*Engr Faruk Yabo announces the launch of the Nigeria Mining Week
By Martha Agas
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake has today inauguratesd the 10th edition of the Nigeria Mining Week, with the theme Mining from Progress...
*Photo: Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake (right), addressing participants at TICAD Business Expo & Conference in Japan*
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake has said the era of simply exporting raw solid minerals from...
National President of the Miners Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mr Dele Ayanleke, has warned that corruption, poverty and weak governance is behind the menace of illegal mining in the country. This is even as revenue from the mining sector...
The Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals has confirmed its partnership to host the 2025 edition of the Nigeria Mining Week, in partnership with the Vuka Group, Miners Association of Nigeria and PwC Nigeria.
The endorsement by the Ministry was contained...
*Photo:Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai*
The Chinese government has cautioned its nationals living in Nigeria against engaging in illegal activities, including mining.
The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, gave the warning in an interview after he...
*Photo: Mzila Mthenjane, CEO of MCSA*
The Minerals Council South Africa (MCSA) says it is pleased with a bill seeking to criminalise illegal mining.
Mzila Mthenjane, CEO of MCSA
said this at an August 18 press briefing on the Mineral...
*Photo L-R: A Diplomat from the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria, Mr. Cai Xinfa; the Chinese Ambassador, H. E. Yu Dunhai; Governor Dapo Abiodun; Chinese Consul General, Ms. Yan Yuovuing and Mr. Zhao Liang, during an investment tour to Ogun...
By Philip Wafula/Monitor
Uganda's energy minister Ruth Nankabirwa has said government is piloting its Domestic Gold Purchase Programme in order to tap into the mineral resources of the country.
Nankabirwa was speaking on Saturday during the commissioning of Wagagai Gold Mining...
Tragedy struck at the Ajirija lead mining site in the Ihietutu Community, Ishiagu, Ebonyi State, during the weekend, when a mining pit collapsed, resulting in deaths of two miners and three others critically injured.
The site, reportedly owned by one...
(L-R) World Bank's Noora Arfaa and Director-General MCO Engr. Obadiah Simon Nkom during the courtesy visit by delegates of World Bank to the MCO headquarters Abuja
The World Bank has reached an agreement with the Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office on...
