Valuable minerals
OH Kabir Hare Street, Wari, Dhaka
Our eminent scientist Dr. Kudrat-e-Khuda discovered the valuable minerals in Cox's Bazar in the 1950s. I found vast deposits of the minerals in Cox's Bazar and its surrounding areas in 1970. In December 1975 Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission declared that they had discovered heavy minerals worth five hundred crore taka in Cox's Bazar. They are also reported to have set up a mineral plant in Cox's Bazar with the help of the Australian government. During last thirty years, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission has spent crores of taka but they have failed to utilise the valuable minerals commercially. As a result, millions of tons of minerals have been washed away and lost in the sea.About three years back, our Ministry of Energy and Minerals Resources signed a contract with International Titanium Company of Australia for extraction of valuable minerals from the see beach sand. The Titanium Company said that minerals Rutile and Zircon could be extracted at a rate of 2.49 per cent and 0.46 per cent respectively, which is the highest in the world. We do not know the international price of Rutile, Zircon and other valuable minerals. We are in the dark about the terms and conditions of the contract with the Titanium Company. We are also not aware of the royalty the Titanium Company has paid to the Bangladesh government. Let us exploit, utilise and export our valuable minerals within our own means and technical know-how without any involvement and financial aid from a crowd of foreigners, who only want to loot and plunder our natural resources.
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