Effect of Sand Mining in Calabar, Cross River State, …
of strong structures such as tarred roads, commercial shopping malls and accommodation for the ever-increasing population. As urban areas develop, ... Lawal (2011) discussed sand mining in Nigeria and highlighted that the activity is rapidly becoming an ecological problem as demand for gravel and sand
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Sustainable natural resources exploitation: Clay/sand mining …
Sand mining is the world's largest mining activity and is responsible for 85% of all mineral extraction. ... Policy development and legal framework regarding clay/sand mining in Nigeria. Global North countries are at the top of their gear in regulation mining operations with respect to CO 2 emissions and climate risks. Many mining companies ...
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EFFECT OF COMMERCIAL SAND MINING ON WATER …
Nworie River, in the Imo River basin of Nigeria, roughly bisects Owerri municipality which ... commercial sand mining that has conspicuously degraded the physical characteristics of the
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Sustaining urbanization while undermining sustainability: the …
Sand mining is a global activity that has attracted wide attention due partly to its invaluable positive contributions to development and partly to its negative socio-environmental impacts. While sand mining supports urbanization by providing essential aggregate materials for urban real estate and construction sectors, it however …
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EFFECT OF COMMERCIAL SAND MINING ON WATER …
EFFECT OF COMMERCIAL SAND MINING ON WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS OF NWORIE RIVER IN OWERRI, NIGERIA Peter U.Okorie1 and Alex D.W.Acholonu2* 1. Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Imo State University, P.M.B 2000, Imo State, Nigeria 2. Department of Biological Sciences, Alcorn State University, Alcorn …
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Sustaining urbanization while undermining …
environmental aspects of coastal sand mining in Nigeria. Even when many studies in Nigeria have examined the inherent issues in sand mining activities generally (for example Ahiadu & Ahove, 2005; ... commercial outfits, roads, sidewalks, com-munication facilities, open spaces, drainages, bridges and other infrastructure that are available in human
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(PDF) ASSESSMENT OF EFFECT OF SANDMINING ACTIVITIES …
The Warri River in Niger Delta, Nigeria is one river in which indiscriminate and commercial sand mining activities has been taking place in recent times.
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Effect of Commercial Sand Mining on Water Quality …
What followed in the past few years has been an unsupervised free-for-all commercial sand mining that has conspicuously degraded the physical characteristics of the river. …
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(PDF) Effect of Commercial Sand Mining on Water Quality …
This work found that acquisition of sand mining permit was grossly ignored among sand miners in some mining communities, whereas other miners who obtained their permit …
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Permit/Licence Application Guidelines | Ministry of Mines …
Welcome to the Integrated Automation and Interactive Solid Minerals Portal (IAISMP), the GO-TO portal for real time information on Mining Sector in Nigeria. Office:No. 2, Luanda Crescent, off Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja, F.C.T., Nigeria. Call Us: +234 9 …
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ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT OF SAND MINING ON …
all the sand miners sampled for the study agreed to the view that, sand mining creates more employment opportunities as shown in Table 1. The reason is that, sand mining offers both direct and indirect jobs to people living in the sand mining fringe communities. Table 1: Positive Effects of Sand Mining on Livelihoods Positive Effects from
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(PDF) Prospects of Oil Sands Mining in Nigeria
Oil sand is an unconventional source of petroleum that. occurs naturally; it consists of a mixture of clay, sand, water and bitumen, small amounts of heavy metals and. other contaminants (Brandt ...
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Solid Mineral Deposits and Mining in Nigeria:
Achievers J. Sci. Research are the nd 2 largest in the world. Non-metallic energizing the other sectors of the economy. (industrial) minerals and rocks such as barite, halite
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(PDF) ASSESSMENT OF EFFECT OF SANDMINING ACTIVITIES …
The Warri River in Niger Delta, Nigeria is one River in which indiscriminate and commercial sand mining activities have been taking place in recent times.
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Effects of Sand/Gravel Mining in Minna …
Sand mining is increasingly becoming an ecological problem (Lawal, 2011), as demand rises in several states of Nigeria's industry and building sectors. Mining is carried out both legitimately …
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Effect of Commercial Sand Mining on Water Quality …
Nworie River, in the Imo River basin of Nigeria, roughly bisects Owerri municipality which hosts the administrative capital of Imo State of Nigeria. ... What followed in the past few years has been an unsupervised free-for-all commercial sand mining that has conspicuously degraded the physical characteristics of the river. The aim of this …
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Environmental Effects of Sand and Gravel Mining on …
1 Environmental Effects of Sand and Gravel Mining on Land and 2 Soil in Luku, North Central Nigeria Ako Thomas Agbor1 and Onoduku U. S.2 3 1 Federal University of Technology 4 5 Received: 9 March 2014 Accepted: 31 March 2014 Published: 11 April 2014 6 7 Abstract 8 The increase in the demand for sand and gravel for construction and …
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(PDF) Dynamics and Impacts of Sand Mining in the Watari
ecological imbalance and damage to land use patterns in and around mining regions (Ghose, 1989 in. Saviour and Stalin, 2012). Sand is vital for sustenance of rivers and its sand mining has several ...
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Sustaining urbanization while undermining sustainability: the …
Even when many studies in Nigeria have examined the inherent issues in sand mining activities generally (for example Ahiadu & Ahove, 2005; Onwuka et al., 2013; Ako et al., 2014; Jonah et al., 2015; Abam & Oba, 2018; Asabonga et al., 2017; Adeoti & Peter, 2018), only scanty studies have evaluated sand mining activities in the coastal …
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Solid Mineral Deposits and Mining in Nigeria:
Nigeria is often described as a country endowed with abundant mineral resources, including the occurrence of over 40 different solid minerals at approximately 450 locations. However, many of these occurrences can be justly described as mineral 'showings,' with little or no commercial prospect.
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Sand Occurrence in Nigeria | Ministry of Mines and Steel …
Welcome to the Integrated Automation and Interactive Solid Minerals Portal (IAISMP), the GO-TO portal for real time information on Mining Sector in Nigeria. Office:No. 2, …
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How To Start A Lucrative Monazite Sand Mining Business In Nigeria …
The Monazite Sand Mining Business in Nigeria and Africa is a sector with vast untapped potential, driven by the global demand for rare earth elements and the unique concentration of monazite deposits in the region. Monazite sand is a naturally occurring mineral known for its rich content of rare earth elements, particularly thorium and cerium.
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Environmental Impacts of Sand Mining in Some Coastal …
1. INTRODUCTION Sand is a valuable resource and a major raw material in the construction industry in many parts of the world [1; 2]. Sand mining is an activity referring to the process of harvesting sand from an open pit or areas such as rivers, streams, and lakes. Sand mining is also the removal of sand from their natural configuration [3].
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From sand mining to flood prevention: 5 facts on reducing …
Nigeria. From sand mining to flood prevention: 5 facts on reducing flood risk in Lagos Format News and Press Release Source. UNU; Posted 14 Dec 2022 Originally published 23 Nov 2022 Origin View ...
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The Environmental Impact of Unregulated Sand Mining in Nigeria
The extraction of sand constitutes a substantial industry in Nigeria, operating largely without regulation and resulting in significant environmental destruction, as revealed by investigative journalist Qosim Suleiman of The Premium Times. Given Nigeria's status as one of the world's fastest growing populations, sand represents a crucial raw …
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Bitumen Mining and Processing in Nigeria; The Feasibility Report.
Inspite of the huge bitumen deposit in Nigeria, there exist no commercial mining of bitumen in Nigeria. The epileptic performance of our refineries, only about twenty percent (20%) of the total of about six hundred and sixty-five thousand (665,000) tons demand for bitumen is gotten locally. Nigeria has a huge infrastructural deficit.
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How To Start Mining in Nigeria: Licence Requirements
(g) That concludes the procedures for acquiring a mining license in Nigeria's sand mining business. I hope you found the information I provided beneficially. List of Mining Companies in Nigeria. The mining industry in Nigeria is dominated by thousands of businesses. The following are the top ten mining companies in the country: Agro peat ...
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20 Mineral Resources In Nigeria and Their …
States in Nigeria where Fluorspar can be found include Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, Kebbi, Kogi, Ogun, Zamfara. 19. Copper Ore. Copper ore is also one of the metallic natural resources that are richly …
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Effects of sand mining on land use/land cover on river …
In 2019, sand mining activities in the Ava River site covered an area of approximately 389325.60 m 2 and it was predicted that in 2025 and 2031, the affected
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Environmental Effects of Sand and Gravel Mining on …
Aromolaran (2012) studied the effects of sand mining activities of rural people on agricultural land in Agraian communities of Ogun state in Nigeria. His work revealed that mining of sand and gravel on agricultural land is one of the alternative livelihood activities of the rural people in Nigeria and is now becoming an environmental issue.
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