Sri Lanka mineral industry kept down by unusual export value added …
The pithead cost of graphite in Sri Lanka was about 150,000 rupees a tonne and the export price was over 300,000 rupees depending on the value added. For quartz the pithead cost was around 80 to 100 dollars, but could go up to 285 to 325 dollars depending on how much value added to the raw material in terms of processing, refining or size.