This paper is aimed at evaluating the chemistry of the Onyeama Coal Mine and Ekulu River with respect to their heavy metal content. Onyeama Coal Mine is one of Nigeria's oldest coal mines. Production activities stopped there in 1978 due to constant flooding of the mine with very acidic water. pH values range from 2.8 to 4.1. The rainy/dry season cycles …
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Nigeria's only coal mine opened in Enugu in 1915 and was connected by rail to Port Harcourt a year later. The colliery was indeed extractive. The annual uncaptured rents of indigenous Nigerian coal miners were generally far higher than their annual wages (Figure 1). Uncaptured rents were often between triple and double the wages made by …
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They discovered that soils around the Enugu coal mines exhibit characteristics that moderately affect the environment and therefore, there is health safety risk. Ezemokwe et al., (2017) studied the evaluation of heavy metal contamination of soils alongside Awka- Enugu Road, Southeastern Nigeria, to assess the heavy metal contamination in
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Department of Geology and Mining, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, P.M.B. 01660, Enugu, Nigeria. Email: dan.ozoko@gmail ABSTRACT This paper is aimed at evaluating the chemistry of the Onyeama Coal Mine and Ekulu River with respect to their heavy metal content. Onyeama Coal Mine is one of Nigeria's oldest coal mines.
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An appraisal of the water related contaminants as they affect the environment around the Enugu coal mines of Enugu state, southeastern Nigeria. Awalla, C. O. C. Department of Geology and Mining, Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu State, Nigeria. Accepted 14 November, 2013.
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He identified the 1,000MW-capacity Enugu Coal Power Plant project, awarded to China's HTG-Pacific Energy at the cost of $3.7 billion at the duration of 2013-2015, which never came to be. Besides, the Bureau of public enterprise (BPE), listed four existing mines, including Okpara and Onyeama underground mines in Enugu; Okaba surface mine in ...
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The Coal City, Enugu internationally ranked today as the 553rd developed city of the world came into being in 1909 as a result of the discovery and mining of coal in Udi hill. The city, therefore, sprang up from Ngwo town in Udi land, a poor community that has remained marginalized to date in the urban development process of the city …
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Iheaka - 413109. Iheakpu-Awka - 413111. Itchi - 413102. Nkalagu / Obukpa - 413103. Ovoko - 413110. Uhuna Owerre- 413104. Umu-Itodo- 413105. Umuozzi - 413101. Now that we have provided you with a comprehensive Enugu postal code list by area, you may proceed to send that letter to your loved one residing in the state.
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Milhouse Energy Services Ltd, a coal mining firm at Awhum, Enugu State is to pay the sum of N1billion into the Enugu State Environmental Remediation Trust Fund, …
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A major problem encountered inthe supply ofpotable waterEnugu to is the acid mine drainage pollution caused by coal mining activities in area. the The acid mine drainage water has elevated values of sulphate iron ions and and the pH is very low. Thus, the mine water isacidic which mining acorrodes plumbing d equipment.
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Milhouse Energy Services Ltd, a coal mining firm at Awhum, Enugu State is to pay the sum of N1billion into the Enugu State Environmental Remediation Trust …
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Water, sediment, and mine spoil samples were collected within the vicinity of the Okpara coal mine in Enugu, Southeastern Nigeria, and analyzed for trace elements using ICP-MS to assess the level of environmental contamination by these elements. The results obtained show that the mine spoils and sediments are relatively enriched in Fe, …
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capacity is expected to be coal -fired growing to 15.6 percent by 2030 (Sambo, 2008). Consequently, coal demand is projected to increase. In addition to such domestic uses, Nigeria estimates that export demand for its coal could reach 15 Mmt per year (M2M, 2006). Table 24-3 provides an overview of coal mines and mining methods used in Nigeria.
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In the US, coal mining is a shrinking industry. In 1923, there were about 883,000 coal miners; today there are about 53,000. Working in coal mines is dangerous — miners have to deal with toxic ...
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The Enugu State Government has directed a coal mining firm, Milhouse Energy Services Limited, located in the state to pay N1 billion into the Enugu State …
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The Ogbete market, Enugu was born and developed speedily for the city's commercial enterprises. The market became the major centre of exchange. Much of the needs of the coal mining population were met in this market (Amaucheazi, 1980). Enugu, the Coal City as the headquarters of Eastern region, was the hot bed of Igbo politics …
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By 1916, a robust 150-mile rail network connected Enugu Coal Camp to the sea at Port Harcourt, facilitating the transportation of coal to various destinations.This development catalyzed the growth of neighboring towns like Aba-Ngwa and Umuahia, drawing adventurous individuals and employment-seeking men to the mines.
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The company had mined and evacuated coal from the site since February 2022 without any payments or recourse whatsoever to the Government of Enugu State. …
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Coal was first discovered in Nigeria in 1909 at Udi in Enugu, south-eastern Nigeria. The country's first coal mine, the Ogbete mine, opened six years later. The Nigerian Coal Corporation (NCC ...
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regulations and standards,and the provision of technicalassistance.Energyrelated topicssuchas coal mining and coal mine methane are discussed by the member states in the Committee on Sustainable Energy. The Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and Just Transition convenes as a subsidiary body
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Onyeama Coal Mine was an underground coal mine in Enugu State, Nigeria. According to a 2021 study published in the science journal Nature, the mine site is now abandoned. ... Location: Enugu State, Nigeria; Coordinates: 6.4139, 7.4574 (approximate) Mine Status: Mothballed; Start Year: Production Capacity: 0.01 million …
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The sun is blistering hot inside Iva Valley, a suburb in Enugu state, where Onyeama, Ribadu, and Iva, three of the coal mines which contributed to the rapid …
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and other parts of parts of Enugu area due to coal mining and mine drainage contamination in Okpara coal mine. Study area description Akwuke village is located within latitudes 60 24' N and 60 22'N and longitude 70 26'E and 70 29' (Fig, 1). Akwuke village is found in Awkananaw in Enugu which is at the eastern foot of
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Global Atlas of Environmental Justice. Coal mining in Enugu district, Nigeria. Coal mines at sites in Onyeama, Iva Valley, Ogbete, and Okpara, now abandoned, still …
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Coal occur in more than six states of the country, these include, Anambra, Benue, Delta, Enugu and Nasarawa (Abalaka and Aga, 2016) that are well known for food production potentials which could ...
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Despite its net-zero carbon emissions pledge by 2060, the federal government has signalled the return of coal mining in the country, with the putting up for sale of five coal blocks in Enugu.
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By Francis Igata. ENUGU—In 1909, coal was discovered in Enugu State, Nigeria. The Ogbete drift mine opened six years later. The Ogbete mine's operations and others in the country were merged ...
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Enugu colliery, 1949 On the 18th November 1949, 21 striking miners and a bystander were shot dead at a British government-owned coal mine at Enugu, Nigeria; 51 were injured. ... owned coal mine at Enugu, Nigeria; 51 were injured. The miners were fighting for back-pay owed to them for a period of casualisation known as 'rostering', later ...
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When this coal mining outpost was given town status in 1917 – one of the few Nigerian cities founded in the colonial era – there was little reason to think history would come calling.
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Ben Aroh News Reports Communal efforts to reclaim their lands yielded little or no result, says John Enwu, a community leader. Years of coal mining in some …
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