Minim,_Martap

Minim, Martap

Minim, Martap

Place in Adamawa, Cameroon

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

See also: Minim Martap mine

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]
    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. [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. [3]
    Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, p.77.
  4. [4]
    « Martap : Scènes de vies autour de la bauxite », Mutations, 16 January 2008 Archived 2016-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
  5. [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. [6]
    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. [7]
    « Le financement des infrastructures pour la Bauxite de Minim-Martap à prendre », Cameroon Tribune, 9 May 2016
  8. [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. [9]
    Canyon Resources

Bibliography

  • S.-M. Eno Belinga [fr] & François Desthieux, « Histoire géologique de Minim-Martap et du Ngaoundal », Annales de la Faculté des Sciences du Cameroun 5, pp. 27–32
  • Jean Boutrais (ed.), Peuples et cultures de l'Adamaoua (Cameroun) : actes du colloque de Ngaoundéré, du 14 au 16 janvier 1992, ORSTOM, Paris ; Ngaoundéré-Anthropos, 1993, 316 p. ISBN 2-7099-1167-1
  • Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, octobre 1974, 133 p.
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