Minerals in Africa: Opportunities for the Continent's Industrialisation

ISBN-13: 9780367546083 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 266 str.

Francis P. Gudyanga

Opis

A useful reference material for mining students on beneficiation and value addition of each of the minerals found in Africa. Provides crucial starting material for anyone wishing to delve into more advanced methods of extraction and utilization of mineral-derived materials in Africa for the purpose of industrialization of the continent.

Spis treści

PART I - Information about minerals in Africa 1 Africa’s mineral resources 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Occurrences of minerals in Africa PART II -Mineral beneficiation and value addition 2 Minerals of precious metals 2.1 Gold 2.2 Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) 2.3 Silver 3 Minerals of base metals 3.1 Aluminium 3.2 Antimony 3.3 Arsenic 3.4 Beryllium 3.5 Cadmium 3.6 Caesium 3.7 Chromium 3.8 Cobalt 3.9 Copper 3.10 Gallium 3.11 Germanium 3.12 Hafnium 3.13 Indium 3.14 Iron 3.15 Lead 3.16 Lithium 3.17 Magnesium 3.18 Manganese 3.19 Mercury 3.20 Molybdenum 3.21 Nickel 3.22 Niobium 3.23 Rare Earth Elements (REEs) 3.24 Rubidium 3.25 Tantalum 3.26 Tin 3.27 Titanium 3.28 Tungsten 3.29 Vanadium 3.30 Zinc 3.31 Zirconium 4 Minerals of radioactive metals 4.1 Bismuth 4.2 Thorium 4.3 Uranium 5 Industrial minerals 5.1 Andalusite, Kyanite and Sillimanite5.2 Apatite 5.3 Asbestos 5.4 Asphalt 5.5 Azurite 5.6 Baryte (barite) 5.7 Basalt 5.8 Bentonite 5.9 Borates 5.10 Clay minerals 5.11 Cordierite (iolite) 5.12 Corundum 5.13 Diatomite 5.14 Dolomite 5.15 Epidote 5.16 Feldspar 5.17 Fluorspar (fluorite) 5.18 Graphite 5.19 Gypsum 5.20 Kaolinite (kaolin) 5.21 Lepidolite 5.22 Limestone 5.23 Magnesite 5.24 Magnetite 5.25 Mica 5.26 Natron 5.27 Nepheline syenite 5.28 Ochre 5.29 Pegmatites 5.30 Petalite 5.31 Phosphate 5.32 Pollucite 5.33 Potash 5.34 Pozzolan 5.35 Pumice 5.36 Salt 5.37 Selenium 5.38 Silica 5.39 Soda ash 5.40 Spodumene 5.41 Talc 5.42 Vermiculite 5.43 Wollastonite 5.44 Zeolites 6 Precious stones 6.1 Diamonds 6.2 Emerald 6.3 Ruby 6.4 Sapphire 7 Semi-precious stones 7.1 Agate 7.2 Amethyst 7.3 Aquamarine 7.4 Beryl 7.5 Chrysoberyl 7.6 Garnet 7.7 Howlite 7.8 Jade 7.9 Mtorolite (chrome chalcedony) 7.10 Opal 7.11 Pearl 7.12 Quartz 7.13 Tanzanite 7.14 Topaz 7.15 Tourmaline 8 Dimension stones 8.0 Dimension stone 8.1 Granite 8.2 Marble 8.3 Serpentine 8.4 Slate 8.5 Soapstone 9 Energy sources 9.1 Coal 9.2 Coal Bed Methane (CBM) 9.3 Natural gas 9.4 Peat 9.5 Petroleum PART III - Policy issues about mining in Africa 10 Mineral-driven industrialisation of Africa 10.1 Role of mineral-based materials in society 10.2 Important and critical materials for industrialisation 10.3 Mineral by-products 10.4 Riverbed minerals 10.5 Obsolescent or near-obsolescent mineral materials 10.6 Mineral-driven Africa’s development 11 Science and technology and human resources 11.1 Science and technology and economic development 11.2 Higher education 11.3 Research and development institutions in mining 11.4 Professional organisations in mining 11.5 African scholars and African academies of sciences 11.6 Diaspora Africans 12 Mineral economics 12.1 Africa’s minerals in the global economy 12.2 Rates of depletion of finite mineral resources 12.3 Critical infrastructure issues in the mining industry 12.4 Environmental effects of mining 12.5 Corporate social responsibility 12.6 Investment and financing models 12.7 Ownership patterns 12.8 Mineral taxation and royalties 12.9 International trade in mineral products 12.10 Legal issues in Africa’s mining sector 12.11 Corruption in the African mining sector 12.12 Concluding remarks: Africa is poor by choice!