Abstract:
The research report intends to bring out the effects or impacts of vermiculite mining and associated mining methods on the socio-economic development of the people of Namekara Sub-County in Manafwa district.
In other word this report shapes out most of the negative, positive impacts of vermiculite mining and the solutions or ways to combat the negative effects.
The study brings out the mining methods that have been used in the extraction of different types of minerals but much emphasis is put on the open cast type.
In this study it has been identified that the mining sector has greatly contributed to the socio-economic development but to some extent hinders it.
