This study assessed the distribution and uses of mine ponds in Plateau State, Nigeria. It identified the locations and different uses of the mine ponds, the human and animal risks associated with ...
Speciation of Selected Heavy Metals in Some Abandoned Mining Pond Sediments of Barkin-Ladi Lga, Plateau State Nigeria Nangbes Jacob Gungsat, Buba Mamman Wufem, Choji Vincent Dung, Sase Terver John, Jaya Godfrey Nenrit ... surrendered coal mining site. The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act was passed in 1977 out of two …
Mining activities began in 1902 in Nigeria and the country became a major exporter of coal, tin, and columbite in the 1940s. ... When contacted on the indiscriminate mining activities in Plateau ...
• Nigeria Tin and Allied Products Ltd, Gurum Plateau • Nigeria Tin and Allied Products Ltd, Rafin Jaki-Bauchi State. • Nigeria Tin and Allied Products Ltd, Banke-Kaduna • Igunn Gold District, Ilesha, Osun State …
Introduction. Nigerian Coal Corporation started mining in 1916 at Onyeama Coalfield, Enugu (Onwukeme Citation 1995), and in October 1977, their operations became mechanized (Asogwa Citation 1988).A literature search was unable to find any work carried out on environmental impact of mineral exploitation at a coal mined site in south-eastern …
Coal generated lots of revenue for Nigeria between the years 1916 and 1970 when it was one of Nigeria's major revenue earners. In the south eastern part of the country, mining exploration began in present day Enugu State in 1909, with production at the mines in Onyeama, Ogbete, Iva Valley and Okpara climbing from 25, 511 tons …
The collapse of a mining pit at Zawan community in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State in Nigeria has killed at least six people. State House Assembly Jos South Constituency member Gwottson Fom confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). ... Robotic Coal Mining . Data Insights The gold …
Coal was one of Nigeria's primary exports for much of the 20 th ... In Plateau state, years of complaints by mining communities about the wreckage caused by abandoned mining pits have fallen on ...
The coal mining industry is a major source of greenhouse gas methane emitted into the atmosphere, ... An assessment of mining activities impact on vegetation in bukuru Jos Plateau state Nigeria using normalized differential vegetation Index (NDVI) Journal of Sustainable Development, 4 (6) (2011), pp. 150-159.
1. Introduction. Mining is the process that deals with the extraction of geological minerals and other geological materials of economic value from their natural deposits in the earth crust (Mactaggart et al., 2018).Researchers has over the years concluded that mining is a destructive venture due to the effects of mining operations …
The objective of this paper is to consider how the exploration and exploitation of Tin in Plateau and Coal in Enugu has affected the environment. The Jos field (Plateau State) is used as a case study for …
Some of the planting sites for tomato production involve areas that were linked to mining in Nigeria, e.g., Tin deposits in Jos-Plateau, while Coal deposits in Enugu (Fatoye & Gideon, 2013; Azgaku ...
Mining of solid minerals in Nigeria has been taking place since the beginning of the last century, and being a developing country with a characteristic lack of proper waste management, this activity has resulted in the production of wastes with serious negative environmental impacts. Acid mine drainage (AMD) has posed a serious challenge to …
The Jos field (Plateau State) is used as a case study for areas with existing mines and the coal mines at Enugu represent areas …
This study focuses on the assessment of artisanal tin mining productivity in Plateau State, Nigeria. The assessment is carried out in order to understand the level of productivity in place at the visited sites of work by the artisans, to identify the key constraints to on-site artisanal mining based on the views of the artisans to be able to proffer …
Coal also occurs in other areas within Nigeria such as in Lafi-Obi in Plateau State, Lamga in Gongola state, Gombe in Bauchi state and Afikpo in Abia state. The Lafia-Obi coal is …
At the regional level in the country, there exists notable land loss and degradation in Pandagori and in Bukuru mining areas in Niger and Plateau states. The Bukuru mining districts of Plateau state saw major …
Also, 80% of the respondents agreed that a special and rare type of an original species of animal has been lost in the mining area. The findings of the study emphasized the role of mining ...
The study was conducted on soils of selected mining areas in Nasarawa State, North Central Nigeria to assess the environmental impact of open cast mining of …
The Jos field (Plateau State) is used as a case study for areas with existing mines and the coal mines at Enugu represent areas with closed mines. This study hopes to enable Nigeria to put in place and enforce …
STATE. NATURAL RESOURCES. 1: Abia: Gold, Lead/Zinc, Limestone, Oil/Gas & Salt: 2: ... Most bitumen used for road construction in Nigeria is currently imported. Coal ... Gemstones mining has boomed in various parts of Plateau, Kaduna and Bauchi states for years. Some of these gemstones include sapphire, ruby, aquamarine, emerald, …
Possible Solutions To The Problems Of Coal Mining In Enugu State a. Coal prospecting and mining operations are capital intensive and for an adequate capital base necessary for mechanization and reactivation of the coal mines, genuine foreign and local investors that have vast experience are required and it is imperative in joint venture programme.
The objective of this paper is to consider how the exploration and exploitation of Tin in Plateau and Coal in Enugu has affected the environment. The Jos field (Plateau …
Geography Boundaries. Plateau State is located in the North Central Zone out of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. [9] With an area of 26,899 square kilometres (10,386 sq mi), the state has an estimated population of about three million people.It is located between latitude 8°24' N and 10°30' N and longitude 8°32' E and 10°38' E. [10] …
Coal is a combustible carbonaceous material which occurs within the Campanian-Maactrictian Mamu formation of the Anambra Basin, Nigeria. The estimated total reserve is about 2.7 billion tones with ...
FOLLOWING series of reports by the International Centre for Investigation (ICIR) on the controversial coal mining activities by the Dangote Group, mining communities from Kogi and Benue states have started speaking-up against what they described as an environmental injustice perpetrated by the mining firm against their …
March 31, 2023 8:30 am. An abandoned mining site in the Barkin Ladi area of Plateau State. BY OLAJIDE ADELANA. Coal was first discovered in Nigeria in 1909 at Udi in Enugu, south-eastern...
In Nigeria, coal mining started in 1906. In 1958/59, production rose to a peak of 905,000 tonnes, contributing to over 70% of the country's total commercial energy consumption. However, the dominance of coal was soon ousted by oil and gas, after exploration started in the late 1950s.
This research aims at discussing the importance of cassiterite mining in Plateau and its benefit to Nigeria's economy The obtained results from an interactive session with artisanal miners at Bisichi (Kara II) and Kuru-Jentar as well as sampling active and inactive mine pits at the visited mine site prove that a maximum number of 4 bags of ...
Distribution and Uses of Mine Ponds in Jos South LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria 67 African Journal of Geographical Sciences VOL.2. (ISSN: 2786-9741) Bauchi State.
The paper motivated us to use state-of-the-art computational technique to investigate the risks of the tin mining activity in Jos-Plateau, Nigeria on large mammals (e.g. cattle).
