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Dredging And Commercial Sand Production In Nigeria The Opportunities? by sapele914(m): 5:03am On Jun 10, 2013
It is widely agreed that one of the most basic needs of man is shelter and in time past man has experienced with different material in order to meet with his housing needs. In modern day history, the use of cement along with sand and gravel as come to be accepted as one of the best construction raw material because they provide durability, firmness and can withstand harsh weather conditions though other materials like steel and glass are also used.

The ever increasing deficit in housing supply in Nigeria which is estimated at over sixteen million {16,000,000} units and the need for the construction of other important infrastructure if the country is to meet up with the vision 20:2020 project of becoming amongst the top 20 economies in the world by 2020 continues to drive the need to sand, an essential construction raw material and the need for the use of modern equipment in the production of sand, in order to meet with demands.

Though there are no reliable figures on the annual production in Nigeria, it is generally agreed that there has been an increased in production in order to meet up with increasing demands In Nigeria and mostly in the oil and gas industry where they are used to make waterways more navigatable, Dredgers are required in commercial sand production.

Dredging is an excavation activity or operation usually carried out at least partly underwater, in shallow seas or fresh water areas with the purpose of gathering up bottom sediments and disposing of them at a different location. This technique is often used to keep waterways navigable.

It is also used as a way to replenish sand on some public beaches, where too much sand has been lost because of coastal erosion.

Dredging activities produces lots of sand which are required in construction and other important activities. A dredge is a device for scraping or sucking the seabed, used for dredging. A dredger is a ship or boat equipped with a dredge.


Some of the areas where opportunities exist in dredging in Nigeria include

Oil and Gas
Construction
Enviroment
Transportation

Buckeye Energy Development Company out of Columbus,Ohio repping Sapele,Delta State just built their first locally fabricated 12by10 cutter suction dredger how do we obtain a licence from National Inland Waterways and what advice do we need before we get fully into the game?I know community na wahala for starters.

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Re: Dredging And Commercial Sand Production In Nigeria The Opportunities? by chiboy11(m): 2:23pm On Jun 10, 2013
I stay in lagos, ow can I b suppling dis sands, I med contacts n am ready to pay 4d contacts
Re: Dredging And Commercial Sand Production In Nigeria The Opportunities? by rightlagos: 7:43pm On Jun 14, 2013
pm me

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