Minerals in Africa : opportunities for the continent's industrialisation / Francis P. Gudyanga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gudyanga, Francis P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mineral industries.

Africa.

Physical Description:

xi, 265 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRCpress/Balkema, an imprint of Francis Group, [2020]

Summary:

"Africa's dire need to industrialize is universally acknowledged and it is evident that the continent's vast mineral resources can catalyze that industrialization. This book is, therefore, about transforming Africa's comparative advantages in minerals into the continent's competitive edge regarding materials. Mineral beneficiation and value addition form the basis and provide opportunities for mineral-driven Africa's industrialization. The scope of the book is three-fold with inter-connected relationships: Information, Technical, and Policy oriented. A useful reference material for mining undergraduate students on beneficiation and value addition of each of the minerals found in Africa"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Information about minerals in Africa

1. Africa's Mineral Resources

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Occurrences of minerals in Africa

pt. II Mineral beneficiation and value addition

2. Minerals Of Precious Metals

2.1. Gold

2.1.1. Overview of gold

2.1.2. Beneficiation of gold

2.1.2.1. Recovery of free gold

2.1.2.2. Gold recovery from anode slimes

2.1.2.3. Recovery of sulphidic gold

2.1.2.4. Recovery of refractory gold

2.1.3. Gold value addition

2.2. Platinum Group Metals (PGMs)

2.2.0.1. Overview of PGMs

2.2.0.2. Beneficiation of Platinum Group Metals (PGMs)

2.2.0.2.1. Base Metal Refinery (BMR) of PGMs

2.2.0.2.2. Precious Metal Refinery (PMR) of PGMs

2.2.0.3. PGMs value addition

2.2.1. Iridium

2.2.1.1. Overview of iridium

2.2.1.2. Beneficiation of iridium

2.2.1.3. Iridium value addition

2.2.2. Osmium

2.2.2.1. Overview of osmium

2.2.2.2. Beneficiation of osmium

2.2.2.3. Osmium value addition

2.2.3. Palladium

2.2.3.1. Overview of palladium

2.2.3.2. Beneficiation of palladium

2.2.3.3. Palladium value addition

2.2.4. Platinum

2.2.4.1. Overview of platinum

2.2.4.2. Beneficiation of platinum

2.2.4.3. Platinum value addition

2.2.5. Rhodium

2.2.5.1. Overview of rhodium

2.2.5.2. Beneficiation of rhodium

2.2.5.3. Rhodium value addition

2.2.6. Ruthenium

2.2.6.1. Overview of ruthenium

2.2.6.2. Beneficiation of ruthenium

2.2.6.3. Ruthenium value addition

2.3. Silver

2.3.1. Overview of silver

2.3.2. Beneficiation of silver

2.3.3. Silver value addition

3. Minerals Of Base Metals

3.1. Aluminium

3.1.1. Overview of aluminium

3.1.2. Beneficiation of aluminium

3.1.3. Aluminium value addition

3.2. Antimony

3.2.1. Overview of antimony

3.2.2. Beneficiation of antimony

3.2.3. Antimony value addition

3.3. Arsenic

3.3.1. Overview of arsenic

3.3.2. Beneficiation of arsenic

3.3.3. Arsenic value addition

3.4. Beryllium

3.4.1. Overview of beryllium

3.4.2. Beneficiation of beryllium

3.4.3. Beryllium value addition

3.5. Cadmium

3.5.1. Overview of cadmium

3.5.2. Beneficiation of cadmium

3.5.3. Cadmium value addition

3.6. Caesium

3.6.1. Overview of caesium

3.6.2. Beneficiation of caesium

3.6.3. Caesium value addition

3.7. Chromium

3.7.1. Overview of chromium

3.7.2. Beneficiation of chromium

3.7.2.1. The aluminothermic process

3.7.2.2. Production of the pure Cr metal

3.7.2.3. Production of ferrochrome (FeCr)

3.7.3. Chromium value addition

3.8. Cobalt

3.8.1. Overview of cobalt

3.8.2. Beneficiation of cobalt

3.8.3. Cobalt value addition

3.9. Copper

3.9.1. Overview of copper

3.9.2. Beneficiation of copper

3.9.3. Copper value addition

3.10. Gallium

3.10.1. Overview of gallium

3.10.2. Beneficiation of gallium

3.10.3. Gallium value addition

3.11. Germanium

3.11.1. Overview of germanium

3.11.2. Beneficiation of germanium

3.11.2. Germanium value addition

3.12. Hafnium

3.12.1. Overview of hafnium

3.12.2. Beneficiation of hafnium

3.12.3. Hafnium value addition

3.13. Indium

3.13.1. Overview of indium

3.13.2. Beneficiation of indium

3.13.3. Indium value addition

3.14. Iron

3.14.1. Overview of iron

3.14.1.1. Pyrite

3.14.2. Beneficiation of iron

3.14.3. Iron value addition

3.15. Lead

3.15.1. Overview of lead

3.15.1.1. Galena

3.15.2. Beneficiation of lead

3.15.3. Lead value addition

3.16. Lithium

3.16.1. Overview of lithium

3.16.2. Beneficiation of lithium

3.16.3. Lithium value addition

3.17. Magnesium

3.17.1. Overview of magnesium

3.17.2. Beneficiation of magnesium

3.17.3. Magnesium value addition

3.18. Manganese

3.18.1. Overview of manganese

3.18.2. Beneficiation of manganese

3.18.3. Manganese value addition

3.19. Mercury

3.19.1. Overview of mercury

3.19.2. Beneficiation of mercury

3.19.3. Mercury value addition

3.20. Molybdenum

3.20.1. Overview of molybdenum

3.20.2. Beneficiation of molybdenum

3.20.3. Molybdenum value addition

3.21. Nickel

3.21.1. Overview of nickel

3.21.2. Beneficiation of nickel

3.21.3. Nickel value addition

3.22. Niobium

3.22.1. Overview of niobium

3.22.2. Beneficiation of niobium

3.22.3. Niobium value addition

3.23. Rare Earth Elements (REEs)

3.23.1. Overview of rare earth elements

3.23.1.1. Monazite

3.23.1.2. Bastnasite

3.23.2. Beneficiation of rare earth elements

3.23.2.1. Mineralisation and beneficiation of monazite

3.23.2.2. Rare earth metal extraction from bastnaesite

3.23.3. Rare earth elements value addition

3.24. Rubidium

3.24.1. Overview of rubidium

3.24.2. Beneficiation of rubidium

3.24.3. Rubidium value addition

3.25. Tantalum

3.25.1. Overview of tantalum

3.25.2. Beneficiation of tantalum

3.25.3. Tantalum value addition

3.26. Tin

3.26.1. Overview of tin

3.26.2. Beneficiation of tin

3.26.3. Tin value addition

3.27. Titanium

3.27.1. Overview of titanium

3.27.1.1. Ilmenite

3.27.1.1.1. Paragenesis

3.27.1.2. Rutile

3.27.2. Beneficiation of titanium

3.27.2.1. Ilmenite processing

3.27.2.2. Rutile processing

3.27.3. Titanium value addition

3.28. Tungsten

3.28.1. Overview of tungsten

3.28.2. Beneficiation of tungsten

3.28.3. Tungsten value addition

3.29. Vanadium

3.29.1. Overview of vanadium

3.29.2. Beneficiation of vanadium

3.29.3. Vanadium value addition

3.30. Zinc

3.30.1. Overview of zinc

3.30.2. Beneficiation of zinc

3.30.3. Zinc value addition

3.31. Zirconium

3.31.1. Overview of zirconium

3.31.2. Beneficiation of zirconium

3.31.3. Zirconium value addition

4. Minerals Of Radioactive Metals

4.1. Bismuth

4.1.1. Overview of bismuth

4.1.2. Beneficiation of bismuth

4.1.3. Bismuth value addition

4.2. Thorium

4.2.1. Overview of thorium

4.2.2. Beneficiation of thorium

4.2.3. Thorium value addition

4.3. Uranium

4.3.1. Overview of uranium

4.3.2. Beneficiation of uranium

4.3.3. Uranium value addition

5. Industrial Minerals

5.1. Andalusite, Kyanite and Sillimanite

5.1.1. Overview of andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite

5.1.2. Beneficiation of andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite

5.1.3. Andalusite, kyanite and sillimanite value addition

5.2. Apatite

5.2.1. Overview of apatite

5.2.2. Beneficiation of apatite

5.2.3. Apatite value addition

5.3. Asbestos

5.3.1. Overview of asbestos

5.3.2. Beneficiation of asbestos

5.3.3. Asbestos value addition

5.4. Asphalt

5.4.1. Overview of asphalt

5.4.2. Beneficiation of Asphalt

5.4.3. Asphalt value addition

5.5. Azurite

5.5.1. Overview of azurite

5.5.2. Beneficiation of azurite

5.5.3. Azurite value addition

5.6. Baryte (barite)

5.6.1. Overview of baryte

5.6.2. Beneficiation of baryte

5.6.3. Baryte value addition

5.7. Basalt

5.7.1. Overview of basalt

5.7.2. Beneficiation of basalt

5.7.3. Basalt value addition

5.8. Bentonite

5.8.1. Overview of bentonite

5.8.2. Beneficiation of bentonite

5.8.3. Bentonite value addition

5.9. Borates

5.9.1. Overview of borates

5.9.2. Beneficiation of borates

5.9.3. Borates value addition

5.10. Clay minerals

5.10.1. Overview of clay minerals

5.10.2. Beneficiation of clay minerals

5.10.3. Value addition of clay minerals

5.11. Cordierite (iolite)

5.11.1. Overview of cordierite

5.11.2. Beneficiation of cordierite

5.11.3. Cordierite value addition

5.12. Corundum

5.12.1. Overview of corundum

5.12.2. Beneficiation of corundum

5.12.3. Corundum value addition

5.13. Diatomite

5.13.1. Overview of diatomite

5.13.2. Beneficiation of diatomite

5.13.3. Diatomite value addition

5.14. Dolomite

5.14.1. Overview of dolomite

5.14.2. Beneficiation of dolomite

5.14.3. Dolomite value addition

5.15. Epidote

5.15.1. Overview of epidote

5.15.2. Beneficiation of Epidote

5.15.3. Epidote value addition

5.16. Feldspar

5.16.1. Overview of feldspars

5.16.2. Beneficiation of feldspar

5.16.3. Feldspar value addition

5.17. Fluorspar (fluorite)

5.17.1. Overview of fluorspar

5.17.2. Beneficiation of fluorspar

5.17.3. Fluorspar value addition

5.18. Graphite

5.18.1. Overview of graphite

5.18.2. Beneficiation of graphite

5.18.3. Graphite value addition

5.19. Gypsum

5.19.1. Overview of gypsum

5.19.2. Beneficiation of gypsum

5.19.3. Gypsum value addition

5.20. Kaolinite (kaolin)

5.20.1. Overview of kaolinite

5.20.2. Beneficiation of kaolinite

5.20.3. Kaolinite value addition

5.21. Lepidolite

5.21.1. Overview of lepidolite

5.21.2. Beneficiation of lepidolite

5.21.3. Lepidolite value addition

5.22. Limestone

5.22.1. Overview of limestone

5.22.2. Beneficiation of limestone

5.22.3. Limestone value addition

5.23. Magnesite

5.23.1. Overview of magnesite

Contents note continued: 5.23.2. Beneficiation of magnesite

5.23.3. Magnesite value addition

5.24. Magnetite

5.24.1. Overview of magnetite

5.24.2. Beneficiation of magnetite

5.24.3. Magnetite value addition

5.25. Mica

5.25.1. Overview of mica

5.25.2. Beneficiation of mica

5.25.3. Mica value addition

5.26. Natron

5.26.1. Overview of natron

5.26.2. Beneficiation of natron

5.26.3. Natron value addition

5.27. Nepheline syenite

5.27.1. Overview of nepheline syenite

5.27.2. Beneficiation of nepheline syenite

5.27.3. Nepheline syenite value addition

5.28. Ochre

5.28.1. Overview of ochre

5.28.2. Beneficiation of ochre

5.28.3. Ochre value addition

5.29. Pegmatites

5.29.1. Overview of pegmatites

5.29.1.1. Strategic pegmatites

5.29.2. Beneficiation of pegmatites

5.29.3. Pegmatites value addition

5.30. Petalite

5.30.1. Overview of petalite

5.30.2. Beneficiation of petalite

5.30.3. Petalite value addition

5.31. Phosphate

5.31.1. Overview of phosphate

5.31.2. Beneficiation of phosphate

5.31.3. Phosphate value addition

5.32. Pollucite

5.32.1. Overview of pollucite

5.32.2. Beneficiation of pollucite

5.32.2.1. Acid digestion

5.32.2.2. Alkaline decomposition

5.32.2.3. Direct reduction

5.32.3. Pollucite value addition

5.33. Potash

5.33.1. Overview of potash

5.33.2. Beneficiation of potash

5.33.3. Potash value addition

5.34. Pozzolan

5.34.1. Overview of pozzolan

5.34.2. Beneficiation of pozzolan

5.34.3. Pozzolan value addition

5.35. Pumice

5.35.1. Overview of pumice

5.35.2. Beneficiation of pumice

5.35.3. Pumice value addition

5.36. Salt

5.36.1. Overview of salt

5.36.2. Beneficiation of salt

5.36.3. Salt value addition

5.37. Selenium

5.37.1. Overview of selenium

5.37.2. Beneficiation of selenium

5.37.3. Selenium value addition

5.38. Silica

5.38.1. Overview of silica

5.38.2. Beneficiation of silica

5.38.3. Silica value addition

5.39. Soda ash

5.39.1. Overview of soda ash

5.39.2. Beneficiation of soda ash

5.39.3. Soda ash value addition

5.40. Spodumene

5.40.1. Overview of spodumene

5.40.2. Beneficiation of spodumene

5.40.3. Value addition of spodumene

5.41. Talc

5.41.1. Overview of talc

5.41.2. Beneficiation of talc

5.41.3. Talc value addition

5.42. Vermiculite

5.42.1. Overview of vermiculite

5.42.2. Beneficiation of vermiculite

5.42.3. Vermiculite value addition

5.43. Wollastonite

5.43.1. Overview of wollastonite

5.43.2. Beneficiation of wollastonite

5.43.3. Wollastonite value addition

5.44. Zeolites

5.44.1. Overview of zeolites

5.44.2. Beneficiation of zeolites

5.44.3. Zeolites value addition

6. Precious Stones

6.1. Diamonds

6.1.1. Overview of diamonds

6.1.1.1. Synthetic diamonds

6.1.1.2. Industrial diamonds

6.1.2. Beneficiation of diamonds and other gemstones

6.1.2.1. Diamond cutting and polishing

6.1.3. Diamonds value addition

6.2. Emerald

6.2.1. Overview of emerald

6.2.2. Beneficiation of emeralds

6.2.3. Emeralds value addition

6.3. Ruby

6.3.1. Overview of ruby

6.3.2. Beneficiation of ruby

6.3.3. Ruby value addition

6.4. Sapphire

6.4.1. Overview of sapphire

6.4.2. Beneficiation of sapphires

6.4.3. Sapphire value addition

7. Semi-Precious Stones

7.1. Agate

7.1.1. Overview of agate

7.1.2. Beneficiation of agate

7.1.3. Agate value addition

7.2. Amethyst

7.2.1. Overview of amethyst

7.2.2. Beneficiation of amethyst

7.2.3. Amethyst value addition

7.3. Aquamarine

7.3.1. Overview of aquamarine

7.3.2. Beneficiation of aquamarine

7.3.3. Aquamarine value addition

7.4. Beryl

7.4.1. Overview of beryl

7.4.1.1. Golden beryl

7.4.1.2. Goshenite

7.4.1.3. Morganite

7.4.1.4. Red beryl

7.4.2. Beneficiation of beryl

7.4.3. Beryl value addition

7.5. Chrysoberyl

7.5.1. Overview of chrysoberyl

7.5.1.1. Alexandrite

7.5.1.2. Cymophane

7.5.2. Beneficiation of chrysoberyl

7.5.3. Chrysoberyl value addition

7.6. Garnet

7.6.1. Overview of garnets

7.6.2. Beneficiation of garnet

7.6.3. Garnets value addition

7.7. Howlite

7.7.1. Overview of howlite

7.7.2. Beneficiation of howlite

7.7.3. Howlite value addition

7.8. Jade

7.8.1. Overview of jade

7.8.2. Beneficiation of jade

7.8.3. Jade value addition

7.9. Mtorolite (chrome chalcedony)

7.9.1. Overview of mtorolite

7.9.2. Beneficiation of mtoroliee

7.9.3. Mtorolite value addition

7.10. Opal

7.10.1. Overview of opal

7.10.2. Beneficiation of opal

7.10.3. Opal value addition

7.11. Pearl

7.11.1. Overview of pearl

7.11.2. Beneficiation of pearls

7.11.3. Pearl value addition

7.12. Quartz

7.12.1. Overview of quartz

7.12.2. Beneficiation of quartz

7.12.3. Quartz value addition

7.13. Tanzanite

7.13.1. Overview of tanzanite

7.13.2. Beneficiation of tanzanite

7.13.3. Tanzanite value addition

7.14. Topaz

7.14.1. Overview of topaz

7.14.2. Beneficiation of topaz

7.14.3. Topaz value addition

7.15. Tourmaline

7.15.1. Overview of tourmaline

7.15.2. Beneficiation of tourmaline

7.15.3. Tourmaline value addition

8. Dimension Stones

8.0. Dimension stone

8.0.1. Overview of dimension stone

8.0.2. Beneficiation of dimension stones

8.0.3. Dimension stone value addition

8.1. Granite

8.1.1. Overview of granite

8.1.2. Beneficiation of granite

8.1.3. Granite value addition

8.2. Marble

8.2.1. Overview of marble

8.2.2. Beneficiation of marble

8.2.3. Marble value addition

8.3. Serpentine

8.3.1. Overview of serpentine

8.3.2. Beneficiation of serpentine

8.3.3. Serpentine value addition

8.4. Slate

8.4.1. Overview of slate

8.4.2. Beneficiation of slate

8.4.3. Slate value addition

8.5. Soapstone

8.5.1. Overview of soapstone

8.5.2. Beneficiation of soapstone

8.5.3. Soapstone value addition

9. Energy Sources

9.1. Coal

9.1.1. Overview of coal

9.1.2. Beneficiation of Coal

9.1.3. Coal value addition

9.1.3.1. Coking coal

9.1.3.1.1. Overview of coking coal

9.1.3.1.2. Beneficiation of coking coal

9.1.3.1.3. Coking coal value addition

9.1.3.2. Coal to liquid fuel (CTL)

9.1.3.2.1. Overview of coal to liquid (CTL)

9.1.3.2.2. Beneficiation of CTL

9.1.3.2.3. CTL value addition

9.2. Coal Bed Methane (CBM)

9.2.1. Overview of coal bed methane

9.2.2. Beneficiation of CBM

9.2.3. CBM value addition

9.3. Natural gas

9.3.1. Overview of natural gas

9.3.2. Beneficiation of natural gas

9.3.3. Natural gas value addition

9.3.3.1. Gas to liquids (GTL)

9.4. Peat

9.4.1. Overview of peat

9.4.2. Beneficiation of peat

9.4.3. Peat value addition

9.4.4. Lignite

9.5. Petroleum

9.5.1. Overview of petroleum

9.5.2. Beneficiation of petroleum

9.5.3. Petroleum value addition

pt. 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

10.2.1. Economic importance of critical materials

10.2.2. Scarcity of supply of critical materials

10.2.3. Material substitution for critical materials

10.2.4. Recycling of critical materials

10.2.5. Nanotechnology and mineral nanomaterials

10.2.6. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIR or Industry 4.0): implications for the mining industry

10.3. Mineral by-products

10.3.1. Undeclared by-products

10.4. Riverbed minerals

10.5. Obsolescent or near-obsolescent mineral materials

10.5.1. Asbestos

10.5.2. Cadmium

10.5.3. Lead

10.5.4. Mercury

10.5.5. Platinum

10.5.6. Diesel and petrol

10.6. Mineral-driven Africa's development

10.6.1. Mineral value addition: an imperative for Africa's modem industrialisation

11. Science And Technology And Human Resources

11.1. Science and technology and economic development

11.2. Higher education

11.2.1. Pan African Minerals University of Science and Technology (PAMUST)

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

12.3.1. Energy

12.3.1.1. Renewable energies

12.3.1.2. Other energy alternatives

12.3.2. Transportation

12.3.3. Water

12.3.4. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

12.4. Environmental effects of mining

12.4.1. Mitigation of environmental impacts

12.5. Corporate social responsibility

12.5.1. Obstacles in the CSR implementation

12.6. Investment and financing models

12.6.1. Mining costs build-up

12.6.2. Hedge funds

12.6.3. Debt funding and thin capitalization

12.7. Ownership patterns

Contents note continued: 12.7.1. Multinational companies

12.7.2. Nationalisations of mining companies

12.7.3. State mining enterprises

12.7.4. Privatisation of state mining enterprises

12.7.5. Private-Public Partnerships (PPP) models in the African mining sector

12.7.6. Black empowerment initiatives

12.8. Mineral taxation and royalties

12.9. International trade in mineral products

12.9.1. Skills and trade

12.9.2. Policy and trade

12.9.3. Terms of trade and price volatility

12.9.4. Export concentration

12.9.5. Markets for minerals from Africa

12.9.6. Mineral booms, the resource curse, the Dutch disease

12.10. Legal issues in Africa's mining sector

12.11. Corruption in the African mining sector

12.11.1. General issues

12.11.2. Some illustrative cases of corruption in the African mining industry

12.11.2.1. Transfer pricing

12.11.2.2. Gold smuggling

12.11.2.3. Conflict minerals

12.11.2.4. Blood diamonds

12.11.2.5. Oil and gas scams

12.11.2.6. Sea piracy

12.11.3. Fight against corruption in the African mining industry

12.12. Concluding remarks: Africa is poor by choice!.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-258) and index.

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