Price of Gravel Chippings Stone in Nigeria. Gravel Chippings Stones are one of Nigeria's most expensive kinds of stone. In Nigeria, a journey of 5 tons of chippings stones costs between N98,000 and N110,000. Gravel chipping stones are the ideal stones for building in wet locations and for house decking. They are also ideal for large-scale ...
Ako et al. conducted a field study on the influence of sand and gravel mining in Luku, North Central Nigeria. According to the result, destruction of landscape, reduction of farm and grazing land and river banks collapse are the most harmful effects of sand and gravel mining.
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 ...
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].
Sand and gravel mining are amongst the main factors that induces significant impacts on environment, as a result of growing need for building materials and as a source of income for rural communities. This study was conducted to assess the socio-economic and environmental effects of these activities in Maroua, Cameroon. Its …
The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development (MSMD) says that Nigeria is blessed with 34 minerals including many kinds of sand, tantalite, zinc, silver and gold. In fact, Mining Communications, an international mining magazine, dubbed Nigeria an exciting new mining destination. So, on this first visit of DDH to a nearby office of the MSMD, many ...
Federal University of Tech; Minna, Nigeria Tel: 234-803-453-1271 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Abstract The paper examined sand and gravel mining activities both on land and the rivers as a business venture in Minna emirate council of Niger state, Nigeria.
28 Analysing Impact of Sand Mining in Ekiti State, Nigeria Using GIS for Sustainable Development Fig.3:Shape of the mined area in Ado-Ijan road mining site Fig. 4: Shows average area of the mining …
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 …
The aim of the study was to assess the consequences of sand mining activities on soil erosion, vegetation clearance and landslide levels in the O.R. Tambo district. The study setting included Mngazi, Chwebeni and Coffee Bay sand mining sites. Soil erosion was defined by donga width and donga depth. Landslides constitute a form …
Headlines like "The Coming Sand Wars" (Beiser, 2019 in Foreign Policy), "The Deadly Global War for Sand (Beiser, 2015 in Wired), or "Kenya's Sand Wars" (Constable, 2017 in Al Jazeera) point toward the conflict potential of sand.In this study, we seek to provide an overview of illegal sand mining activities in Africa and point out in …
Still on our trail, we followed the sign of sand heaps by the side of the ever busy Abuja Airport road and traced the local sand miners to Gosa Kpai Kpai, a village that stretches from the airport road far into the hilly bushes of Gwari land. After nearly 20 kilometers of track road motoring, we came behind one of the huge rotund black rocks ...
Ako et al. (2014) conducted a qualitative study assessing the impact of sand and gravel mining in Luku, North central Nigeria. They found concentrations of heavy metals such as lead, nickel, arsenic, cadmium, silver, copper and mercury in soil samples taken from mined locations that were (too) high.
A report from the United Nation Nations Environment Program [6] estimated that between 32 and 50 billion tons of river sand and gravel are harvested annually worldwide, making the sand mining ...
Sand. It is a key ingredient of modern life and yet, astonishingly, no-one knows how much sand there is or how much is being mined. Sand and gravel make up the most extracted group of materials ...
Another impact of sand mining in Nigeria is the damage to infrastructure. It can cause erosion and sedimentation, which can affect bridges, roads, and other infrastructure and lead to costly repairs and even accidents, such as bridge collapses. Moreover, sand mining can contribute to climate change. The process of sand mining …
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].
According to the scientists, sand and gravel are the most mined materials in the world, with between 32 and 50 billion tonnes extracted globally each year. "With this work, we're able to show ...
The paper examined sand and gravel mining activities both on land and the rivers as a business venture in Minna emirate council of Niger state, Nigeria. ... (C & I) defined for the Nigeria context ...
Socioeconomic impacts of sand and gravel mining activities in Nsugbe, Anambra State Nigeria. Albanian Journal of Agricultural Science. 2013; 12(2):229-235. Bryman D. Environmental effects of sand and gravel mining on land and soil in Luku, Minna, Niger State, North Central Nigeria. Journal for Geosciences and Geomatics. 2014;2(2):42-46.
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 …
Sand is an indispensable natural resource for any society. Despite society's increasing dependence on sand, there are major challenges that this industry needs to deal with: limited sand resources, illegal mining, and …
8,18. Sand is a soil resource consisting of very small pieces of rocks and. minerals, d erived from the process of weathering. The durability of river-borne coarser plastics (e.g. sand and gravel ...
The paper examined sand and gravel mining activities both on land and the rivers as a business venture in Minna emirate council of Niger state, Nigeria. It identified various stakeholders in this ...
Lawal, P. O. (2011). Effects of sand and gravel mining in Minna Emirate area of Nigeria on stakeholders. Journal of Sustainable Development, 4, 193–200. Google Scholar Madyise, T. (2013). Case studies on environmental impacts of sand mining and gravel extraction for urban development in Gaborone. A. Masters Degree Thesis.
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) …
stream mining in Nigeria. Gravel pits are in some places used as dumping sites with tipper trucks carrying waste to dump as they come to collect sand and gravel. Thus, the flow of water carries the pollutants into streams and this contaminates drinking water and affects people's health in Maine State [5]. Mwangi [6] noted the
Ako et al. (2014) conducted a field study on the influence of sand and gravel mining in Luku, North Central Nigeria. According to the result, destruction of landscape, reduction of farm and grazing land and river banks collapse are …
