Minim (or Minim II, or Menim) is a village in the commune of Martap, in the department of Vina, in the

Adamawa Region The Adamawa Region () is a constituent region of the Cameroon, Republic of Cameroon. It borders the Centre Region (Cameroon), Centre and East Region (Cameroon), East regions to the south, the Northwest Region (Cameroon), Northwest and West Re ...

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

. The village contains Cameroon's main source of

bauxite Bauxite () is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminium content. It is the world's main source of aluminium and gallium. Bauxite consists mostly of the aluminium minerals gibbsite (), boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)), and diaspore (α-AlO(OH) ...

Population

In 1967, Minim contained 90 inhabitants, mostly from the

Kaka Kaka may refer to: People Nickname or given name Sports * Kaká (born 1982), Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, Brazilian football attacking midfielder * Kaká (futsal player) (born 1987), Carlos Augusto dos Santos da Silva, Italian futsal pivot * ...

ethnic group. In the 2005 census, the settlement contained 432 people.

Economy

Along with

Ngaoundal Ngaoundal is a town in the Adamawa Province of Cameroon. It is located at 6° 30" North, 13° 16" East. The town is home to a regional airport. Bauxite is mined nearby. Transport The town is served by the Cameroon Railway which is crossed by ...

, Minim is part of a large project to mine the bauxite of the

Adamawa Plateau The Adamawa Plateau () is a plateau region in west-central Africa stretching from south-eastern Nigeria through north-central Cameroon ( Adamawa and North Provinces) to the Central African Republic. The part of the plateau that lies in Nigeria i ...

. 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.''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) Studies of feasibility and environmental impact were carried out and a mining development plan was completed in May 2016. Financing for the construction of a facility for refining the bauxite into

aluminium Aluminium (or aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol, symbol Al and atomic number 13. It has a density lower than that of other common metals, about one-third that of steel. Aluminium has ...

and for transport infrastructure is still outstanding. Canyon Resources
The

metre gauge Metre-gauge railways ( US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. Metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by several European colonial powers including France, Britain and ...

railway line and many of its bridges are being upgraded.

References

Bibliography

* & 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.

External links

''Histoire de l’activité minière et géologique au Cameroun''
Cadre d'appui et de promotion de l'artisanat minier, June 2013
Martap
on the ''Communes et villes unies du Cameroun'' (CVUC) website Bauxite mining Populated places in Cameroon