Geography & History Notes | KCSE, NECTA, ZIMSEC & GCSE

   In Tanzania natural gas deposits have been discovered at Songosongo in kilwa in 1975 but there has been a delay in realizing full exploitation of gas due to the following reasons; 1) There is low technology among the Tanzanians that can be used in exploiting natural gas at Songosongo island along the coast of the Indian ocean. 2) Low capital to be invested since Tanzania is one of the poor countries. 3) Poor transport [infrastructure] that can facilitate exploitation of natural gas. 4) The use of other available sources of energy like HEP and forest has delayed full extraction of natural gas from Songosongo. Natural gas is a flammable gas, consisting largely of methane and other hydrocarbons, occurring naturally underground (often in association with petroleum ) and used as fuel. Tanzania has recently managed to exploit natural gas at Songo Songo in Kilwa district within the Lindi region. The gas is processed at Songo Songo and then transported via pipeline to various des...

  Mining is the act, process or industry of extracting ores, coal and other minerals from mines.   The following are roles of gold mining in South Africa: It has stimulated the development of transport and communication system like railways lines, roads, airways and seaport that encourage export of goods. It has created employment opportunities not only to peoples of South Africa but also from neighboring countries like Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique who go there as migrant laborers. It has stimulated the development of towns like Johannesburg as mining and business centre of Transvaal It has contributed to generation of the government revenue and capital to be invested for further economic development It has stimulated the development of industries in the country and other mining activities like uranium and platinum mining It has improved standard of living of south African through providing fund to improve social services like education, health services an...