28 November 2016, Lagos – Local miners of Barites in Benue State recently got a boost in their activities as…
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“The combination of all of the efforts above has seen an almost 300% leap in revenues accruing from the sector jumping from N700million to about N2billion per month within a year alone,” the minister said.
23 November 2016, Lagos – Dangote Cement Industries has said it will commence the mining and sourcing of coal for…
22 November 2016, Abuja – Federal Government at the weekend disclosed it generated N1 billion from sale of mining leases through the…
19 November 2016, Enugu – Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state has called for revival of coal mines across Nigerian…
14 November 2016, Abuja – Dr Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Mines and Steel Development says Ajaokuta and Itakpe modification concession…
11 November 2016, Lagos – The Standards Organisation of Nigeria has ordered the closure of a steel company for producing substandard…
09 November 2016, Abuja – Gunmen believed to be cattle rustlers have killed 36 miners in northern Nigeria, the government and…
Kayode said it was important for the miners to properly organise themselves into cooperative groups, to benefit from various interventions of the federal government to boost the sector.
He said it was “unfortunate and unthinkable” that despite the huge earnings recorded from crude oil sales over the years, the country had failed to account for at least $100bn in the Excess Crude Account.
