Fuel consumption for brick industry in N.W.F. P.
Fuel consumption for brick industry in N.W.F. P.
Mahmood Iqbal Sheikh, R. W. Hussain and Saliheen Khan
ABSTRACT
This paper gives an overview of fuel consumption for
brick industry. During the year 1985-86 the total number
of brick kilns in NWFP was estimated as 458. Total
production of baked bricks in the same year was 149
million with an estimated firewood and coal consumption
of 74,654m3 and 171,000 tonnes respectively. Data were
collected from 60 sampled units throughout the province.
An average kiln was loaded 5 times during 1985-86. Mean
annual capacity and actual production was 377 and 327
thousand bricks per kiln. Average annual requirement and
actual consumption of firewood per sampled unit was
167m3 and 163 m3, while the corresponding figure for
coal was 417 and 373 tonnes. Average wholesale price of
firewood was Rs.28/-, 40/-29/17 per 40Kg for Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat and D. I. Khan Civil Division
respectively. The whole-sale price for anthracite coal
was Rs.1400/-, 1600/-, 650/- and 256/- per tonne for
Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat and D. I. Khan Civil Division. The
price in the last two cases is rather low as it is
available from nearby coal mines.
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September 1988
Vol. 38, Iss. 3
