14 November 2016, Abuja – Dr Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Mines and Steel Development says Ajaokuta and Itakpe modification concession…
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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.
Though coal still generates more electricity, wind and solar installations hit record
He explained that for Nigeria to attract mining investment, the country must first have an investment-based geological data.
06 October 2016, Abuja – The Minister of Finance, Mr. Kemi Adeosun wednesday expressed disappointment over what she described as…
“All our cement plants have been converted to coal,” Aliko Dangote, the company’s billionaire majority owner and chairman, told a business conference on Thursday, adding they would use 12,000 metric tonnes of coal each day.
The lawmaker said the mining and solid mineral sector was a multi-billion naira sector that was being undermined by the activities of illegal miners.