Laboratory

Main Instruments

Main Functions

Pilot Plant

Gravity Separators

• Spiral
• Dewatering Cone
• Hydrocyclone
• Screw Classifier
• Wilfley Table
• Air Table

Magnetic Separators

• Low Intensity Magnetic Separator (LIMS)
• Wet High Intensity Magnetic Separator (WHIMS)
• Cross Belt Magnetic Separator, (IRMS)

Electric Separators

• High Tension Roll Separator (HTRS)
• Electro-Static Plate Separator (ESPS).

Others

• Attritioner
• Grizzle Feed Hooper
• Trommel Screen
• Drum Dryer
• Vibroscreen
• Loader

• Separation of ilmenite, magnetite, garnet, zircon and rutile.

Mineralogical Laboratory

• Hand Augers
• Sieve Shaker
• Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Scintillation Survey Meter
• Ball Mill
• Bromoform Separation Unit

• Heavy liquid separation
• Grain size analysis
• Mineral pulverization (to some extent)

Microscope Laboratory

• Polarizing Microscope with photomicrographic unit
• Metallurgical Microscope with photomicrographic unit

• Identification of heavy minerals
• Determination of heavy minerals percentage from bulk sand
• Physical grading of individual minerals

Quality Control Laboratory

• Laboratory Shaking Table
• Induced Roll Magnetic Separator (IRMS)
• Electrostatic Plate Separator (ESPS)
• High Tension Roll Separator (HTRS)
• Pressure Filter
• Air Compressor

• Quality checking of individual heavy minerals separated from pilot plant
• Physical quality up-gradation of individual minerals from Pilot Plant
• Suggestion to the Pilot Plant for optimum separation

Geo-Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring Labortory

• Alpha Spectrometry Systems
• Gamma Spectrometry systems
• Radon Monitor
• Water sampler
• Bottom sediment sampler
• Water purification systems
• Fume hood

• Determination and measurement of radionuclides present in the sediment, sea water and biota of southeastern coast of Bangladesh.
• Monitoring of environmental radioactivity along the beach areas of Cox’s Bazar.

01.

Zaman, M.M., Deeba, F., Kabir, M.Z., Rajib, M., & Rana, S.M., 2009, Finding a new heavy mineral deposit and its mineralogical composition at Sonarpara, Cox’s Bazar, The Journal of NOAMI, Vol-26, No.-1, P-17-30.

02.

Deeba, F., Kabir, M.Z. and Hossain, D. (2009): Analyzing Gravity and Magnetic Data in Surma Basin, Bangladesh: Some Reconnaissance on the Subsurface Structure; Jahangirnagar University Journal of Science, Vol-32, No.1, June 2009, pp.19-28.

03.

Deeba, F., Zaman, M.M., Kabir, M.Z., Rajib, M. & Rana, S.M., 2009, Magnetic sensitivity of different heavy minerals separated from three location of Cox’s Bazar district and their implications in environmental study, Bangladesh Journal of Environmental Research, Vol-7, p-85-97.

04.

Zaman, M.M., Komatsu, T., Kawamoto, K. and Moldrup, P. (2008) Adsorption of herbicide (2,4-D) onto volcanic ash soil and soil colloidal particles at varying pH, Journal of Nuclear Science and Application, (Reviewed and accepted)

05.

Zaman, M.M. and Komatsu, T (2008) Colloidal Particles Release from an Andisol and Their Stability in Suspension, Bangladesh Journal of Environmental Research, Vol.6, pp.15-22.

06.

A. A. Seddique, H. Masuda, M. Mitamura, K. Shinoda, T. Yamanaka, T. Itai, T. Maruoka, K.Uesugi, K. M. Ahmed and D. K Biswas, Arsenic release from biotite into a Holocene groundwater aquifer in Bangladesh. Applied Geochemistry. 23, 2236-2248, 2008.

07.

Itai, T., Masuda, H., A.A.Seddique, Mitamura, M., Maruoka, T., Li, X., Kusakabe, M., Dipak, B.K., Farooqui, A., Nakaya, S., Uesugi, K., Minowa, T., Matsuda, J., Ahmed, K.M. Hydrological and geochemical constraints on the mechanism of formation of arsenic contaminated groundwater, Bangladesh. Applied Geochemistry, 23, 3155-3176, 2008.

08.

Mitamura, M., Masuda, H., Itai, T., Minowa, T., Maruoka, T., Ahmed, KM., A.A. Seddique, Dipak, B.K., Nakaya, S., Uesugi, K., Kusakabe, M., 2008. Geological structure of arsenic contaminated aquifer in Sonargaon, Narayanganj, Bangladesh. Journal of Geology, 116, 288-302, 2008.

09.

A. A. Seddique, H. Masuda, M. Mitamura, K. Shinoda, T. Yamanaka, T. Itai, T. Maruoka, K.Uesugi, K. M. Ahmed and D. K Biswas. Arsenic release from biotite into a Holocene groundwater aquifer in Bangladesh. Applied Geochemistry. 23, 2236-2248, 2008.

10.

Itai, T., Masuda, H., A.A.Seddique, Mitamura, M., Maruoka, T., Li, X., Kusakabe, M., Dipak, B.K., Farooqui, A., Nakaya, S., Uesugi, K., Minowa, T., Matsuda, J., Ahmed, K.M. Hydrological and geochemical constraints on the mechanism of formation of arsenic contaminated groundwater, Bangladesh. Applied Geochemistry, 23, 3155-3176, 2008.

11.

Mitamura, M., Masuda, H., Itai, T., Minowa, T., Maruoka, T., Ahmed, KM., A.A. Seddique, Dipak, B.K., Nakaya, S., Uesugi, K., Kusakabe, M., 2008. Geological structure of arsenic contaminated aquifer in Sonargaon, Narayanganj, Bangladesh. Journal of Geology, 116, 288-302, 2008.

12.

van Geen, A., Y. Zheng, S. Goodbred Jr., A. Horneman, Z. Aziz, Z. Cheng, M. Stute, B. Mailloux, B. Weinman, M.A. Hoque, A.A. Seddique, M.S. Hossain, S.H. Chowdhury, and K. M. Ahmed. Flushing history as a hydrogeological control on the regional distribution of arsenic in shallow groundwater of the Bengal Basin, Environmental Science and Technology, 42, 2283-2288, 2008.

13.

Rajib, M. & Zaman, M.M., 2007, Petrographic and provenance study of sandstone and calcareous bands from Neogene Formation of Dakhin Nhila Anticline, Southeast Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of NOAMI, Vol. 24, No. 2, P-1-15.

14.

Ameen, S.M.M., Wilde, S.A., Kabir, M.Z., Chowdhury, K.R., Khan, M.S.H., and Akon, E. (2007): Paleoproterozoic granitoids in the basement of Bangladesh: A piece of the Indian shield or an exotic fragment of the Gondwana jigsaw? Gondwana Research 12 (2007), ELSEVIER B. V pp.380-387

15.

Rajib, M., Kabir, M.Z., Deeba, F., Zaman, M.M. & Rana, S.M., 2007, Distribution of five major heavy minerals along the recent beach areas of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of NOAMI, Vol. 24, No. 1, P-1-9.

16.

Rajib, M., 2007, Faults at Dakhin Nhila Anticline, Southeast Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of NOAMI, Vol. 24, No. 1, P-25-36.

17.

van Geen, A., Z. Cheng, Q. Jia, A. A. Seddique, M. W. Rahman, M. M. Rahman, and K. M. Ahmed. Monitoring 51 deep community wells in Araihazar, Bangladesh, for up to 5 years: Implications for arsenic mitigation, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, 42, 1729-1740, 2007.

18.

Stute, M., Y. Zheng, P. Schlosser, A. Horneman, R.K. Dhar, M. A. Hoque, A. A. Seddique, M. Shamsudduha, K. M. Ahmed, and A. van Geen. Increase in arsenic concentrations with groundwater age in shallow Bangladesh aquifers. Water Resources Research, 43, 9, W09417, 2007.

19.

Opar, A., A. Pfaff, A. A. Seddique, K. M. Ahmed, J. H. Graziano, and A. van Geen. Responses of 6500 households to arsenic mitigation in Araihazar, Bangladesh, Health & Place 13, 164-172, 2007.

20.

Deeba, F. and Hossain, D. (2006): Subsurface mapping of the Beani Bazar anticlinal structure of Surma Basin, Bangladesh, Journal Geological Society of India, Vol-67, pp. 201-210.

21.

van Geen, A., Y. Zheng, Z. Cheng, H. Yi, R. Dhar, J. M. Garnier, J. Rose, A. A. Seddique, M. A. Hoque, and K.M. Ahmed. Impact of irrigation with groundwater elevated in arsenic on rice paddies in Bangladesh, Science of the Total Environment, 367, 769-777, 2006.

22.

van Geen, A., Y. Zheng, Z. Cheng, Z. Aziz, A. Horneman, R.K. Dhar, B. Mailloux, M.Stute, B. Weinman, S. Goodbred, A. A. Seddique, M. A. Hoque, K.M. Ahmed. A transect of groundwater and sediment properties in Ariahazar, Bangladesh :Further evidence of decoupling between As and Fe mobilization. Chemical Geology, 228, 85-96, 2006.

23.

van Geen, A., Z. Aziz, A. Horneman, B. Weinman, R.K. Dhar, Y. Zheng, S. Goodbred, R. Versteeg, A.A. Seddique, M. A. Hoque, K.M. Ahmed. Preliminary evidence of a link between surface soil properties and the arsenic content of shallow groundwater in Bangladesh, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 88, 157-161, 2006.

24.

Cheng, Z., A. van Geen, A. A. Seddique, and K.M. Ahmed. Limited temporal variability of arsenic concentration in 20 wells monitored for 3 years in Araihazar, Bangladesh, Environmental Science and Technology, 39(13); 4759-4766, 2005.

25.

van Geen, A., Z.Cheng, A. A. Seddique, M. A. Hoque, A. Gelman, J. H. Graziano, H. Ahsan, F. Parvez, and K.M. Ahmed. Reliability of a commercial kit to test groundwater for arsenic in Bangladesh, Environmental Science and Technology, 39(1); 299-303, 2005.

01.

M. Rajib, T. Sasaki and H. Moriyama, 2009, Sorption experiments with cesium and iodine on tuff, In Itoh, A. et.al. (Ed.), Annual report of Quantum Science and Engineering Center (ISSN 1345-0700), vol-11, p-47-50.

02.

Deeba, F., Kabir, M.Z, Zaman, M.M., Rajib, M. & Rana, S.M., 2009, Presence of heavy minerals and their mineralogical composition in shallow sea-bed of Cox’s Bazar area, Bangladesh, BSMEC/TR-1/2009, December 2009.

03.

Rajib, M., 2008, Potentiality assessment of using silica sand of river sediment as glass sand, Project Completion Report on S&T Special Allocation of Ministry of Science and Information & Communication Technology, Beach Sand Minerals Exploitation Centre, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Cox’s Bazar.

04.

Rajib, M., Zaman, M. M., Kabir, M.Z., Deeba, F. &. Rana, S.M., 2007, Major heavy mineral distribution at some selective locations along the recent beach area of Bangladesh; BSMEC/TR-4/2007, October’07, Beach Sand Minerals Exploitation Center, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

05.

Kabir, M. Z., Zaman, M. M., Deeba, F., Rajib, M. and Rana, S. M., 2007, Heavy mineral distribution of foreshore deposit at Teknaf beach area, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, BSMEC/TR-3/2007, September’07, Beach Sand Minerals Exploitation Center, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

06.

Zaman, M. M., Deeba, F. &. Kabir, M.Z., Rajib, M., & Rana, S.M., 2007, Heavy minerals and their mineralogical composition found at Sonarpara, Cox’s Bazar: A new heavy mineral deposit; BSMEC/TR-2/2007, August’07, Beach Sand Minerals Exploitation Center, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

07.

Rajib, M., Deeba, F. &. Kabir, M.Z., 2007, Heavy Mineral Assemblages of St. Martin’s Island; BSMEC/TR-1/2007, February’07, Beach Sand Minerals Exploitation Center, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

08.

Kabir, M.Z., Deeba, F. & Rajib, M., 2006, Identification and microscopic study of some accessory beach placer minerals of Bangladesh; BSMEC/TR-2/2006, April’06, Beach Sand Minerals Exploitation Center, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

09.

Kabir, M.Z., Deeba, F. & Rajib, M., 2006, Optical and mineralogical characteristics of some major beach placer minerals of Bangladesh; BSMEC/TR-1/2006, February’06, Beach Sand Minerals Exploitation Center, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

10.

Kabir, M.Z., Deeba, F. & Rajib, M., 2005, Mineralogical distribution of Beach Placer Deposits: Study from contemporary deposition at Kalatoli Beach area, Cox’s Bazar, BSMEC/TR-1/2005, December’05, Beach Sand Minerals Exploitation Center, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

01.

Zaman, M.M., Komatsu, T., Kawamoto, K. & Moldrup, P., 2009, Comparison between lead (Pb) sorption onto whole soil and soil colloidal particles at varying pH condition (Abstract), Proceedings of the International Conference on Geoscience for Global Development (GeoDev), 26-31 October, Dhaka, Bangladesh, p-53.

02.

Zaman, M.M., Kabir, M.Z., Deeba, F., Rajib, M., & Rana, S.M., 2009, Anomalous radioactivity due to the presence of heavy minerals in beach sands of Cox’s Bazar (Abstract), Proceedings of the International Conference on Geoscience for Global Development (GeoDev), 26-31 October, Dhaka, Bangladesh, p-52.

03.

A. A. Seddique, H. Masuda, M. Mitamura. Detrital biotite as a primary source of arsenic and its chemical weathering to form arsenic-contaminated groundwater in Holocene aquifer in Bangladesh. International conference on Geoscience for Global Development (GeoDev), Dhaka, Bangladesh. October 26-31, 2009 October 2009, p-79.

04.

Rajib, M., Zaman, M.M., Kabir, M.Z., Deeba, F. & Rana, S.M., 2009, Physical upgradation and characterization of river silica of Bangladesh to be used as glass sand, (Abstract), Proceedings of the International Conference on Geoscience for Global Development (GeoDev), 26-31 October, Dhaka, Bangladesh, p-46.

05.

Rajib, M., Sasaki, T. & Moriyama, H, 2009, Sorption of radionuclides on geological barriers around nuclear waste disposal site (Abstract), Proceedings of the International Conference on Geoscience for Global Development (GeoDev), 26-31 October, Dhaka, Bangladesh, p-109.

06.

Deeba, F., Kabir, M.Z, Zaman, M.M., Rajib, M. & Rana, S.M., 2009, Difference in grain size distribution among heavy minerals of Cox’s Bazar, Barchara, Patuartek and Teknaf fordune deposit, (Abstract), Proceedings of the International Conference on Geoscience for Global Development (GeoDev), 26-31 October, Dhaka, Bangladesh, p-34.

07.

H. Masuda, A. A. Seddique, M. Mitamura, S. Nakaya, T. Itai. Biotite and its chemical weathering as a primary source and formation mechanism of arsenic contaminated groundwater in the Holocene aquifer in Bangladesh. Proceeding of the Chapman Conference on Arsenic in Groundwater of Southern Asia, March 22-28, 2009.

08.

A. A. Seddique, H. Masuda, M. Mitamura, K. Shinoda, T. Okudaira, T. Yamanaka, T. Itai, T. Maruoka, K.Uesugi, and K. M. Ahmed. Reply to the comment on ‘‘Arsenic release from biotite into a Holocene groundwater aquifer in Bangladesh” by Hossain M. Anawar and Martin Mihaljevicˇ. Applied Geochemistry, 24, 486-490, 2009.

09.

S. I. Bhuiyan, M. I. Chowdhury, M. Kamal, S. M. Hossain, S. B. Quraishi, M. M. Zaman, M. Zafar and K. A. Bhuiyan (2009) Post-Tsunami Environment Impact Assessment by Nuclear Analytical Techniques (Mitigation of Coastal Impacts of Natural Disasters Like Tsunami Using Nuclear or Isotope-based Techniques), Abstract Volume, Twenty First Bangladesh Science Conference, Feb 12 – 14 2009, BARI, Joydebpur, Gazipur.

10.

A. A. Seddique, H. Masuda, M. Mitamura, K. Shinoda, T. Yamanaka, S. Nakaya, and K. M. Ahmed. Formation and expansion mechanism of arsenic contaminated groundwater in Holocene aquifer in Bangladesh: role of chemical weathering of detrital biotite. Proceeding of the 36 IAH Congress, P.1-8, October 27-31, 2008.

11.

A. A. Seddique, H. Masuda, M. Mitamura, K. Shinoda, T. Yamanaka, S. Nakaya, and K. M. Ahmed. Seasonal temporal variability of arsenic in the modern shallow subsurface sediments and impact on the availability of arsenic into Holocene aquifers in Bangladesh. 55th Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan (abs.), 1B11, September 2008.

12.

A. A. Seddique, H. Masuda, M. Mitamura, K. Shinoda, T. Yamanaka, T. Itai, T. Maruoka, and K. M. Ahmed. Chemical weathering of detrital biotite releasing arsenic in Holocene groundwater aquifer in Bangladesh. Joint Meeting of Japan Geoscience Union (abs.) B101-002 May 2008.

13.

T. Itai, Y. Takahashi, A. A. Seddique, M. Mitamura T, Maruoka, H. Masuda. What does cause a bell-shaped profile of aqueous As in contaminated Holocene aquifer? Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 72, A414-A414, July 2008.

14.

Zaman, M. M., Kabir, M.Z., Deeba, F., Rajib, M., Rana, S.M. & Rahman, M.A. 2008, The prospect of economic heavy minerals in the sand bars of the Jamuna river at Chilmari of Kurigram district, Bangladesh (Abstract), Abstract Volume of XII Geological Conference of Bangladesh Geological Society, 19-20 March, Dhaka, Bangladesh, P-19.

15.

Rajib, M., 2008, Macroscopic Heterogeneities of Reservoir Sands from Exposed Sequences of Dakhin Nhila Anticline, Southeast Bangladesh (Abstract), Abstract Volume of XII Geological Conference of Bangladesh Geological Society, 19-20 March, Dhaka, Bangladesh, P-26.

16.

T. Itai, Y. Takahashi, H. Masuda, M. Mitamura, A. A. Seddique, K. Shinoda, and K. M. Ahmed. Speciation study of Fe and As in cored sediments from an As-contaminated aquifer in Bangladesh. Proceeding of the Water-Rock Interaction-Bullen & Wang (eds), Taylor & Francis Group, London, 1239-1242, 2007.

17.

A. A. Seddique, H. Masuda, M. Mitamura, K. Shinoda, T. Yamanaka, T. Itai, T. Maruoka, and K. M. Ahmed. Primary source of arsenic and its mobilization mechanism into the groundwater in Holocene-Pleistocene transitional area of Sonargaon, Narayanganj district, Bangladesh. 54th Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan (abs.), 1D08, September 2007.

18.

A. A. Seddique, H. Masuda, M. Mitamura, K. Shinoda, T. Yamanaka, T. Itai, T. Maruoka, and K. M. Ahmed. Hydrogeological controls on mobilization mechanism of arsenic from detrital biotite into Holocene groundwater aquifer in Sonargaon, Bangladesh. Workshop on Arsenic in Groundwater of South-East Asia: With Emphasis on Cambodia & Vietnam. Abstract with Program of Joint organizers: Michael Berg (EAWAG, Switzerland) and David Polya (University of Manchester, UK) Manchester , UK 29-30, October, 2007.

19.

T. Itai, Y. Takahashi, H. Masuda, M. Mitamura, A. A. Seddique, K. Shinoda, and K. M. Ahmed. Speciation study of As and Fe in cored sediments from As-contaminated sediment in Sonargaon, middle east Bangladesh. Workshop on Arsenic in Groundwater of South-East Asia: With Emphasis on Cambodia & Vietnam. Abstract with Program of Joint organizers: Michael Berg (EAWAG, Switzerland) and David Polya (University of Manchester, UK) Manchester, UK 29-30, October, 2007.

20.

Itai, T., Masuda, H., Mitamura, M., Maruoka, T., Kusakabe, M., Takahashi, Y., Minowa, T., Uesugi, K., A. A Seddique, Biswas, D., Ahmed, K.M., Geochemical study of arsenic contaminated groundwater from Sonargaon, Bangladesh, COE-21 International symposium MISASA-II, Kurayoshi, Japan, Feb-2006.

21.

Zaman, M.M., Colloid Facilitated Transport of contaminants in the Subsurface: Significance to Nuclear Waste Disposal and Groundwater Pollution. Organizer: Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission. Date: August 31 2006.

22.

Cheng, Z., A. van Geen, A. A. Seddique, and K.M. Ahmed. Response to comments on "Limited temporal variability of arsenic concentration in 20 wells monitored for 3 years in Araihazar, Bangladesh", Environmental Science and Technology, 2006.

23.

van Geen, A., Z.Cheng, A. A. Seddique, M. A. Hoque, A. Gelman, J. H. Graziano, H. Ahsan, F. Parvez, and K.M. Ahmed. Response to comment on "Reliability of a commercial kit to test groundwater for arsenic in Bangladesh", Environmental Science and Technology, 39(1); 299-303, 2005.

24.

Zaman, M.M. and Komatsu, T., (2004) Prospect of Sandstone Type Uranium Deposits in the Geological Setup of Bangladesh, Proceedings of the Sixth International Summer Symposium, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 261-264.