Coal mining in Enugu accelerated development of two great cities, a rail infrastructure and Nigeria's quest for independence. Coal mining began in Enugu in 1909 when a British mining engineer, Albert Kitson, found the mineral in commercial quantities. The site was at Iva Valley, on the foot of Udi Hills in present day Enugu State.
With greater government support and a growing role as a generator of export earnings, Nigeria's mining sector is poised to maximise its considerable potential in precious metals and gems. Total revenue from the sector is expected to rise by 25% to N3.6bn ($8.5m) in 2023, reflecting its resilience, as well as continued federal and state.
Selected coal samples from the Benue Trough sedimentary basin in Nigeria were examined by various techniques, including proximate and ultimate analyses, organic …
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Due to the poor management and regulation of the mining sector in Nigeria, most mining activities are prompted by artisanal and small-scale miners, who make up about 95% of miners in Nigeria ...
Abstract: Coal is a combustible carbonaceous material which occurs within the Campanian. – Maactrictian Mamu formation of the Anambra Basin, Nigeria. The …
This study determined the views of respondents in Akwuke and Iva mine communities concerning the impact of coal mining activities on animal and plant …
Sector Contribution. The non-oil mining sector, which comprises coal, metal ore, quarrying and other minerals, generated N656.1bn ($1.6bn) in 2020, or 0.43% of total GDP. This rose to N1.1trn ($2.6bn) and 0.63% in 2021. As of the first half of 2022 the sector's contribution stood at 0.36% of GDP.
Abstract. Gamma spectroscopic method was used to determine the natural radioactivity associated with the mining of Nigerian bituminous coal for the purpose of determining the radiological implications of coal mining in the country. The activity concentrations of the radionuclides detected range from 0.20±0.002 to 48.42±5.32 Bq kg …
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 in1916 …
Abstract. COAL WAS DISCOVERED IN NIGERIA IN 1909 AND COAL MINING STARTED WITH A DRIFT MINE AT OGBETE, ENUGU IN 1915. SINCE 1958/59, WHEN COAL …
2 Project Purpose: In addition to contributing to the diversification of the country's economy, the purpose of coal mining at Okobo coal mine is to provide coal as a main source of fuel to the Zuma Coal-Fired Power Plant (ZCFPP) at Itobe, some that is expected to generate 1,200 MW to increase the electricity generating capacity of Nigeria, and support the …
Coal mining in Enugu district, Nigeria. Coal mines at sites in Onyeama, Iva Valley, Ogbete, and Okpara, now abandoned, still cause environmental, public health …
Abstract. Coal mining in the Enugu area of Nigeria has generated a lot of mine waste that has been dumped in landfills and surface dumps chosen for …
64. COAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES. I.F. Odesola 1, *, Eneje , and Temilola Olugasa. 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering. University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria ...
Over 90% of barite mining activities in Nigeria are carried out by artisanal and small-scale miners (ASMs), and up to 75% of these miners operate informally, without mining license and rights.
Bose. Abubakar, Mohammed (2009) the effect of Coal mining on the socio economic Development of Maiganga village, Akko LGA of Gombe State, Nigeria, Bsc theses, submitted to the Department of Geography, Gombe state University, Nigeria. [Unpublished]. 5. Cunnigham W.P and Saigo B. W. (2002)., Environmental Science: A …
A Review of Geology and Coal Mining In South Eastern Nigeria: Implication for Sustainable National Development 1Abalaka, I. E. and 2 Aga, T. Department of Geology, …
According to Christine K, Director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation Nigeria, "coal is often described as a cheap source of electricity. However, once the cost of health, community resettlement, cleaning up of polluted waters and the reclamation of mining areas are counted, coal is roughly at the same price as solar.".
Mining is the act of extracting valuable minerals from or beneath the earth's surface. Minerals such as tin, columbite, tantalite, wolframite, lead, zinc, gold, and coal have been mined on a ...
About 1 billion. tonnes of gypsum deposits are spread across some states in Nigeria. These includes Adamawa, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Delta, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Kogi, Ondo and Sokoto. This is one of the mineral resources in Nigeria that is underutilized yet has a lot of application.
1. focusing on the significant changes in the policy and legal regime and the impact of such. changes on the overall development of the mining sector. The chapter reveals that Nigeria's mining ...
ABSTRACT Aim: The concentration levels of selected trace metals in coal sam-ples collected from three different locations, namely Okaba coal deposit Kogi State, Onyeama coal deposit and Ribadu ...
For example, Ogbonna et al. (2015) cite key impacts associated with coal mining in Nigeria as health, water, socio-economic, ecological (including extinction of both animal and plant species), and ...
The coal found in Nigeria is said to be of very high quality. In the 1940s, mining and exportation of coal were major sources of foreign exchange in the country, but many mines were abandoned due to the Nigeria civil war. Mining of coal and other minerals like iron ore are still going on in the country though on a low key.
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Nigeria is looking for investments of $7 billion in mining and steel over the next decade. as it seeks to develop gold and iron ore extraction industries to diversify its oil-dependent economy ...
It argues that although EIAs have become a standard legal requirement for all oil, gas and mining projects in Nigeria, not much is achieved in terms of managing the impacts of these projects. The ...
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The abundance of coal in certain regions of Nigeria had been described as an alternative energy solution. The potential information obtained from the physicochemical and mineralogical ...
a keen focus on the mining sector as a viable vehicle to achieving this objective, the FG should be willing to provide targeted fiscal incentives, monetary support and funding to jump start the Sector and grow the industry. FG Urged to Re-evaluate Issuing Coal-mining Licenses Nigeria currently possesses large coal deposits from the
An in-depth analysis on mining in Nigeria. By Guest Contributor. October 27, 2020. The economy in Nigeria has been growing slowly since the oil price slump of 2014. Since then, volatility of global oil prices has negatively impacted growth performance. Between 2000 and 2014, GDP grew at an average of 7% annually.
Most of these coal deposits were exploited for use as fuel and for export. However, there has been geometric decrease of coal mining and use after 1959, owing in part to the discovery of petroleum and the civil war. But, recently coal mining started at Maiganga, Gombe state. The coal is used by Ashaka Cement PLC for its power plant [22].
Nigerian Coal Corporation started operations in 1916 and in October 1977 introduced full mechanization at its coal mine in Enugu. An appraisal of the mining accidents between 1975-1980 showed an ...
Nigeria has extensive coal resource with inferred reserves estimated at ranging from 1.5-2.75 billion tons (Nwaobi, 2006) which can support coal and bio-coal briquetting for domestic heat ...
Maiganga coalfield is a newly discovered coal deposit in the north-eastern Nigeria that is currently receiving considerable attention from coal stakeholders. The deposit is also a prime target for ...
Coal production started in Nigeria in 1902 and it was the main energy source for the country until 1960. The Nation's enquiries show that coal is in about 19 states. Expert put the coal deposit at about 2.8 billion metric tons. A study by Behre Dolbear & Company (USA) Inc shows that the Anambra Coal Basin is of seven coal mining …
A Review of Geology and Coal Mining In South Eastern Nigeria: Implication for Sustainable National Development 1Abalaka, I. E. and 2 Aga, T. Department of Geology, University of Jos, Nigeria. Abstract: Coal is a combustible carbonaceous material which occurs within the Campanian – Maactrictian Mamu formation of the Anambra Basin, …