What factors can affect stockpile

The nature of the quarried material.

The volume of product

The area available and required.

Other potential hazards

Environmental considerations

Explanation:

In business stockpile refers to the materials that companies bought at large amount in a cheaper price. These materials are kept somewhere by the company to be used for emergencies.

There are several factors that can affect stockpiles:

The nature of the quarried material.

The only material that can be stockpiled need to have high shelf life. Things such as food ingredients tend to be hard to be stockpiled.

The volume of product

The amount of materials that stockpiled cannot be too large in volume. Otherwise it would be hard to be kept.

The area available and required.

Things such as warehouse or storage tend to be needed in order to stockpile materials.

Other potential hazards

Hazardous materials (that are poisonous or easily burnt) usually can't be stockpiled.

Environmental considerations

This is usually important when companies do the stockpiling underground. They need to ensure that the type of materials they stockpile wouldn't sipped into the ground and damage the environment around it

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