PRE-FEASIBILITY GRANITE QUARRY PROJECT 20103.3. CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS NATIONAL GDP10
PRE-FEASIBILITY GRANITE QUARRY PROJECT 20103.4. REGIONAL DISTRIBUTIONCurrently in Pakistan, <strong>Quarry</strong>ing of <strong>Granite</strong> is being carried out in Baluchistan, NWFP, <strong>Sindh</strong>, Punjab, andFATA & Northern Areas. Details of some potential areas bearing huge reserves of marble & granite areas under:-Province / Region Reserves Potential AreaBaluchistanMarble & LimeStoneQuetta, Mastung , Loralai, Bolan, Chaghi,Zhob, Khuzdar, Lasbella, Sibi, Ziarat etcBaluchistan <strong>Granite</strong> Chaghi , ZhobNWFPMarble & LimeStoneBuner, Dir, Chital , Mardan , Noshera, Sawabi, Malakand, Manshera etcNWFP <strong>Granite</strong> Buner, Dir, Manshera, ChitralPunjab Lime Stone Khushab, Mianwali , DG Khan, Kohat etc<strong>Sindh</strong> <strong>Granite</strong> Nagar Parkar<strong>Sindh</strong> Lime Stone /MarbleNorthern Areas <strong>Granite</strong> &MarbleFATA Marble &<strong>Granite</strong>Dadu, ThattaGilgit , Chillas , Hunza, SkurduMohammad Agency , Bajore Agency, NorthWaziristan, South Waziristan3.5. <strong>Sindh</strong> Contribution to the Sector<strong>Sindh</strong> has good colours of granite widely spread in the area of Tharparker. There are 10 mines inoperation; while reserves are not known as any efforts in this direction has not been made so far. Themines are producing blocks in squared shape and are supplied to feed the local industry. <strong>Sindh</strong> granitecan compete in the international markets with India, as the colours found in <strong>Sindh</strong> are better than thecolours found in India. There is a big cluster of processing units in <strong>Sindh</strong> at Karachi with over 180medium size units. In addition there are more than 600 units of small and micro sizes with 1-3 cutters ineach unit.11