KAJIAN PENAMBANGAN BIJIH BESI DI SUNGAI RIAM, PEMALONGAN DAN SUMBER MULIA KECAMATAN PELAIHARI KABUPATEN TANAH LAUT KALIMANTAN SELATAN

Abstract

The need of iron ore as material for steel industry in 2006 increased, so the are many iron ore mine activity in Kabupaten Tanah Laut, South Kalimantan. There are 25 cooperation contract between Pememerintah Daerah owned Company, PT Baratala Tuntung Pandang, as owner of contract of work for Iron Ore Mine, five companies have contracts of Mining Work and three companies have contracts of expolration work. The iron ore production increased from 115,658.484 MT in 2006 to 445,286 MT. The objectives of study is to delineate the iron mine activities in Kabupaten Tanah Laut, Kalimantan Selatan Province. The small scale mine of Iron ore involved the local people and semi mechanic equipment such back hoe, Bull Dozer, shovel and rock breaker for breake the source rock. Meanwhile there some grizllies to seperate the iron ore based on the size. The size of iron ore are lump ore to fine ore to stockpile. The survey iron ore mine are in Pemalongan, Sumber Mulia (three cooperationcontract) and Sungai Riam (three cooperation contract). The production iron ore of local mine people in the three mine ore location are prized from Rp. 4000,- per pack to Rp. 8000,- per pack. The iron ore quality of a pack id about 40 Kg to 50 Kg, and the quality based on the visual only. The Mine Iron environment quality management should be increased to keep the environment quality under control for the easier reclamation in the closure mine in post mine time.