As FG intensify effort to weed out criminality in gold industry By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc Olamilekan Adegbite, Friday, gave hope to Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Miners, ASGMs, for higher productivity and performance in the gold sub-sector. Adegbite stated this at the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, […]

Discloses stimulation of mineral processing for miners, processors By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Federal Government disclosed moves to tackle and reduce the high rate of illegal gold mining and smuggling in the mining sector following the invasion of local and international illegal miners recently. The disclosure was made by the Minister of Mines and […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The World Bank, Price Waterhouse Cooper, PwC, and Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences, NIMG, Monday, tasked the Federal Government on galvanizing the mining sector to cushion economic shocks in the post-COVID-19 era. The organizations made this known in a statement signed by the Media Officer, Mineral Sector Support for […]

The Federal Government has been urged to stop, forthwith, the continuous neglect of the solid mineral sector of Nigeria’s economy as it portends grave danger to the country’s solid foundation and development. Following the spate of news of illegal mining activities by foreigners across the nation, especially in Osun and Zamfara states, Chairman, Solid Minerals […]

Says time for Nigeria to get it right By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Women miners under the auspices of Women In Mining, Nigeria, WIMN, Wednesday, hailed the Federal Government over the inauguration of Ajaokuta Presidential Project Inauguration Team, APPIT, on Monday, to reposition and facilitate bilateral agreement Nigeria reached with Russia at Sochi in order […]