economic growth of Kenya and is coherent with the Kenya's Vision 2030. This ESIA proposes a comprehensive environmental management and a monitoring plan for the entire project cycle to address negative environmental impacts and improve the environmental performance of the project.
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Quarrying has environmental and health effects. [3] for instance reports that mining has a number of common stages or activities, each of which has potentially-adverse impacts on the natural environment, society and cultural heritage, the health and safety …
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The Economic Benefits of Quarry Stone Mining Activities to Women from Kwa V, Kirinyaga County, Kenya Article Full-text available Jun 2020 Keziah Wamuyu; …
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By Dr. Kariuki Muigua, PhD (Leading Environmental Law Scholar, Sustainable Development Policy Advisor, Natural Resources Lawyer and Dispute Resolution Expert from Kenya), The African Arbitrator of the Year 2022, Kenya's ADR Practitioner of the Year 2021, CIArb (Kenya) Lifetime Achievement Award 2021 and ADR Publisher of the Year …
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A quarry is a type of open-pit surface mining from which rock or minerals are extracted. However, mining and quarrying are destructive enterprises (Sinha, et al., ... formulation and implementation is needed to avoid the impact of stone quarry on the environment and living community. In this study, the we will be assess the environmental and the
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A quarry is a type of open-pit surface mining from which rock or minerals are extracted. However, mining and quarrying are destructive enterprises (Sinha, et al., 2000) and involve the complete destruction of the habitat of an area …
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The exposure to respirable crystalline silica found in granite dust presents significant health hazards to quarry workers and nearby communities, including silicosis and various respiratory ailments. This study evaluates the efficacy of various pollution control measures implemented in granite quarries. It aimed to provide a comprehensive …
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This unpublished précis catalogs the environmental impacts commonly associated with mining and quarrying and notes opportunities for increasingly responsible attitudes to the environmental ...
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In Western Kenya, continuous use of land for mining, sand and fuelwood harvesting is undermining rehabilitation and conservation efforts especially where low-tech, labor …
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Stone quarrying has a considerable impact on land, water, air, natural resources, and social welfare. The objective of this study was to assess communities' awareness of the environmental and ...
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Industrial mining projects can play an important role in global sustainable development if associated health risks are minimised and opportunities maximised. While a broad body of evidence from quantitative studies exists that establishes the interlinkages between mining operations and effects on public health, little research has been …
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The Provisions of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 on Mining . ... greenhouse gas emissions which are essentially gases that trap heat in the atmosphere and contribute to the negative impacts of climate change such as prolonged drought and rising of …
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The study focused on assessing the socioeconomic impacts of stone quarrying in Narok Town Ward, Narok North Sub-County, Kenya. The target population were quarry workers, the residents and ...
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Mining has played an important role in the development of Ghana. Like all industries, mining has both benefits and risks for the people living in communities where minerals are found. How these environmental and health impacts are managed by …
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This paper aims to review and assess quarrying impacts comprehensively, besides, trying to crystallize a futuristic vision of urban landscape post-quarries.
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Environmental Impacts Of Quarry Stone Mining In Igembe South Sub County, Meru County International Journal of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences Studies V 9 I 4 2 have risen rapidly as a result of the establishment of the County Government and the rapid expansion of towns.
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Control blasting with better fragmentation is very important to decrease the environmental impacts of blasting and the cost of downstream mining operations such as loading, transportation ...
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Kenya, large and small-scale mining activities are cited in most parts of the country such as in Migori, Kwale, Vihiga District and Lake Victoria to mention a few. Mining activities in Kenya have been associated with serious environmental impacts such as metal contamination in
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Mining is regarded as one of the major economic activities with the ability to contribute to economic development. However, governments, the general public, stakeholder organizations and individuals have been concerned about the environmental and health implications of mining on surrounding communities. This paper investigated …
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stone mining in Kitengela, to scrutinise quarrying ramifications on health of labourers and on Kitengela populace, to detect mitigation processes that alleviate stone mining impacts on the environment and lastly make recommendations that address undesirable stone excavation effects on the environment.
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While these mining activities have resulted into infrastructural development, an increase of revenue for the government, created jobs and may have opened up new markets, the effects of this activities have significantly and negatively impacted on the lives of indigenous communities in numerous ways. Limestone Mining in Kilifi and Kitui
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Mining and quarrying wastes account for 27% of the total waste yearly produced (EC-EDG, 2004a). The disposal of mining waste can take up large areas of land and, unless properly managed, can result in impacts on air, water and soil quality. The total mining waste stored all over European Union represents more than 5.9 billion tonnes …
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The consequential effects of the increased quarrying. activities in Kitengela to meet such rising demands have witnessed changes in landforms, increased pollution of dust and …
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The study focused on assessing the socioeconomic impacts of stone quarrying in Narok Town Ward, Narok North Sub-County, Kenya. The target population were quarry workers, the residents and ...
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Kenya's new Mining Act is the first major revision in mining law in the country since the 1940s. The new Act is largely considered to be a modern piece of legislation that is clear in terms of timelines and structures, but that still has a few challenges that need to be addressed.
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IMPACTS OF QUARRYING ON LAND USE AND POSSIBLE REHABILITATION MEASURES: A CASE OF ZOWERANI SUB LOCATION, KILIFI COUNTY, KENYA. ...
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promulgated various regulations, such as the Mining Act of Kenya (2016), meant to curb the adverse effects of Mining in Kenya. Regardless of these regulations, recent studies are yet to evaluate the spatial distribution and impact of quarry stone mining on the environment and social and economic activities.
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juxtaposes Kenya's sand harvesting laws against evolving global mining norms and assesses whether the country is in quicksand with regard to the governance of the sector and reviews available solutions.
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An audit of environmental impact assessments for mining projects in Kenya 486 MAY 2019 VOLUME 119 The Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy mining activities lead to extensive vegetation clearing which affects flora and fauna.
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mining site s in Kamtong a and Mkuki, Taita Taveta County, Kenya. T he FOLCHI method was adopted to quantify the environmental impact of min ing activities …
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Kenya formally confirmed the discovery of oil and various minerals in April 2013, launching itself as a new player in Africa's rapidly expanding extractive sector. This review paper highlights the mining status in Kenya and the role of hydrometallurgical and flotation processes in the recovery of deficit metals from ores and mine wastes.
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Request PDF | Impacts of quarrying activities on the environment and livelihood of people in Border II sub‐location, Nyando sub‐county, Kisumu County, Kenya | The aim of the study was to ...
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Pastoralist communities in Kenya say sand mining is destroying the land they depend upon, ... infrastructure constructed from both river and quarry sand extracted in western regions of the country is deemed to be of poor quality ... Mitigation of the impacts of mining will lessen and or limit the negative consequences of mining ...
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