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Gunmen on Friday night launched a deadly attack on a mining site in Mazat community, Ropp District of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing four persons, including a pregnant woman, and leaving four others injured.Residents said...
By Tokunbo AregbesolaIn many mining operations, maintenance is treated as an unavoidable cost rather than a strategic investment. When production targets are under pressure, preventive maintenance is often the first activity to be postponed. Ironically, this short-term decision usually...
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development and Chairman of the Africa Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG), Dr Oladele Alake, has called for stronger regional cooperation among African nations to position the continent as a formidable force in global mineral supply...
By Olufemi Olubi, Senior Geologist, Segilola Resources Operating Limited (SROL)
Nigeria’s mineral endowment is not a secret. Gold, lithium, tantalum, and many other critical minerals lie beneath West Africa’s most promising geological terrain: the Pan-African orogenic belt, a region formed...
*AFNIS Roundtable led by (L-R) Secretary-General of AMSG, Moses Engadu; The Chairman of AMSG, Oladele Alake; Minister of Mining of Kenya, Ali Joho and Permanent Secretary of Solid Minerals Development of Nigeria, Engr. Farouk Yabo.
The narrative of African...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has announced plans to create a paramilitary unit to secure the country’s large mining sites.
The country's General Inspectorate of Mines (IGM), which oversees it's abundant deposits of critical minerals, announced the...
The CEO of Mica Equity Allocation Ltd. and promoter of the annual ACCE, Mr Michael Akueche speaks on the 2026 edition of the event and why industry players cannot afford to stay away. Excerpts:Que: The 2nd Edition of the...
By Clement Safa-Nyarko/TheConversation
Ghana’s parliament ratified the country’s first lithium mining agreement in March 2026. This came three years after lithium mining was confirmed as commercially viable in September 2023.
The Ewoyaa Lithium Project, in the Central Region of Ghana, covers an...
Ghana’s union of mineworkers has warned it would continue to oppose a government policy that requires international companies to hire local firms as mining contractors, even though many large miners have already complied with the regulation introduced last year.
The...
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has disclosed the readiness of the EFCC to collaborate with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes, UNODC, and the Canadian Government to scale up...
