Minim (or Minim II, or Menim) is a village in the

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

of Martap, in the department of Vina, in the

Adamawa Region The Adamawa Region (french: Région de l'Adamaoua) is a constituent region of the Republic of Cameroon. It borders the Centre and East regions to the south, the Northwest and West regions to the southwest, Nigeria to the west, the Central Afr ...

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

. 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 (Al(OH)3), boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)) and diaspore (α-AlO ...

Population

In 1967, Minim contained 90 inhabitants, mostly from the Kaka 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 ...

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

Adamawa Plateau The Adamawa Plateau (french: Massif de l'Adamaoua) 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 pl ...

. 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 (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. I ...

and for transport infrastructure is still outstanding. Canyon Resources

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