The Okaba coal mine is an operating surface mine in Okaba, Kogi State, Nigeria. The mine supplies coal to the Kogi Power Station. The Okaba mine is operated by the …
Based on the directive, on 18th December 2023, the state ministry of Mine and Natural Resources, in collaboration with the Kogi State Special Task Force on Illegal Smuggling of Firearms and Other Related Crimes, moved into the mining sites to enforce Governor Yahaya Bello's directive on illegal mining across the state.
The study is aimed at evaluating the effect of coal mining on the soil of Odagbo area, Kogi State, Nigeria. Twenty-eight (28) soil samples were collected each in the wet and dry seasons where ...
The actual coal mining site is at Odagbo, on the outskirts of Okaba town in kogi state. Okaba district lies some 16 km NE of Ankpa town, headquarters of Ankpa Local Government Area, Kogi State.
This paper has subdivided the Anambra Coal Basin into three major coal-mining districts, focusing on these three because they have been explored to a greater degree than the others. These have been defined as the Kogi, Benue (Orupka-Ezimo) and Enugu Coal Districts. The Kogi Coal District, covering 225,000 hectares of
The Licensed and legal Coal Miners in Kogi State have hailed the Federal and State Governments over its recent clampdown on the activities of illegal miners in the state.
Ankpa is a big town in Ankpa LGA, Kogi State. It is about 170.5 kilometres to Lokoja, the state capital. ... Miscarriages – many health challenges attributed to coal mining in Awoakpali. Mr and Mrs Ahmadu got married in 2017. The couple resides in the sloppy part of Awoakpali Community. They had enjoyed some good time until the wife lost her ...
(2024) Economic Evaluation of Some Feldspar Deposits in Adavi and Ajaokuta Local Government Areas, Kogi State for Investment Purposes, International Journal of Coal, Geology and Mining Research, 6 (1), 1-27
FOLLOWING series of reports by the International Centre for Investigation (ICIR) on the controversial coal mining activities by the Dangote Group, mining communities from Kogi and Benue states have started …
They met with the Kogi State Ministry of Environment for intervention and further presented their concerns to the MIRECO which reportedly nullified the earlier CDA in 2018. ... So coal mining or building coal plants are about the last thing you should do now if you care about the people and the environment." ...
Nigeria, coal is also found in Kogi State. Okobo, a small town in Enjema District of Ankpa Local Gov-ernment Area, has reserves of up to 380 million tonnes of coal. Abiodun Baiyewu-Teru, Executive ... for coal mining and coal power plants in Kogi …
Presently, the Nigeria Coal Industry has 4 existing mines . Okpara and Onyeama underground mines in Enugu State, Okaba surface mine in Kogi State and; Owukpa underground mine in Benue State. In addition, there are …
Zuma828 Coal Limited is a premium coal mining company solving the industrial energy requirements of businesses in Cement manufacturing, Pottery and Ceramics production, paper mills and other industries with enormous heat and energy requirements. ... Kogi State. Solving the Industrial Energy Requirements of Businesses Coal is an essential ...
An analysis of the data showed that majority of the firms, numbering 21, have licence to mine coal in Kogi State; five other companies operate in Benue while two others operate in Nasarawa State. Prominent …
Dangote Cement has disclosed its plan to start mining coal at Ankpa, Kogi State, in November this year. The company said that due to acute gas shortage in the country, following disruptions of supply by militants in the Niger Delta region, it …
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 ...
Representatives of coal mining host communities in Kogi and Benue have, once again decried the increasing environmental, economic and health hazards posed by mining activities in their communities. The group also accused the mining …
Among the rich mineral deposits with which Nigeria is blessed by nature is large amount of coal deposits. Enugu, among other coal-producing states in Nigeria like Kogi, Imo, Anambra, Benue, Abia, Bauchi, Edo, Ondo, Kwara, and Delta among others ranks as Nigeria's highest coal-producing state, hence it is referred to as the 'coal city state' in the country.
degree of contamination associated with coal mining on surface water around the coal mines. Study area: The coal measures found in Nigeria occur ... coal mines, Kogi State, Nigeria AMEH E.G. ArticleChronicle: Received : 27.11.2012; Revised : 02.04.2013; Accepted : 01.05.2013 AJES
The radioactivity of drinking water sources around Okaba coal mining area in Ankpa local government area of Kogi state, North central Nigeria have been carried out using a low background Gasless ...
A coal mining site at Odagbo area located in Kogi State, Nigeria, was investigated using resistivity data to detect unconsolidated zones, majorly caused by the mining of coal seam deposit.
In the sparsely-populated community, coal is more a curse than a blessing. The five-year presence of Eta Zuma mining company in the community, located in Ankpa local government area of Kogi state, has brought with it deaths, diseases, pains and sleeplessness. The town's water supply has been contaminated by mining.
The annual effective dose rate and the mean ELCR were 1.676 mSv/year and 3.351×10 -3, respectively. The annual effective dose rate received by mining workers exceeds the dose limit for non ...
A Daily Trust investigation in 2019, had found a similar issue with a coal mining firm at Okobo and Awo community in neigbouring Kogi State, where laboratory analysis of the Okobo stream showed heavy metals and other pollutants …
Our Coal tenements for the Kogi state property are licensed under the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act with Exploration license numbers 21493EL, 21631EL, 21834EL, 20188EL, 21494EL and 22589EL. Other exploration license numbers are 20415EL, 20957EL, 21493EL, 21497EL, 22489EL while the coal tenements for Delta coal property have Exploration ...
Earlier, the Kogi State said that it had seized 21 trucks loaded with coal, amounting to 945 tonnes, all of which were products of illegal mining.
In Kogi State coal mining is undertaken by Dangote Cement and ETA Zuma while in Gombe State it is undertaken by Ashaka Cement. Dangote runs the largest coal mining operation in Nigeria in Ankpa to power the production of cement. Dangote is actively mining coal in Onupi, Awo Akplokuta, Awo Ojuwo, Awo Ate, Ajobe Afeanyaka and Utala ...
Ataguba, in the letter, also recommended that the Kogi State government should establish structures necessary to make coal-mining and exploration activities in Igalaland a rewarding experience for all Igala. "To this end, the government should assist the host communities to negotiate a fair and mutually rewarding agreement with the investor."
The radioactivity of drinking water sources around Okaba coal mining area in Ankpa local government area of Kogi state, North central Nigeria have been carried out using a low background Gasless Alpha- Beta Counting System (Protean Instrument Corporation) – MPC 2000DP. The gross alpha and gross beta activity of water samples from four (4) sources …
The second charge, read by the registrar, stated: "That you, Udobi Cletus Chike, Zhou Miao, Shi De Quan, Anbaituo Mining Company Nigeria Limited, and others at large, on or about the 17th day of August, 2024, within the jurisdiction of this Court, particularly at an illegal mining site in IKA, off Ofugo Community in Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi State, did …