Prof. Babatunde Rabiu, a scientist, has urged government to enforce existing laws against illegal mining and arbitrary drilling of boreholes to avert incidences of earth tremors, which endanger lives of citizens.

The plan to shed off 13,000 mining jobs has infuriated South Africa’s Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) which is spoiling for a fight.

THE Federal Government, Thursday, disclosed that N84 million has been shared among 11 universities for research, mapping and evaluation of specific solid minerals in the country.

Mining giant Glencore said Tuesday that it was being probed by the United States in a corruption investigation linked to its business in Nigeria, Venezuela and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Locals have always known that a vast deposit of gold sits underneath the cocoa trees and towering thickets of bamboo in the tropical jungle of Osun state in southwest Nigeria.

The absence of clear cut policies from the Federal Government and necessary legislative backing are frustrating investors and stifling investment in the Nigerian power and mining sectors, according to the former Managing Director of the Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company, NMRC, Professor Charles Inyangete.

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, has urged the Federal Government to amend the Minerals and Mining Act, 2007 such that states can have the right to exploit their state-bound resources.

THE Miners Association of Nigeria, MAN, has attributed lack of adequate investment in the mining sector to unavailability of data, equipment, technology and alleged poor attitude of some state governors in Nigeria.

No fewer than three persons have been killed following a clash at a mining site in Bakin Kogi village of Kaninkon Chiefdom in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The Federal Government has said it is working  to develop a National Action Plan, NAP, to reduce the use of mercury in Nigeria.

Fighting between rival gold miners left at least 15 people dead in northern Chad on Monday, a security source said.

THE National Council on Privatisation, NCP, has approved the privatisation of five mining subsidiaries worth over N360 million.

THE Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, Thursday, disclosed that the ministry has generated N3.5 billion as of November 2017.

The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development’s Mining Implementation and Strategy Team, MIST, saddled with the responsibility of bringing out a road map for the growth and development of the mining industry, has said the sector may not realise its full potential, if the needed enabling environment was not created.

 Australia says it is interested in enhancing its partnership with Nigeria in the area of mining.