Nigeria’s local content successes in the oil and gas industry was a constant reference point in discussions at the opening day of the 2025 Namibia Oil and Gas Conference, which began on Tuesday at Windhoek, Namibia.
The event is...
By Rebecca Tan
LANTUNG VILLAGE, Indonesia — Hilltop after hilltop in this remote part of Indonesia is being scalped of vegetation. On the horizon, excavators lumber forward, gouging out rocks veined yellow. Nearby, milky chemicals collect in Olympic pool-sized...
By Martha AgasStakeholders in the mining sector say illegal mining will persist in Nigeria as long as poverty exists.
They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that in spite of Federal Government’s measures to combat illegal mining,...
Chinese companies and miners in Africa are facing severe security threats from armed groups in search of gold, driven by soaring global prices for the precious metal.
Multiple attacks and kidnappings targeting gold miners have been reported from Ghana, the Central African Republic,...
By Bankole Shakirudeen Adesina and Bernard Daniel/TheMinersEtazuma Mining and Industry, a subsidiary of the Etazuma Group, has emerged as Nigeria’s largest coal mining company, championing a renaissance in a sector long overlooked despite the country’s immense deposits.Eta-Zuma Group is...
The U.N. says creating an international body to oversee critical commodities could shore up worldwide supply, but getting big players on board would be tricky
By Don Nico Forbes
Global competition to secure critical minerals is ramping up, and the United...
Zimbabwe's platinum miners are owed millions of dollars in unpaid
exports income under the government's foreign currency retention rules, the mining chamber has said, hurting operations in a sector battling to recover from a price collapse.
The southern African country...
*Photo:FCT Minister Barr Nyesom Wike chairing the FCT security committee meeting on Tuesday*
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has ordered the immediate and comprehensive clampdown on illegal mining activities springing up around the FCT,...
By Cameron Henderson
The US is scrambling to get hold of the rare earth metals needed to make weapons after China slashed its supply to American defence firms.
Prices of some rare earths have increased more than 60-fold after Beijing restricted...
By Adesuwa Dan-Princewill (Mrs)
Welcome, esteemed readers, to the very first article of 'The Miners Legal Column'!
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