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By Gabriel Ewepu Nigeria’s solid minerals export dropped by 80.1 per cent or N12.76 billion to N3.16 billion in the first half of 2020 compared to N15.88 billion recorded in the same period in 2019. Data obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, indicates that exports in the solid minerals sector in Q1 2020,
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Says roads ‘ll soon be less busy By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Nigeria Export and Import, NEXIM, Bank, and Sealink, Tuesday, signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, on transporting solid minerals on internal waterways in the country. The tripartite MoU was signed at the Ministry’s headquarters in
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ABUJA- THE Federal Government, Monday, said the nation’s solid minerals downstream sector needs sustainable regulation for productivity in regards to diversification of the economy
Read More By Fred Iwenjora Otunba (Engr.) Babatunde Alatise is a solid mineral and mining expert. Aside from being the Chairman of the Solid Minerals and Allied services Group of the Lagos State Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Alatise is also a member of the technical sub-committee on the export of explosives to African countries by
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Commences formalization workshop By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Federal Government on Thursday declared that the era of criminalizing illegal miners is over as it holds consultative meetings on the formalization of artisanal miners into cooperatives, and small-scale miners into larger mineral and financial enterprises. The declaration was made by the Minister of Mines and
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The Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has said that the country was losing 80 percent of revenue that would have accrued from the solid minerals sector, to illegal mining. Mr Abunuma Samuel, the ministry’s Plan Officer, stated this while speaking to newsmen in Maru, Talata-Mafara Local Government in Zamfara, on Sunday. Samuel spoke
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The government of Seyi Makinde in Oyo State is setting its eyes on the solid mineral sector as a major boost for its Internally-Generated Revenue (IGR), the Special Adviser on Solid Minerals Development, Mr Abiodun Oni has said. Oni, in a presentation on behalf of the state government at the just-concluded Fourth Edition of the
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The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Sunday, disclosed that Nigeria earned N52.75 billion from the solid minerals sector in 2017, rising by 21 per cent from N43.22 billion recorded in 2016.
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that Ogun produced the highest tonnes of solid minerals in the country in 2018.
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THE Federal Government has launched a report designed to enhance the contribution of the solid minerals sector to Nigeria’s revenue and Gross Domestic Product, GDP.
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