Sri Lanka Iron Ore Deposits | Lankapradeepa
Investigations have revealed that the deposit is composed of an ore reserve of 4 million tons with 1-2% copper and 40% metallic iron (The National Atlas of Sri Lanka, 2007). The ore occurs up to a depth of about 100 m, which limits the open-cast mining as in the case of the Panirendawa deposit (Fernando, 1986). Hydrated iron ore deposits.
