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A Marble Mining Experience By: Annie G. Dee President / General Manager Teresa Marble Corporation
A Marble Mining Experience By: Annie G. Dee President / General Manager Teresa Marble Corporation
A Marble Mining Experience By: Annie G. Dee President / General Manager Teresa Marble Corporation
Location
Bulacan Prospect Shaw Office
Geological Studies
The characteristics of geological formation impacts on the prospectivity of its application A.Geologic Age hardness of the material Binangonan Formation Late Oligocene to Early Miocene B. Facie Models Color Patterns / Contamination/Homogienity of stone C. Geologic Structures as affected movements of fault lines Bedding and Bedding & Directions Lineations/ Fractures/Fissures and Sheared Zones
Traditional Method
Look for Massive Floats Massive Floats are easy to Operate using traditional method of marble quarrying
Drilling Method
Dragging of Blocks
The Beginning
Advent of diamond wiresaw technology in Europe in the early to mid 80s simplified dimensioned stone quarry process Quarry modernization process started & was sustained by regular exposures of company managers, engineers and key marketing staff to European market & practices.
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European Quarries
Quarry Modernization
Government support
Sustained Global Market Exposure and Product Development RP EC project in 1993
Geological Inventory Demonstration of modern mining method European market exposure and visits Common service facility in Guiguinto, Bulacan
Stable Tenement from 1976 lease contract which was converted into an MPSA in 1997 and 1998 Collaboration with Europeans suppliers and Japanese foreign buyers Investment on changes included training, new technology, additional capacity and infrastructure development Collaboration with Europeans suppliers and Japanese foreign buyers
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FROM
Drilling/Soft Blasting
TO
Wiresaw Cutting
Wooden Scaffolding
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Diamond Wiresaw
FROM
Drilling/Soft Blasting
TO
Wiresaw Cutting
FROM
Old Quarry Look
TO
New Quarry Look
FROM
Old Handling
TO
New Handling
Handling
1997
Asian Crisis and the resulting downturn of the Philippine Construction activity, pushed our company to export as much as we could This was achieved by year 2004
Japan
Product Lines
Improved our market offering to the global end user by producing complimentary architectural products like mosaic, mouldings, fireplaces and chiseled finished. Selling of product shifted from only field material to lifestyle products What is good about this was that, it came from our plant waste, rejected tiles, slabs & scraps.
Architectural Products
MOSAIC
MEDALLION
FIREPLACE
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Lifestyle
Global Market
Dubai
Singapore
Marble Blocks
Slab
Tiles
=
Fireplaces Borders Furnitures Marble Powder
Fabricated Stones
Boulders
Sustainable Mining
Sustainability Through Modern Technology Sustainability Through Oneness with Our Communities Sustainability Through Oneness with Our Nation
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HR Growth
2006 = 511 2005 = 361 2004 = 323 2003 = 295
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