This work was carried on pilot plant scale in the central laboratories of the State Company of Geological Survey and Mining, to assess the possibility of producing flat glass and foundry sand from kilo-180 sand deposit. ...

Al–Anbar Governorate is located western part of Iraq. It includes the Western Desert and the southern part of Al–Jazera Region, which belong to the Stable Shelf, with small part from the Mesopotamia Plain, which belong to ...

Geological mapping for an area of about 1000 Km2 was carried out on scale 1:20000 in the northern part of Iraq, north and northwest of Sulaimaniyah city during 2008 – 2009 by GEOSURV geologists. Stratigraphically, the ...

Preliminary study was carried out to investigate the suitability of limestones for cement industry in an area of more than 37.96 km2 at south Qara Chouq Mountain in Erbil, Kirkuk Governorates. The study included description ...

The majority of the map area of Al-Nasiriya Quadrangle lies within the Mesopotamia Fordeep of Outer (Unsta¬ble) Platform of Arabian Plate. While the southwestern corner lies within the Inner (Stable) Platform. The remote ...

This study was carried out to assess the possible use of Tellol Al–Kind clay deposit in Naenava from Injana formation city for the production of lightweight aggregates. Two methods of heat treatment were experimentally ...

Bench scale experiments were carried out to upgrade low grade Ca-montmorillonite claystone from Wadi Bashiera deposit in the Western Desert. Mineralogically, the dominant gangue mineral is calcite with accessory of quartz ...

In this study some physical methods have been studied for beneficiating and purifying Duekhla white kaolin from its impurities (quartz, titanium and iron oxides), which affect the clay brightness and other properties. These ...

Structural markers inferred from geophysical data for the whole of the Iraqi territory (except the northeastern part) at scale of 1:250000 were compiled and integrated as a Series of Geophysical Maps. Khanaqin Quadrangle, ...

In this research works at bench as well as pilot plant scales were conducted for the beneficiation of Ardhuma sand located in the western desert of Iraq, for flat glass industry. According to the results obtained, simple ...