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Uncovering sand mining's impacts on the world's rivers | WWF

Other impacts are hard to directly link to sand mining since rivers are affected by so many different factors, including dams, but it is clear that by sucking too much sediment out of the world's rivers, unsustainable sand mining will contribute to bank erosion and shrinking, sinking deltas – with the loss of agriculture land, houses and ...

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River Sand Characterization for Its Use in Concrete: A Revue

In Cameroon and the DRC, river sand is also the primary source of sand used in construction, with an estimated usage rate of over 80%. ... Ong, D.E. and Doh, J. (2022) A Sustainable Solution to Excessive River Sand Mining by Utilizing By-Products in Concrete Manufacturing: A State-of-the-Art Review. Cleaner Materials, 6, Article ID: 100140 ...

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About 72% of gold miners poisoned with mercury at artisanal mining …

A recent study reveals that 71.7% of miners at artisanal gold mining sites in Cameroon show mercury levels at concentrations above the limit recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Gravel and River sand mining activities in Maroua (Far …

Gravel and River sand mining activities in Maroua (Far-North Region, Cameroon): Environmental and Socioeconomic aspects. Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science, 9(1), 126-133, https ...

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Impacts of riverine sand mining on freshwater ecosystems: …

The QSR results demonstrate that the response of river ecosystems to sand mining is complex, with no one simple cause–effect model applicable to all systems. Channel incision is the most common physical change, but other responses are highly variable and linked to the inherent characteristics of the river system and other stressors ...

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In-channel Sand Extraction in River Mungo, Cameroon: …

Impacts of gravel mining on river system stability. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering Division, American Society of Civil Engineers 106:398–404. Lubke R A, Avis A M, and Moll J B. (1996) Post-mining rehabilitation of coastal sand dunes in Zululand, South Africa Landscape and Urban Planning 34: 335–345 Mahé G. ( 1993).

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Geotechnical assessment of sand for civil engineering in …

Sand used as aggregates for construction and other civil engineering works come from two types of artisanal mining in the western part of Cameroon. Sand is …

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Return to Article Details Gravel and River sand mining activities in Maroua (Far-North Region, Cameroon): Environmental and Socioeconomic aspects Download Download …

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Gravel and River sand mining activities in Maroua (Far …

Gravel and River sand mining activities in Maroua (Far-North Region, Cameroon): Environmental and Socioeconomic aspects. ... However, in Cameroon, gravel and sand is obtained from crush-ing natural rocks and from riverbed, respectively. Rapid urbani-zation is a significant driver of demand for these materials,

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Gravel and River sand mining activities in Maroua (Far-North …

The results reveal that sand mining activity alter river morphology at a faster rate than normal river process, where river reduction of the extraction areas is significantly larger.

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Mineral sands exploration continues in Cameroon

Multinational mining and metallurgical company Eramet's rutile exploration and development project in Cameroon is progressing steadily, with the second phase of exploration under way. A pilot ...

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Sand Mining: A Silent Threat to the River Ecosystem

2.1 Civil Construction: The Major Driver of Sand Mining. Any country's economic growth has a major impact on reducing poverty, and this is especially true for infrastructure development. The cost of labor and raw materials determines the majority of building costs (Yue et al., 2019).Sand and aggregate are the most frequently and widely utilized raw …

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Geotechnical assessment of sand for civil engineering in western Cameroon

Legislation on sand mining in Cameroon should be informed by geoscience. Abstract. Sand used as aggregates for construction and other civil engineering works come from two types of artisanal mining in the western part of Cameroon. Sand is sourced from the river or open pit quarries suggesting their alluvial and elluvial origin. The …

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MINING IN CAMEROON – Insights, Information, Analysis …

MINING IN CAMEROON 1st July 2019 Mining in Cameroon is home to news, insights and reviews on Cameroon's Mining Industry. It covers hard-rock mining, quarrying, mineral...

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(PDF) Water Resources Exploitation Practices and

Water Research. 2007;41(15):3271-3280. Mensah JV. Cause and effect of coastal Sand harvesting in Ghana. Cape Coast, Ghana. 2002;70-86 Padmalal D, Maya K, Screebla, Sreeja R. Environmental Effects of River Sand Mining. A case from the River Catchments of Vembanad Lake, Southwest Coast of India. Environmental Geology. 2008;54: 879-889.

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River Sand Mining and its Management: A Global Challenge

1.2.1 Sand Mining and Channel Hydrology. In terms of hydraulic consequence, mining induced channel flow changes the threshold limit of hydraulic variables of flow and sediment regime (Rinaldi et al. 2005; Barman et al. 2018).Moreover, both sediment transport behaviour of bedload and suspended load are drastically …

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DOI: 10.26832/24566632.2024.0901018 Corpus ID: 268696822; Gravel and River sand mining activities in Maroua (Far-North Region, Cameroon): Environmental and Socioeconomic aspects

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River Sand Characterization for Its Use in Concrete: A Revue

River sand, in particul ar, is a common source of sand for concrete pr oduction, and it is widely used as a construction material. According to industry …

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(PDF) Socioeconomic impacts of sand harvesting along the …

This paper focuses on assessing and development of water purification system for addressing water quality effects associated with sand mining in Toutsang locality, West …

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Curbing Unregulated River Sand Mining in Sri Lanka

Curbing Unregulated River Sand Mining in Sri Lanka Summary. As the world's cities experience rapid growth, the global construction industry has been expanding exponentially. As a result, the demand for and price of river sand, which is the favoured natural material to produce mortar and concrete, has also increased. In Sri Lanka in particular ...

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Geotechnical assessment of sand for civil engineering in western Cameroon

Sand used as aggregates for construction and other civil engineering works come from two types of artisanal mining in the western part of Cameroon. Sand is sourced from the river or open pit quarries suggesting their alluvial and elluvial origin. The suitability of sand used for civil engineering works in Western Cameroon was assessed.

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Industrial sand mining on the Tiko estuary of Cameroon …

This study identifies and locates the areas of industrial sand exploitation, x-ray the extraction method, determine output and analyse the impact of the activity on the environment using a triangulation approach in sourcing data, it was observed that between 2012 and 2018, nine companies were involved in industrial sand mining with a mean ...

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Treacherous pits and lakes left in the wake of Cameroon's …

In a 2022 report on semi-mechanized mining in Cameroon, the Cameroonian organization the Centre for Environment and Development (CED) found that mining contributes to the destruction of forest ...

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Geotechnical assessment of sand for civil engineering in …

The suitability of sand used for civil engineering works in Western Cameroon was assessed. The study found that sand from both river and quarry sources are of a …

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Sustainable development and environmental challenges in Cameroon…

Cameroon has a strong geological potential for a number of mineral resources that, if well managed, could support economic growth. The country contains potentially large deposits of iron ore, gold ...

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Cameroon

Cameroon - Natural Resources, Oil, Mining: Cameroon is endowed with abundant mineral wealth, but meaningful exploitation has been slow to materialize. Large amounts of kyanite (an aluminum silicate) and bauxite are deposited at Minim-Martap and Ngaoundéré on the Adamawa Plateau, and Cameroon's cobalt deposits are significant …

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AN ASSESSMENT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF RIVER SAND MINING …

Observantly, the river sand mining causes quite good number of environmental problems. Excessive river sand mining in Linthipe River if remain unchecked and continue to be exploited at the current rate of exploitation will cause environmental problems ranging from mild to severe problems.

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Introduction to Sand Mining Activity | SpringerLink

Sand mining is probably the largest mining activity and the most profitable extractive economic activity in the world as have been shown by 'tales of sand rush' in American and Mexican Gulf (Collins & Dunne, 1989).After air and water sand is probably the next most exploited materials in the world (UNEP, 2019; Aliu et al., 2022).When …

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Sand governance: include artisanal miners' voices

Mette Bendixen and colleagues rightly identify sand mining as a sustainable-development issue, but wrongly generalize unregulated artisanal and small-scale mining of sand as a criminal activity ...

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Sand Mining: The World Scenario | SpringerLink

River sand mining is widespread in most of the developing and developed countries. Of the different types of fluvial systems, small rivers (catchment area <10,000 km 2) are the worst affected due to indiscriminate sand mining than large rivers as the area available for dissipation of negative externalities is low in small river basins.This chapter …

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