Minim, Martap

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Minim
Coordinates: 6°58′06″N12°52′13″E / 6.9683°N 12.8702°E / 6.9683; 12.8702
Country Cameroon
Region Adamawa
Department Vina
Commune Martap
Population
 (2005) [1]
  Total
432

Minim (or Minim II, or Menim) is a village in the commune of Martap, in the department of Vina, in the Adamawa Region, Cameroon. The village contains Cameroon's main source of bauxite. [2]

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Population

In 1967, Minim contained 90 inhabitants, mostly from the Kaka ethnic group. [3] In the 2005 census, the settlement contained 432 people. [1]

Economy

Along with Ngaoundal, Minim is part of a large project to mine the bauxite of the Adamawa Plateau. [4] [5] Covering an area of 1000 km2, the deposit represents an important component of the Adamawa plateau and the gentle slopes which surround it make it easy to access. [6] Studies of feasibility and environmental impact were carried out [6] and a mining development plan was completed in May 2016. [7] Financing for the construction of a facility for refining the bauxite into aluminium and for transport infrastructure is still outstanding. [8] [9]

The metre gauge railway line and many of its bridges are being upgraded.

References

  1. 1 2 Troisième recensement général de la population et de l'habitat (3e RGPH, 2005), Bureau central des recensements et des études de population du Cameroun (BUCREP), 2010.
  2. Marthe Effoudou, « Mines: Le potentiel de la bauxite camerounaise », Le Journal du Cameroun, 5 July 2012 Archived 2016-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, p.77.
  4. « Martap : Scènes de vies autour de la bauxite », Mutations , 16 January 2008 Archived 2016-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
  5. « Grands projets miniers : Le lent décollage… - Bauxite de Minim, Martap et Ngaoundal : Infrastructures, le goulot d’étranglement », PRS/MC, 19 February 2015 Archived 2016-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
  6. 1 2 Étude d'impact environnemental et social du projet d’exploitation des gisements de bauxite de Minim-Martap et Ngaoundal dans la Région de l'Adamaoua, République du Cameroun (Executive summary, Cameroon Alumina)
  7. « Le financement des infrastructures pour la Bauxite de Minim-Martap à prendre », Cameroon Tribune , 9 May 2016
  8. « Grands projets miniers : Le lent décollage... - Bauxite de Minim, Martap et Ngaoundal : Infrastructures, le goulot d’étranglement », PRS-MC, 19 February 2015 Archived 2016-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Canyon Resources

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