Less than one month after the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison- Madueke convened a stakeholders’ forum in Abuja to x-ray the challenges confronting the nation’s three traditional refineries, signs of surge in domestic refining capacity appeared in the horizon Tuesday with the announcement that production of premium motor spirit at the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company, KRPC has hit a 10 year high of over 2.5 million litres per day.

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that Nigeria now produces 2.6 million barrels of oil per day.

…Labour accuses FG of violating agreement
INDICATION of a looming industrial unrest in the nation’s Power sector over claims by three workers’ unions in the sector that the Federal Government through the Ministry of Power, has breached agreement reached with them.

Abuja – THE Federal Government says Nigeria would be producing 3 million tons per annum of liquid steel by the year 2015, in its determination for the minerals and metal sector to contribute meaningfully to the government’s transformation agenda.

ABUJA – The Federal Government has said it was willing to work with private development partners to ensure that the minerals and metal sector contributes significantly to the nation’s economic development.