1223· Sand mining activity is one of the serious environmental problems, as the rivers are widely exploited for river bed materials like sand resulting in land and river bed …
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 …
Sand, gravel, and crushed stone, collectively referred to as aggregates, are the most mined materials on Earth and constitute the foundation for modern civilization. Aggregates are essential for providing shelter (concrete buildings), …
Result of the field observations shows that destruction of landscape, reduction of farm and grazing land, collapsing river banks, deforestation and water pollution are the environmental effects …
201411· Environmental Effects of Sand and Gravel Mining on Land and Soil in Luku, Minna, Niger State, North Central Nigeria. Journal of Geosciences and Geomatics, 2014, Vol. …
Previous research in Ghana incorporated sand, gravel, and laterite, which constituted about 50% of construction cost Waly et al., ) but yielded low nutrient removal (Aning et al., 2013
In Luku area of North Central Nigeria, sand and gravel mining has been going on at a large scale. Results of field work shows that destruction of landscape, deforestation, water pollution, loss …
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 …
Sand harvesting can be described as the process of removal of sand and gravel for the construction of buildings and roads. The nature of its extraction poses some challenges to the …
110· 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 …
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 …
2024820· Investments in mining areas, sand exports, and the sand and gravel mining sector all contribute to the Page 7/39 economy''s growth and create job opportunities (Filho et …
2012617· This study examined the effects of sand mining activities of rural people on agricultural land in Ogun State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select …
121· An example from sand mining activities in rural Nigeria shows that the policies in place for sand extraction activities are either Essien B.I., Idris F.N., Umar A.N., and Ahmed …
2017825· 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 …
202531· Sand mining is a process of extracting sand mainly through open-pit mining in different geomorphic settings, such as riverbeds, beaches, inland dunes in coastal areas, or …
110· 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 …
This leads to reduction in farming and grazing grounds in the study area from publication: Environmental Effects of Sand and Gravel Mining on Land and Soil in Luku, Minna, Niger …
2024820· Investments in mining areas, sand exports, and the sand and gravel mining sector all contribute to the Page 7/39 economy''s growth and create job opportunities (Filho et …
RIVER STATE, NIGERIA F.A. DAMACHI1, A.T. OGAH2, ALKALI MOH’D3 approximate volume of sand and gravel extracted considering sizes of pits, sand mining offers both direct and …
Previous research in Ghana incorporated sand, gravel, and laterite, which constituted about 50% of construction cost Waly et al., ) but yielded low nutrient removal (Aning et al., 2013
4 Globally, between 47 and 59 billion tonnes of material is mined every year (Steinberger et al., 2010), of which sand and gravel account for both the largest share (from 68% to 85%) and the …
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 …
Results revealed that sand fractions dominated the soil separates in all the profiles with mean values of 51.06%, 71.19% and 66.53% in soils of Gubi, Alkaleri and Birshi respectively and
2020414· 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 …
2024919· Sand and gravel mining is an extensive human activity that is vital to supplying the world''s need for infrastructure development as well as construction. This review compiles …
2017825· 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 …
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 …
20201217· The artisanal and small scale mining department has an outlined process for sand mining business in Nigeria. Musa JA (2009) Assessment of sociological and ecological …
Michigan rely on mining of pit sand and gravel for road and cement aggregates. He further wrote that many prime sources (glacial deposits)of sand and gravel Lawal (2011) discussed sand …