Mineral Resources Potential - Geothermal Resources

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".:-' 168 :@inaal .Reso~r&:PotmtinI 6f Ethiopia
cdidrless aTp P wry .pn. a of @oi+
whiih "is *-in ,a wide variq of idustries Finely pro
pb6der is a con@pge.nt in paints, toothpaste; and p~astics;
&n& can . also
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. be radw ugder high h d to cslciuni
(a& kn'ovh as %&), which has many applications inc
mg a primary compnqpt of most merits.
Marbles are widespread in the bademat r&ks df Ethiopia, in
particular the Pmterozoic calcmus schistg, Same of these have
beem exploited by the cement industry and the Nafid Mhhg
Company. The late Pmterozoi~ to early Pdaeomic marbles< pf the
Tsalient and Tmbitn pups am known not to have complete
mqsEallkWnmn .han$don of the parent limestone to
die. PLU& rnriditjdm of -bib are very .ideal .for dimension
stones and l$hey~w w&onlp~ found in northem -Ethiopia. These
mcts +W 'biotb; ~ ~ s t iof c+ne s mi die, although
ireftmdmmpsi~e hhk Jimstane, K e d l~imestone (800,m
thic&),md &em ~li~estone ,(3QO n ck) ad commonly loccur in -
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miation with intmbwls of slate, mhfble./and dolomite. In this
combdon, ' bi ~~&ilihm. formatidn, 'the youngest of the
, btmzoic mck, (1,S0,0 m. tk~k). MC, 2003) consists of
- mish -to white. dolomite. This unit h dso found txpd in the
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13. the- hi-ry, of conshyctiorxt in Ethiopiq marble is th
most ension ion stone. For instame, some of the Addis
, Abba's;~oldip high gtmey, building% e. g. the, :National Bank ,of
' EtBioph.were buiIt'afmwb1e:fur inmd and extnal application.
The highly exclusive and- luxurious, ,five star hotels, Sheraton
Addis, has been the most modern and recently built commercial
I 'building in Addis A W. Thia hotel is the fi& building to have
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