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Nigeria – Coal mine for Zuma coal-fired power plant – ESIA Summary

This report is a non-technical summary of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the mining of coal at the Okobo Mine that will supply coal to the Zuma Coal-Fired Power Plant (ZCFPP) in Nigeria. It describes the potential impacts the mining may have on the physical and biological environments and on people in its area of operation. It also addresses the measures that the Project will implement to reduce adverse impacts and to enhance potential social benefits, and how environmental and social issues will be managed during its operations, taking into account the imperative fo…