Editor's Note
This editor’s note highlights the key facts and market implications behind “Company Plans to Extract 200,000 Tons of Quartz “, with emphasis on sourcing, product fit, fabrication, logistics, or buyer impact.
The Department of Environment, Housing and Territorial Planning of the Junta of Castilla y León has issued the environmental impact declaration for a project called "Queen," which plans the open-pit exploitation of a quartz vein on just over twenty hectares of land. The intended site of operation affects the municipal areas of Hermisende and Lubián and is located one and a half kilometers from the town of Padornelo, in Alta Sanabria, at the foot of the border between the province of Zamora and Galicia.
The company promoting this operation is the Bercian firm Cuarzos del Pedroso, which has reported its intention to extract 200,000 tons of quartz per year over the 41-year operational life projected for the extraction project. The method to be used by workers would be drilling and blasting, which would require the establishment of three temporary spoil tips.
For haulage, the presence of trucks would also be relevant at the exploitation site, which would be accessed via exit 99 of the A-52, the N-525, and the track leading to the Sierra de Gamoneda wind farm.
Project Details
In the project, the promoters clarify that the open-pit mining system would include "the descending bench mining method with practically vertical slopes (70º), with a wedge-shaped pit geometry and an advance into the ore body that would progressively increase the height using 15-meter-high benches and 5-meter-wide berms."
The mining work would be carried out by blasting to extract the bench in bulk from part of the deposit, subsequently loading it with a front-end loader onto dump trucks for transport to its final destination, which could be selection and treatment plants, or direct sale when the material's characteristics allow it.
The company's forecast is that approximately 25 standard blasts per year will be needed to meet the planned production, which equates to roughly one standard blast every 15 days. Furthermore, the plan is to execute the exploitation of the quartz vein in three spatial phases, with areas being restored as final states are reached.
The created void would be partially backfilled with waste material from the operation, thus creating a track to service the benches located at a higher elevation, which would advance in the same longitudinal and transverse direction. The only auxiliary facilities planned are portable cabins to serve as changing rooms and toilets for personnel working at the site, as well as a small portable administrative office.
Source: Read the original article | Published: October 20, 2025