This work studied the socio-economic impacts of sand and gravel mining activities in Nsugbe, Anambra State Nigeria. The work is hinged on the concept of sustainable development. …
The increase in the demand for sand and gravel for construction and other purposes such as flood control has placed immense pressure on the environment where sand and gravel resources occur. This study was carried out to determine the environmental effects of sand and gravel mining in Luku, North central Nigeria, using field observations and …
Preliminary investigations were carried out in five selected states (Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti) in Southwestern Nigeria to determine the registered gravel mining pits. Fifteen gravel mining pits based on age and scale of mining operations were selected for this study. Appropriate gravel constituents in concrete mix were determined using ...
A., "Environmental Effects of Sand and Gravel Mining on Land and Soil in Luku, Minna, Niger State, North Central Nigeria." Journal of Geosciences and Geomatics, vol. 2, no. 2 (2014): 42-49. doi: 10.12691/jgg-2-2-1. 1. Introduction . Sand and gravel mining refers to the process of removing sand or gravel from a place of its occurrence [1].
In this connection, our vision as a sand and gravel mining company is to engage in the distribution of sand and gravel etc. across major construction sites in Akwa Ibom States of Nigeria. Management Team: Mining Quarry Business Plan with Feasibility Study for Sand Gravel Clay Mining
Sand and gravel mining is a source of revenue for the government in form of mining lease, ... Firstly, there is paucity of research on the socio-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, ...
Basin in Kano State, Nigeria BY: AMIR ABDULAZEEZ PG9/SSC/2019/0349 (BSc. MSc. Geography) ... Sand and gravel mining on land may lead to the loss of adjacent land and structures, creation of ...
Electrical resistivity method was adopted in mapping sand/gravel beds for commercial mining and delineation of water table in Njaba river bank and environs. ... were carried out in Ikeduru Area of ...
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 undermines environmental sustainability …
River sand mining has consequential ecological footprints on rivers, floodplains and deltas by changing the slope of the riverbed, alteration to in stream habitats, erosion, loss …
Illegal sand mining is rife in around 70 countries 3, and hundreds of people have reportedly been killed in battles over sand in the past decade in countries including India and Kenya, among...
The sand mining and supply business in Nigeria is not just a trade; it's a foundational cornerstone that supports a multitude of construction, infrastructure, and manufacturing projects across the nation. from cities to rural communities, all have one thing in common – the relentless need for sand as an essential raw material.
Auwal Garba & Abdullahi Mohammed Jalam Department of Environmental Management Technology Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi Email:agwuntee@yahoo ABSTRACT Soil is a cheap natural resource made up of gravel, sand, clay, loam which constitutes different types. Pit sand, river sand and gravel are …
Effects of sand mining on land use/land cover ... Nigeria Tonia Nkiru Nwobodo,1 *Bright Emeka Ogbuene,2 and Thaddeus Chidi Nzeadibe1 University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria
River bank erosion and altered river morphology have been a key focuses in the Sub-Saharan African literature on sand mining: Riverbank collapse is observed in rivers in North Central Nigeria (Ako et al., 2014), along several rivers in South Africa, including the Limpopo, instream sand mining has resulted in river bank erosion (Gondo et al ...
In mining of gravel, sand is also mined alongside with it as both forms aggregate and same equipment is literally used for both in the mining process. To make the extraction of gravel easier, a gravel pit is dug, where the sand and gravels left behind can be extracted and separated accordingly by sizes.
Stories abound about monkeys and chimpanzees up these scary heights. But the business of sand mining dwarfs these realities because of the insatiable need for the building component which includes aggregates. Where sand may be rare, however, aggregates are plenteous. Abuja as a rocky terrain furnishes abundant ground for the production of ...
Diagram of sand-and-gravel stream bed showing (A) the nick point that develops with a pit excavation, and (B) the upstream head cutting and downstream bed degradation that develop during high ...
There is virtually no information on the effects of artisanal sand mining on peri-urban agriculture in Nigeria in general and Osun State in particular.
This study was carried out to determine the environmental effects of sand and gravel mining in Luku, North central Nigeria, using field observations and laboratory analysis of soil samples.
Six operational sand and gravel mining sites and eight abandoned siteswere visited to document the various environmental impacts arising from the activities. 132 Field su urveys were carried ouut in the stuudy area maainly for maapping locaations of in--stream andd floodplain sand and gravel miining.Field surveys allso enabledd collectionn of ...
37 Stephen J. Mallo: Continental J. Applied Sciences 7 (1): 34 - 45, 2012 A. Investments Companies of the Nigeria Mining Corporation (NMC). The Nigeria Mining Corporation which was hitherto owned by the Federal government had about 21 subsidiaries, 22 Associated Companies( Out of which 4 are in foreign holdings: Niger Uranium(30%); Guinea ...
Lu et al. [15] investigated sand and gravel mining in the upstream of the Yangtze River and its effects on the three gorge reservoirs, and analyzed the effects of sand and gravel mining on the ...
The Effects of Sand Mining on the River System. River sand mining causes the destruction of aquatic habitats by bed degradation, lower water levels and channel degradation ().The processes associated with channel degradation are as follows: (a) large-scale removal of river sediments, (b) digging below the existing riverbed and (c) changing the channel bed form and shape ().
The Dangers of Sand Mining in Nigeria. Sand mining has severe environmental consequences. It can cause erosion and sedimentation, which can alter the flow of rivers and affect the habitats of aquatic organisms.
Waterways Authority (NIWA) was established in 2004 to regulate and control sand dredging across Nigeria coastal regions. It was only lately in 2016 that Lagos Govern- ... and industrial outfits which require high volume of sand and gravel. Intensive sand mining on the lagoon and Atlantic coast of the Lagos is a direct response to the demand ...
Sand and gravel mining has been one of the serious environmental problems around the globe in recent years. This often results in land degradation, loss of agricultural lands and biodiversity as well increased poverty among people. In order to address these problems, pragmatic and explicit laws and regulations have to be developed by countries in a participatory manner so as to …
An interesting coastal sand mining study by Sridhar et al. has revealed that sand mining causes water pollution and poor water quality for the communities with concentration of …