in Different Countries
  There has been aggressive expansion in coal mining sector in last thirty years. Australia is the 4th largest producer of coal in world. Australia contributes 53% of world exports of coking coal. Australia recently announced its new tax policy and has imposed 40% super profit tax applicable from July 2012. This super profit tax will raise $12 billion in the initial two year of implementation by the government. More...
   
Mining Technology
  Thousands of years back since the birth of first human on earth, knowingly or unknowingly man has been continuously involved in the process of research, development and new inventions on day to day basis. In this process of development man realized the need of important minerals used by him in his day to day activities. More...
   
Mining & Exploration Countries
  Mining is the activity of extracting valuable minerals, metals, ores from the surface of the earth through various tools and techniques. Since the beginning of the human civilization, man has been continuously involved in the process of mining and exploration of various minerals according to the requirements. More...
   
Coal Mining & Exploration in Africa
  Coal, a fossil fuel is the largest source of energy for producing electricity, heat and various other energy types present on the earth’s surface. It is a complex mixture of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen together with small amounts of nitrogen and sulphur. Due to the increasing demand of coal and coal products, coal mining and exploration is on all time high. More...
   
Iron Ore Mining Exploration Africa
  Iron ores are rich minerals that contain high iron content from which iron can be extracted. Iron ores have earned a special place due to their wide usage in development of automobiles, pharmaceutical machines, steel super infrastructures, chemical compounds, pigments, abrasives and many such ubiquitous applications. Iron accounts 95% of all metals used by the industrial companies. More...
   
Natural Resources Mozambique
  Mozambique is on the Eastern part of South Africa and has considerable amount of natural resources, of which major part is yet to be explored including coal, Gold, titanium, bauxite etc. The exploration and export of natural resources positively contributes to the poverty reduction and economic growth of the country. More...
   
Tantalum Mining in Mozambique
  Tantalum previously known as tantalium is a hard grayish-blue lustrous transition metal recovered from ore minerals such as columbite and tantalite. The metallic powder of tantalum is widely used in production of electronic components including resistors, capacitors and also in production of watches. More...
   
Mining in Mozambique
  Mozambique is prosperous in mineral resources including coal, iron ore, gold, tantalum, titanium, fluorite etc. Over the past three years private sector has shown great interest in the mining sector. Mozambique Government is also supporting and attracting the inward investment into Mozambique mineral industry. More...
   
Iron Ore Mining in Mozambique
  Iron ores are solid naturally occurring mineral aggregates found in various forms including rocks and meteorites from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. Earth has huge deposits of iron ores within its surface. These iron ore concentrates are rich in oxide and are available in various colours including yellow, blue, grey and rusty red. More...
   
Coal Mining in Mozambique
 
Since beginning of civilization, man has been continuously involved in finding new metals, stones, ceramics and various other useful materials necessary of living. This process or activity of locating new geographical locations and digging the earth’s surface for finding useful commodities is defined as mining. More...
   
Mineral Exploration Process
 
Mineral exploration is a process carried out by organizations in order to find commercially used concentrations of minerals for mining purpose. Mineral exploration process is much more involved in mining because it is the most professional, organized and intensive form of mineral extraction. More...
   
Titanium Information
 
Titanium a mineral ore discovered in the late 1500’s, was named after the mythological giants, the Titans. Supplies of pure Titanium are rare, although titanium ores such as ilmenite and rutile are very commonly found in the earth surface. More...
   
Fluorite Information
 
Fluorite, a mineral with a veritable bouquet of brilliant colours has earned the reputation of being “the most colourful mineral in the world”. Also termed as halide mineral (class that includes halide anion), fluorite mineral is composed of calcium fluoride. More...
   
Iron Ore Information
 
Iron ores are the rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be extracted economically. These ores are usually rich in iron oxides and are found in different colors. Iron ore is used to make pig iron, which is one of the main raw materials used in production of steel. More...
   
Tantalum Information
 
Tantalum Ore is a natural mineral formation containing tantalum which is mostly used in the production of electronic components. The main minerals of tantalum ores are columbite-tantalite, tantalite and manganotantalite, wodginite, and microlite. More...
   
Coal Mining Terminology
 
Being a universal player in mining and exploration, the name of Rachana Global can best be associated with all the coal mining terminology. Believing in undying dedication for constant growth, Rachana Global leverages its mining expertise to offer outstanding services for coal exploration and mining. More...
   
Gold Mining Terminology
 
With years of experience in mining industry, Rachana Global is a dominant player in providing services for Gold mining and Fluorite mining. Rachana Global is one such exploration and mining services provider whose name can best be associated with all the gold mining terminology as stated below: More...
   
Iron Ore Mining Terminology
 
Believing in consistent growth with undying dedication, Rachana Global Excavation Ltd. is a dedicated mining and exploration services provider across the globe. It leverages its mining expertise to provide the best iron ore mining services and services for titanium mining. All the following iron ore mining and titanium mining terminology can be best associated with the name of the mining leader, Rachana Global. More...
   
Tantalum Exploration And Mining Terminology
  With an expertise and familiarity in exploring the new areas of natural resources and mineral mining, the name of Rachana Global Excavation Ltd. can be best associated with different tantalum mining termnology. Rachana Global is been one of the oldest player in tantalum exploration and mining. More..
   
Titanium Mining Terminology
  Titanium Ore: Rocks or deposits containing compounds from which titanium can be extracted for commercial use are called titanium ores. More...
   
Fluorite Mining Terminology
 
Fluorite Mining: The technical and mechanical way of removing fluorite from its ores using various mining methods is known as fluorite mining. More...
   
Mining Terminology - A
  Agglomeration: A family of processes which can be used to concentrate valuable minerals based on their adhesive properties is called agglomeration. More...
 
Mining Terminology - B
  Butt entry - A coal mining term that has different meanings in different locations. It can be synonymous with panel entry, sub-main entry, or in its older sense it refers to an entry that is "butt" onto the coal cleavage (that is, at right angles to the face). More...
   
Mining Terminology - C
  Cannel coal - A massive, non-caking block coal with a fine, even grain and a conchoidal fracture which has a high percentage of hydrogen, burns with a long, yellow flame, and is extremely easy to ignite. More...
   
Mining Terminology - D
  Dilution - The contamination of ore with barren wall rock in stoping. Rock that is, by necessity, removed along with the ore in the mining process, subsequently lowering the grade of the ore. More...
   
Mining Terminology - E
  Exploration: The search for mineral deposits and the work done to prove or establish the extent of a mineral deposit is known as exploration. More...
   
Mining Terminology - F
  Face – The end of a drift or exposed area of a coal bed from which coal is being extracted is called face. More...
   
Mining Terminology - G
  Gabbro –A dark, coarse-grained igneous rock. More...
   
Mining Terminology - H
  Hanging Wall - The wall or rock on the upper or topside of an ore deposit. More...
   
Mining Terminology - I
  Inby - In the direction of the working face. More...
   
Mining Terminology - J
  Jackleg - A percussion drill used for drifting or stoping that is mounted on a telescopic leg which has an extension of about 2.5 m. The leg and machine are hinged so that the drill need not be in the same direction as the leg. More...
   
Mining Terminology - K
  Kettle bottom - A smooth, rounded piece of rock, cylindrical in shape, which may drop out of the roof of a mine without warning. The origin of this feature is thought to be the remains of the stump of a tree that has been replaced by sediments so that the original form has been rather well preserved. More...
   
Mining Terminology - L
  Lamp - The electric cap lamp worn for visibility or the flame safety lamp used in coal mines to detect methane gas concentrations and oxygen deficiency. More...
   
Mining Terminology - M
  Minerals: Inorganic compounds occurring naturally in the earth's crust, with a distinctive set of physical properties, and a definite chemical composition are known as minerals. More...
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