Johannesburg — South African coal company Exxaro Resources said it will seek to extract value from the carbon-intensive fossil fuel while it still can, but for the future is focused on... Read more
Lagos — Total metals & mining industry deals for January 2020 worth $502.25m were announced globally, according to GlobalData’s deals database. The value marked a decrease of 93.6%... Read more
Mkpoikana Udoma Port Harcourt — Cross River State Government has advocated for a strong synergy in the area of solid minerals development and database generation with the Nigerian Geol... Read more
OpeOluwani Akintayo Lagos — In a bid to diversify the economy away from crude oil, the federal government has licensed two gold refineries. Minister of Mines and Steel Development Olam... Read more
*As lawmakers urge FG to make ALSCON functional Mkpoikana Udoma Port Harcourt — The House of Representatives has resolved to invite the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterpr... Read more
Beijing — China’s coal companies controlled by the central government have resumed operations and are back at more than 95% of their capacity, an official with the National Energy Admi... Read more
Cairo — Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris said on Sunday that he was holding talks to acquire a 51% stake in the state-owned Shalateen mining company. Sawiris chairs private gold min... Read more
Lagos — In November 2019, local gunmen killed 37 employees of Canadian miner Semafo who were travelling to work at the Boungou mine in Burkina Faso, raising awareness of the dangers fa... Read more
Lagos — A number of alternative sources of finance, such as strategic investments, joint ventures and equity based fundraisings, are available to mining companies, but what do miners n... Read more
Akintayo Opeoluwani Lagos — Minister for mines and steel development, Olamilekan Adegbite, on Wednesday said Nigeria expects its mining sector to account for 3% of GDP over the next fi... Read more
